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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by Lods -2025 Kicking efficiency
Out
Silvagni 72.7%
Docherty 62.6 %
Curnow 57.6%
TDK 57.2%
Fantasia 56.1%
Durdin 55.6%
E Hollands 52.9%
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Hayward 67.4%
Florent 66.9%
Ainsworth 64%
Chesser 57.9%
One thing that has to be considered is that 'defender' kicking efficiency is often inflated by taking kick-ins and switches of play which occur without a lot of pressure meaning that accuracy is better.
Our top12 for kicking efficiency all played as defenders this year.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by kruddler -On the other hand, seven of the players who left us were among our worst ball users.
Charlie is one of the best ball users we've ever had.
Durdin was good too.
Fantasia wasnt terrible....just soft.
Silvagni was good for a taller guy.
Tdk was great for a ruckman.
Docherty and anyone else I've missed are all far superior to acres.
The knock on florent is his kicking.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by DJC -Training and the VFL are a lot different to senior footy when the pressure is on.
Those players you mentioned are not in the same parish as what Morris has giving him the ball. Three of them haven't played a game and you failed to address the issue of our main midfield group still doing the majority of the work including delivery. I'd expect Ison, Byrne and Chesser to start in the VFL and Voss to stick with his experienced players initially given the reality that he is coaching for his future.
Yes, training is very different from playing but you missed the point; our ball movement is markedly different to what it was last season.
McCluggage and Zorko are no slouches when it comes to spraying the ball and Charlie is going to be disappointed with the poor service he gets from the likes of Warner, Gulden and Roberts. I wonder why Sydney let two of their better ball users go
On the other hand, seven of the players who left us were among our worst ball users.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -Brisbane get away with Morris at FF because they have a red hot midfield delivering dimes.
We have a history of trying to cheat with non specialist players in key roles but always avoid fixing the underlying problems.
Cripps, Walsh, Hewett,Acres, Ollie etc will still be doing the majority of the delivering so nothing will change.
Haywood will find the ball lobbed on his head like Charlie did and same with Harry.
HOK is a good colt and will have his moments but as Freo have found out with the talented Luke Jackson, playing him forward as a tall forward works best as a shock tactic not as a regular event.
Hampson and Kruezer are a reminder of trying to cheat ending in disaster.
You've not watched the training sessions and seen how our ball movement is very different and quite precise? Florent, Smith, Ison, Byrne, Hayward, Chesser, etc rarely miss a target and it's apparent that sharpening our kicking skills has been a major off-season focus.
Skull has always played as a key forward/ruck in the VFL. His 10.6 from 9 games last season helped propel him into the seniors and his 3.4 from his three games was a decent return. Time will tell if he is to emulate Paul Salmon, Charlie Dixon, Sam Darcy, Riley Thilthorpe and other ruckmen who succeeded as key forwards.
Those players you mentioned are not in the same parish as what Morris has giving him the ball. Three of them haven't played a game and you failed to address the issue of our main midfield group still doing the majority of the work including delivery. I'd expect Ison, Byrne and Chesser to start in the VFL and Voss to stick with his experienced players initially given the reality that he is coaching for his future.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by DJC -Brisbane get away with Morris at FF because they have a red hot midfield delivering dimes.
We have a history of trying to cheat with non specialist players in key roles but always avoid fixing the underlying problems.
Cripps, Walsh, Hewett,Acres, Ollie etc will still be doing the majority of the delivering so nothing will change.
Haywood will find the ball lobbed on his head like Charlie did and same with Harry.
HOK is a good colt and will have his moments but as Freo have found out with the talented Luke Jackson, playing him forward as a tall forward works best as a shock tactic not as a regular event.
Hampson and Kruezer are a reminder of trying to cheat ending in disaster.
You've not watched the training sessions and seen how our ball movement is very different and quite precise? Florent, Smith, Ison, Byrne, Hayward, Chesser, etc rarely miss a target and it's apparent that sharpening our kicking skills has been a major off-season focus.
Skull has always played as a key forward/ruck in the VFL. His 10.6 from 9 games last season helped propel him into the seniors and his 3.4 from his three games was a decent return. Time will tell if he is to emulate Paul Salmon, Charlie Dixon, Sam Darcy, Riley Thilthorpe and other ruckmen who succeeded as key forwards.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -We have a history of trying to cheat with non specialist players in key roles but always avoid fixing the underlying problems.
Cripps, Walsh, Hewett,Acres, Ollie etc will still be doing the majority of the delivering so nothing will change.
Haywood will find the ball lobbed on his head like Charlie did and same with Harry.
HOK is a good colt and will have his moments but as Freo have found out with the talented Luke Jackson, playing him forward as a tall forward works best as a shock tactic not as a regular event.
Hampson and Kruezer are a reminder of trying to cheat ending in disaster.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 4 - 5 on the bench
Last post by Lods -At the end of the day this is pretty much a futile debate because no-one is changing their mind.
The bar has been set.
Who is right and who is wrong willl be determined by this time next year.
10+ wins and 10th place and the optimists take it
8 wins or less and a lower than 11th finish and the pessimists take the prize.
9 wins and 11th place...and we'll call it a draw.
This thread topic has probably run its course.
We have 4 players who make the bench
Hollands (6)
Lord (5)
O'Keefe (5)
Evans (4)
(I'm actually happy with that... it's similar to mine
Florent (3)
Motlop (3)
McGovern (3) are in a contest for the last spot.