Big forwards

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

big forwards win finals.

big forwards usually struggle in big finals. At least in the last 10 years or so

 

[Davo23]

Lynch

Is Lynch a bit one dimensional?

Ive seen him take big marks and dominate a full back, but does he fit Clarko's mantra of flexibility?

 

[Gene Simmons]

big forwards usually struggle in big finals. At least in the last 10 years or so

I have to disagree.... Big forwards win big finals!!

 

[flinchfree]

Is Lynch a bit one dimensional?

Ive seen him take big marks and dominate a full back, but does he fit Clarko's mantra of flexibility?

Too funny.

 

[Roddy]

I'm still very optimistic that Timmy can fill that role. He's taking a while to develop, but I still think he can get there.

 

[HolyRioli]

I wonder if Patty McCartin is gettable. Concussion hasn't helped him, and the Saints certainly went early taking him at pick 1, but he has talent.

If he has another slow year, Saints may choose to cash in

 

[lethalselbow]

Casboult

Lol jks Lynch. There is really no point going for anyone else, eggs should almost all be in that basket. Otherwise see how guys like schache/weideman are going in 12 months time.

What would be wrong with Casboult for the right price?

We do not have a forward, bomb it long, marking option. Just some pinch hitters, from time to time.

 

[Thaihawk]

Darcy Moore? Maybe with Burns now with us, he might be a possibility.

 

[Brishawk]

Lynch is the one we should go after as a free agent.

Hipwood if we are just throwing names out there

 

[HODGEYROAD]

What would be wrong with Casboult for the right price?

We do not have a forward, bomb it long, marking option. Just some pinch hitters, from time to time.

He's not capable of kicking more than 30 goals a season for a start.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

I think we will play two rucks rotating up forward.

 

[Dewnior]

The game is moving away from the traditional big forwards so I would rather us not get any of them.

With the exception of the Tigers every team playing finals this year has a traditional big forward

Adelaide - Tex
Handbaggers - Porkins
Tigers - none (Griffiths has been a failure and now Townsend is playing that role)
GWS - Patton
Port - Dixon
Swans - Buddy
* - Daniher
Eagles - Kennedy

 

[bradburygold]

What would be wrong with Casboult for the right price?

We do not have a forward, bomb it long, marking option. Just some pinch hitters, from time to time.

Because he cant kick or apply forward pressure, rules him out even if it was for pennies

 

[MacMace]

With the exception of the Tigers every team playing finals this year has a traditional big forward

Adelaide - Tex
Handbaggers - Porkins
Tigers - none (Griffiths has been a failure and now Townsend is playing that role)
GWS - Patton
Port - Dixon
Swans - Buddy
* - Daniher
Eagles - Kennedy

We won two out of our three peat with Roughy as our big forward, challenged in 2016 without big Rough, I think we go ok. That's not to say that we can't improve, but specifically targeting a big forward on big money seems unnecessary, especially as we have some developing tall timber.

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[Mick457]

Whats Mitch Thorp doing these days ?

Pulled the pin on his coaching job at Devonport down here in Tassie on the weekend, so he's available. [emoji28]


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[SSSSSS]

I really like the way the Tigers are setting up with their mosquito fleet of smalls (will have to see whether this approach stacks up in the heat of finals) but there is always going to be value in having a big target who can take a pressure releasing mark down the line.

Big Boy has done it so admirably and before that was Hale. We havn't had a contested marking forward for a very long time now.

 

[Luv_our_club]

Ben Brown is the stand out for me. Even last year he looked it. Can't believe North would let him out of contract.

Alir Alir via a cheap trade would be good.

 

[Alite]

The best big forward from recent drafts was Reece McKenzie. The guys hands were like a steel trap... nothing escaped his grasp. It was klunk after klunk after klunk...never a fumble or juggle.

After being selected by Richmond Reece said anxiety consumed him and so he quit... with a promise to come back.

Maybe, just maybe, Reece has arrested his demons. If he got AFL fit, he could be Casbolt with better skills... which would be scary.

Put him in the backline and he could be an unbreakable wall.

 

[Dank You Steven]

Whats Mitch Thorp doing these days ?

Not playing for Hawthorn!

 

[Dewnior]

We won two out of our three peat with Roughy as our big forward, challenged in 2016 without big Rough, I think we go ok.

No, David Hale played the role of the big forward, and we didn't have him in 2016

 

[threesixpio]

No, David Hale played the role of the big forward, and we didn't have him in 2016

Yep. Hale not clunking them is hurting us. Made our Forward line unpredictable when he was there.

 

[MacMace]

No, David Hale played the role of the big forward, and we didn't have him in 2016

I loved Hale good footballer and cracking bloke, but to say he was our big forward isn't accurate. He was our ruck, who could also play forward. He averaged under a goal a game, not even remotely comparable to the 'big forwards' that have been referenced. For that matter his statistics don't even remotely match great small forwards. In 2016 Cegs kicked 14 goals, Hale kicked 18 in 2015.

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[Brishawk]

I loved Hale good footballer and cracking bloke, but to say he was our big forward isn't accurate. He was our ruck, who could also play forward. He averaged under a goal a game, not even remotely comparable to the 'big forwards' that have been referenced. For that matter his statistics don't even remotely match great small forwards. In 2016 Cegs kicked 14 goals, Hale kicked 18 in 2015.

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He wasn't a goal kicking machine but he was the guy we kicked to when in trouble. Be that down the line or deep inside fifty. While he would take contested marks, Rioli, poppy and Breust feasted on his ability to bring the ball to ground. He also kicked over 20 goals the three years prior to 2015 which is elite for a ruck/forward.

 

[KermitJagger]

I'm still very optimistic that Timmy can fill that role. He's taking a while to develop, but I still think he can get there.

I feel like we really need to put aside our propensity to not let players physically develop and put TO on a solid strength routine. He simply has not put on enough weight since he was drafted. He's quite a pacey player too so he should still be explosive even if he did put on some KGs.

 

[Roddy]

I feel like we really need to put aside our propensity to not let players physically develop and put TO on a solid strength routine. He simply has not put on enough weight since he was drafted. He's quite a pacey player too so he should still be explosive even if he did put on some KGs.

Yep, a few more kilos would not go astray. He crashed a few packs this year, and either clunked it or brought it to ground, he just needs to do it more often.