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Spot on EB. Logue was a top 10 draft pick albeit somewhat of a surprise as he was thought of more as an athlete rather than an elite footy player as a junior...but yes, a good size and would be someone that would likely go against Silvagni when he's forward. But you're right, Young is elite by foot and Chapman has been excellent in the first 5 weeks also so it'll take a bit of their clean kicking skills out which helps us....which means I wouldn't be surprised if Nathan Wilson comes back in to replace one of them and Logue to replace the other.
Pearce and Cox will get the jobs on McKay/Curnow.
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Agreed Mav....their small/medium forwards could tear us apart if we're as loose defensively as we've been. Schultz is a dynamic player and goes really hard at it. Him, Fredericks and Walters as you mentioned but Switkowski is also very dangerous. It wouldn't surprise me to see Plowman come back in this week and even Stocker too even though his VFL game last week was quiet from all accounts? I think Parks might go out as he's playing more that third tall which we might not need as much this week.
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04-21-2022, 04:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2022, 05:16 AM by Mav.)
Yep, Switkowski is one of the 3 express paced guys along with Frederick and Collier. Saad has the pace to go with any of them, but it'll be a challenge for Newman and the Doc. It's pretty easy to see how we might come unstuck in this one.
What we can't do is what Essendon did. Their midfield gave up chasing after half time, turning a game that was in the balance halfway through the 3rd quarter into a cakewalk. Parrish has been highlighted for one passage of play in particular where he was prepared to run when Essendon had the ball on the wing only to drop to a slow jog while an opponent ran out of the contest towards F50. We have some form in this regard and there were a few similar clips shown of our defensive efforts last year.
Unless we pressure their mids as they come forward, we'll suffer the same fate as Essendon. Taberner is like a forward version of Weitering. He doesn't do much that's flashy, but he's very good at doing the basic things. He leads well and is comfortable taking marks on the run with his arms straight out towards the ball. Being 198cm, that makes spoiling him very difficult. Weitering is smart enough to stop him from getting the simple leads he did against Laverde, but if their mids are given enough latitude to wait until Taberner gets free and our mids don't drop back to fill the holes, Weitering will have a hard day at the office. He has improved his kicking out of sight and kicked 7 straight. That flatters him a bit as he got 2 from free kicks, including one around the point post when Parrish was penalised for having a crack at the umpire in the centre of the ground. But he kicked 2 from basically the boundary line using the Stevie J, including 1 on his opposite foot. Lobb is also very happy to take marks on the lead as well as being a handful if the ball comes in long.
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Watch out for a kid called ODriscoll for Freo, left footed mid who can get his own ball and also play on the outside.
Had a bit of ball vs Essendon and was a player I liked pre draft.
Think he will be a decent player for Freo and part of their new midfield setup post Fyfe,Mundy etc..
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Very good player EB....recruited from my club Perth in the WAFL. From memory his sister plays AFLW too. He's snuck under the radar a bit for sure.
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Newnes, Setterfield and Cottrell all preferred to Dow with Kennedy out??
Unless Newnes is about to blossom into an A-grader, for a club woefully short of pace right now I just don’t understand the rationale.
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(04-21-2022, 09:08 AM)JonDorotich link Wrote:Newnes, Setterfield and Cottrell all preferred to Dow with Kennedy out??
Unless Newnes is about to blossom into an A-grader, for a club woefully short of pace right now I just don’t understand the rationale.
I don't get Newnes keeping his spot over a couple of others, either. Though Dow's game is not strong defensively whereas Newnes is better in that department... only reason I can think of.
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Think I read Newnes had 10 scoring involvements vs Port, bit of a quiet achiever...
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I don’t think any of the 22 from the game against Port played poorly enough to lose their place, particularly when no-one in the VFL put their hand up.
Despite some of the hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth, it’s hard to identify a player who lowered their colours against Port.
I think that Newnes is a short to medium term option but, on form, he keeps his place in the team.
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