....but i think we have been much better with Acres in the side. Hard to pick up on TV, but the amount of times he is the last one on the line in defence yet also managing to be the deepest one on the line in the forwardline is remarkable.
I joked years ago about how he always managed to kick one out on the full a game.....i'm not surprised with the amount of repeat sprints he does to get deep, his legs must be like jelly half the time.
He is also a bigger body (height+weight) compared to Ollie Hollands.
I would've given Ison a rest over Acres, even if its not like for like.
Arces was our lowest rated player on the ground last week.
How do they work that out?
Acres had more disposals than 14 of his teammates, more marks than 15 of his teammates, more goal assists than 15 of his teammates, more metres gained than 14 of his teammates, his disposal efficiency was better than nine of his teammates, only 11 of his teammates had more tackles, and only one of his teammates had more intercepts and rebound 50s.
Jack Ison would have to be the lowest rated player by some margin ... and I wouldn't drop him either!
It musn't be too bad if he's only going to miss one game - let's hope so!
Young has been playing very well in the Magoos and getting a call up is just reward. He did OK in Lynch in Round 1 but it helped that Lynch couldn't hit the side of a barn with his shots at goal
Ollie Florent's 200th game. He's worked himself into form quite nicely and has proven to be a good acquisition IMO.
It's a bit of a shame that Wilbur will have to wait until next week to chalk up his 200th game. Their careers have been virtually parallel since they were drafted.
Ollie has been a good acquisition but I'd have him just behind Wilbur and Ainsworth.
I certainly didn't think that Acres would lose his spot ... and I'd rather have his size, strength and ability to impact contests at both ends of the ground.
Vossy must have snuck back into the match committee
I’m not sure where the notion that Derksen is “undersized” comes from. He’s 194cm according to some sources and 197cm according to others. Either way, he’s around the same height as Dean and Weiters and considerably heavier than Dean. He’s also a good judge of the flight of the ball and an excellent mark, hence his imposing tally of intercepts. It’s his lack of experience that would put him at a disadvantage when playing on Lynch. Of course, Dean is less experienced, and less mature, but that hasn’t stopped him taking some decent scalps.
I’m not particularly concerned about Dean or Derksen playing on Lynch, or Young for that matter. It’s our team defence that will limit Lynch’s opportunities.
On at least five separate occasions from 2017 to this year, and including during meetings with German heads of state, Taco has stated that his father was born in Germany. In fact, Fred was born in New York and it is Taco's grandfather, Friedrich, who was born in Germany and emigrated to the USA. Each time Taco has made that claim about his father's birthplace, he has been corrected and even shown copies of his father's birth certificate. However, he continues to state that his father was born in Germany.
As a passionate family historian, I find it hard to fathom how someone can get a parent's birthplace wrong but I accept that not everyone has an interest in their family history. However, to repeatedly claim the wrong birthplace for a parent despite being corrected is not just a misunderstanding or mistake, it's yet another cognitive glitch by the bloke with the nuclear codes.
Ironically, Fred tried to hide his German ancestry and claimed to be Swedish.
Deeming seems like a bit of a trouble maker to me.
Master of the understatement G2C 😇
I suspect that there’s some manipulation/motivation coming from the more conservation faction.
Crazy stuff really, given the unpopularity of the Government … unless they think they can’t lose and nobbling the progressives will strengthen their influence 🤔
I think the current setup is working because the players are less mentally burdened, and because Fraser the Amazer has taken 2.5-3 quarter good efforts and turned them into 3.5-4 quarter efforts. He deserves credit for that. However it's completely inaccurate to think that one individual (an inexperience caretaker coach no less) can take an entire organization from zero to hero in seven days, and keep it going for 6 weeks. There's no way that can be true. A football club is massive, with significant inertia and investment in training loads and methods, personnel, game style etc.
I still have my doubts about Wright and Davies.
Everyone I have spoken to with connections to AFL clubs and in particular Coll and Haw, tell me Wright is a jet and knows what he is doing and his track record is proven. The fact he was hand picked and anointed by Cook is enough for me. I have no intel on Davies but from what I have seen and heard from him, he seems knowledgeable and impressive.
Wright may have been a good list manager but he’s never been a CEO before. There’s also the matter of him walking away from Collingwood because he had issues with Kelly. That may well be a positive but he doesn’t have a track record as a CEO or long term football administrator. He may well be brilliant, and I hope he is, but the jury is still out.
I have a lot more faith in Davies who does have a proven track record as footy manager.
Is Walker playing? Did we ever get an update on his shoulder??
Walker trained with no strapping on his shoulder during the week. However, the footage I saw was only the warm up drills. He may have been wearing the green cap after that.
