#36 Michael Hartley

[Darli]

Harsh.
I think Dea is doing great. I see him as an asset to the team and fits a need.

Agreed. Backline looks much better with Matty Dea in it.

Also if you take purely the last half of last weeks game, Hartley was in great touch. Seemed to get more composed and confident as the game progressed. He stays in.

[barnz]

Yeah and Hartley gave up 5 to 10 metres to Kennedy every damn time. If you’re gonna offer nothing offensively you better be on your man like a glove.

[Munchen_Don]

I hope Hartley has a good game this week and keeps his spot against the Giants. I think we’ll need all of Ambrose, Hurley and Hartley to take on their talls, especially if Rory Lobb plays (1-2 weeks injury)

[benfti]

I love Patty but Look, I stood next to Ambrose at the Christmas training session, I’m 193 cms and he was at least 2cms shorter than me.

I worry about a guy who’s barley 6’2 playing on guys who are 6’5. I know Ambrose has excellent athleticism but that’s a lot to cover for. Name me one of the leagues monsters he has contained and I will shut up.

Hartley did good jobs on the massive blokes last year. Let him try and find that form again. Fwiw I want he, Ambrose and Hurley in the side

[The_5th_Daniher]

Hartley is still learning.
He gets caught out sometimes but he’s worth putting the games into him.

[Paul_Peos]

I love Patty but Look, I stood next to Ambrose at the Christmas training session, I’m 193 cms and he was at least 2cms shorter than me.

I worry about a guy who’s barley 6’2 playing on guys who are 6’5. I know Ambrose has excellent athleticism but that’s a lot to cover for. Name me one of the leagues monsters he has contained and I will shut up.

Hartley did good jobs on the massive blokes last year. Let him try and find that form again. Fwiw I want he, Ambrose and Hurley in the side

Tom Lynch.

Taylor Walker for a quarter, when Hurley couldn’t get near him.

I know he shouldn’t be able to play on guys that big, but his strength seems to make up a lot of ground.

[Klawdy]

Hartley is still learning.

This. The dude has played 20 something games. Give him a chance.

[Windy_Dill]

I love Patty but Look, I stood next to Ambrose at the Christmas training session, I’m 193 cms and he was at least 2cms shorter than me.

I worry about a guy who’s barley 6’2 playing on guys who are 6’5. I know Ambrose has excellent athleticism but that’s a lot to cover for. Name me one of the leagues monsters he has contained and I will shut up.

Hartley did good jobs on the massive blokes last year. Let him try and find that form again. Fwiw I want he, Ambrose and Hurley in the side

He’s probably the same height as Scarlett and Silvagni. They went alright.

[benfti]

Full forwards were 191 back then though. They are 197+ now

[Paul_Peos]

200cm Joe Daniher used to regularly get torched by 189cm Josh Gibson.

Body strength plays a bigger part than height imo, and Ambrose is infinitely stronger than Hartley.

Fwiw I also like Harts, Ambrose and Hurley in the one backline, I reckon that covers all possible match ups.

[True_Value_Blitzer]

Both Riewoldt’s; and I’m pretty sure Jack twice

[redbull]

Has anyone ever monstered Ambrose?

Brad Hill’s ghost?

[Paul_Peos]

Brad Hill’s ghost?

I heard Ambrose tackled Brad Hill’s ghost, too.

[Nocturnal]

I think Reiwolt will get ahold of him early.

The last two weeks our mids have won and applied great pressure. The ball will be coming in Mutch faster this week.

I don’t think he is in good form ATM.

[yaco55]

You are struggling for content when you throw up the the old chestnuts are you watching TV or watching live - Yet you throw up statistics which you would not glean at the time from watching the game - You can continue to believe Hartley has performed well.

[yaco55]

1. It is definitely a possibility. Particularly if we bring back Ambrose for Hartley.
2. I personally don’t think it will happen though.
3. Are you seriously suggesting that most of this place is deadly accurate?

yaco stated that Dea is keeping the seat warm for Brown, even though Woosha made it well known that Hartley was originally dropped & Brown bought in, because Hartley was not attacking enough (& got a couple kicked on him by that stringbean kid from Brissie).
So in my eyes, Ambrose is a given, & Brown & Hartley are fighting over the same spot - nothing to do with Dea. Dea is getting touched up by guys bigger than him like Darling & Watts because he is undersized.
My preferred backline has Ambrose, Hartley, Hurley & Dea in it, & no Brown to be seen - he is depth.

No - My post is assuming it’s a given that Ambrose will replace Hartley - As it stands in 2017, Brown has clearly outperformed Dea and Harley.

[yaco55]

Yaco is full bi polar

He’s said some of the dumbest sht I’ve read on here and more often than not I think W T F

But then he will have a run of a week and make complete sense and valid points

Aha ! Is this a case of pot kettle black.

[yaco55]

@Dell … I assume now Yaco is on your side we can finally agree that you are probably wrong

Stop being childish with your posts - Continue to peddle useless statistics without having any feel or context for the game - And if you wish to use statistics, Hartley has conceded 12 goals in his last 3 matches - Continue this vein of form and he’ll win the reverse Coleman medal by a record margin.

Yaco - I’ve been meaning to tell you, in case you hadn’t noticed.
You say ‘continue’ a lot - seriously.
Just putting it out there.

Aha !

Please don’t inform AN of my limited vocabulary.

[yaco55]

Ambrose has perfected the art of legally bodying his opponent under the ball or off the line of the ball, as well as restricting the forward from getting both arms up to mark the ball - Reckon a slippery tall forward with a high work-rate up and down the field could get him.

[Humble_NSW_Fan]

Yeah I reckon Ambrose would have been monstered by Hawkins and Kennedy. I like the idea of him on Jack though

Has anyone ever monstered Ambrose?

Not possible.