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How many goals will Darcy Fogarty kick in 2023?


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Who was the poster who was on Fog watch during the trial games and who latched on a couple of quieter games?
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That's one of the bigger things for me. Felt like in previous years we'd just go for pure numbers at a contest hoping to get something, but that hasn't really happened yet this year. Part of that would be the quicker ball movement, but we're being smarter with trying to go to 1-1 contests, rather than just "get it deep as we can" and kick to a pack to try and keep it contested and locked in.
I guess it also helps that the two teams we've played so far were garbage defensively, which allowed us to get a lot of quick, clean ball movement. I want to see us up against some of the good teams like Hawthorn, Brisbane etc before I start getting out the lotion and tissues. But all you can do is beat what's in front of you, and we've at least done that convincingly.
 
You’re pushing it. Three injury interrupted years before kicking 60

You're right, it's not every so often that the Gary Ablett, Barry Hall, Alistair Lynch, Brad Johnson, Brendan Fevola, Jonathan Brown, Fraser Gehrig types come along

Don't make me bring up Gordon Coventry :p

Can’t we accept that Fog is very solid, but it’s more unlikely than not he’ll ever be a 70 goal forward?

But yes it's unlikely
 
You're right, it's not every so often that the Gary Ablett, Barry Hall, Alistair Lynch, Brad Johnson, Brendan Fevola, Jonathan Brown, Fraser Gehrig types come along

Don't make me bring up Gordon Coventry :p



But yes it's unlikely
Once Tex goes I think we will straighten out a lot. However I think Fog will end up roaming the top of the 50 and Thilthorpe goes to the square. So he likely might not be that 70 goal forward because he is more that high forward linking role tex plays now.
 
He kicked 60 when he was 22, though. As quality as he is, Fog hasn’t shown that ceiling yet

RT is much more likely to hit those heights IMO
Fog has been in a bottom 4 team, hasn’t had the opportunity really yet.
 

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10 of the last 13 coleman medallists have kicked below 70 goals, I don't think hyper fixating on that number is necessary, or was really Jo's point.
He’s clearly a talented bugger, if that’s the point he’s making. A lot of talented buggers hover around the 40-60 mark for their careers, that’s just where I see Fog in the context of this forward line
 
He’s clearly a talented bugger, if that’s the point he’s making. A lot of talented buggers hover around the 40-60 mark for their careers, that’s just where I see Fog in the context of this forward line

Question was ceiling though, not good long term average.

Hard not to be able to squint and say you can't see 70 as a ceiling.
 

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Watching the first 2 games this year I do feel like Fog is now playing with that confidence/ borderline arrogance that he did as a man child playing against boys when he was a junior.

Also, to be clear, I want him playing with borderline arrogance. It's always felt like with Darcy confidence is key. When he knows he can monster you, you're in serious trouble!
 
Not sure if anyone heard the in interview with ANB a couple of weeks ago on AA breakfast but they asked who surprised him the most in terms of players not being what he expected.

He mentioned Fog straight away. Always had this perception of him being this intense, without down the line footy dude. Apparently he is completely the opposite off the field. A real larikan around the club and one of the most jovial blokes in the team.

Like Froggy said, how can you not love him.

FWIW, I reckon he's got more improvement left in him still. Will be a direct beneficiary of our more nuanced forward entries going forward.
He's rocking the Magnum PI moustache, what's not to love.
 

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