Why dramatically change something once it finally starts working?
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Mate Hooker will never play back again. He is way, way too slow to be back there. Front end gorilla is his go now.
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I can’t remember who he was chasing out of the back 50 in the last quarter but man, it was painful to watch.
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I miss the days of Hooker dashing out of the backline with his break-neck speed…
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Him and Hurley were clunk city
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when you want to argue that hooker needs to go back some times, but you love how absolutely ballistic he goes when he gets a goal…
Oh I think there are many solid reasons (that I agree with) why you’d keep Hooker forward.
That he is now ‘too slow’ or somehow not up to playing defence anymore, isn’t one of them.
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Marking, goal kicking BEAST.
Has relegated JOEDAN to third forward.
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In years gone by was shut down Joe and that’s it not anymore. shut down Joe and one of Hooker or Stewart gets off the chain
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It’s not going to happen
He was directly involved in the scoring chain or kicking them himself in over half the goals we did. And also gets JD / Stewart isolation themselves.
Moving him back to save a few goals more than Hartley might do on any given night won’t happen.
The net result of him forward is far more valuable to the team.
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One of best blokes in the league at his size when the ball hits the ground too.
Lets face it, this jacket of Dodoros needs to be dipped in Gold.
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To dream for just a moment…coz it’s always fun…
If Lavender can turn into a mobile forward/ruck as well, and Mason Fletcher can make it down back, then our tall stocks are set for a long long long long long long time.
Think you forget Ridley which could turn out the best of the young guys.
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We got a massive bargain with this guy. I’m guessing a 2 year average salary also?
His price is set to go up bigtime. Out of contract this year. Clubs will be sniffing. I can see a club offering him a 4 year $600k deal if he keeps this up.
I hope Collingwood offers him ONE MILLION DOLLARS… and he says get nicked.
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Heppell is such a good mark.
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It looks like hes starting to get recognized by the broader football public now. hes got a front page photo on the AFL site. Shows his hard work is paying off
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Those guns
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Here’s a quite tip: all of our players appear in at least 3 if not 4 dimensions. So you can spread that likingness around the rest of the team
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He has developed a vice like grip when marking. Doesn’t matter if he is under pressure or about to get crunched, just grabs them
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