Not a fan of the changes. Dropping Tabs and going back to Pav, resting ruck and Mayne is not very effective.
Preview Round 13 - Fremantle v Collingwood (Ins and Outs, too)
- Thread starter Grape Bear
- Start date
- Tagged users None
- Status
But adding to our contested play in the forward half has to improve on our last few weeks
It's probably going to be damp and slippery tomorrow night, so Taberner out is probably wise. Such conditions also suit the strengths of Suban and De Boer. Suban to dive on the ball at least once every quarter and De Boer to turn the ball over with similar frequency.
The weather is the only reason I think you could drop Tabs. Hope this is the case....
Borry
Protected Species
- Aug 15, 2004
- 8,738
- 2,171
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- South Sydney
Apologise for putting this on here, but the family have a spare seat in the premium section (Block 153) if anyone is without a ticket but still keen on going.
PM me to get contact details and price (it's a premium seat).
PM me to get contact details and price (it's a premium seat).
- Aug 30, 2013
- 10,499
- 12,295
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
Collingwood aren't tall either & have extra runners/Mids to go fwd like Sean & pendles, so taberner out is likely structural.
Lost_Deputy
Premiership Player
Tabs out I get. Feel he needs to get a hold of a defender and get some confidence. He will be back this year.
Gu I'm bummed about but i think there is a valid argument to made higher pressure around our CHF line and De Boer brings that. Richmond chopped us up from there and Bucks said they will be looking at doing the same.
Clarke getting another week is a great call IMO. We want Clakkas salivating at coming in. When RTB hit him up a couple years ago to step up in the absence of Sandi he did in a big way. Another week at Peel will make him hungry.
On paper, it's a pretty great looking line up TBH.
Gu I'm bummed about but i think there is a valid argument to made higher pressure around our CHF line and De Boer brings that. Richmond chopped us up from there and Bucks said they will be looking at doing the same.
Clarke getting another week is a great call IMO. We want Clakkas salivating at coming in. When RTB hit him up a couple years ago to step up in the absence of Sandi he did in a big way. Another week at Peel will make him hungry.
On paper, it's a pretty great looking line up TBH.
Yep. Good chance for you to meet Gill.
pavsbootlace
Cancelled
Nah, but I reckon at this point in time for this game Hannath is probably the better option. Big chance for him - possibly a career defining moment.
Wouldn't surprise me if Taberner gets a game next week against Brisbane where the track will be a little flatter.
Ross is probably having a look at how Hannath goes at the Tabs role. We have to try something with that position and if there are several young players vying for a spot that is guaranteed to nobody yet, then it's worth doing if not for the short term, then in the long run.
Huh?
- Apr 4, 2013
- 13,670
- 16,890
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
I hope the small forward position is held to the same standard, because Ballas has kicked and created fewer goals than Taberner.
Ballas isn't a spud tho
I think Ross will persist with last year's All Australian small forward for a little longer.
Neither is Tabs. He's just a couple of years off being what we want him to be.
- Nov 29, 2011
- 3,884
- 7,146
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- Cockburn Doctors
For me (and looking for the positives) the changes are a clear sign rtb wants the ball to spend most of its thurs evening in freos f50. Ballas, croz, mayne, walters and piggy will put some serious pressure on the contested ball once fyfe, suban, pearced, hill, and mundy send it in. Hopefully this week we can kick straight.
- Apr 21, 2014
- 3,816
- 6,603
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- Vancouver Canucks
I wish I had that view (in that it will make us more potent). I'm not sure. Mayne is better in the areas you describe, but I wonder given how little he has actually scored the last year and a half... they have almost identical goals per game since 2013.
- Apr 4, 2013
- 13,670
- 16,890
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
I think that accolade counts for nothing. He's in awful form, has been all year. Lowest scoring of the five full time forwards.
- Apr 4, 2013
- 13,670
- 16,890
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
He is when the ground isn't Subiaco.
these were his good away games from last year: 1, 5, 11, 13, 16 and 22.
You'd better tell Ross that, then.
He has a golden pass though. He is never held to a standard by Lyon.
- Apr 4, 2013
- 13,670
- 16,890
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
I think he'd agree with me.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
