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think positive 
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| E wrote: | | think positive wrote: | | E wrote: | | think positive wrote: | | The Weed wrote: | | think positive wrote: | | Wokko wrote: | | Great pick up if we were shooting for a flag, but the wins we get with him now are only costing draft pick position and how many years do we think we'll get from him? |
wot i just said in the after game thread! spot on |
'nah sorry, 1 player is not a match winner, need more stats than that'
Cant have it both ways TP, either he is not a match winner or he is not costing us draft picks with us winning when he is playing. |
dont want it both ways, wot i said above doesnt make him a match winner, he never was and never will be an ablett or a dangerfield, but if we were shooting for a flag, then he would be a handy experienced player to have, |
he might not be the best player in the AFL, but he is a matchwinner and he is just behind them. The guy routinely finished high in the brownlow and it is just ignorant to write off a player because he doesn't meet the Dangerfield standard. |
Fair enough, but I still don't think it was good recruiting with where we are at. In less you really believe we werego it to challenge for the flagthis year, I can see the point above about replacing Swan. However, all the way from drafttime the lack of a bona Fida genuine replacement for Cloke or Brown has worried me, and proved right. Expecting a team of midfielders to hard run the entire game and do the scoring too, against teams with big bodies in defence is setting yourself up for some bloody hard work. Especially when the skill level is not there. We have some great forwards, Faz, jaimie, hopefully Moore will be the superstar we all expect, but right now we lack muscle, height and strength. That's why I don't think there is a place for Cox long term. Nothing wrong with Wells, if you are prepared to accept lost games through injury, asfor the Hawks, not comparable this year in my mind, because they are not contending either. We have had several honerable losses this year that mean more than beating the Hawks earlier this year. The bulldog game for instance. We pushed them all the way. |
I think EVERYONE expected us to compete for a finals spot this year. If not, why are we all so angry that we are not? certainly it looked to me that the additions of hoskin-elliot, Mayne, Wells, Schade and Dunn as well as the return of Scharenberg, Elliot, Reid and Ramsey would push us over the top.
Judging in hindsight that we were not finals material should not change the fact that his recruiting was intended to improve a strong finals contender.
Why we are not a finals contender is the discussion we should be having, rather than whether recruiting wells was a mistake. |
I can't speak for anyone else but I'm angry because the club is still fronting as if we can make finals and not much is wrong. I want a new coach now to see what we ave worth keeping, at the very least I want to know the search has begun
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6-2 with him, 1-8 without him. there were a number of goals kicked due to his tiny involvement. he is a star!!!!
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He is a star. Such a beautiful user of the ball. I wish we had him when he was 22 rather 32.
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Jezza 
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He's a very clean user of the ball.
Pity he's not five years younger.
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