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Fairly scathing on Sheridan. We need outside finishers, but they also have to possess a contested element to their game, i.e. Hill.

Still developing, and it may be a confidence thing as much as anything else.
 

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Bushie you gem .
Thanks for you insight and football knowledge .
That was a great report on proceedings and I agree with you an your assessment of the players and coach .
Just a couple of questions ,
Would you play Taberner on a HFF or a wing while he develops his build to hold down CHF .
Menengola to me when I've seen him play seems to be a reactionary type player IE watches the ball kicked and sees where is going and then reacts . He doesn't see the kick and then know instinctively where is going to fall .Tagging seem to be his strength because who ever he is tagging takes him to the ball .
He's very good in the contest once the ball hits the ground but his periferal vision isn't that fantastic either . Do you agree or not .
Would you play Grey as a specialist Back pocket or midfielder . He is as strong as an ox in the contest and has great hands as well as antisipation of where the ball is going in tight situations but would we get more benefit out of him down back .
 

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Fairly scathing on Sheridan. We need outside finishers, but they also have to possess a contested element to their game, i.e. Hill.

Still developing, and it may be a confidence thing as much as anything else.
Your little shot at me, when it wasn't even me as I was suspended, was duly noted.

I was deliberately tough on Sheridan. He is a high draft pick, has had ample opportunity at the highest level without firing a shot and should be tearing it up in the WAFL by now.

But he is flaky, soft even.
 

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I was deliberately tough on Sheridan. He is a high draft pick, has had ample opportunity at the highest level without firing a shot and should be tearing it up in the WAFL by now.

But he is flaky, soft even.
To be fair though he has only played four WAFL games this year. Two of them he sat out the first quarters because he was an emergency for Freo. In the other two games his picked up 32 touches and goals in each. He hasn't been soft in the games he has played at AFL level this year. He has tackled hard and pressured the ball carrier. I'm more worried about Sylvia and Simpson.

But I wonder what they will do about Shepherd? Trying to get him sacked will cause negative PR but it might have to be done.

Thanks for the report though :thumbsu:
 

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Your little shot at me, when it wasn't even me as I was suspended, was duly noted.

I was deliberately tough on Sheridan. He is a high draft pick, has had ample opportunity at the highest level without firing a shot and should be tearing it up in the WAFL by now.

But he is flaky, soft even.
Shot?

Fair enough, as I said, hopefully that element of his game improves.
 

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Bushie you gem .
Thanks for you insight and football knowledge .
That was a great report on proceedings and I agree with you an your assessment of the players and coach .
Just a couple of questions ,
Would you play Taberner on a HFF or a wing while he develops his build to hold down CHF .
Menengola to me when I've seen him play seems to be a reactionary type player IE watches the ball kicked and sees where is going and then reacts . He doesn't see the kick and then know instinctively where is going to fall .Tagging seem to be his strength because who ever he is tagging takes him to the ball .
He's very good in the contest once the ball hits the ground but his periferal vision isn't that fantastic either . Do you agree or not .
Would you play Grey as a specialist Back pocket or midfielder . He is as strong as an ox in the contest and has great hands as well as antisipation of where the ball is going in tight situations but would we get more benefit out of him down back .
Taberner would get carved up for pace on the rebound if he played on the wing imo. I'd really like to see him be given more time at CHF with us and let him develop. He's not as slight as some think and while he would get monstered by the bigger defenders, he;s a far more potent option than Clarke. Fitting him in with Griffins return, (geez he was good), is the tricky bit. But we need to develop Tabs in the big time imo.

100% on your assessment of Menegola. Not a creative player at all, needs to play within his limitations, but is extremely suspect with his disposal, especially his kicking.

I think Grey would develop nicely in a BP with runs through the guts. Even a stint at Pavs feet wouldn't hurt. In the long run tho, he is a true mid. Hard as a cats head that boy.
 

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To be fair though he has only played four WAFL games this year. Two of them he sat out the first quarters because he was an emergency for Freo. In the other two games his picked up 32 touches and goals in each. He hasn't been soft in the games he has played at AFL level this year. He has tackled hard and pressured the ball carrier. I'm more worried about Sylvia and Simpson.

But I wonder what they will do about Shepherd? Trying to get him sacked will cause negative PR but it might have to be done.

Thanks for the report though :thumbsu:

Yeah, maybe I got him on a bad day, but he made some really soft decisions and panicked with the ball unless he was truly in the clear.

He had a passage of play where he one-twoed with Thornton and should have ridden a tackle and dished off a handball to Thornton who had backed up. But he dished off immediately to Thornton who got crunched from the hospital handball. Needless to say, he wasn't popular.

He was just very average today. Disappointed me greatly.
 

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Fairly scathing on Sheridan. We need outside finishers, but they also have to possess a contested element to their game, i.e. Hill.

Still developing, and it may be a confidence thing as much as anything else.
Hill had virtually no contested element to his game for his first 2-3 seasons so I think it's a bit harsh on Sheridan to expect him to be at that level already.
 

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Bushie with you having the same assessment as me of Cam who would you like to see take over the reins at Peel .
Either Webb or Darren Harris. They're the only two with the gonads to mould them into a unit and available now.

Hill had virtually no contested element to his game for his first 2-3 seasons so I think it's a bit harsh on Sheridan to expect him to be at that level already.
Watch some more football.

Hill was playing contested footy at WAFL level before being drafted. Sheridan still isn't.
 

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Hill had virtually no contested element to his game for his first 2-3 seasons so I think it's a bit harsh on Sheridan to expect him to be at that level already.
WTF Hill had impact so much that he was tagged almost straight away by opposition coaches. It took him quite awhile to get used to being tagged because he had never been tagged in his whole career before and he had to learn how to counteract and deal with it.
 

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Harris for mine but Webb would be a good choice as well
Get it done mate before Cam does any more damage :);):thumbsu:
You could almost see the sharks circling today. There was genuine bemusement by many at his 3qtr time address.

5 goals up and he was geeing them up like an u/12's coach. Webb, in particular, was WTF?
 

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Pretty surprising that selection of the coach by Fremantle wasn't part of the Peel deal. Or was it?
There was a bit of tension about the alignment wasn't there? Perhaps Freo were wary about coming in too heavy-handed with demands?

I expect we'll start to exert more and more authority as time goes on. Could end up being an advantage that we're aligned with a pliable newbie club rather than one steeped in history and tradition.
 

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But does he really get the chance/delivery at AFL level? Playing for Peel, he is the focal point. Playing for Freo, Pav is the focal point. I don't think he's had a fair 'sample size' for Freo yet. If he was gifted the 'Crozier run' of games it would give him - and his team mates - a chance to become better accustomed to what he offers the team.
Is that what it's called this year? Was called the Sheridan run last year.
 

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I expect we'll start to exert more and more authority as time goes on. Could end up being an advantage that we're aligned with a pliable newbie club rather than one steeped in history and tradition.
East Perf would sell their soul to the Devil for a few bucks. In fact they already have done.
 

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The only team that dont play 2/2 are Port, because they don't have a good 2nd ruckman.
Redden was good but is injured now. Worked fine against us. But some of the third man up tactics were pretty marginal in the last.
 
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