O'Brien mongrel? you got to be kidding
Toast Brad Lloyd - Head of Football
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O'Brien mongrel? you got to be kidding
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The problem I see with O'Brien is that he can hold his own in the face to face grappling/false bravado tough guy antics, but doesnt appear to have that same aggression to hunt for the ball, as his game is to play outside distributor.
Spot on
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I could be wrong but I'm sure we passed over Aaron Naughton and Adam Cerra too in that same draft.
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Whilst this is correct, most would have had us take LDU as the next best available after Dow. We were reportedly weighing up Dow vs Cerra, but only because we expected LDU to be off the board at pick 2. Cerra had injury concerns leading into the draft, and we had enough injury risk on our books. Dow was the safe play at the time, but hasnt developed like we would have hoped at this stage.
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O'Brien and Dow are both out of Geelong and I suspect SOS drafted them together as a pair, like a Kouta/Ang dynamic or a Ben/Finbar deal. They should both stay and they have until they're 24 to come good - like Parish just did. Their potential is worth more than their currency.
We should've gone after a CHF like Jeremy Cameron when he was available and if Charlie ever comes good, he could play a Brad Pearce role - look it up if you're under 30. I suspect Charlie's running-patterns would be restricted and I suspect that Harry is better suited at FF.
A priority has to be a 200cm Key Back as the 2021 Forward prototype is 200cm a la Harry, King and the 3 ESS have got.
And while we wait for somebody to come of age as a Mid - a 3rd ready to go like Merrit, Kelly etc.
We are currently inadequate and probably won't make the 8. The 3 additions above and we are Top 4.
We should've gone after a CHF like Jeremy Cameron when he was available and if Charlie ever comes good, he could play a Brad Pearce role - look it up if you're under 30. I suspect Charlie's running-patterns would be restricted and I suspect that Harry is better suited at FF.
A priority has to be a 200cm Key Back as the 2021 Forward prototype is 200cm a la Harry, King and the 3 ESS have got.
And while we wait for somebody to come of age as a Mid - a 3rd ready to go like Merrit, Kelly etc.
We are currently inadequate and probably won't make the 8. The 3 additions above and we are Top 4.
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Dow is from Swan Hill
O'Brien seems to be from Mildura
Both Bendigo Pioneers Boy's
They would have been offered schooling at Geelong to play football
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Lochie O'Brien - Wikipedia
Dow grew up in Swan Hill
Paddy Dow - Wikipedia
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Yes now i remember.
A. McKay would be on the CFC website every week talking about how injured players were going , not sure i have ever heard Brad Lloyd say anything.
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Because that's not his job... he's the head of football operations. It's Russell's job as the head of high performance to come out with the injury comments. If we hear from Lloyd in the near future, it's to announce the arrival of a tranche of quality assistant coaches to help Teague whip the team into shape!
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Fair enough lets hope we hear from him sooner rather than later.
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No thanks to Balme.
Besides he is nearly 100 years old.
If anyone at Richmond we should poach, it is Benny Gale.
He is the real brainstrust behind Richmond becoming a powerhouse imo.
Besides he is nearly 100 years old.
If anyone at Richmond we should poach, it is Benny Gale.
He is the real brainstrust behind Richmond becoming a powerhouse imo.
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Gotta give Woosha a few weeks to do his evaluation of our assistant coaches.
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Smarter than your average Balme by a long shot.
But George, you can’t even compare Darcy Parish to Dow or O’Brien. Parish hasn’t just miraculously come good. He’s been top ten twice in the bombers b&f and is trending upwards. Can’t say the same for our boys.
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There was a 3 point plan outlined and first the objection was that they didn't play at the same Junior Club, now it's the Parish analogy is irreconcilable.
Get a 2200cm backman. get an established midfielder, throw Charlie to a Forward Pocket as the Le Cras/Pearce 3rd tall. Obviously this generation can't isolate arguments.
Trade Dow or LOB for what?
Get a 2200cm backman. get an established midfielder, throw Charlie to a Forward Pocket as the Le Cras/Pearce 3rd tall. Obviously this generation can't isolate arguments.
Trade Dow or LOB for what?
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Knowing our club -- Barker will replace Lloyd as the head of football -- watch this space
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Hasn't he been anointed as the next AFL CEO?
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