I trust Waterman, it's just that he is too unselfish and tries to give it off rather than taking it himself when he is >35m out.Who do we trust to quick an accurate set shot?
Lecras and Willie?
That's about it from our forwards at the moment.
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I trust Waterman, it's just that he is too unselfish and tries to give it off rather than taking it himself when he is >35m out.Who do we trust to quick an accurate set shot?
Lecras and Willie?
That's about it from our forwards at the moment.
I am very disappointed that Petch is not in he adds so much pace to the forward mix.No,we want the Petch
Yes but ours are not season ending injuries thank goodness. We have to work without them for now no other choice. Look at Collingwood they dont have key forwards either and they find goals from Hoskin Elliot, Josh Thomas, Degoey, Sidebottom, Phillips, Stephenson). Same for Richmond their goals come from all their smalls and midsize players.Yeah that's a long list. Season killer. Although our list is small we do have three of our starting four spine players out and the forwards are one of our absolute strengths. Still pretty significant.
Dark Sharks I’m with you with the Brander situation, son.
Should have given him another go over the proven below average McInnes.
#JusticeForJarrod
I think all 3 will rotate through the forward line at some stage.If we are going to roll the dice a little with selection and team balance, then what i would love to see is this:
Nic Nat playing a full game at full forward.
Let lycett and mciness handle the ruck duties and leave Nic in the forward 50. He is excellent one on one and is such an aerial threat that with so many smaller forwards this weekend the ball will come to ground.
We have seen Dusty and Dangerfield play at full forward and be successful, i would love to see the club let Nic have a crack at it tonight.
Brander can at least take an overhead mark and ever more, an overhead contested mark.
I would think Cale Hooker would be rubbing him self up in pleasure tonight, in the knowledge that the overhead forward threat from WC is coming from McInnes ...that would be the same guy who cant even take an overhead contested mark in the WAFL .
Now for your second point...... IF and its a big if..... McInnes is in the side to give NN a chop out..... I can live with that as that gives Lycett or NN an opportunity to be a focal point up front , now that is something Hooker should be worried about.
As for the "he straightens us up argument" with out an overhead marking threat in our forward line, it doesn't matter one iota how straight we are..... because Hurley and Hooker are going to have a field day intercepting marks ...... I would have preferred the Sneezer in the team as he does have some high flying tricks and he is also dangerous on the ground.
Our small forwards are going to have to play out of their skins tomorrow night if the ball delivery is like it was last Friday night...... mids will need to lift their games big time if we are going to score enough points to win.
Funny how Venables and Petro were given a second game after poor to piss poor efforts in their first game and came back with a much better contribution in their second game.
Venables kicked three in game two.
Our forward line played s**t, to a man, last Friday night ...... and yes I admit the delivery was atrocious ..... yet Brander is the only player to get shunted out of the team.
FFS that has shades on Ross Lyon / Matt Taberner all over it , the team wins you keep your spot we lose your out.
Its our backing of our youth that as helped us rise this year ..... well until now.
If we are going to roll the dice a little with selection and team balance, then what i would love to see is this:
Nic Nat playing a full game at full forward.
Let lycett and mciness handle the ruck duties and leave Nic in the forward 50. He is excellent one on one and is such an aerial threat that with so many smaller forwards this weekend the ball will come to ground.
We have seen Dusty and Dangerfield play at full forward and be successful, i would love to see the club let Nic have a crack at it tonight.
Best tap ruck in comp play all game at FF. Wont happen.
He may well spend greater time on rhe ground playing deep forward.
To play devils advocate, you could say Dusty is the games best onballer and would be wasted at full forward, but he did great when he was posted there.
I actually agree with you though, its unlikely to happen, Nic playing at full forward. I would still love to see it all the same though.
To play devils advocate, you could say Dusty is the games best onballer and would be wasted at full forward, but he did great when he was posted there.
I actually agree with you though, its unlikely to happen, Nic playing at full forward. I would still love to see it all the same though.
Dare say match committee would agree with you, but the 5 day break would have prohibited Ah Chee from coming in. Midfield minutes probably more arduous for Ah Chee than Schofield.Changes make sense, schofield and mcinnes covering JK and Barrass from our Best 22.
Only thing I would do different is play a fwd/mid in Ah Chee over an 8th defender in nelson. Im guessing jetta will play more mid/fwd this week to compensate
Happy with the changes:
(1) The Sheed out had to happen, even though it meant an additional change. I think it's unfortunate Shuey didn't come up against the Saints because not only did it set Dom back in his form recovery in the WAFL, but it meant we had to endure his poor outing at the SCG and he has now had to endure being dropped twice in 3 weeks which won't help his mindset. And because it is a Thursday game he has copped the stand alone teams article on afl.com "Dom Dumped Again". I fully expect he will regain his form in the WAFL and be back within a month.
(2) While I'd have liked to see Brander again, dropping him was the right call. He didn't exactly set the world on fire last week (we can forgive that given it wasn't an easy game for any of our blokes, let alone a first game KPF), but the likelihood is that he would have been outbodied and ultimately towelled up this week in copping the Bombers' best/2nd best KPD. He says himself that at this point in his career he is suited to Waterman's role - and we don't have room for 2 of those.
(3) McInnes and Schofield are in to do exactly what they are on our list for - provide experienced depth in our time of need. Schofield played well against the Giants and should have been in last week (I think he was still getting over his injury?). As many have stated, we lose so much in forcing McGovern to be accountable for a KPF. McInnes normally acquits himself well and has shown an ability to hit the ground running when we unleash him for his game or 2 every year. I expect he will hold his own in the contest and, at the very least, create front and centre opportunities for Willie/Ryan/Lecras.
I expect we will grind out a win, but it won't be a walk in the park with us missing our 2 best KPFs of the last decade.
I think all 3 will rotate through the forward line at some stage.
Even if we wanted to do that, We would still have NN take the ruck after a goal and then push forward. I think NN shouldnt tap the ball to anyone just take it out of the ruck EVERY contest and kick it forward.If we are going to roll the dice a little with selection and team balance, then what i would love to see is this:
Nic Nat playing a full game at full forward.
Let lycett and mciness handle the ruck duties and leave Nic in the forward 50. He is excellent one on one and is such an aerial threat that with so many smaller forwards this weekend the ball will come to ground.
We have seen Dusty and Dangerfield play at full forward and be successful, i would love to see the club let Nic have a crack at it tonight.
Unfortunate for us (in the short term at least, give it 18 years), but family takes precedence over footy.Schofield couldn't travel to Sydney because his wife was expecting. She had a little father-son candidate early this week.
Even if we wanted to do that, We would still have NN take the ruck after a goal and then push forward. I think NN shouldnt tap the ball to anyone just take it out of the ruck EVERY contest and kick it forward.
Thats right get it in quickly into the F50 and lock it in and go to work from there. NN is too unselfishI agree ....I actually think field position is more important than pin point passes ...
Get field position ...create pressure....get turn over ..score