Nick back?

[pillowtalk]

Re: Re: Re: Davis and Schneider

Originally posted by cruiser


Have we been watching the same team? Sydney's goal kicking was woeful against Freo and Adelaide. And it could have used Davis' potentially match winning spark to have won us the Geelong game.

Actually I didn't see the Fremantle game
And with the Adelaide game it wasn't so much woeful kicking, it was just a dull match ... Nick was still out injured for the Geelong game so we can only say 'what if'.
As I said, I'm all for having him on the ground, I love watching him when he's on fire. But I would rather him be there fully fit then not.

Anyway he's got his chance this weekend and I hope he has a great game !

[cruiser]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Davis and Schneider

Originally posted by pillowtalk
And with the Adelaide game it wasn't so much woeful kicking, it was just a dull match ...

By woeful goal kicking I didn't just meant Sydney's inability to actually kick goals but also our inability to find forwards to deliver the ball to so that they in turn could kick a goal.

[pillowtalk]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Davis and Schneider

Originally posted by cruiser
By woeful goal kicking I didn't just meant Sydney's inability to actually kick goals but also our inability to find forwards to deliver the ball to so that they in turn could kick a goal.

I just assumed by woeful 'goal kicking' you meant exactly that - Kicking woeful goals.
My bad

[Nico]

Originally posted by timthefish
i've been getting increasingly frustrated with players not taking the set shot from outside 40m. davis is the one player on our list prepared to do that on a regular basis and having him in will reduce the predictability of our play.

as long as he is fit in terms of injuries he should be brought back immediately. aerobic fitness (never his greatest asset) is something that can be dealt with on the run.

Here, here. We have wasted so many scoring opps with very poor short passes to players inside 50, by players on the 50 who can easily get the distance.

Barry gets the frees he should have and the above was eliminated, would see us almost top 4. Those close ones we lost would never have happened.

[Thunder Shaker]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Davis and Schneider

Originally posted by pillowtalk
And with the Adelaide game it wasn't so much woeful kicking, it was just a dull match

Then there's the effort the Kangas had against Adelaide ... 1.8 to 0.10 at halftime!

[Nico]

Originally posted by Snowy
Well he is in for Heath James. Personally I think he is a touch player who nearly always is in touch because of his talent whereas a bloke like Jude Bolton whose game is built around hard running needs the fitness. But Nick needs to address his diet and his aerobic fitness. In 2000/2001 he was pretty fit and got high possessions on a lot of occasions. He looked a bit podgy when I saw him on the news (had love handles)

Bit harsh Snowy. While I agree that players with extended injuries should keep off the Maccas, he hasn't had the aerobic/ cardio vascular work to burn the calories. I will wait to see him when he runs out, before I pass judgement on his love handles.

Great to have him back and after 2 games in the 2's he should be raring to go.

[ScottH]

Plugger, Kickett.... they had love handles, and they could play just a bit!!!

[Slick Swans]

I read something interesting in the herald today that in the player servey, with over 500 players, when asked who they would like to take a set shot after the siren to win the game, 4% said Nick Davis, which doesn't sound like much but Barry Hall only got 2% and top was lloyd with 20% and daylight to fevola 2nd with 8%, not too shabby i reakon, backs up wat i allways say bout davo being a dead eye dick.

[SXP]

Originally posted by ScottH
Plugger, Kickett.... they had love handles, and they could play just a bit!!!

Yeah, just a bit. No more no less.