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I'm not going to be confident until Brettie gives Freo the kiss of death.
Sorry mbb.....I've got nothing but good feelings about this week. Win this and we make the 8 on merit......very good feelings......
Can't drop Lucas on one average performance, he was BOG a few weeks back when we got smashed by the Pies and has been good enough since then.
Bell doesn't seem to be one of the coaches favs. I'd be up for a look at Graham for sure.
Rowe out, Casboult in, is a must. Rowe, unless he is on his own, can't take a mark, and even when on his own there is no guarantee. He also lacks in the area of a second effort. There is no second effort from Rowe at all. Casboult can mark and has no hesitation in crashing a pack when going for a mark. He is also a much better ruckman. Two things are holding him back.
His kicking for goal is atrocious, and he lacks fitness to run out a full game. If you have a look at his performances when he's played, he's virtually disappeared out of a game after half time. It's an are that demands he work on or his days at Senior level are numbered. But for the rest of the season, he is a far better bet than Sam.
Casboults kicking is CLEARLY worse than Rowes.
Fitness levels are on a par.
Their rucking is on a par.
Casboults marking is slightly better as is his pack crashing.
Rowes game against the Saints is better then anything Casboult has done this year.
FYI Rowe has kicked 8 goals in 7 games.
Casboutl has kicked 4 goals in 7 games.
Rowe also has more kicks, marks and disposals.
To say one is much better than the other is showing clear bias.
Surely you are not going to use the St Kilda game as a measuring stick Krud? St Kildas tall backs are undersized and under-skilled already and when the first choices in Fisher and Blake didn't play, any forward would have had a field day as Rowe did. Since then he's been shown up for what he is, a VFL player who is being kept for depth. Play Levi against St Kilda and that goal tally would turn in his favour.
Its a dilemma the MC face. Better conversion, or potentially more opportunities to convert.
But there's also the potential there that he will start to convert.
TBH I can't split the two but I'd give Rowe another go before I drop him. He played very well against the Saints and not so bad vs North. We need to give these talls a decent run at it. Rowe for another week and if he doesn't perform Cas for the rest of the year.
But where there can be no dispute at all, in my biased opinion, of course, is marking. Rowe isn't a patch on Casboult in contested marking. Casboult has proven himself capable of taking a pack mark around the ground, Rowe hasn't. I have got nothing but enormous admiration for Sam Rowe, and I hope he can have a long and healthy career as an AFL footballer.Despite your beliefs on bias, i do not believe i am bias one way or the other on casboult or rowe. Some people will say i am one way. Some will say i am bias the other way.
Anyway, I'm happy to agree to disagree.
can somebody link in the previous thread from the old website..?
Rowe out, Casboult in, is a must. Rowe, unless he is on his own, can't take a mark, and even when on his own there is no guarantee. He also lacks in the area of a second effort. There is no second effort from Rowe at all. Casboult can mark and has no hesitation in crashing a pack when going for a mark. He is also a much better ruckman. Two things are holding him back.
His kicking for goal is atrocious, and he lacks fitness to run out a full game. If you have a look at his performances when he's played, he's virtually disappeared out of a game after half time. It's an are that demands he work on or his days at Senior level are numbered. But for the rest of the season, he is a far better bet than Sam.
Rowe and Casboult have "promised" a lot.
...as has Hampson in the past.
All have shown promise but......
None have yet proven to be more than just fillers.
Henderson's shown that up in just a couple of games.
I don't think any are a long term answer to that second forward/ruck role.
Rowe was very unconvincing today.Bottom line....
He has no second effort, and if not on his terms, sometimes even no first effort.
Can take a mark when he wants, but he is a bit too stand offish for mine.
If Warnock's fit and available Rowe doesn't play.
Can't see any mids being dropped really, so where does that leave Robbo and/or Graham?
I'd swap graham for cachia this week.
Cachia probably needs a rest
Perhaps they were giving Cachia a break by being the sub against the Roos? We might need Cachia to close down Ablett or are you thinking of Curnow or Carrots for that job.
I like Cachia on Ablett for sure. Better Ablett get 33 hard fought possies than 49 damaging ones.