Oppo Camp Non-Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2018

[calder_daddy]

Motlop first quarter 9 touches 1 goal

FFS F OFF MOTLOP
2nd Quarter

2 touches

Welcome to Port Adelaide you useless yo-yo

 

[Landgraft]

You just know that Motlop is going to torch us when we play Port.

 

[Mr Meow]

Motlop first quarter 9 touches 1 goal

FFS F OFF MOTLOP
2nd Quarter

2 touches

Welcome to Port Adelaide you useless yo-yo

Nice one. Involved in two goals early into the third, including a direct goal assist.

Caddy had plenty of quiet patches last year. He did however turn out to be a very nice recruit. Motlop will be the same.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Nice one. Involved in two goals early into the third, including a direct goal assist.

Caddy had plenty of quiet patches last year. He did however turn out to be a very nice recruit. Motlop will be the same.

Parfitt will be better than Caddy IMO (and i like Caddy).

Motlop got us Kelly and Ablett.

 

[cynical]

I think people forget that Motlop is a good player.

Our game plan doesnt suit good outside players because we dont have many good forwards and our inside mids prefer to bomb it instead of using outside players all the time. Not only that we expect them to be inside players, which goes against the way they play.

What do Varcoe, Motlop, Lang and Thurlow all have in common? They are all outside players not wanted by Scott.

 

[Cataholic]

I think people forget that Motlop is a good player.

Our game plan doesnt suit good outside players because we dont have many good forwards and our inside mids prefer to bomb it instead of using outside players all the time. Not only that we expect them to be inside players, which goes against the way they play.

What do Varcoe, Motlop, Lang and Thurlow all have in common? They are all outside players not wanted by Scott.

From time to time. Like the invisible man inbetween

 

[Mr Meow]

Parfitt will be better than Caddy IMO (and i like Caddy).

Motlop got us Kelly and Ablett.

Caddy for Parfitt was win-win. Definitely happy with what we got for him.

Maybe the Motlop situation will be similar. Depends on Kelly's instant impact and Ablett's durability. As Motlop still had a handful of high performance years left. We'll see what the effect of Ablett is this year. If he absolutely tears it apart and brings his A game in finals it might be worth it.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I think people forget that Motlop is a good player.

Our game plan doesnt suit good outside players because we dont have many good forwards and our inside mids prefer to bomb it instead of using outside players all the time. Not only that we expect them to be inside players, which goes against the way they play.

What do Varcoe, Motlop, Lang and Thurlow all have in common? They are all outside players not wanted by Scott.

To be fair Scott doesnt do the contracts it was Wells and Hocking..

Motlop for whatever reasons (inconsistency) we didn't want to match Port's 4 year deal.

Varcoe wanted 3 years which at that stage would have been too big a risk with his injury history and we had to move him a year early as he was FA in 15 and given bringing Danger in we would have got no compo for him.

Scott played Lang in 2 finals it wasn't his call to have Lang OOC.

Thurlow the jury is out on.

I have concerns about our gameplan but you haven't proved a pattern there.

 

[Strange Cat]

Gee I hope people don’t melt over Motlop all year

 

[Baudolino]

Parfitt will be better than Caddy IMO (and i like Caddy).

Our mistake with Caddy was trying to develop him as an inside midfielder who occasionally rolls forward rather than locking him in as a mid-sized forward.

 

[Strange Cat]

Our mistake with Caddy was trying to develop him as an inside midfielder rather than a mid-sized forward.

Judging by Caddy melt when he left about not being given more midfield time I’m sure the club was aware of his limitations which is why we hardly ever saw him in the middle in his last year.

Ironic as the Tigers have left him as a forward, he’s a good handy player but I don’t miss him at all.

 

[Baudolino]

Judging by Caddy melt when he left about not being given more midfield time I’m sure the club was aware of his limitations which is why we hardly ever saw him in the middle in his last year.

He wasn't used exclusively in the middle with us - hence his perception that he was deprived of midfield time he should have been given - but the time he was given he still too much. We tried to have an each-way bet with Caddy and develop positional flexibility when we should have just committed to using him in a defined role in the forward line.

 

[Cataholic]

Gee I hope people don’t melt over Motlop all year

Doubt it. We’re just pointing out that one good game doesn’t a season make.

 

[Landgraft]

Can I melt over Watts instead? Cause damn, girl.

 

[Mr Meow]

Can I melt over Watts instead? Cause damn, girl.

I was thinking this. Adding Watts to our current set up (in a scenario where we quite fancifully also manage to keep Ablett) could've been a "next step" ingredient.

 

[Warhorse]

Mots is the icing, not the cake.
He's capable of magic, he's equally as capable of going missing for large chunks

Was amongst our best finals player last year. Instead we are stuck with players who are consistently s**t in finals

 

[Cataholic]

Was amongst our best finals player last year. Instead we are stuck with players who are consistently s**t in finals

He played a good game, but MIA too often

 

[cynical]

From time to time. Like the invisible man inbetween

Outside players are going to be inconsistent it's just the way it is.

If teammates dont win enough ball or give it to them then they are likely having sub 10 possession games.

 

[Cataholic]

Outside players are going to be inconsistent it's just the way it is.

If teammates dont win enough ball or give it to them then they are likely having sub 10 possession games.

True, but he wan’t inconsistent.

He was either there, or not to be found at all.

 

[Strange Cat]

Glad I’m not playing in the GC vs Norf game...conditions aren’t very good

 

[Catdog]

Glad I’m not playing in the GC vs Norf game...conditions aren’t very good

A bit wet!

 

[Cataholic]

Lingy, Lingy, Lingy........

Tugging about the influence Rioli has had on the game with just one touch

 

[GeelongFTW]

Brayshaw is way way better than Basil. Someone on here pointed out that he's somehow behind the play and its absolutely true and super annoying. Brayshaw is pretty good in comparison.

 

[FoolCat]

Varcoe is like the mummy out there

 

[Seeds]

Our mistake with Caddy was trying to develop him as an inside midfielder who occasionally rolls forward rather than locking him in as a mid-sized forward.

it was no mistake. caddy was on the path to becoming a gun midfielder. Then injury got in the way.