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At Glenelg v North, Sam Shaw not playing, Johnston being played in defense
With those stats he must have been the loose man in defence.
Three goals, leading hitouts for North (but the other ruck man was Craig ).
It sounds like he quarterbacked the game.

Anyone see it and able to report?
 

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A man who knows his window will be open for precisely 1 more week, before Smack comes back and his window slams shut again.
Why do you need to write such rubbish? What if he has a big game, do you think he will be dropped? Besides our forward line is ******, you don't think they will give him a run of consecutive games to try and improve it?
 

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Just got home from the bay. LOL Glenelg! :D

Johnston was everywhere today. Craig went down early so LJ did a majority of the rucking for the rest of the game, rotating with our two other sort of KPFs (Langford and Gordon). They seemed to be working out the rotations themselves rather than Franou having set times for them which is why LJ was often seen a kick behind play, as Langford or Gordon would often come up from the forward line to take the next ruck contest and give LJ a breather.

So he was kind of part KPF, part ruckman and part quarterback. His excellent ball use and footy smarts made him very good at the quarterbacking role. Oh and if anyone was wondering - no he couldn't ruck in the AFL even a little bit. :p

His goals were a pleasure to watch too, his leg is a massive weapon.

He did pull up a little "hobbley" and sore a couple of times later in the game (his knee is taped) but definitely no "real" injuries or anything to worry about.

I'm not expecting him to get picked next week but he should definitely come in for a stretch of games as a key forward.

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Why do you need to write such rubbish? What if he has a big game, do you think he will be dropped? Besides our forward line is screwed, you don't think they will give him a run of consecutive games to try and improve it?
Because he has to get selected for the 1st game first to get a run of games .
 
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17 hitouts as well? Where the hell is he playing???

I really hope we give him some gametime by the end of the year.
Exactly why? ......maybe we should-draft Symes based on his SANFL form?

All the people advocating his selection.....my guess is very few have seen him play except the odd TV game
 

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petrenko got knocked out in the first quarter in a big hit. stayed down for a while, stretcher was brought out and everything, was helped off the ground though but was very out of it and obviously didn't play for the rest of the game.
 

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Exactly why? ......maybe we should-draft Symes based on his SANFL form?

All the people advocating his selection.....my guess is very few have seen him play except the odd TV game
It's not that hard to figure out why, is it? He's a performing player in the SANFL, and we're not making the AFL finals. We have several players woefully out of form and in need of a rest. We desperately need a tall forward. Why not play our best-performing league forward in the AFL?

I'm not saying he's going to be a superstar based on his league form. I'm saying I would like to see him tried out for a few weeks in what remains of this sorry season.

I can't fathom what issue you could possibly have with that.

No, I haven't seen him play except the odd TV game.
 
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