Incredibly pointless bump.
Also, Alwyn Davey and Ricky Dyson.
Not at all. The way we are travelling there is no spot for Hank in the 22. As simple as that.
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Incredibly pointless bump.
Also, Alwyn Davey and Ricky Dyson.
Great bump.
The reason the midfield is so much better than it has been for years is because Slattery's out of the back pocket.
Will be interesting to see how many other afl clubs line up for his services at the end of this season.
Funny, I thought it was our backline that was performing better as well. Silly me for thinking that.
Funny, I thought it was our backline that was performing better as well. Silly me for thinking that.
I mean ANZAC day our midfiled slaughtered theirs and the backline was under no pressure.
Face it - he is gone at seasons end and his limited playing ability is why he won't be picked unless we have to.
his papers were stamped late last year when TRB refused to pick him despite crying out for a small lockdown defender.
Port could do worse. Even Freo may be a possibility with Lyons type of player.
could throw in the Dees and Brissie as well. Teams that are struggling and need some bigger bodies.
I'd be very surprised, as I've said for 3 or so years......those sides would be much better served getting a bp style player from one of the state comps with a draft pick (or rookie pick), in the mould of a Morris or Hibberd.
From what i gather from reports, and from the one or so vfl match a fortnight (or thereabouts) i see on abc/iq, Hank is rarely the best small defender out there....there is still plenty of talent in the state leagues, particularly for defenders (as they tend to be the last to be noticed).
Genuinely hope he does get a gig somewhere though.
Mmm, funny how the whole team has improved.
Hank was just that bad, he dragged everyone else down with him.
Morris is basically a carbon copy of Hank. Decent defensively, very hard at it, but not a penetrating kick. Hank chooses not to kick more than 30m to get around that, Morris chooses to handball.
No need for sarcasm lads, the bump is apt.
Coincidentally i was speaking with a Hawthorn mate yesterday, saying exactly this - it's amaizing how much better your side can function when you take out one or two weak links, particularly from defense.
Replace a spud like Hank with someone who's actually competent like Hibberd, and whether you like it or not it makes a hell of a lot of difference.
Opposition inside 50's
2012: 3rd. (Only 2 other teams have given less inside 50's
2011: 11th.
2010: 16th
Opposition Goals
2012: 6th
2011: 13th
2010: 16th
Silly you indeed. Our defence is still giving up the same number of goals vs the amount of times the ball goes back there. It's just not going back their nearly as often.
Mmm, funny how the whole team has improved.
Putting words in my mouth.Hank was just that bad, he dragged everyone else down with him.
And he can read the ball in the air without misjudging it so badly that the opposition fans spontaneously burst into laughter too.....and he doesn't turn it over and put his team mates under extreme pressure anywhere near as regularly, nor does his direct opponent kick anywhere near as many goals.
He has many aspects to his game that are more reliable than Hank's....overall Morris is afl standard (probably just), Hank is not.
Strange how Hardingham was in great form in the first half of last year and then struggled in the second, isn't it?
Also funny how the only demonstrable individual difference between our good and bad performances, in a defensive sense, is Cale Hooker.
Yet all supporters would 'clearly' recognise than Watson and Stanton are our most important players so far this year.
But yeah, the evidence that it's all Slattery is hugely compelling...
Who is it that's saying re our improvement that "it's all Slattery"??
You say with sarcasm that that argument is "hugely compelling", yet I haven't actually seen anyone make such an argument.
Perhaps you could let us in on who has claimed "it's all Slattery".
Coincidentally i was speaking with a Hawthorn mate yesterday, saying exactly this - it's amaizing how much better your side can function when you take out one or two weak links, particularly from defense.
Replace a spud like Hank with someone who's actually competent like Hibberd, and whether you like it or not it makes a hell of a lot of difference.