Bluemour Discussion Thread XV - Facts Not Welcome
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No you wouldn't
We won't have a season like that without Goddard. We may well do with him. The very idea makes me feel equally as sick as hearing the Docherty news and I bet it would make some players feel the same.
No to B Goddard. No way.
Pass on pointy pretzel pingers
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Bit more to it than retirement.
What about the other half of what Doc brings? Leadership, directing traffic, experience, cool head etc.
He’s much more than just a HBF and we could do a whole lot worse than Goddard to give the above a chop out for a year.
i am interested to hear what others think regarding Jack Silvagni playing off the half back line.
We know he was trialled in the middle at times last year, he has a high footy IQ, he has a good leg but can he defend like his old man and find space?
Thoughts?
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Nice, out of the box thinking. Has a strong overhead mark and a good footy brain to read the play as an intercept backman.
Would possibly only have to play the role as a relief to Simmo. Would really need to educate him in the pre-season though on how to play the role otherwise he will get massacred. Apparently his old man was a good backman as well........
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Flagged it in the List Management thread - seems the most sensible choice to me.
Bernie Vince could be a better Goddard?
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Do you need Brendan himself to point out where this would go wrong?
Sure Jack is worth a shot, so is Ben he'd give it a good shake, very competitive defender, agile enough, also has the footy IQ like his older brother and I don't mind his demeanour as a Backman reminds me of his old man a lot, in a contemporary edition.
You forgot 'playing loose, unaccountable football', 'cheap possessions', 'finger pointing', 'bringing down the atmosphere' and 'least favourite person as voted by EFC cleaning and catering staff'.
To be honest, I'd rather we gave Hartung a shot... and that's saying somethin'.
Perhaps less of a Doc/HBF and more of a medium, potentially competing with Plowman and maybe Schumacher?
As far as that 'vacant' HBF spot is concerned, I'm not sure he'd be ahead of Newman, Willo, Thomas, O'Brien, Schumacher, maybe even Bugg, Garlett
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Maybe Pickett would benefit from having someone around to smack the pretzels out of his hands?
We're not challenging for anything, HBF is a position we "should" be able to cover so I'd like them to get creative.
If there's a smokey out their they've had their eye on, particularly something a bit different or huge upside, I hope they go for it. Does not have to be a Doc replacement.
If there's a smokey out their they've had their eye on, particularly something a bit different or huge upside, I hope they go for it. Does not have to be a Doc replacement.
Would we entertain getting Lamb back? He's at least a known quantity
I would, even suggested it before Doc went down
Why would we entertain Lamb when we have Newman or Thomas for that matter, don't really see the need.
Much rather Sam Fisher with some zip and neat skills could help out in the midfield to elevate the pressure on the backline or Jesse Palmer who gives us another scoring option and perhaps rotate McGovern to the backline.
I can't believe some of this stupidity.
No to Brendon Goddard, a bloke that has played exceedingly well in Doc's role for half his career
Yes to Jed Lamb, a bloke that has struggled to play the easiest position (which isn't Doc's) on the field for his entire career
No to Brendon Goddard, a bloke that has played exceedingly well in Doc's role for half his career
Yes to Jed Lamb, a bloke that has struggled to play the easiest position (which isn't Doc's) on the field for his entire career
I can't believe some of this stupidity.
No to Brendon Goddard, a bloke that has played exceedingly well in Doc's role for half his career
Yes to Jed Lamb, a bloke that has struggled to play the easiest position (which isn't Doc's) on the field for his entire career
Lamb at least showed signs he could play as a small defender, not many in our side that could claim that.
Goddard is finished as a player
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