#7 - Zerrett - New Beginnings

[Michael_Burry]

The young players in the midfield will develop quicker if they can play alongside him up close and observe his craft

[Aceman]

@Michael_Burry

The young players in the midfield will develop quicker if they can tag alongside him up close and observe his craft

I don’t want our young players going anywhere near Mrs Mitchell and her world famous roast dinners

[Michael_Burry]

I heard the pork is dry and the gravy is oppressively salty

[bltn]

Just prior to first bounce, he administers an RKO to newly appointed Captain Andy McGrath, then rips off his Eesendon jumper in disgust to reveal a Hawks jersey underneath !

Am I doing it right ?

[Tugg_Speedman]

Sam Mitchell and Zach Merrett come walking over towards the coin toss. Sam Mitchell grabs a microphone and says to Andy Mcgrath “There’s always a plan B”. Zach Merrett then clocks Andy McGrath in the back with a steel chair

[BAAKKEERRRR]

@MattyKnights

Will mean players like May can get game time even with Wright and Caddy in the team.

I hear Brad has earmarked him for the wing…

[Blummers32]

@MattyKnights

Not enough discussion around the new 5 players on the bench rule. Will mean players like May can get game time even with Wright and Caddy in the team. May comes into the game when Wright goes on the ball…Blakiston to the bench.

Likewise we can really exploit midfield rotations without the need to “rest” Mids on the HF line. This means more bench time for midfield players which will ensure they can run out games at higher energy levels.

The fifth bench player changes game plans and player game management significantly.

Im not sure how that can work without significantly reducing gamete to others on the bench.
There’s an extra player on the bench, with no additional bench interchanges allowed.
So you either play a player as a ‘dedicated sub’ and keep game time matching last year’s breakup or you divide it equally across the majority of the players and force more players to ‘rest on the field’ instead come to the bench.

I’d like to see how gametime is going to be split across the bench before deciding to do something like that. How other teams handle it and succeed with it will probably inform how the majority of teams will run with it.

[Houli_Dooley]

If GWS weren’t currently so decimated and had standard levels of availability - the absolute prime example of a 5th bench player being used tactically as an asset to maximise their effectiveness and minimise their deficiencies would be Jake Stringer.

You could wheel him out for anywhere from 5-15 minutes a quarter to do his mercurial thing, relying on natural talent alone as he always has, then get him off before he blows up and becomes a liability.

[Long_haul]

We could sub McMahon on just to take set shots (if it was allowed )

[Ants]

@Tagger

It was interesting to go back and see what Hawk’s ended up with last year after the failed trade.

On draft night, they traded 10 for 12 and GWS’s F2. They then traded 12 for 13 and West Coast’s F2. They used 13 on Nairn. The used 22 on Schubert.

Pretty great result for Hawks, I must say.

They also lost an F2 when they traded the Carlton Silvagni pick up 4-5 spots with Brisbane. Still, did very well.

[Ants]

@Nocturnal

They will all come to us next year, was prep work for more immediate capital for a second bite at Merrett.

You realise that unless they trade someone out or crash almightly, there draft hand is worse than last year?

[Tbone]

What a legend

[j_w]

Fortunately, Zach Merrett is known for his sense of humour.

[Stallion]

For sure he puts it on and wonders what could have been.

[alex.f.94]

Its all a big joke to these afl players, and the joke is on us.

[Crod]

That’s actually quite funny.

[Chris_1993]

Wonder if Jye went to Rebel Sport and bought one or it was a free one from Jack Ginnivan?

[Tbone]

Can see Merrett doing this in he’s hawks jumper

[j_w]

This story has been told incorrectly. It was actually a game of naughty Santa and Merrett stole the hawks jumper from Caldwell. He was last heard, scurrying away, repeating the words “my precious”.

[b00bytrap]

I’m a very big fan of Caldwell, but I do question his choice of friends.
Ginnivan, ewww.