dogs105
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Can be one of the Curtins
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Preview R11: Changes vs. Waalitj Marawar (West Coast Eagles)
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Cumming has had one game this year with 20 or more possessions. Not good enough for my liking. Edwards needs to come into this side along with draper.
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I think a big part of Cumming not doing much is that we aren't using him properly.
Chayce Jones gets murdered for those stats
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- Jun 23, 2016
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Draper and Dowling need to play, but they won't.
Did you go to Harvard?
dogs105
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Wouldn't mind Jones to replace Milera. He really attacks the ball.
Would prefer Edwards.
Dowling and Bond didnt do anything wrong to be dropped from the team this year, and Edwards has earn't a debut down back.
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Nah, I already know how to do my job.
- May 14, 2017
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I think that Cumming has been Nicksed, like several other players.
Imagine you're a player listening to Nicks pre-match and hearing his "plan" to beat Collingwood.
As Nicks' words sink in, you realise (depressingly) it's the same plan that did not beat Collingwood last year or the year before,
and
you play accordingly.
If anyone needs a rocket, it's Nicks.
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I'd love to see this, or anything as similarly imaginative against basket-case opposition at home.
But we all know that Nicks just won't do anything like it.
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Not even close, or even mildly interested after today.
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Cumming has been on the Atkins career arc for years. I've argued elsewhere his recruitment is some sort of karmic retribution for the Atkins to Gold Coast trade.
Walker cost us more than we gain from his few goals. Teams set up play and run of him. He gives very little aerially and can't keep the ball in the 50. Time for him to go and say to Curtain....the position is yours ...demand the ball, crash packs and keep the ball locked in. He's quicker, 4cm taller and can tackle and mark above his head.
Nah I think that's too much of a cop out. Too many people blame everything on the coaches and give the players a free pass. The players need to own this loss.
This game was an audit against the best (and oldest) side in it on their home deck in front of our biggest ever H&A crowd and we got a B, not an F. It exposed some structural issues but also some fringe players who didn't handle the heat. Our ball movement and team defense has been good but we're being let down by weak links - I'm looking at you, Nankervis - or rookie mistakes by the likes of Curtin that we just need to wear because the payoff will be worth it.
I don't think we quite have our balance right. We're too loose in defense. We're trying to squeeze in too many wing/running half back types. I think one of Milera, Nankervis, or Laird needs to go to bring in Bond who IMO is a better option against small forwards and can also play a tagging role as a mid. Try Ryan and Edwards while we're managing regular players. Draper just needs to play unless he's being managed from a fitness point of view. I would like to see Dowling or Pedlar tried as sub.
Out: Nankervis, Berry, Walker (managed)
In: Bond, Draper, Ryan/Edwards
sirpablo
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My thinking is that we need to be using Hinge through the midfield - or at least trial it against West Coast - I'm confident he would be a beast in there. And, go a little smaller in the forward line - I don't believe we should be continuing to play 3 talls through winter and Walker isn't good enough defensively (or even offensively lately).
Out: Berry, Walker
In: Edwards, Pedlar
Nankervis is on the edge for me, but he is still young and still has upside. I am inclined to leave Draper in the SANFL for at least a few games - let him settle a little and feel like he's earned his place when he's back in the side.
Out: Berry, Walker
In: Edwards, Pedlar
Nankervis is on the edge for me, but he is still young and still has upside. I am inclined to leave Draper in the SANFL for at least a few games - let him settle a little and feel like he's earned his place when he's back in the side.
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Being played out of position IMO
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Tex will be begging to play this week and will offer to rest next week instead. But will be back in form with 3-4 goals, so will hope to avoid that. There really aren’t any other obvious changes. Milera should go and Draper should come in. Curtin is struggling to impact in his role, ditto Taylor and both our wings are borderline droppable, but that cupboard is very bare. Berry is a fringe mid, so he should go, but we’re building some serious cohesion in that 23.
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There’s that and also selection integrity, both will be trotted out this week as excuses to not rest a senior type and give a kid a crack.
Take away the 3-4 elite kicks, all but 1 in the same game, and what’s the difference between Chayce’s poor 2024 and Cumming’s ‘uncriticiseable’ 2025.
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Left is cumming I’m guesssing?
Tex shouldn’t be rested, that’s for when it’s physical management but you’d still be selected on form. Tex should be omitted and hopefully this club can wake the eff up and realise the group is more important than the individual. Just once, let’s not pamper a senior player ego and see if the 4 walls won’t actually collapse in.
Yep. Nank’s ‘awful’ 2025 looks about the same from memory. It’s either game style or we’re just blessed with average group of wingmen. But Cumming shouldn’t get the free pass he gets around here.
Check Jones’ 2023 year that you reckon still has him as a bust.
