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On another note will be great to farewell Sonny. A really good avenue for him to pursue would be Indigenous player development. AFL seems to have dropped the ball on that for the moment according to some recent media.
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Was feeling somewhat confident going into this one, confidence definitely gone down a peg now.
Hawthorn are the number one team in the comp for marks per i50, we are dead last in that area. A KPD duo of Cox and McDonald against Chol, Gunston and Dear does not inspire confidence.
As for Pearce, FMD. We cannot rely on his paper mache body at all. Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a re-aggravation and he’s out for another couple. We have too many injury prone players.
Hawthorn are the number one team in the comp for marks per i50, we are dead last in that area. A KPD duo of Cox and McDonald against Chol, Gunston and Dear does not inspire confidence.
As for Pearce, FMD. We cannot rely on his paper mache body at all. Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a re-aggravation and he’s out for another couple. We have too many injury prone players.
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If I had a penny for every time we rushed Pearce back and he re-injured himself…
They also did the exact same thing last year, at almost the exact same time.
Hard to say he's been rushed back. There wasnt even an 'injury' in the first place, it was a 'hotspot'. Guy is injury prone.
Raz
Is this the Real Life? Is this just Fantasy?
"hot spot" is probably CODE for something more serious
Time to Retire Alex Pearce , join Walters and hopefullly fyfe
This year not lookinggood so lets start again ready for next year.
Blessing in disguise
Maybe a call that him and JOM can’t play in the same team together. But still, not great for Erasmus.
You can’t rely on Pearce. Every single year he’s missing massive games of footy for this club though injury, the same type of injuries all the time. 30 years old this year and now heading towards the twilight of his career and he’s never got a real run at it. Sucks for him but sucks even more for the Fremantle footy club who have consciously chosen for several years now to build a defensive foundation around a guy that cannot stay on the park consistently.
The responsibly for that decision lies on us, not Alex.
It will be the exact same next year and the year after. Just like its been the last few years. The definition of insanity is repeating the same things over and over.
The responsibly for that decision lies on us, not Alex.
It will be the exact same next year and the year after. Just like its been the last few years. The definition of insanity is repeating the same things over and over.
Yep we have made some dumb decisions. He shouldn't captain next year. We can't have a sole captain that is lucky to play 15 games a season.
The bigger issue is the next few years. We need to draft someone or hope Murphy comes on very strong. They don't seem to rate Davies. We need to hope Cox gets better another year removed from the brutal hamstring.
What I do agree with is the club has a bit of a track record of punting on gifted players whose bodies are unreliable. Mundy being a notable exception. What a legend.
More likely JOM replaces Raz, Switta replaces Dudley and Dudley goes to sub.
He often plays as a defensive forward, so he could also be in the side to tag Clark. Against the Pies he was sub and brought on to man Houston. While they let Sidebottom and Daicos run rampant in the midfield.
Last year he played forward and tagged Sheezel, Blakey (didn't work and they shifted him to Heeney), Flanders.
But he has tagged Callaghan and Anderson this year. Lats year Daicos (didn't work) and Oliver in the midfield.
I'm getting this from the game logs from fanfooty.
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Disappointed that Erasmus is out, even more disappointed that theyve kept JOM in.
Disappointed, not surprised
Disappointed, not surprised
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I've seen some post-injury crashouts but holy shit this one's crazy. The captaincy thing is more reasonable, but pronouncing him cooked? Ice cold take: if you're top 10 in the AFL in your position and play well over half the games, you're a useful player to have around.
More concerning is the fact that this season, injury problems feel like a downhill slope with irreversible momentum. This is far from exclusive to Pearce.
More concerning is the fact that this season, injury problems feel like a downhill slope with irreversible momentum. This is far from exclusive to Pearce.
This is why I kept saying a key position defender is a key requirement for us, we dont have an adequate replacement for Moose.
Who plays on Bulldogs Darcy in an elim final if Moose is down?
Maybe in the longer term, Riddle/Nicholls but I have nt seen them play so wouldnt know.
We also need another A grade midfielder and another running half back (maybe two if Clark went to the wing) so we`ve got a fair bit of recruiting to do.
We are in big trouble if Mooses "soreness" is another stress fracture "hot spot" reoccurrence. Normally they are a 6 week injury.
Ootf?
