promote Shae for this week

Magpie Since 1986 · Traitor Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Location: Collingwood

We don't need any tall defenders vs Adelaide, Keefe will take Tippet and Maxwell can take the resting ruck.

mandy · Joined: 03 Jun 2001 Location: Glen Iris

On the March · Joined: 14 Feb 2004

rand corp · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: south east asia

Think Williams is a chance for Swan or perhaps Young.

Tazz is the obvious one for Reid if they think he is right to go.

thompsoc · Joined: 21 Sep 2009

So could someone please tell me what big man backline options have we got this week! And it is not going to be Ugle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fire Up · Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Location: in a house

why do we need a tall for? the crows only have 1 tall forward (tippett) the rest are small/medium forwards.

keeffe will do his part for us and take tippett.

lushbeast · Joined: 10 May 2012

Shae has the athletic attributes ,height and mobility that is required for this
game,(remember he is 204cm).
What he lacks is the raw physicality that young Australians learn playing in their early teens as the growth spurts kick in.One season playing against
gangly skinny kids the next season hairy thugs.Learning how to cope playing
against physical mismatches is a part of a players education,so is intimidation of sorts, hard but fair was the mantra we were always told.
I would sit Shae down and play him highlights of darren milane and ned kelly
two guys who had genuine presence.e.g Millane looked like he was going to pop the ball he grabbed it so hard when he took a mark. and ned would make
his opposite player black and blue by the end of the game,looking over there shoulder making sure they knew where ned was.
The Lesson being mobile 6foot 8 100kg guys should be a weapon not just another player.If he can learn to be a physical presence he would have a future in the game.Perhaps we should get jake king to mentor him, as silly as it sounds a lot of talented smaller players take time to toughen up ,but once they do , they are quite complete footballers.

Collingwood Crackerjack · Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Location: Canberra

Jeez man, against the Crows @AMII? I'm all for giving him a run in the 1sts at some stage, but thats a shocking call.

Perhaps against the Suns or Giants. I really do wanna see him get a run though, just got a feeling about him.........

John Wren · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:52 pm

3-4 seasons as a rookie listed player. cheapish marketing tool.

swoop42 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:20 pm

Nice guy.

Gave it a red hot go.

Delisted at years end.