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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #105
Chad Wingard might hit free agency elligibility soon....

Might be worth throwing a couple of dollars his way.

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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #106
after third year of rebuild end of 2019 throw the kitchen sink at Jake Stringer will be 25 with six years of football in him.

Once we get these talented kids through the door next two years, will be time to bring in some serious players.. Bontampelli and Crippa in the midfield anyone.. that would be great... I mean why not Selwood and Dangerfield playing together same team.. ok I can stop dreaming now.
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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #107
The biggest FIGJAM FLOG currently in the game.
The Chad and The Package can shake hands on the front as far as I'm concerned.
2017-16th
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2019-16th
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2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
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2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #108
Lamb and Sumner have been terrific in this regard and will only get better in opinion. Very accurate kicks for goal also.

Yup. They've been greta thus far.

Matty Wright, although a recently turned 26 yo, has been very good also.

I think they'd like Buckley to be able to play this role well also.

Gallucci looks handy.

Maybe why we are looking at Brandon Matera from the Suns (or so 'they' say).

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #109
OK, you bring in a bloke who hasn't yet developed the tank to run out a VFL game and play him out of position; that'll work  ::)

Who said anything about playing him out of position?

Nothing to do with impatience. If you're kicking 3 or 4 goals in each game of VFL you're good enough to play. In you come. This is the opposite of impatience - this is letting performance dictate selection and ignoring the surname all together.

Weitering / CCurnow already went straight in - why should this guy be different just because of his last name?

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #110
Who said anything about playing him out of position?

Nothing to do with impatience. If you're kicking 3 or 4 goals in each game of VFL you're good enough to play. In you come. This is the opposite of impatience - this is letting performance dictate selection and ignoring the surname all together.

Weitering / CCurnow already went straight in - why should this guy be different just because of his last name?

Extra Expectation, extra Pressure, there is no one size fits all in football any more so you cant compare Weitering to Curnow to SOSOS...Jack Watts is an example of a player who should have been held back rather than thrown into the fray early..
I reckon Melbourne got it right with Jesse Hogan and gave him more time even though he was showing even more than Jack in the twos.....maybe at the end of the season  he can be given an introduction game but I dont see it improving his football by playing seniors now..

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #111
Jack Watts is an example of a player who should have been held back rather than thrown into the fray early..

Such a convenient excuse for Jack. As if playing a couple of games when he was 19 equates to an excuse to play crape for 5 years. Never got that one.

SOSOS is no different from Curnow / Weitering. If your performance warrants it you play. BB has been on about that from the start.

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #112
Such a convenient excuse for Jack. As if playing a couple of games when he was 19 equates to an excuse to play crape for 5 years. Never got that one.

SOSOS is no different from Curnow / Weitering. If your performance warrants it you play. BB has been on about that from the start.

Have to agree. If his performances warrant selection, you pick and play him.

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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #113
Who said anything about playing him out of position?

Nothing to do with impatience. If you're kicking 3 or 4 goals in each game of VFL you're good enough to play. In you come. This is the opposite of impatience - this is letting performance dictate selection and ignoring the surname all together.

Weitering / CCurnow already went straight in - why should this guy be different just because of his last name?

You suggested bringing Jack in for Nick Graham, an inside midfielder.  If that happens, either Jack plays in the midfield or we are one down in our midfield rotations.

Folk seem to forget that Jack is coming off a shoulder reconstruction and has had very little football in the past 12 months.  He is struggling to run out VFL games and his game time is being managed carefully. 

Whether he plays or not has nothing to do with his surname, it's about whether he is fit enough and as good as the other contenders for a spot as a medium forward.
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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #114
After reading josh Frasers appraisal I'd be surprised if we don't see him very soon if he keeps it up or even this week given the softer opposition

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #115
You suggested bringing Jack in for Nick Graham, an inside midfielder.  If that happens, either Jack plays in the midfield or we are one down in our midfield rotations.

Folk seem to forget that Jack is coming off a shoulder reconstruction and has had very little football in the past 12 months.  He is struggling to run out VFL games and his game time is being managed carefully. 

Whether he plays or not has nothing to do with his surname, it's about whether he is fit enough and as good as the other contenders for a spot as a medium forward.

All this above!
Have the SOSOS pushers seen him play live.  Great skills, great courage, no frame, no tank!  No hurry.

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #116
You suggested bringing Jack in for Nick Graham, an inside midfielder.  If that happens, either Jack plays in the midfield or we are one down in our midfield rotations.

Folk seem to forget that Jack is coming off a shoulder reconstruction and has had very little football in the past 12 months.  He is struggling to run out VFL games and his game time is being managed carefully. 

Whether he plays or not has nothing to do with his surname, it's about whether he is fit enough and as good as the other contenders for a spot as a medium forward.

Didn't Graham replace Sumner (our forward pocket)?

Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #117
Didn't Graham replace Sumner (our forward pocket)?

Graham and Byrne replaced Murphy and Sumner.  Sumner is part of the midfield rotation and there is a fair bit of movement between forward and defence so bringing a defender in for a forward doesn't change the team balance or reduce the number of midfielders.
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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #118
Didn't Graham replace Sumner (our forward pocket)?
He came in as a mid for Murph didnt he?
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Re: VFL Rd 9: Northern Blues vs Frankston at Ikon

Reply #119
Graham and Byrne replaced Murphy and Sumner.  Sumner is part of the midfield rotation and there is a fair bit of movement between forward and defence so bringing a defender in for a forward doesn't change the team balance or reduce the number of midfielders.
Oh yeah, forgot about Byrne.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time