Who plays on Franklin?

[THE_GUN]

nah guys , we have a ready made defender thats the perfect choice to play on buddy.
has the speed to go with him.
has the height to match him in the air.

jon anyone.

 

[Madtiger2006]

MOORE. May suprise all and beat Lance

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

The guy who is best suited is still too raw to play.

David Gourdis.

He has the explosive pace to stay with anyone including Buddy on the ground. The height and leap to stay with him in the air. He has all the physical attributes to be a "Buddy Stopper".

He needs to be taught the finer aspects of defense and hone his skills over the next year or two. He and Rance will end up being our gorillas down back with Thursty the "seasoned veteran" with the cool head, and Kingy the "nuggety back pocket" who the smaller forwards will both fear and despise.

 

[TigerGlory]

Is Lional Proctor still going round , maybe him or Andrew Mills can take him

Andy Collins i reckon.

There are times when you have to sacrifice somebody of his caliber in order to negate a bloke like Franklin. Andy Collins will negate him in the air, but he will run Buddy off his feet and will still gather 30+ possesions running off half back, making Franklin accountable.

 

[CoggaRules]

forget about worrying about buddy, who is going to run with Ablett & Bartel in the granny for us in Septemeber...when do seats go on sale and how do you get a ticket to the celebration party at Punt rd?

 

[The Rusty Trombone]

Andy Collins i reckon.

There are times when you have to sacrifice somebody of his caliber in order to negate a bloke like Franklin. Andy Collins will negate him in the air, but he will run Buddy off his feet and will still gather 30+ possesions running off half back, making Franklin accountable.

I'm hearing you Tiger Glory , Andys game is built on self sacrifice and team play. He would stand up to the challenge and keep Buddy goaless

Can we redraft Ross Funke for 1 game.

 

[Buddy_Love_23]

Hawks Fan In Peace Well Not Really
I Tell Ya Who Richard Tambling Hahahahahaha Oh Wait Hes Better Than Franklin Because He Has One Good Game Wait Was It Even A Good Game 18 Touches 3 Goals Sounds Like A Crap Buddy Game

Hmmmm Going Back In Time I Wonder Who I Would Rather Take As Coach Clarko And Wallace

 

[Buddy_Love_23]

I KNOW CLARKO
NOT WALLACE WHO WANTS A QUICK FIX EG GETTING MARK GRAHAM AHAHAHAHA INSTEAD CLARKO REBULIDS AND GETS TALLS SOMETHING RICHMOND DONT HAVE OH WAIT YOU HAVE THURSFIELD
THURSFELD= HAWTHORNS WORST DEFENDER

 

[C-Dog]

Hawks Fan In Peace Well Not Really
I Tell Ya Who Richard Tambling Hahahahahaha Oh Wait Hes Better Than Franklin Because He Has One Good Game Wait Was It Even A Good Game 18 Touches 3 Goals Sounds Like A Crap Buddy Game

Hmmmm Going Back In Time I Wonder Who I Would Rather Take As Coach Clarko And Wallace

Yes Very Good Post. Why Does Everything Start With A Capital Letter?

Back To School

 

[C-Dog]

I KNOW CLARKO
NOT WALLACE WHO WANTS A QUICK FIX EG GETTING MARK GRAHAM AHAHAHAHA INSTEAD CLARKO REBULIDS AND GETS TALLS SOMETHING RICHMOND DONT HAVE OH WAIT YOU HAVE THURSFIELD
THURSFELD= HAWTHORNS WORST DEFENDER

red card.

see you later!

 

[Buddy_Love_23]

is this better for you
oh wait at least you still got greg miller cant wait to see what he does with the number 1 pick this year

 

[CoggaRules]

Hawks Fan In Peace Well Not Really
I Tell Ya Who Richard Tambling Hahahahahaha Oh Wait Hes Better Than Franklin Because He Has One Good Game Wait Was It Even A Good Game 18 Touches 3 Goals Sounds Like A Crap Buddy Game

Hmmmm Going Back In Time I Wonder Who I Would Rather Take As Coach Clarko And Wallace

i know who 99% of the dawks would have taken and that is including your brains trust as well. Now piss off..

 

[Buddy_Love_23]

ok now honestly i must admit richmond are good you have won 2 games this year that's already half of last year the way your going you might win a flag soon... you might even beat us to the punch

ps....some more great selctions from greg miller in the 1st round:
dean polo
jarryd oakley nicholls
danny meyer
and i can't forget BUDDY FRANKLIN.. oh wait you drafted TAMBLING

 

[CoggaRules]

ok now honestly i must admit richmond are good you have won 2 games this year that's already half of last year the way your going you might win a flag soon... you might even beat us to the punch

ps....some more great selctions from greg miller in the 1st round:
dean polo
jarryd oakley nicholls
danny meyer
and i can't forget BUDDY FRANKLIN.. oh wait you drafted TAMBLING

naaa man, we will let you piss your time in the sun against the wall finishing 2nd or third or fourth,beating your head against the wall against a the cat machine. When you are ____ed up, just like the pies were with the Lions, and the cats are on the slide because of the turn of the wheel, it will be around 2011 and we can move back to where we belong...stay tuned...be prepared for heartbreak. There are times to make a push and there are times to not make it, when there is a team that dominates the comp like the cats, its a real good time to not make it and ready yourself for when the time is right.

 

[Tiger67]

ok now honestly i must admit richmond are good you have won 2 games this year that's already half of last year the way your going you might win a flag soon... you might even beat us to the punch

ps....some more great selctions from greg miller in the 1st round:
dean polo
jarryd oakley nicholls
danny meyer
and i can't forget BUDDY FRANKLIN.. oh wait you drafted TAMBLING

Im not sure if you would remember this (still being in nappies you are probably a bit young) the Hawthorn board went mad after the draft in 2003 because you did not take Tambling with your 1st selection.
On the day if you had have taken Tambling as was expected and the doggies always intended going with Griffin, I have it on very good authority that Richmond was planning to take Buddy with their second selection with the Hawks taking Shockinghead with their second selection.
From reports at the time it was a last minute decision by the Hawks not to take Tambling and to go with Shockinghead instead.

 

[OFFtheBALL]

i reckon thirsty can and will do the job on buddy. Thirsty is quick and tall, which will make it tough for him. should be a good match up.

Go Tiges !!

 

[CoggaRules]

i reckon thirsty can and will do the job on buddy. Thirsty is quick and tall, which will make it tough for him. should be a good match up.

Go Tiges !!

if thursty gets the gig, buddy will take a mark in the first 10 minutes like McPharlin did last week, thrusty wiill get his bearings and lay a few big ones on him with the next 3 attempts at a mark and job done. The one thing that Thursty hates is to get caught out, when he does, his opponent feels all the pain, and the clincher is that its delivered and its play on!!! not even a free...bring him on.

 

[Rayzorwire]

Moore is the best candidate, Thursty on Roughead...I have a sneaking suspicion Williams will be the man who hurts us the most.

 

[lids2004roar]

nah guys , we have a ready made defender thats the perfect choice to play on buddy.
has the speed to go with him.
has the height to match him in the air.

jon anyone.

I completely forgot! I'd love to see JON have a chance on Buddy, if he could win then imagine Garry Lyon trying to justify it!

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I hear alot of people saying Moore in this thread, I would have to say thursfield has to be the man. Although many people see Franklin as a tall athlete who kicks alot of his goals from the deck, he is a strong one on one player who this year has outmuscled guys like rutten/carroll who aren't weak by any means. I also think thursfield is a bit smarter a footballer than Moore and would be able to do something very important against Franklin which is protect the spaces into which he likes to lead and cut off the angles, because if you play him from behind and on the wrong side with all the left footed mids in our team and franklins speed I mean it becomes very hard to stop him, especially when he can lead to 55m out from goal on the boundary and still kick it.

The key as with most key fowards, is to shut down the midfield, if you have guys like sewell/crawford/young/hodge/mitchell delivering the ball to franklin in an open 50 under no pressure, then langford/silvagni/scarlett/glass anyone is going to have trouble stopping him, same thing with brisbane and brown, if you give guys like black/power/johnstone time and space to get the ball to brown your going to be in trouble no matter who is on him. Also don't put 3 guys on franklin, for one he is good when the ball comes to the deck, but freo tried the same thing a few weeks back and every time it happened franklin just made a contest and the ball spilled out to another hawk unmanned who kicked the goal.

Let me also say, if I've said it once I've said it 1000 times, the whole tambling vs franklin thing is just stupid, so to the people who have mentioned in this thread, bay 13 is there for a reason. Same to the people who say tambling>roughead (clutching at straws really, because they are hurt by the constant tambling vs franklin and fiora vs pavlich jokes over the years), I mean does anyone really care, every logical footy fan knows on the footy played so far in their career delidio,roughead,griffen,franklin,lewis>tambling, doesnt mean richie wont come good he is young and learning his trade, same thing with dowler vs ryder, I mean millions of coulda/woulda/shoulda drafting scenarios could be thrown up. facts are teams havent so why try and make comparisons.

Also andrew collins, put him on buddy, buddy will be lucky to get a touch.

 

[UnCani]

Have you guys got your finals tickets organized yet?

I have never seen so much expectation based on one game that hardly any one saw on the other side of the country against a dud team that had just come off a derby clash!

Last week Adelaide, Port, WCE & Freo all lost!

Keep it in mind next time for your footy tips!

You will NOT be successful until you drop your WALLET.

 

[bigrayohall20]

Have you guys got your finals tickets organized yet?

I have never seen so much expectation based on one game that hardly any one saw on the other side of the country against a dud team that had just come off a derby clash!

Last week Adelaide, Port, WCE & Freo all lost!

Keep it in mind next time for your footy tips!

You will NOT be successful until you drop your WALLET.

I believe there was a hint of sarcasm in those posts. I dont think anyone here is expecting us to play a (big) role in the finals this year. We just need something to entertain ourselves.

 

[lids2004roar]

I have it on very good authority that Richmond was planning to take Buddy with their second selection with the Hawks taking Shockinghead with their second selection.

I thought the general consensus was Richmond were expecting Roughead at Pick 4?

Are you saying Richmond rated Buddy higher than Roughead when Hawthorn didn't?

How reliable is this source I wonder.

 

[Bleeding Tiger]

Anyone for Stuart Wigney!!!??

 

[THE_GUN]

I completely forgot! I'd love to see JON have a chance on Buddy, if he could win then imagine Garry Lyon trying to justify it!

actually jons defensive side & skills are not bad his problem is when he has the ball hi decission making & dispossal is very slow, just hasnt gotten used to the pace when he has the ball .
but would be suited to a stricktly defensive role against a player like buddy.