MOZZIE
Have you now received an update that Joe will NOT play?
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My sources have gone quiet, but it is believed that he potentially could return to game in some form. COD, scratch match, chess, AFL - yet to be decided by club doctors.
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would seem Connor is training (goal kicking) with the forwards today.
Zaka, Phillips, training, cant see Belly??
Who usually participates in the captains run? (named + emergencies)
So where is this sh-t carnt cracker team to disappoint me tomorrow night?
Fkn wanker club.
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Yeah, letās break him too!
I disagree. Richmond play two forwards and two rucks. It works really well because at any given time, they have enough targets inside 50. I really like their structure. Mabior Chol is essentially a mobile 3rd tall. Draper and Francis is a much better duo than TBC and Draper.
We usually go with one ruck, one tall (McKernan) who is required to ruck and a bunch of mid-sized/small forwards. We end up with Townsend at 187cm being our main target inside 50 when McKernan rucks. We need McKernan to be our full-time forward because our dominance in the middle at times goes unrewarded. Against Brisbane we went with Stewart as our main target + a resting ruckman (Draper/TBC). Collingwood set up similarly to us. Neither of us can score.
We should look at how we structured in 2017 as a guidance. Hooker should play permanently forward for the rest of the year.
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No Belly or Cahill at the captains run today.
Training that didnāt play last week - Langford, Mckenna and Smack (Philips and Guelfi probably emg)
Take it to the āWhere is this sh-t carnt cracker teamā thread.
Phillips also trained
CHE COCKATOO-COLLINS
Parish there?
had a hat on
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Look out Ridley. Heāll be a HFF before we know it.
āWell heās a great intercept markā¦soā¦letās move him forward because we have no one who can mark!ā high fives
None of that has any relevance to our side, tho.
Why not?
Do you think Chol is in any way similar to TBC (or Phillips or Draper)?
Do you think Stewart is in any way similar to Lynch?
Ditto McKernan/Reiwoldt?
Weāre much better off picking a structure to best suit our (available) list - not theirs.
No way known we can afford to pick a 3rd tall fwd/2nd ruckman.
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I donāt think they are similar, but:
- McKernan can take a contest mark and that is an area weāve lacked in
- Stewart cannot play as the main target inside 50. He plays like a 3rd tall.
- Phillips in the ruck gives us more than McKernan does. He can also take a contested mark and bring the ball to ground.
- Not sure about Draperās ability to hit the scoreboard, but at least heās a mobile ruckman that can bring the ball to ground.
We very much struggle with our inside 50 efficiency because we donāt have many players who can either take a contested mark or bring the ball to ground for our crumbing forwards.
And with comparisons, Iād say Lynch/Mckernan, Reiwoldt/Stewart, Chol/Draper and Soldo/Phillips. Obviously Richmondās list is much better, but that reads better than Lynch/Townsend, Riewoldt/Stewart, Chol/ McKernan and Soldo/Draper.
Obviously it isnāt ideal without Daniher and Hooker available, but I think we should maintain a structure that works over an ineffective structure. Weāve targeted Townsend the most out of any player inside 50 this year. That simply isnāt sustainable. Ideally weād have Lynch/Daniher, Reiwoldt/Hooker, Chol/McKernan or Stewart, Soldo/Draper. I donāt think we should change from that structure.
Until Daniher is available, we should play McKernan and Stewart permanently in the forwardline.
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So would you play 2 ruckmen or not?
So looking forward to floggin this ā ā ā ā house team who say they are from the west of Sydney. West of Sydney being all of the riverina and a few others.