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(05-21-2016, 01:09 AM)jeza link Wrote:Jones got in curtesy of playing closer to goal than Jaksch and kicking slightly more goals. Bizarre situation where Cas gets injured and our next best tall fwd isn't even an emergency. BB hates him.
Hate is a strong word jeza. I dont think BB "hates" anyone, but he is strong and uncompromising in his demands of the players. Read the article in the HS on him.
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(05-21-2016, 01:09 AM)jeza link Wrote:Jones got in curtesy of playing closer to goal than Jaksch and kicking slightly more goals. Bizarre situation where Cas gets injured and our next best tall fwd isn't even an emergency. BB hates him.
I understand how it could appear this way. I reckon you can be really confident that BB is not the kind of Senior Coach who would 'hate' a player. I think he has a standard for senior selection and simply won't drop below it (unless serious injury forces his hand). The only reason I think Gorringe was selected ahead of KJ would be his ability to help out in the ruck. At his best Gorringe can pinch a goal or two up forward, but so can KJ.
And if you look at our big blokes who get senior games they all seem to have one particular thing in common which doesn't seem to be KJs strong suit - ferocious endeavour at the contest. Jones hits packs and has second and third efforts as do our other big blokes, but KJ is not big on that - he seems to be able to take a good contested mark, affect a good spoil but if either of those fail he's slow to respond and perhaps that is what the coaches have him working on, his second and third efforts. I'll watch him closely tomorrow arvo to see how that goes.
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If Jaksch was showing enough in the VFL he'd be in the seniors, it's not as if our senior team is loaded with top class talls.
I hope he eventually does OK but there's serious doubts that he'll measure up, he must have played at least 20 VFL games by now and this is his fourth season on an AFL list.
Anyway, back to the game and I'm tipping a 5 goal minimum loss, Goldstein V Gorringe will be a no contest.
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(05-21-2016, 02:30 AM)blue4life link Wrote:If Jaksch was showing enough in the VFL he'd be in the seniors, it's not as if our senior team is loaded with top class talls.
I hope he eventually does OK but there's serious doubts that he'll measure up, he must have played at least 20 VFL games by now and this is his fourth season on an AFL list.
Anyway, back to the game and I'm tipping a 5 goal minimum loss, Goldstein V Gorringe will be a no contest.
That's an improvement from the 10 goal loss you normally predict.
I might put a $1000 on us.
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(05-21-2016, 01:09 AM)jeza link Wrote:Jones got in curtesy of playing closer to goal than Jaksch and kicking slightly more goals. Bizarre situation where Cas gets injured and our next best tall fwd isn't even an emergency. BB hates him.
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Jaksch hasn't done enough to earn a spot, it's plain and simple, but he is not on his Pat Malone.
Tutt, DVR, Graham, Boekhorst, Smith, etc., etc.. are all languishing in the twos because of intent, or the lack of it.
Bolton has clearly stated one major objective, unity, and nothing destroys unity more than people who don't go when it is their turn to go. Especially if player won't go and then starts finger-pointing!
So far this season Jones goes, maybe even a bit too much, but that is better than the other option. Last week late in the game was the first time I saw him stop, but admittedly he'd played 4Qs without Casboult. However he won't want to do that this weekend, or he may well be having a dewy early start to next weekend.
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Jones is doing what the coach tells him to do.....chase, tackle, and contest as many mark as he can......the ball went to Kruezer last week via a handball that was crumbed after a Jones marking contest...
Jaksch wants it lace out and doesnt have the intensity of Jones...I like Jaksch and reckon he has plenty of talent but Bolton wont give you a game based on talent alone or how stylish you look...
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You'd think that if the effort the Kangabies bring tonight is similar to the past 2 weeks then it's game on, however, if they click back into early season form it could get ugly for us.
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