I agree that danger won't be as big a loss as some people think, I actually think he was pretty over rated anyway. Has the physical attributes of a absolute elite footballer, but was inconsistent, bad disposal, last year or so struggled with set shots, used to flop and play for free kicks and I think some of his team mates relied on him too much. It was often frustrating to watch! I think we do look a more polished team without him. Players will take on more responsibility without him, and Jacobs will have to tap to another player in his spot.
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Wines is also not top 5 in the comp, and will not be until around 2017/18. I see him taking a similar path to Crouch - both will really come on in one or two year's time. Not this year though, but fair enough, that's your opinion
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OK, maybe then you'll seek permission to change your User name to something more appropriate for these times.....Crouch in Texas has a nice ring to it!
It's pretty obvious to anyone actually thinking clearly that losing Danger has set us backwards.
That doesn't mean we'll fall apart, but we were very obviously a better team with him in our side.
That doesn't mean we'll fall apart, but we were very obviously a better team with him in our side.
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I'm seriously thinking we should rest Brad for the Richmond match. We play 3 of our first 7 at Etihad and of course 2 of our first 3 there. Etihad is renowned for being hard on the feet. Reckon he would be better off staying home and running laps.
I'm all for being ultra-cautious.
I'm all for being ultra-cautious.
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Mitchell, Lewis, Hodge, Kennedy, Bontempelli, Boak, Selwood, Parker + Fyfe, Ablett, Pendlebury.
I'd take any of them over PD, in a heart beat. (not to mention Sloane and B Crouch, who we already have)
How do you know that until you see us play without him?
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The only one at this stage from that list that I might take over Danger is Parker. Bont will probably overtake Danger in the future, but Ablett will also decline. Danger is definitely a top 5 mid, IMO. The most explosive player in the competition. Sucks that we lost him.
Yeah that was my list ... wasn't trying to convince you to change yours.
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Yeah fair enough, each to their own.
"Were" is the correct word for it. That is, if danger was removed from our team last year, we would have been a worse team. There is no doubt about it.
Will we be a worse team than last year without Danger but with the new players in? That is a different question that cannot be yet answered.
The only thing I can believe is that, if Danger was in our team this year, with the new players in as well, we would definitely be a better team.
I actually recall is playing solid footy without him when he has missed a game. My old basketball team played better when our star wasn't playing! It does happen!
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It all depends on what type of star player you have. You can have a star player that ball hogs, and tries to do everything on their own to the detriment of the rest of the team, or you can have a star player thant gets others involved, while performing their role. Watching Dangerfield play, he is more the former, than the latter.
One example, for all the praise the commentary team were giving danger for his efforts in the last quarter of the Adel v Bulldogs final, he ****ing butchered the ball with stupid kicks, or tried to do everything himself.
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Why do you think, in your opinion, other teams were able to fend off raids from the new franchises whereas we could not? It's not like our guys were their first choices or that other, better players hadn't said no beforehand?
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I'd take Bontempelli over Danger, and probably Dylan Shiel, think he will explode this year. It's all moot anyway, we've lost a gun, it was supposed to be Crouch + Danger, not instead of Danger.
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Pretty sure Bock was a first choice for Gold Coast. In hindsight it looks like they were trying to get one 'best in the league' player per line to fit their draftees around and learn from - got Bock, who was the best CHB in the league at the time, got Happy Clapper Junior, but missed out on any choice ruck or forward, and settled for spreading the money around to also rans Rischitelli, Brennan, Fraser, Brown, Harbrow and Krakouer. I expect Bock, McPharlin, Glass, and Rutten were all considered and approached more or less simultaneously (if they were out of contract at the time anyway), with the only one not considered being Scarlett, for obvious reasons.
Can't see Davis being a first choice though.
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We rated Davis pretty highly as a player and a leader. But what has he done at GWS?
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PD was great at the stoppage contested ball but it meant that nobody else could have a crack for fear of bashing heads with him. This year Sloane, Crouch etc can get stuck in. Whether they can break even only time will tell.
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Gold Coast chased a number of guys particularly riewoldt. GWS chased pendlebury etc
They both chased the elite first tier guys, got knocked back by a few on the 2nd tier too
And once again Sanders - that sounds like pig-headedness talking. Why does your opinion mean so much over anyone elses? Is it because you are right and everyone else is wrong?
