Obviously Hardwick is a great defender when playing in defence, not sure that will necessarily translate to having great defensive pressure as a forward (ie won’t play like Puopolo). I see him more like Campbell brown defensive style as others have said but providing a far greater goal threat as a lead up forward.
No doubt at the moment. All in the head for Mr Chol. All the talent in the world.
That is plain wrong. In 2022 he kicked 32 goals from 16 games, including two bags of 5, one of 4 and three of 3. He had a leaner year with the Lions but still managed a bag of 6 against the West Coast,
If 100% fit, I've still got full confidence in him.
I don't think Brisbane used him well, crowded forward line without much space, and Gunston wasn't often the first priority when going for a target. In an interview about why he came back Gunston said something like "yeah its about family, weighing up retirement, but also how the two teams play (Brisbane and Hawthorn)"... which to me confirmed that they weren't really utilising Jack well in their packed forward 6. I don't think can ignore last year, but also don't think it is wise to write him off, Hawthorn and Jack think he has more football left in him than some might be expecting.
Daniher, Hipwood, Cameron, McCarthy, Bailey, Rayner, Ah Chee.
One of our assistant coach’s would text Gunners after watching Brisbane games and tell him how many times he was ignored and should have been used. Bris valued deep F50 entries over anything else.
The hail storm strikes again!
Same. I didn’t realise he was dealing with a PCL recovery though.
Personally think he’s going to be huge for our forward line and how others can impact, regardless of how many marks he takes or goals he kicks.Few oppo supporters implying that there must be some issues being moved on from two clubs or that he doesn’t get along with Hardwick blah blah ……. article cleary shows his moves were due to a lack of opportunity at both Tigers (behind Riewoldt and Lynch) and GC (with Jed Walter arriving, Lukosius and King)!
From watching him a few times over summer he’s putting in a very solid preseason. Looks great. Time for you to shine Maboir
Let’s face it - he is an upgrade on Kosi at least. Anything more is pleasing
Creative forwards were 100% what the game came down to. Agree
Exactly. And actually, only three players averaged more goals per game than Gunston at the Lions last year… Daniher, Charlie Cameron and Hipwood. So if you go by goals per game, he was the fourth best forward. Not bad for an old bloke
I think the upgrade from Kossie whilst not huge is considerably a better fit for the club. Mabior is good once the ball hits the turf and can also take a grab but most importantly of all he kicks the goals he should where as Kossie misses some sitters from 30m out. Mabior is a very unselfish player that likes to look for teammates in a better postion than himself and is great at hitting them up with short kicks.
