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08-05-2017, 08:59 AM
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So the year is nearly done, what can we take out this season. Ignoring trades and could have beens, what are your thoughts of our 2017 season.
For me we've had some positives, but my biggest issue is a worry.
We've cooked Weitering, the kid looked good enough to be superstar, and I realise most players get the 2nd year blues, but we've cooked him. I'm not sure he can recover from what we've done to his confidence and game. He's gone from a Rising Star attacking intercept player to a stay at home and mind your opponent dogs body!
It looks like we've turned the the next Harry Taylor into a new Simon White!
It's hard enough to make it as an AFL player, without the club you play for working against you!
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Results aside we are just playing ugly crap football.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!
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I feel this year was always going to be a "development" year. Five rising stars and unearthing SPS, Williamson, ACOS, Jones, Big H, Pickett have also been more positive than negative.
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we need mids, mids and mids...
Finals, then 4 in a row!
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(08-05-2017, 01:52 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:we need mids, mids and mids...
and some more mids.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
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And some goal kickers.
And to get rid of more scrubbers from our list.
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I think it is mids all around.
Having much better footballers than Graham, Smedts, Boekhurts, Kerridge using the football would make the world of difference.
Goals for 2017
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2017 was definitely a development year where we had a focus on defensive structures, improving kicking skills and getting game time into the younger players.
But this came at a cost - not taking risks slowed our game down to the point where it made life near impossible to move the ball effectively to our forwards and at times playing too many young bodies that were too easily outmuscled by stronger teams. This has clearly taken its toll and our injury list is curtailing progress - both the players that are sitting out and those that are taking the field but who are clearly a bit banged up and not 100%.
My hope for pre-season and 2018 isn't just the new draftees we bring in, but how we evolve our game plan to incorporate a greater focus on attacking as the young players get smarter, stronger and faster.
The day will come when Cripps rips it out of contest, handpasses to SPS who bolts through the centre and kicks a beautifully weighted kick that allows Curnow to fly for a huge mark and kick a goal. And it will be glorious.
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(08-05-2017, 11:34 PM)mateinone link Wrote:I think it is mids all around.
Having much better footballers than Graham, Smedts, Boekhurts, Kerridge using the football would make the world of difference.
Agree 100%. We need to significantly upgrade on these guys for starters. They are just not good enough imo.
Reality always wins in the end.
