Lrt - Chb

[barry]

Its it time to put LRT into CHB full time next year.

He couldnt do much worse than Goodes, and will give him time to grow into the position. With a ruckman dropping back to help him, he could be covered if out of his depth on occations.

Our talls become:

FB: Schauble
CHB: LRT
Ruckman dropping back: Ball/Doyle/Jolly
Roaming Util: Goodes
CHF: Hall
FF: O'loughlan/Doyle/Jolly.

[stellation]

They have to give him a full run there for every pre-season game.

I say give him a chance!

[motorace_182]

I reckon he will be played there during the pre-season and given a lot of game time there in 2005. He is not a good mark, but is bloody athletic. He has a massive leap and is pretty strong, so one would think that CHB would work well for him.
All he needs to do is leanr how to mark, kick and handball and he will be a very good Australian Rules Footballer....

[Bleed Red Blood]

Play him against the Hawks round 1.Probably be matched up against Barker or Holland.Win for us.

[Nico]

Are those 2 duds still on their list? Clarkson has got a genuine uphill battle. But then again most scribes had the Hawks in their top 4 in 2004. (incompetent reporting)

[dendol]

Originally posted by motorace_182
All he needs to do is leanr how to mark, kick and handball and he will be a very good Australian Rules Footballer....

bah, name one player who ever needed any of that to become a AA footballer!?

[Xie Shan]

I'm thinking that now we've got Jolly, CHB probably is the position Roosy and co have in mind for LRT - after Ball retires, we should have a ruck combination of Doyle and Jolly, with Eriksen maybe coming up in a couple of years.
Give LRT time though, he has had a pretty interupted year.
Needs to work on his skills though.

[liz]

Originally posted by sydfan83
I'm thinking that now we've got Jolly, CHB probably is the position Roosy and co have in mind for LRT

I believe it has "always" been the position they've had in mind for him.

[robbieando]

Originally posted by liz
I believe it has "always" been the position they've had in mind for him.

My thought as well. Sure in 03 we used him in the ruck late in the season, but thats because we had to. If he can put a bit of bulk on and put aside the 04 season, he'll do quite well at CHB - maybe not the world beater we all have been hopeing for, but good enough to give himself a future in the position.

I dream of the defence lining up like this

B: Craig Bolton Andrew Schauble Leo Barry
HB: Jason Saddington Roberts-Thomson Matthew Nicks

Move Tadhg to the wing and allow Goodes a free role in the midfield.

[NMWBloods]

Shouldn't Barry be HBF and Nicks BP?

[robbieando]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Shouldn't Barry be HBF and Nicks BP?

Really doesn't matter. Depends on who we play I guess

[NMWBloods]

My thought was mainly in concept of what they can give us besides defence - Barry running off half back and Nicks kicking from deep in defence. Sure it can be reverse but I think this way works better in most cases.

[midaro]

At last look Lewis Roberts-Thompson was a long, long way from AFL class.
I wouldn't be pencilling him in anywhere other than Canberra

[peterh_oz]

Originally posted by robbieando
I dream of the defence lining up like this

B: Craig Bolton Andrew Schauble Leo Barry
HB: Jason Saddington Roberts-Thomson Matthew Nicks

Why does everyone on this list get their full name quoted, except Lewis Roberts-Thompson? Reckon you're discsiminating against hyphenated-people.

Might give David Rhys-Jones a call to pop over and straighten you out! (Can't think of any other hyphened-thumpers off the top of my head!).

[peterh_oz]

Originally posted by midaro
At last look Lewis Roberts-Thompson was a long, long way from AFL class.
I wouldn't be pencilling him in anywhere other than Canberra

Agree. Takes too long deciding what to do - having not been brought up playing footy he needs too much "think" time. Bloody rugby has slowed his brain! He should sue the GPS that made him play rugby and thus limited his future earning potential (now THERE'S a thought! Sue the breeding grounds for the legal profession! MY EVIL SIDE LIKES THAT IDEA!).