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(03-20-2020, 03:48 AM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:Come on LP, that's a bit exaggerated IMO. I watched the game again and that incident you refer to. Crippa actually shouldered him and whilst off balanced, his face glanced Crippa's shoulder. I hate the kents as much as the next bloke but thats BS trying to make something out of that. Cripps didn't shoulder him, Cripps had his back to Riewoldt and it happened after the siren as they broke apart and started walking off.
I haven't watch the replay but be surprised if it is on the replay, that part of the game is usually edited out, you would need an uncut broadcast copy that shows after the siren.
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(03-20-2020, 03:45 AM)Sexybronco link Wrote:I know I'm backing over this issue one more time, but can someone give me a rational explanation as to why we picked DeLuca over Picket in the mid season draft??? A glaring difference between us and Richmond last night was speed/class and decision making, they have play makers all over the mark changing the courses of plays, Marlion being one of them. Because we pick choir boys who arent good footballers and teams like Richmond take chances on a wild child that can actually play.
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(03-20-2020, 04:00 AM)LP link Wrote:Cripps didn't shoulder him, Cripps had his back to Riewoldt and it happened after the siren as they broke apart and started walking off.
I haven't watch the replay but be surprised if it is on the replay, that part of the game is usually edited out, you would need an uncut broadcast copy that shows after the siren. Its on the replay, watch it.
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(03-20-2020, 03:57 AM)kruddler link Wrote:You can play the 'what-if' at every draft.
Why was Eddie Betts passed over by every club at the ND, only to be left to us in the PSD? This one was different, we had our eye on him but the jail thing ticked the no box.
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(03-20-2020, 03:57 AM)kruddler link Wrote:You can play the 'what-if' at every draft.
Why was Eddie Betts passed over by every club at the ND, only to be left to us in the PSD?
I know mate and I normally don't do that 'what-if' stuff however there were many on this website calling for Marlion as the best talent in the draft (not me as I have no clue) but having seen the 2 play I'm at a loss to understand the choice. Anyway, time to move on.....
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(03-20-2020, 04:09 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:This one was different, we had our eye on him but the jail thing ticked the no box. There was a time when the 'jail thing' was mandatory at our club...
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(03-20-2020, 04:16 AM)Sexybronco link Wrote:There was a time when the 'jail thing' was mandatory at our club... Yes, those days were the glory days
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(03-20-2020, 03:45 AM)Sexybronco link Wrote:I know I'm backing over this issue one more time, but can someone give me a rational explanation as to why we picked DeLuca over Picket in the mid season draft??? A glaring difference between us and Richmond last night was speed/class and decision making, they have play makers all over the mark changing the courses of plays, Marlion being one of them.
Tigers and us have different recruiting criteria when it comes to potential problem players....they took Ben Cousins, made Jake King a local hero and Pickett was a easy choice for them given they have such a strong list and have a higher risk tolerance.
We have the Von Trapp policy where SOS liked nice kids from nice backgrounds who went to nice schools and had Golden Retrievers as pets..
Pickett was clearly the best WAFL player on long form but was also injured and not due to play for 8-10 weeks...we needed an instant sugar hit and Deluca had been BOG in the recent state game and was also AFL ready after spending time at Freo. Deluca also had a delayed start but not the delay that Pickett was going to have.
I get the logic and dont blame SOS on Pickett but we do need to lower our eyes and get a bit more nasty with our recruiting selections every now and then and pick the rough diamond over the choirboy.
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(03-20-2020, 04:24 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Tigers and us have different recruiting criteria when it comes to potential problem players....they took Ben Cousins, made Jake King a local hero and Pickett was a easy choice for them given they have such a strong list and have a higher risk tolerance.
We have the Von Trapp policy where SOS liked nice kids from nice backgrounds who went to nice schools and had Golden Retrievers as pets..
Pickett was clearly the best WAFL player on long form but was also injured and not due to play for 8-10 weeks...we needed an instant sugar hit and Deluca had been BOG in the recent state game and was also AFL ready after spending time at Freo. Deluca also had a delayed start but not the delay that Pickett was going to have.
I get the logic and dont blame SOS on Pickett but we do need to lower our eyes and get a bit more nasty with our recruiting selections every now and then and pick the rough diamond over the choirboy. you got my vote!
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Agree with pretty much everything in this thread. Have said it before numerous times in earlier threads.....my concern is and always has been the lack of progression from most of your younger recruits...Walsh being the exception. With so many relatively high end draft picks over a fair time now, we're still saying the same thing.....they're young and developing. Unfortunately, if we drop the likes of Dow, Setterfield etc....we go back to the same blokes like Kennedy, O'Brien, Lang etc who give us absolutely nothing.
Yes, missing Charlie, McKay and Betts is a massive chunk out of the forward line. Eddie would've been in his element last night with the amount of ball we actually had in the forward line. He chases, he tackles, he pressures....and he IS one bloke that only needs half a dozen kicks and he'll kick you 3 goals. Luckily Jack Martin took that mantle last night and fingers crossed when we get Eddie back they'll compliment each other nicely.
Hate to say it but Kreuzer is probably cooked now. He looked slow in the practice games and this injury means it might've caught up with him. Throw TDK and Pittonet in there and leave Levi as the permanent forward. He can spray it for sure on the set shot but I'd have him in there before McGovern simply for the fact that he gives it his all....we saw that last year when he was thrown around to all spots on the ground and responded superbly.
But if we're relying on Cripps, Walsh etc week after week then we're in line for another bottom 4 finish.
It's still early for sure but our disposal and skills were terrible in both practice games and yet there were a few that put it down to just being practice games. Well it was the real deal last night and we still sucked.
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