KPP (FF) - What are we going to do?

[Presti35]

A lot of these are rucks, but some "outside the square" ideas:

Majak Daw: 26 years old. Could be a nice fit for back up ruck duties. Been playing more VFL than AFL recently. Could be an easier trade target.

[stui magpie]

^

I'd chuck Richards a rookie contract.

[Adam Treloar 3 Votes]

^ Bucks is future coach

Being an armchair critic is the easiest job in the whole world. Of course you know more then the people in Collingwoods football department that do this full time over tens of years.

I suppose if you were head of the United Nations we would also have world peace.

[ROB]

We need 4 players that can play mobile ruck, key forward. Moore and Grundy are two of them - Moore has already shown he is capable of back up ruck duties and to be honest, with a bit more growth, could be number one ruck if needed. The reason I say we need 4 is so we can keep a tall at FF, CHF, ruck and one resting. When ever we have had only 3 in the team, we go through periods where we end up with only 2, one in ruck and one somewhere in forward line. The GWS and Hawthorn match saw us back to 2 only options - Moore in forward line and Grundy playing number one ruck. Whenever one was resting on bench we badly missed a tall presence in the forward line. I know 4 players like this would be hard to come by and may throw balance out, but those times when we are caught short on the paddock are telling. Yes, we won against Hawks but that was not because of a KPP kicking a bag of goals. - And I think Majak Dawe is an ideal fit - same mould as Grundy and Moore - big, mobile, has a ticker, can kick pretty good, busts packs open and contests, just need one more like them. - Standing by for the flak...

[RudeBoy]

[Presti35]

[Tannin]

What are we going to do?

We are going to cull some dead wood from the forward line (no names here but their initials are "Blair" and "Fasolo") and replace then with

(a) An outstanding young ruckman who can play forward and just needs consistent game time to be a genuine star (his initials are "Mason Cox" and we can get him cheap), and

(b) either

(i) a proven quality defensive forward who tackles like a brick wall and scores goals too - there is a chap with the initials "Mayne" running around in the twos who claims to be all of that, so we give him a crack and see if he's telling us the truth or not, and if he's telling porkies, we give him the boot and go to

(ii) a small crumbing type youngster with genuine class. His initials are "Daicos".

Meanwhile, we play Moore up the ground as a CHF and wing with instructions to run around as much as he likes and play to his strength, which is to hit the ball moving and to avoid at all costs his weakness, which is to try and wrestle giant defenders in the goal square.

[Piesnchess]

I reckon MacCartin may be distinctly available end of season, go for him.

[RudeBoy]

On the bright side, it looks like Cloke will be dropped from the Bulldogs team this week. So all those who said he would thrive under a new coach may have to eat their words.

[AN_Inkling]

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[AN_Inkling]

Fasolo's our leading goal scorer isn't he?

I don't think Cox is good enough to cover his glaring flaws at the moment. He's almost always a clear negative. That's not the case with Fasolo. He has bad games, but we know he's capable of producing better and he mostly does.

That said, if the club believed in Cox I'd be happy for them to give him a run of games. Picking him and then dropping him one week later is no good for him or the team. It's been a major selection failure this season.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[Presti35]

I've found the answer.

[Jezza]