Pre-Game Pressure: AFL 2019 Rd 6: Carlton vs Hawthorn in Launceston

[LP]

I'm thinking they'll give Charlie one more week to be fully fit and maybe bring in Kennedy with either Polson or O'Brien going out.

I don't care about his fitness, it's his form that doesn't justify a selection!

Having said that a thread somewhere did report that his work rate was high despite being ineffective.

[WASurfer]

Agreed LP....never seen him drop so many marks as in these early rounds.

Silvagni would be desperately unlucky to miss out after his game last week....he worked hard up and down the ground and put his body in. We'll need that again this week.

[jeza]

I don't care about his fitness, it's his form that doesn't justify a selection!

Having said that a thread somewhere did report that his work rate was high despite being ineffective.

Tend to agree. He's fumbling everything at the minute. Might have a bit to do with lack of continuity. Hard to push him in at the expense of the guy who just kicked 3 and is our most effective backup ruck.

[flyboy77]

I'm thinking they'll give Charlie one more week to be fully fit and maybe bring in Kennedy with either Polson or O'Brien going out.

On the Garlett point, said it all along, he's not a defender at AFL level.

EB, what are your thoughts on a player, if any, that we might take in the mid-season draft....we have one pick available from memory? You wouldn't pick someone for the sake of picking someone but if it addressed a specific need. There's a young bloke playing for Perth in the WAFL (same team that Sydney Stack has come from) called Michael Bennell. Slightly older but has produced some electrifying stuff. Not a high possession player but regularly kicks 2-4 goals. He's actually not a small forward as he's nearly 6'2" but is absolutely deadly around the goals and has real speed.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/wafl/michae...8555863001

And note the Duke is coaching Perth presently!

[LP]

Tend to agree. He's fumbling everything at the minute. Might have a bit to do with lack of continuity. Hard to push him in at the expense of the guy who just kicked 3 and is our most effective backup ruck.

Some will read the irony of me boosting Levi, but it's clear we need a backup ruck playing besides Kreuzer, and we cannot carry an out of form KPF in addition to two rucks.

Note the Dawks have named Ceglar in addition to McEvoy, they'll be using one of those two to drop back in front of McKay and McGovern, nothing is more certain. If McKay, McGovern, Kreuzer and Casboult are in form in addition to Cripps, Jones and Weitering, it untenable for any opposition to only run a single ruck against us. A solo ruck would be dead in the water by 1/2 time.

[WASurfer]

Yep fly....looks like he's been in a good paddock too. But Perth are 4-0 for the first time in a season since 1978 (their last GF appearance!) and he's got them playing some good footy. I think Bennell would be pretty handy....he'd probably have games where he'd hardly touch it (like yesterday) but still end up with a couple of goals (like yesterday). He has freakish skills and is a beautiful set shot on goal.

The other one I was advocating for a spot was Jye Bolton who is in sensational form again and leading most media awards in the WAFL again this year. But he's a smaller/inside midfielder who's not overly quick but gets lots of it.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I'm thinking they'll give Charlie one more week to be fully fit and maybe bring in Kennedy with either Polson or O'Brien going out.

On the Garlett point, said it all along, he's not a defender at AFL level.

EB, what are your thoughts on a player, if any, that we might take in the mid-season draft....we have one pick available from memory? You wouldn't pick someone for the sake of picking someone but if it addressed a specific need. There's a young bloke playing for Perth in the WAFL (same team that Sydney Stack has come from) called Michael Bennell. Slightly older but has produced some electrifying stuff. Not a high possession player but regularly kicks 2-4 goals. He's actually not a small forward as he's nearly 6'2" but is absolutely deadly around the goals and has real speed.

Good question Surfie, to be honest I havent thought too much about it....my guess it would be a VFL player who the club know a bit more about and that SOS
would see more often  Type....?...most obvious is probably a small/medium quick goalkicker, you can also never have enough mids and perhaps a running defender with pace who uses the ball well.
They would also need to be in good form and be AFL ready IMO, this is a draft where you want a readymade who can fix a hole on your list through injury or lacking a certain type of player.

Sam Fisher is an obvious choice, club knows him, no re housing/settling in time(see Bennell), could play straight away.
Cory Gregson(ex Geelong) playing in the SANFL is a clever small forward goalkicker and seems over his injuries, while he isnt in the VFL he is a known quantity
and could play straight away.



 

[flyboy77]

Yep fly....looks like he's been in a good paddock too. But Perth are 4-0 for the first time in a season since 1978 (their last GF appearance!) and he's got them playing some good footy. I think Bennell would be pretty handy....he'd probably have games where he'd hardly touch it (like yesterday) but still end up with a couple of goals (like yesterday). He has freakish skills and is a beautiful set shot on goal.

The other one I was advocating for a spot was Jye Bolton who is in sensational form again and leading most media awards in the WAFL again this year. But he's a smaller/inside midfielder who's not overly quick but gets lots of it.

Big fan of Bolton too - not sure we need him though?

He'd need to be taking the spot of  Dow or Setterfield type?

[LP]

Many of our current list have already experienced a win over the Dawks, so early predictions of our demise this weekend might be premature!

[flyboy77]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/curn...51hho.html