Going Forward (The Future)

[J_Moore]

Neither do I, but i do know that he cannot win a 1 and 1 contest and cant catch anyone. [emoji54]

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He shut down daniel reasonably effectively. Didn't get any ball or do anything with it, though

 

[caesar88]

The list doesn't need much changing, but the players mentality does. Like I said Horse needs to ignore reputation and not accept mediocrity. Dead set guns like Hannebery and Parker and Rohan need to be playing in the NEAFL if they aren't performing. They're the same as all the other blokes in the team in the sense that they have an end of the bargain they have to hold up.

They're easy best 22 but I'd like to see Horse put a few of the boys on notice for their MIA habits come round one next year. If we lose, so be it. But Horse needs to set the tone early that he's not gonna cop the same kind of complacency/inconsistency. Look at the impact such a decision had on Heeney.

I'd really like to see Foote, Hewett, Robinson and Newman next year. Not sure where they'll fit and may only get a crack if a mid goes down, but sides like GWS and Bulldogs have a midfield of about ten guns. We have seven (if you include Heeney and Lloyd). Throw in some more kids who can make our midfield even harder to get past.

Also as much as I want it, McVeigh and McGlynn won't be going anywhere. McVeigh is captain (which is still a joke) and McGlynn still wants that flag (which he can only blame himself for not getting)

 

[RUNVS]

We need to find a way to fix our midfield, or the gameplan as we have to even up the amount of inside 50's between our team and the opposition. I mean I get the idea, but in the really big games against the teams with powerful forward lines the idea doesn't work.

 

[RW]

Now is not the time to troll this board. Just leave it alone.

 

[brad cooper]

Now is not the time to troll this board. Just leave it alone.

Who are these people?

 

[The King!]

One thing I learnt this year was not to write off the reserves guys, Robinson, Foote etc dont thrill me, but prior to this year Marsh, Richards and Allir seemed like dead wood

 

[bedford]

Now is not the time to troll this board. Just leave it alone.

This thread is about the future.
We will be a good side again , but to get to the big one is the hardest part and that's what makes the loss even more disappointing.

 

[caesar88]

We need to find a way to fix our midfield, or the gameplan as we have to even up the amount of inside 50's between our team and the opposition. I mean I get the idea, but in the really big games against the teams with powerful forward lines the idea doesn't work.

Our midfield's still really good. Best in the comp. The difference is it is smaller than other teams that will probably be around the mark in the next few years. As I said above ^ the Bulldogs have a midfield of Bontempelli, Liberatore, Hunter, Dahlhaus, Wallis, Macrae, Boyd, Johannisen, Picken, McLean, Daniel and Dunkley. Same as GWS who have Kelly, Ward, Scully, Shiel, Coniglio, Smith, Hopper, Whitfield, Griffen and Greene. Our top five is better than both of theirs, but once you go past JPK, Hanners, Parker, Jack and Mitchell, you have only Lloyd (purely outside and mostly in defence), Heeney (just his second year and still plays in forward line a lot) and McVeigh (ageing veteran). It means those sides can afford to have a few mids down on their best form. If even two of ours go missing (like Hanners and Parker did), well we know what happens.

It's pretty easy to fix though IMO, just increase the amount of midfield rotations from about seven or eight to a dozen. Throw in Mills, Jones, Hewett, Robinson, Foote, Newman... the more midfield options we have, the more we can focus on keeping our forward line functioning INSIDE the 50.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

It's as simple as their million dollar man outperformed both of ours.

 

[sataris]

It's as simple as their million dollar man outperformed both of ours.

Disagree, That's just a symptom, not the underlying cause.

As others have mentioned. The side IS class, but it lacks mongrel. If you get into their faces, they turn to water (with the exception of JPK and Buddy).

Jones only instructions should be 'rip and tear'.

 

[Bandicoot]

The list doesn't need much changing, but the players mentality does. Like I said Horse needs to ignore reputation and not accept mediocrity. Dead set guns like Hannebery and Parker and Rohan need to be playing in the NEAFL if they aren't performing. They're the same as all the other blokes in the team in the sense that they have an end of the bargain they have to hold up.

I cannot believe this knee jerk comment. Parker has just been named the runner up in the Brownlow Medal with 26 votes, which would have in fact won it in many years, and after a disappointing GF, you are suggesting he play in the reserves. I didn't see too many people suggesting how "out of form" he was after he tore Geelong apart.
Actually having ANYONE in the forward line who can take a contested mark would help.
You are a joke.

 

[Blacky]

Parker was so injured in the GF is was laughable

 

[Bandicoot]

This thread is about the future.
We will be a good side again , but to get to the big one is the hardest part and that's what makes the loss even more disappointing.

We ARE a good side. The way the comments are flowing on this board I keep thinking I must have gone onto the Richmond board by mistake.

 

[Bandicoot]

Our midfield's still really good. Best in the comp. The difference is it is smaller than other teams that will probably be around the mark in the next few years. As I said above ^ the Bulldogs have a midfield of Bontempelli, Liberatore, Hunter, Dahlhaus, Wallis, Macrae, Boyd, Johannisen, Picken, McLean, Daniel and Dunkley. Same as GWS who have Kelly, Ward, Scully, Shiel, Coniglio, Smith, Hopper, Whitfield, Griffen and Greene. Our top five is better than both of theirs, but once you go past JPK, Hanners, Parker, Jack and Mitchell, you have only Lloyd (purely outside and mostly in defence), Heeney (just his second year and still plays in forward line a lot) and McVeigh (ageing veteran). It means those sides can afford to have a few mids down on their best form. If even two of ours go missing (like Hanners and Parker did), well we know what happens.

It's pretty easy to fix though IMO, just increase the amount of midfield rotations from about seven or eight to a dozen. Throw in Mills, Jones, Hewett, Robinson, Foote, Newman... the more midfield options we have, the more we can focus on keeping our forward line functioning INSIDE the 50.

I assume you will be replacing Horse next year.

 

[The King!]

The list doesn't need much changing, but the players mentality does. Like I said Horse needs to ignore reputation and not accept mediocrity. Dead set guns like Hannebery and Parker and Rohan need to be playing in the NEAFL if they aren't performing. They're the same as all the other blokes in the team in the sense that they have an end of the bargain they have to hold up.

They're easy best 22 but I'd like to see Horse put a few of the boys on notice for their MIA habits come round one next year. If we lose, so be it. But Horse needs to set the tone early that he's not gonna cop the same kind of complacency/inconsistency. Look at the impact such a decision had on Heeney.

I'd really like to see Foote, Hewett, Robinson and Newman next year. Not sure where they'll fit and may only get a crack if a mid goes down, but sides like GWS and Bulldogs have a midfield of about ten guns. We have seven (if you include Heeney and Lloyd). Throw in some more kids who can make our midfield even harder to get past.

Also as much as I want it, McVeigh and McGlynn won't be going anywhere. McVeigh is captain (which is still a joke) and McGlynn still wants that flag (which he can only blame himself for not getting)

Hanebery to the NEAFL? Wtf

 

[bedford]

Hanebery to the NEAFL? Wtf

WTFDWFT one of the best ever !

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Hanebery to the NEAFL? Wtf

Break Mitchell record of 64 possessions?

 

[The King!]

Break Mitchell record of 64 possessions?

You dont send a rolls royce out to drive in a cow paddock

 

[The King!]

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Parker was so injured in the GF is was laughable

Selection issue?

 

[Blacky]

Selection issue?

Probably had to play, but about 10 mins in a saw Jack send him forward because he could barely run

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

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Thing that stands out to me is Jack drop off.

 

[bedford]

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Who is that from

 

[The King!]

Who is that from

AFL

 

[The King!]

Probably had to play, but about 10 mins in a saw Jack send him forward because he could barely run

On replay he couldnt even out run roughead

We played too many sore/injured players