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Mate, I’ve watched every game he’s played You are getting an outright future Brownlow medallist. You need to remember he is 22 and still has huge improvement. Compare players at age 22. Mundy at that age was average and just polled 20 votes as a 36 year olds.
I hope Cerra reads all the crap on here, dumps his VIC girlfriend and stays at Freo.
I'm not fussed if Walsh and Cerra tie for the Brownlow.
 

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Haven’t seen many freo games, and not completely sold on player stats or highlights in isolation. Combined with our recent history of recruiting young mids I can understand some posters hesitancy in trading our first pick for Cerra.
But, finishing 3rd in their bnf as a 20 year old is a much more impressive achievement than any of our young mids (Walsh excluded).

he seems to have that urgency and desperation around the ball ... something we miss.
 
Mate, I’ve watched every game he’s played You are getting an outright future Brownlow medallist. You need to remember he is 22 and still has huge improvement. Compare players at age 22. Mundy at that age was average and just polled 20 votes as a 36 year olds.
I hope Cerra reads all the crap on here, dumps his VIC girlfriend and stays at Freo.
You may want to try engaging with more reasonable posters on this board. You've gone to a nice steak place, turned to the back of the menu and ordered the dubious vegetarian option.
 
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Treloar at the same stage of his career as Cerra, averaged 27 disposals and over 5 tackles per game, he was a long long away ahead in terms of development and output, his 3rd season at the Giants was of similar output.
Treloar also didn't have a season where games were reduced by 20% playing time, a 17 game season, nor the 6-6-6 rule in place.
 
Watching Cerra highlights, his positioning reminds me of Murphy. Prefers to be in a bit of space, classy, good ball user, loves to deliver inside 50. Doesn't mind tackling, but doesn't seem very hard edge.

Don't think he's the answer to all our problems, but would be very happy to have him for polish if we've got Kennedy, Cripps and Hewett providing the grunt.

Get it done with Pick 6 (swap whatever back end picks appease Freo), welcome him in, and let's get going.
 
Watching Cerra highlights, his positioning reminds me of Murphy. Prefers to be in a bit of space, classy, good ball user, loves to deliver inside 50. Doesn't mind tackling, but doesn't seem very hard edge.

Don't think he's the answer to all our problems, but would be very happy to have him for polish if we've got Kennedy, Cripps and Hewett providing the grunt.

Get it done with Pick 6 (swap whatever back end picks appease Freo), welcome him in, and let's get going.
Good. We need someone with good positioning who likes space. We have too many players who get sucked into the contest, then we handball it around to guys who are under just as much pressure as the guy getting rid of the ball.
Will be nice to have an outlet option.
 

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Not sure we have to pay his exact worth. AFL is becoming like soccer you just can’t afford to let one of your guns fall out of contract. That is on Freo so they have to accept less than he is worth. I am happy to offer 6 but would not add any steak knives as Freo will not get a better offer.
 
Watching Cerra highlights, his positioning reminds me of Murphy. Prefers to be in a bit of space, classy, good ball user, loves to deliver inside 50. Doesn't mind tackling, but doesn't seem very hard edge.

Don't think he's the answer to all our problems, but would be very happy to have him for polish if we've got Kennedy, Cripps and Hewett providing the grunt.

Get it done with Pick 6 (swap whatever back end picks appease Freo), welcome him in, and let's get going.
The offsider there isn't Cripps, Kennedy, Hewitt; it's Stocker.

Stocker is more likely to supply the grunt, the blocks, to lay the bonecrushing tackle; Cerra is more likely to receive the ball in space and to dispose to advantage. They complement each other.
 
The offsider there isn't Cripps, Kennedy, Hewitt; it's Stocker.

Stocker is more likely to supply the grunt, the blocks, to lay the bonecrushing tackle; Cerra is more likely to receive the ball in space and to dispose to advantage. They complement each other.
or the old one two if they hang outside to shutdown Cerra Stocker can also dispose to advantage 👍
 
The offsider there isn't Cripps, Kennedy, Hewitt; it's Stocker.

Stocker is more likely to supply the grunt, the blocks, to lay the bonecrushing tackle; Cerra is more likely to receive the ball in space and to dispose to advantage. They complement each other.

Does this mean you're pencilling Cerra in at HBF?

All jokes aside though, I agree that Stocker definitely offers grunt. I hope to see Stock in the middle too, but happy with him in defence if he's happy there
 
Does this mean you're pencilling Cerra in at HBF?

All jokes aside though, I agree that Stocker definitely offers grunt. I hope to see Stock in the middle too, but happy with him in defence if he's happy there
It depends on who we get in to coach the midfield, but I've been saying for the last few years that Port's midfield - which Voss coached - was one of the best managed stoppage setups in the comp, with exits being disciplined and well directed; they leave through the sides, looking to get the ball clear to a runner who can then select a target ahead of the ball.

I think that we'll see a different approach to our midfield entirely next season, and some of that will involve the bigger players - Stocker, Kennedy, Setterfield, Cripps - playing more inside and resting forward on rotation while the smaller players - Cerra, Dow, SPS, Fisher, Philp, Carroll - sit outside the stoppage to move the ball by hand to a free player then onto a loose target.

You have some overlap between the groups - Carroll, Dow, Philp and SPS are all quite capable inside players, and SPS/Philp might not even be there - but if our system mirrors Port's you're going to see a group of grinding mids and disposal mids at each setup, with the idea being to outsize your opponent to the ball, and when clear burst to space while the grinding mids sit in the hole behind the stoppage defensively.
 

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Stocker, Kennedy, Setterfield, Cripps

The issue is having too many of these types on the ground all at once who cannot gut run on the turnover. Your ability to lock the ball in the F50, and setup behind the play needs to be pristine in order for this to work. Hence, we got slaughtered on the turnover all year in 2021

I believe the modern game is moving away from the dedicated contested/non-contested ball winners, and is moving more to the “hybrids” who can win their own ball and also use it.

If it was up to me, I’d only ever play one of Cripps, Kennedy, Setterfield, Stocker at any given stoppage.
 
Been whacked from pillar to post in the Media this year. Had the review. Full clean out of the coaching ranks.

Yet we still managed to re-sign Cripps and Harry. Now we get a young gun mid, yet to come into his prime wanting to get on board.

We are definitely doing something right to attract and maintain our talent.

We've wanted a mid for a few years now and missed out on Cogs/Shiel. And tried to fill the hole with Williams. Now we finally get a bonafide mid to help the engine room. The trickle down to the rest of the midfield will be immense.

Absolutely wrapped with this. Really looking forward to how our new look midfield and game plan will look next year.
 
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Cerra will add that extra skill full midfielder we have been crying out for in this team.
Adds a dynamic on ball division of TDK,Walsh,Cerra,Cripps then swapping out with Pittonet,Kennedy,Curnow,Dow,Cuningham,Fisher,Martin,Setterfield which adds some uncertainty for the opposition of how we set up and we can change our set up to suit dominant opposition to stop their drive out of the middle.
Let's hope Vossy can get them to buy in to a team first mentality and everyone plays a role.

In time don’t forget Kemp,Stocker and Philp.


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