Time to bite the bullet?

[Jabber]

Thought this deserved a new thread.
While I'm happy where we are sitting this season and with Woosha's performance, I think the time has come this week against the Bulldogs to start playing some of our young KPP before we get close to finals action.

Milli is undoubtedly in his last season and Jako, while throwing up a good game every now and then is well and truly on the downslope of his career. Our small forward line is erratic and exposed when we lose midfield dominance and have to kick long.

Lynch is being groomed as a CHB and is playing good footy - the time to play him is now.
McDougall is pulling down some good grabs, we badly need someone like him up forward.
Gaspar has always looked promising at CHF, put him back there.
Seaby is dominating in the WAFL, time to see if he can deliver more around the ground than Cox.

Jako - Can still give us quality, and will need his experience come finals time. Make him last and play him sparingly.
Milli - Same as Jako.
Caroll - Has had plenty of opportunity but never delivers more than adequate performance - WAFL is where he belongs
Cox - Reasonable tap work, but nothing special around the ground. We should split the remaining season between him & Seaby as Gardy's backup.

We have the potential to create a dynasty ala early 90's with the talent we have running around in the WAFL. Personally I'd rather get these guy's tasting AFL footy now when we can afford it, than later when we are forced to.

 

[carlyp]

Originally posted by Jabber
Thought this deserved a new thread.
While I'm happy where we are sitting this season and with Woosha's performance, I think the time has come this week against the Bulldogs to start playing some of our young KPP before we get close to finals action.

Milli is undoubtedly in his last season and Jako, while throwing up a good game every now and then is well and truly on the downslope of his career. Our small forward line is erratic and exposed when we lose midfield dominance and have to kick long.

Lynch is being groomed as a CHB and is playing good footy - the time to play him is now.
McDougall is pulling down some good grabs, we badly need someone like him up forward.
Gaspar has always looked promising at CHF, put him back there.
Seaby is dominating in the WAFL, time to see if he can deliver more around the ground than Cox.

Jako - Can still give us quality, and will need his experience come finals time. Make him last and play him sparingly.
Milli - Same as Jako.
Caroll - Has had plenty of opportunity but never delivers more than adequate performance - WAFL is where he belongs
Cox - Reasonable tap work, but nothing special around the ground. We should split the remaining season between him & Seaby as Gardy's backup.

We have the potential to create a dynasty ala early 90's with the talent we have running around in the WAFL. Personally I'd rather get these guy's tasting AFL footy now when we can afford it, than later when we are forced to.

Totally agree!! The time has come the walrus said....to dream of many things....Of Gaspar, Mcdougal, Lynch and Seaby and many other young things!
Seriously though, These boys need time in the AFL or when they do play they wont have any experience at all and they'll be a bundle of nerves!
Play these guys Woosha

 

[The Passenger]

Yes we would probaly want to start giving some guys a run from now on in but I wouldn't think It'd be too wise to tinker around too much, but yes defeintaly McDougall, Seaby, Hansen and Lynch need to start getting more game time so we can see what they do.

Gaspar will slot straight back into CHF when he's back from injury.

 

[noodle]

i agree that gasper should go straight to CHF when he is fit. he has showed that he is the missing link in our half forward line.

but where to for Jakovich? Can he play in the back line again? i'm not sure what he can do to retain his spot in our lineup.

our small forward line works a lot better with phil in it. this week was the first week that the wheels have really fallen off. i'd persist with it.

 

[Frodo]

Gaspar played WAFL yesterday and was well beaten.

McDougall faded after one half.

I think Glass and Carroll are being groomed to replace Milli and Jako.

I thought Cox was a better ruckman than Gardy on Sunday.

Sure fit the youngsters in, but one at a time and off the bench.

If anyone should be dropped due to Suindays performance I'd look at Sampi, Braun, Humm and Jako.

I think Chambers and Wooden are serious contenders. Gaspar and Macca depeds upon how they go in training. Fido must come back.

 

[MDB]

Bit harsh on Humm and Braun - both were hardley used - which was a mistake in my opinion.

 

[Kenny_01]

Originally posted by Frodo
Gaspar played WAFL yesterday and was well beaten.

Only because he was playing on McPharlin.

 

[Ripper]

Originally posted by Kenny_01
Only because he was playing on McPharlin.

No disgrace it that for young Gaspar. Not to many can beat Macpharlap.

 

[ozzult]

We definitely need to start giving some tall defenders and forwards a run.

 

[Mead]

Lets not jump the gun. Losses happen, not the end of the world etc, but it is time for us to bring some of those people in the WAFL cooler

Gaspar, McDougall, Lynch should all get call ups sooner rather than later. From a tactical point of view, the Bulldogs are badly lacking in tall timber. play a ff line of Matera/Wilson/Gardiner, and a HF line of Embley/Gaspar/Haynes, and delivery permitting, one of the talls would get a short defender, and take an infinite number of marks.

 

[Thrawn666]

Originally posted by MDB
Bit harsh on Humm and Braun - both were hardley used - which was a mistake in my opinion.

Resented your time on the bench eh?

 

[GoEagles]

If Woosha is going to reward WAFL players on their form, he should give the CHF spot to Hansen over Gaspar (who was beaten in the WAFL yesterday and from all reports needs at least one or two more games there).

I don't know what else Hansen has to do to get a spot. He has played constant good footy for Swan Districts all year. Maybe the club are worried about red haired tall forwards after Karl Langdon?

 

[Sera]

Originally posted by GoEagles
If Woosha is going to reward WAFL players on their form, he should give the CHF spot to Hansen over Gaspar (who was beaten in the WAFL yesterday and from all reports needs at least one or two more games there).

I don't know what else Hansen has to do to get a spot. He has played constant good footy for Swan Districts all year. Maybe the club are worried about red haired tall forwards after Karl Langdon?

Hansen has played well in the WAFL but I think McDougall has played even better. On Saturday they were opposed in several marking contests and McDougall won just about every one of them.

 

[jod23]

I wouldnt say it is panic stations or anything just yet. I would like to see McDougall brought into the side and when Gaspar is fully fit you would expect him to come straight back into the side regardless of WAFL form.

Jako is a conundrum. Seems to have adapted well to CHF but only plays well once every fortnight? And with Gaspar, Lynch, McDougall, Hansen all lining up for spots. Well Ive said it before....Im glad im not the coach.

 

[Frodo]

The WCE game is a hard running game, running thru half forward by the midfield. It is working very well.

Introduce the talls and the whole system changes to a kick and mark system, radically different.

I am not sure we would be as successful.

 

[Sera]

Originally posted by Frodo
The WCE game is a hard running game, running thru half forward by the midfield. It is working very well.

Introduce the talls and the whole system changes to a kick and mark system, radically different.

I am not sure we would be as successful.

This is true but we need the option of putting a tall player down there when the need arises without having to take Gardy out of the ruck. We have also been playing with a tall CHF all year. Cox doesn't fit the bill as a forward.

 

[Jabber]

Originally posted by Frodo
The WCE game is a hard running game, running thru half forward by the midfield. It is working very well.

Introduce the talls and the whole system changes to a kick and mark system, radically different.

I am not sure we would be as successful.

The system doesn't change at all with talls, if anything it enhances it. At the moment if a midfielder is 60-70m out running towards goal and all he sees in the goalsquare is Phil Matera it doesn't take Einstein to work out what he is going to do next.

If you have a tall leading out and one closer to the goalsquare, it gives you options that the opposition has to counter - there's nothing stopping the midfield from playing the way it has always played. No-one is asking them to be FF focused.

Plenty of recent AFL history to show why the system works. With Gardy and a midfield like ours we should be absolutely dominating games, why aren't we?