David Neitz

[ptw]

Our fwd line seems to be in much better shape this year (when was the last time we played 4 games and kicked > 100 points in each game ???

I think it is the midfield which is driving itr, however with Gav, CCC and recently Paxman up there it looks a lot more experienced.

Good to see.


ptw

 

[carb70]

This looks like its going to be a good season as far as our fowards go and we still have Lockwood and Tredrea to come back into the team.

I agree the foward line looks better with Wanga's and CCC up there. It will be a real bonus it we can get a full season from both those guys as well as Lockwood.

The biggest bonus is also the goals we are getting from our midfield, Flash and Dewy are both capable of kicking a couple of goals a week each and their real strength is they can kick them from 60 out. Burgoyne and James are also capable of going foward and kicking goals as well. So I think our goalkicking troubles of the past could be over, as long as we keep kicking goals and not points.

 

[choppyhard]

It does look better, but you need someone to stand up and kick 60 or 70. All grand final teams in the last few years have at least one big goal scorer throughout the year. You can't rely on running, floating forward goal kickers in finals. Bulldogs, Geelong get exposed every year finals come around. You need someone who can take a mark in the forward line when finals are on such as North and Essendon have had. There is to much much pressure in finals to allow pinch hitting full forwards to win over. Exception being the crows but then again Jarman was/is a fair mark one out.

 

[carb70]

Choppyhard, You have heard of players called Warren Tredrea and Bowen Lockwood. They are our 2 key marking fowards who are out at the moment because of injury.

 

[Mudholian]

Well for me it says team work and system is just as important as personnel. Paxman looked like a forward. Its pretty easy to look like a forward when there's some direct play from the middle and a half decent kick into 50 to finish it off. If Tredders had that sort of service last year he's half kicked twice as many - and there's the "70 goal forward" we're supposedly looking for.
Mud