Roast Joel Selwood

[Art Vandelay_]

Can you do us all a favour and take some of your own advice ?

Maybe he should head down to cold rock and mix some smarties through icecream like Guthers if he wants some extra $$......

Then again that gets criticised around here too...

 

[catman2006]

If Selwood is getting tagged and scraged, then other mids need to start been aggressive to help out and just hammer then tagger all game long, we may give a few frees away but the psychological effect next time we play will be on our terms

 

[ATSAM]

Agree catman2006, we need an enforcer. That is why we need the older players playing on they know how to do that. Mind you when Johnson did it in the Port game it may not have won support on this board.
Where is Rooke when we need him, perhaps his coaching job is to teach enforcement

 

[Partridge]

Agree catman2006, we need an enforcer. That is why we need the older players playing on they know how to do that. Mind you when Johnson did it in the Port game it may not have won support on this board.
Where is Rooke when we need him, perhaps his coaching job is to teach enforcement

Honestly don't think enforcers exist in the modern game.

 

[Vdubs]

Agree catman2006, we need an enforcer. That is why we need the older players playing on they know how to do that. Mind you when Johnson did it in the Port game it may not have won support on this board.
Where is Rooke when we need him, perhaps his coaching job is to teach enforcement

Caddy has that potential.
T Hunt was ok at a bit of physicality while close checking, but....
Kelly was always good for "subtle" protection; we will miss him as we do this year already.
We just need some time to develop what we have. Gregson is already a beauty at tackling and chase downs, and surely he'll become an inside mid.

 

[ATSAM]

Enforcers are the leaders on the ground the ones who go up and give lip to the opposition, are the first to pull their players up, to throw the opposition player off one of their own, to take someone on. to tackle so hard that it hurts the opposition. Perhaps we have young ones who will do it, perhaps not.

 

[Vdubs]

Enforcers are the leaders on the ground the ones who go up and give lip to the opposition, are the first to pull their players up, to throw the opposition player off one of their own, to take someone on. to tackle so hard that it hurts the opposition. Perhaps we have young ones who will do it, perhaps not.

Rooke, Ling, Kelly, Scarlett, Mooney, Milburn......
Bews snr, Ablett snr, Buddha, Stoneham....
Card, ......
Devine, Rosenow.......?
Selwood himself.
The Geelong Enforcers- any +'s or -'s?

 

[David the Cat]

Paul Jeffries?

 

[Bobby_]

Honestly don't think enforcers exist in the modern game.

Mitchell, Hodge and Lewis seem to get a fair go at it.
All of them wouldn't last very long if they tried it in the 80's and 90's. Would quickly be put back in their place which is a shame as you can't seem to do that in today's game.

 

[Vdubs]

Paul Jeffries?

Loved his playing style- fearless marking ; Goggin rated him highly, may have been the enforcer role.
Goggin really rated Mark Bos pre his knee injury- best tackler in the comp at that stage.

 

[Cool Cat]

Loved his playing style- fearless marking ; Goggin rated him highly, may have been the enforcer role.
Goggin really rated Mark Bos pre his knee injury- best tackler in the comp at that stage.

Bos was a cracker, he and mark yeates on either side of jack Hawkins at half back - what a combination. I don't remember Jeffries as an enforcer, but loved his high flying pack chest marks as a kid. Add in Gary malarkey at full back and that's a pretty impressive defence. I guess that one or the other of the nankervis brothers might have been filling the other back pocket also, at least in the early part of the 80s.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Honestly don't think enforcers exist in the modern game.

Mitchell and Hodge? or are they just thugs?

 

[Teriyakicat]

Caddy has that potential.
T Hunt was ok at a bit of physicality while close checking, but....
Kelly was always good for "subtle" protection; we will miss him as we do this year already.
We just need some time to develop what we have. Gregson is already a beauty at tackling and chase downs, and surely he'll become an inside mid.

I thought Guthrie went OK in a couple of games in the middle last year- I recall him giving a bit of push and shove when Selwood was getting mauled. Unfortunately there aren't too many of the boys who can actually look out for another teammate while concentrating on their own game right now. Hopefully that will come as they gain experience but I'd rather that they played their own game first before trying to get involved in the push and shove that can distract them from following the game plan.

 

[Vdubs]

I thought Guthrie went OK in a couple of games in the middle last year- I recall him giving a bit of push and shove when Selwood was getting mauled. Unfortunately there aren't too many of the boys who can actually look out for another teammate while concentrating on their own game right now. Hopefully that will come as they gain experience but I'd rather that they played their own game first before trying to get involved in the push and shove that can distract them from following the game plan.

Guthrie, for sure would do that. But lacks in the physical intimidatory component.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Guthrie, for sure would do that. But lacks in the physical intimidatory component.

Ah, he's just got to push blokes smaller than him and he'll be OK

 

[BigCat1]

Hopefully Selly gets a chance to re-charge now and come back full throttle. His 200th now looks like it will be at home vs Brisbane.

 

[Bobby_]

well he's out for a week.
Now the whingers will see just what becomes of our midfield without our only decent midfielder

If the Doggies weren't licking their chops beforehand, they sure as hell will be now.

 

[JUBJUB]

well he's out for a week.
Now the whingers will see just what becomes of our midfield without our only decent midfielder

Bobby is doing a 'Jimmy' and refering to himself again

 

[Vdubs]

Hopefully Selly gets a chance to re-charge now and come back full throttle. His 200th now looks like it will be at home vs Brisbane.

He just had 3 weeks off???

 

[BigCat1]

He had two weekends off then. Do you say players have a week off every week as they don't play for 7 days

Two weekends is what he needed. I thought he looked better on the weekend. In all likelihood he's got a busted hand as well as the leg injuries that slowed him down pre season.

Unfortunately he now gets another weekend off so hopefully he's back to brilliant for the last 2 months.

 

[Vdubs]

He had two weekends off then. Do you say players have a week off every week as they don't play for 7 days

Two weekends is what he needed. I thought he looked better on the weekend. In all likelihood he's got a busted hand as well as the leg injuries that slowed him down pre season.

Unfortunately he now gets another weekend off so hopefully he's back to brilliant for the last 2 months.

Usually a week between games, yes. We don't play like the EPL.
Then an extra 2 weekends.
I get what you mean, but that should be ample.
Now another, but he may contest given Wright's evidence.
Sammy is a top fellow.

 

[JUBJUB]

He just had 3 weeks off???

Vdubs the post you replied to was nearly 2 weeks ago,not yesterday

 

[Vdubs]

Vdubs the post you replied to was nearly 2 weeks ago,not yesterday

Sorry Jub. It seemed a response to the recent event. Will have to read with more care.