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Reckon he's first to get the phone call at the end of each night when blokes need a lift home, though.
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Reckon he's first to get the phone call at the end of each night when blokes need a lift home, though.
are you saying 40+year old guys are boring? sheesh.
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You just don't know.
He may say little but have something to say, as opposed to someone that uses a lot of words and says nothing.
I know which I'd rather 'hang with' and most intelligent women, would also.
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Takes all sorts to win a flag, I can see wieterings "even tempered" personality standing up in the clutch moments of a big game.
Where someone like C Curnow could turn it on with an exciting purple patch.
Reckon Doc should be our next captain though. Seems right in the middle personality wise, plus I don't like mids as captains as it's a big ask to beat a tight tag, win the ball and lead the team.
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Couldn't agree more. Doc it is.
Murph finally grows in to the role and after two great years hands it over to doc
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I never liked Murph as captain (even though he went to Whitefriars and we are better people).
I rate him very highly, but as an undersized mid it's pretty rough to have someone physically bigger than you like a Crowley just blocking your path and holding you behind play all day, then you have to win the ball, get to every contest and be using your voice and directing youngsters, it's just too much. Let Murph worry about being Murph and do what he does.
You make someone like simmo captain, he can't be tagged (if he was he could just man up someone else), he's courageous, a kick behind the play he can shape the team and put players in position etc.
That's just my opinion from outside the club.
Doc could be our Luke Hodge
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Great to hear the undertone of excitment and exuberance especially from the younger players.
Bolton & Silvagni are gathering a good mix of talented youth and experience.
Additions of Palmer & A Silvagni and Smedt will help team development. Let's get started have't had this sort of expectations for many years.
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Great to see the lad talking confidently in front of the camera. Way ahead of Murphy in younger days. Probably a bit of off season media training and its paying dividends. Big confidence booster for him to be even compared to Fyffe in a swap scenario. Well done Pat and great to see him doing the right thing by supporters and squashing the rumours flat
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I heard it was this morning - just checking in case anyone has some solid info.
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thats great, but how did he play?
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Interestingly, he specified that DylBucks was set for a big year and is going really well "down in the backline". Would suggest he might be in line to take Tuohy's spot running off HB.
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Wait til Doc gets the captaincy - Cornes will be on air straight away breaking the news that Cripps has been snubbed by Carlton and wants a trade to anywhere else.
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There's been a few players hyping up Buckley over the pre-season. I think it'd really benefit him playing a sole position and having some continuity in that role. He and Tuohy actually have a few things in common, with their pace, long-kicking, long-range goal kicking and competitiveness.
Probably better trialling Dyl in defense than getting a natural mid in SPS or Pickett to pickup the role. He was pretty good there a few years back if I recall correctly. I just worry about his size and technical game in defense.
Probably better trialling Dyl in defense than getting a natural mid in SPS or Pickett to pickup the role. He was pretty good there a few years back if I recall correctly. I just worry about his size and technical game in defense.
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I think the biggest concern people have had with him down back is his ability to defend. I suppose with Weiters, Rowe, Marchbank, Plowman and Docherty we may be confident in their ability to zone off so Buckley doesn't have to play a close-checking role.
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Maybe he plays further up the field? From the snippets from training it sounds like we're rotating players off the back of the square quite a bit. He wouldn't be exposed as much one-one-one then, but it's pretty rare in modern footy for forwards to be one-out anyway. I wouldn't want him matched up on someone like Betts at deep-forward though.
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Agree it's a weakness but it's an area he can improve and like you said he is surrounded by some real talent that will help him a lot. If we see a defence like
B: Buckley Weitering Plowman
HB: Docherty Marchbank Sheehan
supported by Simpson and Gibbs dropping back that will not only be hard to score against but provides some real attack. All of these players can use the ball and take the game on.
A fit Byrne makes it even better. Talent to be a Premiership defence.
Simpson isn't going to play forever- there is a spot for Buckley if he wants it.
They are very similarly defensively, Simpson is quite a lot looser than most around here believe.
Simpson certainly does a lot of finger pointing when his direct opponent has kicked a goal.
I don't think we'd be in a much worse position if Buckley directly replaces Simpson in the backline.
They are very similarly defensively, Simpson is quite a lot looser than most around here believe.
Simpson certainly does a lot of finger pointing when his direct opponent has kicked a goal.
I don't think we'd be in a much worse position if Buckley directly replaces Simpson in the backline.
