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(06-07-2022, 10:56 AM)capcom link Wrote:All points to the general dearth of talent in the comp and the gambles clubs must make. Sorta highlights the stupidity in recruiting from time to time, but swings and roundabouts. When talent doesn't want to come to your team because you are $h!t, you have to overpay.
Now talent will want to come to us because we are good, and they will take a paycut for the priveledge.
At the end of the day, we had an excessive amount of money sitting arund that had to be used (you can only bank so much before it 'expires') so we may as well throw it at someone like Martin, Williams etc
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(06-07-2022, 09:52 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:I'd given up on this bloke but I couldn't help but get a little emotional watching the video in this article
https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/114492...-marchbank
Go well Marchy
Wishing the bloke all the best and it’s an understatement to say he needs a catch a break but reality is he has played 5 reserve quarters in the last few weeks since missing 3 years! Hardly enough imo and can’t help but think it’s a desperate move and pushing things with him faster then ideally we would if Weiters didn’t go down.
Time will tell but must have Durden or kemp as the sub.
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06-07-2022, 09:58 PM
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(06-07-2022, 09:56 AM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:My point was he was recruited by EFC to play as a midfield leader at the coalface and that's not what he can do as he is a poor contested player.
On a wing is where he belongs but I'm not paying 1.2k a year plus perks for a winger. That's the stupidity of football clubs, he was starring as the 3rd mid, getting on the end of a chain from the inside players and the CheatsFC tried to turn him into a grunt type. He probably accepted that offer because his motivation was more about property development than football.
Anyway, we can't claim the high ground, we are turning Kemp, who was brilliant in midfield rotations just prior to his TAC injury, into an average HBF. Football clubs do this over and over again and it is rarely based on evidence, they break more players than they make, someone like Jones is an exception.
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Good to see Marchy back in the thick of it - still young and if injury free can give another 5-7 years to the club. Need him fit and firing desperately
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(06-08-2022, 02:30 AM)pinot link Wrote:Good to see Marchy back in the thick of it - still young and if injury free can give another 5-7 years to the club. Need him fit and firing desperately Surelythis poor bastard has utilised every possible injury ticket issued to him,.
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(06-08-2022, 03:37 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Surelythis poor bastard has utilised every possible injury ticket issued to him,. I just hope we are not dumb enough to expect him to stand Wright, Draper, Philips etc and give him a task that is within his capabilities and that he is eased back in and Sam Durdin plays so he and Young get the gorillas to mind.
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We've been missing an intercept tall defender since Jonesy retired. His timing to leave his man and intercept pre injuries was elite imo.
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firstly wat is the weather like friday night i hope essendope go in to tall ,need to bring the speed into the side ,coll,freo,goldcoast they beat us with quick ball movement not individuals players.
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06-08-2022, 05:59 AM
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Yep. IIRC, against Port none of Wright, Phillips, Draper, or Jones (or Shiel for that matter) took any contested marks in F50, save for 1 mark by Wright in a one-on-one contest near the boundary on the 50m arc. Phillips took a mark when he was rucking and his opponent let him run into the F50 to take an uncontested mark which gave Essendon its first goal. Harrison Jones took 2 marks running back towards goal with no one near him and took another before a Freo player was able to get close enough to apply body pressure. That’s a pretty paltry return when smaller forwards would have had just as much success in the air as well as applying more defensive pressure.
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The midfield, contested ball, clearance stuff is our strength....and Essendon's weakness at the moment. Reckon they'll have Stringer in the middle quite a bit to try and match us in that area. Win that area well and we'll give our forwards plenty of chances to score. Perkins might be a hard match up but reckon we can cover them in most areas. As EB pointed out, their defence isn't a strong point. This is one we should win.
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