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manicpie said:
Poor old Billy is being put to the sword on BF. I might wait till the end of the season to see if he was a good pick up. He was ok in the first practice match
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I think many have a way too high expectation. The guy has not made it at two other Clubs, he fits the type of player we need, can he make the level at his third Club, maybe or maybe not. I hope he does or at least keeps the pressure up and provides a reasonable depth option, he may even play a role on horses for courses basis.

He didn’t get a crack in round 1, plenty more opportunities if he’s good enough.

i would struggle if I was on selection to leave Murphy out, he has a crack.
 

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If we don’t like the matchups for him, I’d prefer we didn’t throw him in there on an Ollie or Rohan and have him stick out like a sore thumb.

Better for his confidence to have a horses for courses approach at this early stage.
 
Can’t see why there was any expectation that he should be a walkup start to our 22. Being taller than Murphy isn’t enough of a selling point. He is quite rightly starting the year in the seconds and it’s up to him to force his way into the 22. No reason why he won’t do that in time, but a month or so building up some brownie points in the VFL won’t do any harm.
 

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Timmy from Thomastown said:
Can’t see why there was any expectation that he should be a walkup start to our 22. Being taller than Murphy isn’t enough of a selling point. He is quite rightly starting the year in the seconds and it’s up to him to force his way into the 22. No reason why he won’t do that in time, but a month or so building up some brownie points in the VFL won’t do any harm.
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Was training in the bests team right up to this week, so maybe they dont think Hawkins would play. But the way he has been training has been impressive, so I wouldn't have been surprised if he had started. But he'll have to put his best foot forward to be in contention for next week v port
 
Jen2310 said:
Was training in the bests team right up to this week, so maybe they dont think Hawkins would play. But the way he has been training has been impressive, so I wouldn't have been surprised if he had started. But he'll have to put his best foot forward to be in contention for next week v port
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I'm hoping it's because they want to use Bruzzy as a tall on Cameron.
 
Jen2310 said:
I'd rather they have him on Ollie lol But Cameron too tall for Bruzzy?
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I don't think Cameron is that dangerous in an aerial contest. I think Cameron does a lot of his damage because he usually gets treated like a regular KPF with a regular KPD on him - and he's too clever and elusive for them. For us, when higher up the ground, Howe zones off and Cameron gets a break on the lead, and then when they're both in a pack marking situation - Howe always flies and Cameron only does when he there's no other option - if there's another bloke there to bring it to ground - Cameron slinks away to get into space. He plays more like a really tall, really fast, really brilliant flanker.
 
sr36 said:
I don't think Cameron is that dangerous in an aerial contest. I think Cameron does a lot of his damage because he usually gets treated like a regular KPF with a regular KPD on him - and he's too clever and elusive for them. For us, when higher up the ground, Howe zones off and Cameron gets a break on the lead, and then when they're both in a pack marking situation - Howe always flies and Cameron only does when he there's no other option - if there's another bloke there to bring it to ground - Cameron slinks away to get into space. He plays more like a really tall, really fast, really brilliant flanker.
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Just like Buddy!
 

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whiskeytown said:
Could still be sub, no?

Used tonight as a break in case of emergency additional match up if other options fail ?

Otherwise I think he plays soon.

The club didn’t recruit him and Dean… and re-sign Kelly… just so as to play Howe as an undersized defender til he’s 35
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No they didn’t. Luckily howe is still 32.

Frampton will get his opportunities. FYI he will be 29 himself when Howe is 35!!!!
 
sr36 said:
I don't think Cameron is that dangerous in an aerial contest. I think Cameron does a lot of his damage because he usually gets treated like a regular KPF with a regular KPD on him - and he's too clever and elusive for them. For us, when higher up the ground, Howe zones off and Cameron gets a break on the lead, and then when they're both in a pack marking situation - Howe always flies and Cameron only does when he there's no other option - if there's another bloke there to bring it to ground - Cameron slinks away to get into space. He plays more like a really tall, really fast, really brilliant flanker.
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It’s why I wasn’t concerned when we missed out on Cameron because Mihocek already provided that to a lesser extent.
 
whiskeytown said:
Could still be sub, no?

Used tonight as a break in case of emergency additional match up if other options fail ?

Otherwise I think he plays soon.

The club didn’t recruit him and Dean… and re-sign Kelly… just so as to play Howe as an undersized defender til he’s 35
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I think Reef’s pre season was too good to be passed up as the sub.
 
No harm no foul not picking him, let's see him put a good bed of form down at VFL level, and be knocking on the door when the right match up presents. Haven't written him off at all, was just not buying into the earlier hype.
 

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