Preview Round 1 v Hawks (team listed #982 p40)

[Saintly Viewed]

Have we won yet?

 

[Darkyprotector]

I'll explain this slowly

Wills is the best tackler now with sack out he's also big so can be a marking target , with a midfielders tank ( perfect defensive forward I suggest)

Adams in the back pocket won't be getting 30 posies won't be busting tackles and will distribute the ball
Meanwhile beating
Toby Greene
Cyril
Betts
Cameron
Ablett / dangerfield
Martin/ caddy
R gray/ wingard
Fantasia / tipunwoodi
Walters/ ballantyne
Billings



You know the blokes who constantly kick goals against us , that cost us games and make us miss finals

Name me some one else who can do that

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Not fussed where Adams plays tbh. He ok back and has done good things forward. His best work is in the guts but its a question of team balance

 

[ThexderX]

Love some peoples enthusiasm and optimism (wish I had more), but as a pure realist, we are in for a long ordinary year.

Probably 14th, maybe 10th at best.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Love some peoples enthusiasm and optimism (wish I had more), but as a pure realist, we are in for a long ordinary year.

Probably 14th, maybe 10th at best.

This is the round one thread. Will be a close game so I’ll put us between 6th and 11th after one game.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I'll explain this slowly

Wills is the best tackler now with sack out he's also big so can be a marking target , with a midfielders tank ( perfect defensive forward I suggest)

Adams in the back pocket won't be getting 30 posies won't be busting tackles and will distribute the ball
Meanwhile beating
Toby Greene
Cyril
Betts
Cameron
Ablett / dangerfield
Martin/ caddy
R gray/ wingard
Fantasia / tipunwoodi
Walters/ ballantyne
Billings



You know the blokes who constantly kick goals against us , that cost us games and make us miss finals

Name me some one else who can do that

Can you explain it slower?

 

[Bored_Pie]

I'll explain this slowly

Wills is the best tackler now with sack out he's also big so can be a marking target , with a midfielders tank ( perfect defensive forward I suggest)

Adams in the back pocket won't be getting 30 posies won't be busting tackles and will distribute the ball
Meanwhile beating
Toby Greene
Cyril
Betts
Cameron
Ablett / dangerfield
Martin/ caddy
R gray/ wingard
Fantasia / tipunwoodi
Walters/ ballantyne
Billings



You know the blokes who constantly kick goals against us , that cost us games and make us miss finals

Name me some one else who can do that

Yeah no. Adams is a pure midfielder.

 

[jonbe54]

Clarkson said you need your best ball users and smartest players off half back. Any suggestion that Adams can play this roll goes against one of if not the best coach of the last 30+ years.

Adams is a turn over king. Half Back flank is the last place we want it turning over.

Today's best ever coach is tomorrow's who the feck are you?

The great teams that form a dynasty INNOVATE.

Copying is for also rans.

On the question of Adams' DE - it's tangential to my point.

Copying a great makes you a great . . copier.

I really do get bored with those that say we have to be more like this team or that team.

We need to be the best team we can with what we have at any given moment and not be sheep following where others have gone.

 

[Vedder]

The thing that worries me about Adams down back will be the turnovers

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Yeah no. Adams is a pure midfielder.

Perfectly capable of playing behind the ball too. Or kicking a goal.

 

[Bored_Pie]

Perfectly capable of playing behind the ball too. Or kicking a goal.

He'd be spare back in defence or kicking a goal as a mid.

Those small forwards would run rings around him if he playing a role on them, thats just my opinion.

 

[sr36]

I'll explain this slowly

Wills is the best tackler now with sack out he's also big so can be a marking target , with a midfielders tank ( perfect defensive forward I suggest)

Defensive forwards are ideally very quick. They need to shut down space in a hurry and force errors through perceived pressure as much as through sticking tackles.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

He'd be spare back in defence or kicking a goal as a mid.

Those small forwards would run rings around him if he playing a role on them, thats just my opinion.

Yeah I dont think hes earmarked for a specialist role on Eddie Betts but thats not to say he wont spend a decent amount of time inside 50.

 

[Bored_Pie]

Yeah I dont think hes earmarked for a specialist role on Eddie Betts but thats not to say he wont spend a decent amount of time inside 50.

Yeah 100% agree with that, he'd be a good extra 1 in any area of the ground.

 

[DaVe86]

The one thing we can't afford is to allow Sicily to roam free off half-back. He has shown to be vulnerable when someone applies a tight forward tag on him and gets in his face a bit.

I dare say we had Goldsack ear-marked for this role, so his absence hurts. Otherwise we could have put De Goey there, but he's out as well.

Either someone like Adams or Maynard go forward to get into his face, or we bring someone like Crocker...or dare I say Mayne to play a forward tag.

I reckon we should actually give Maynard a go. He'll really get into Sicily's face and has the size. Or we go ultra offensive and use Fasolo on him. Fasolo won't man up, but could force him to defend.

 

[Frankie23]

What ever happened to being ******* excited about the footy returning, so sick of the negativity around here.. I just cannot wait to get to the 'G on Saturday!

 

[CFC2010]

The one thing we can't afford is to allow Sicily to roam free off half-back. He has shown to be vulnerable when someone applies a tight forward tag on him and gets in his face a bit.

I dare say we had Goldsack ear-marked for this role, so his absence hurts. Otherwise we could have put De Goey there, but he's out as well.

Either someone like Adams or Maynard go forward to get into his face, or we bring someone like Crocker...or dare I say Mayne to play a forward tag.

I reckon we should actually give Maynard a go. He'll really get into Sicily's face and has the size. Or we go ultra offensive and use Fasolo on him. Fasolo won't man up, but could force him to defend.

We are talking about Sicily mate not Hodge.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

The one thing we can't afford is to allow Sicily to roam free off half-back. He has shown to be vulnerable when someone applies a tight forward tag on him and gets in his face a bit.

I dare say we had Goldsack ear-marked for this role, so his absence hurts. Otherwise we could have put De Goey there, but he's out as well.

Either someone like Adams or Maynard go forward to get into his face, or we bring someone like Crocker...or dare I say Mayne to play a forward tag.

I reckon we should actually give Maynard a go. He'll really get into Sicily's face and has the size. Or we go ultra offensive and use Fasolo on him. Fasolo won't man up, but could force him to defend.

As Sophia Petrillo * might say...

Picture this ... Sicily ...
Mayne goes on him. Perfect lasagna but I digress.
Mayne on Sicily there’s plenty for everyone to despise, Sicily a natural, Mayne for everyone to get worked up about because he lucked a nice contract.

Dorothy Spornak *: Ma, what the hell are you talking about?

Sophia: how the hell do I know, I had a stroke. It’s Sicily. What else would I talk about.


* The Golden Girls

 

[Bored_Pie]

What ever happened to being ******* excited about the footy returning, so sick of the negativity around here.. I just cannot wait to get to the 'G on Saturday!

Can't believe it's this Saturday!!!!

 

[10571z]

Today's best ever coach is tomorrow's who the feck are you?

The great teams that form a dynasty INNOVATE.

Copying is for also rans.

On the question of Adams' DE - it's tangential to my point.

Copying a great makes you a great . . copier.

I really do get bored with those that say we have to be more like this team or that team.

We need to be the best team we can with what we have at any given moment and not be sheep following where others have gone.

Ok well regardless having your worst kick in your team as a position which is clearly still the play maker position is idiotic.

 

[Bard]

The one thing we can't afford is to allow Sicily to roam free off half-back. He has shown to be vulnerable when someone applies a tight forward tag on him and gets in his face a bit.

I dare say we had Goldsack ear-marked for this role, so his absence hurts. Otherwise we could have put De Goey there, but he's out as well.

Either someone like Adams or Maynard go forward to get into his face, or we bring someone like Crocker...or dare I say Mayne to play a forward tag.

I reckon we should actually give Maynard a go. He'll really get into Sicily's face and has the size. Or we go ultra offensive and use Fasolo on him. Fasolo won't man up, but could force him to defend.

Crocker looks like someone who might have a bit of lip about him. Matches up well with Sicily too in physical attributes.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

The one thing we can't afford is to allow Sicily to roam free off half-back. He has shown to be vulnerable when someone applies a tight forward tag on him and gets in his face a bit.

I dare say we had Goldsack ear-marked for this role, so his absence hurts. Otherwise we could have put De Goey there, but he's out as well.

Either someone like Adams or Maynard go forward to get into his face, or we bring someone like Crocker...or dare I say Mayne to play a forward tag.

I reckon we should actually give Maynard a go. He'll really get into Sicily's face and has the size. Or we go ultra offensive and use Fasolo on him. Fasolo won't man up, but could force him to defend.

Goldsack is also unavailable!? When it comes to body hardness and durability, we have a team full of sugar plum fairies!

 

[jmac70]

Goldsack is also unavailable!? When it comes to body hardness and durability, we have a team full of sugar plum fairies!

You really haven’t been keeping up to date.

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

You really haven’t been keeping up to date.

You also noticed 'sugar plum fairies' was an outdated metaphor?

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

You also noticed 'sugar plum fairies' was an outdated metaphor?

Obviously I didn't! Can you suggest a more contemporary metaphor to use when I next discover after everyone else that another player is on the injury list?