11-26-2016, 10:33 PM
The list is far from finished through Kruddler.
We need to get games into the young forwards especially. They are still young and will get knocked around however once they have found their feet at VFL level playing against men, then they need to be exposed at the top level for as long as their body will handle it. This season is not about 2017, it's not about finals it's about development, being competitive and getting our young team ready for a push in 2-3 seasons time.
I fully expect this team to finish bottom 4 this season, we don't have the quality of experience. The only way we get that is to give our next crop all the games we can, get them working within a structure and for it to become second nature.
We will have lows and some high's and some I can't wait for him to get older, see last season when Charlie Curnow went straight up between two defenders and plucked the mark, Jack Silvagni when he looked in slow motion, evading players the put a pass into the forward 50 to advantage of our big men. Weitering dominating seasoned players down back, this is not hope, this is reality as they have all done it before. Cunningham mightn't ever be star but his small sample size of games last season showed he does the right things when he's around the ball.
I cannot wait for SPS to side step an opponent and burst away from the pack hitting a leading forward on the chest, will he get caught doing it, yes probably on a 3 to 1 ratio but he needs to get that feel to the game, or Fisher diving under a pack getting quick hands out, or laying a tackle to switch the play. Again it won't be every time but I'm just looking for some of the time.
Who on here didn't roar when Boekhurst ran down Richards, why? It's wasn't just the act of the tackle, but it was the feeling that a player who never seemed interested in doing the hard stuff, did what the coached would preach, never give up.
If you cannot be positive at this time of the year, then it's going to be a long season for you in 2017.
We need to get games into the young forwards especially. They are still young and will get knocked around however once they have found their feet at VFL level playing against men, then they need to be exposed at the top level for as long as their body will handle it. This season is not about 2017, it's not about finals it's about development, being competitive and getting our young team ready for a push in 2-3 seasons time.
I fully expect this team to finish bottom 4 this season, we don't have the quality of experience. The only way we get that is to give our next crop all the games we can, get them working within a structure and for it to become second nature.
We will have lows and some high's and some I can't wait for him to get older, see last season when Charlie Curnow went straight up between two defenders and plucked the mark, Jack Silvagni when he looked in slow motion, evading players the put a pass into the forward 50 to advantage of our big men. Weitering dominating seasoned players down back, this is not hope, this is reality as they have all done it before. Cunningham mightn't ever be star but his small sample size of games last season showed he does the right things when he's around the ball.
I cannot wait for SPS to side step an opponent and burst away from the pack hitting a leading forward on the chest, will he get caught doing it, yes probably on a 3 to 1 ratio but he needs to get that feel to the game, or Fisher diving under a pack getting quick hands out, or laying a tackle to switch the play. Again it won't be every time but I'm just looking for some of the time.
Who on here didn't roar when Boekhurst ran down Richards, why? It's wasn't just the act of the tackle, but it was the feeling that a player who never seemed interested in doing the hard stuff, did what the coached would preach, never give up.
If you cannot be positive at this time of the year, then it's going to be a long season for you in 2017.