Game Plan 2010

[swansrob]

Robin Nahas. Jetta is slightly larger than him.

[707]

What about Brownlow Medalist Gavin Wanganeen? He was as thick as a sheet of paper when he won the gong.

You're right about the level of comp these guys have come from, WAFL and SANFL are significantly up in speed and size and power from the U18 comp.

TDL and Jetta were not just playing in but were standouts at WAFL level so the step up is not as great as U18 players.

I think we'll see both of these players early in the season.

[Vonsteinman]

Brad Dick is another example i think.

Another to come out of the Clontarf Foundation programme in the same draft as Brad Dick was Nathan Krakouer (note that Lewis Jetta - along with his cousins - was also part of the Clontarf programme, but in Bunbury).

Krakouer is roughly the same height as Jetta and was apparently about 10 kgs less than what the latter weighed at their respective draft camps.

Krakouer played some pretty handy football in his first season at Port, after Williams said he wouldn't play seniors for at least two years.

It's perhaps worth noting that his second season was ruined by soft tissue injuries. He put on some bulk (he's now about 78kg) and came back and had a really solid year in 2009.

[Bloods05]

Nicky Winmar the First.

[voodooguru]

Getting back ot, when Baz was playing his best CHF for us he kicked goals, set up goals, and he took marks across the middle of the ground which he then kicked on and followed forward.

I expect Goodsey will be better at these things and he should excel with more one-on-one contests, away from the packs. As far as him moving into the midfield goes, I wouldn't be surprised to see him down back if we're under the cosh, but I expect our plethora of inside mids, ROK and J-Mc to be goods enough in most sitches.

Geelong play the way they do because they back their teammates to make the next play. When Tadhg, Mal and, yes, Leapin' Leo were storming off the backline and Baz wasn't barred or blind-ish, we played some pretty good running footy. I think we're better across all lines than we were last year, and especially up forward - and the boys will all be backing their teammates.

[Auntie.Gerald]

I like the idea of leaving Braddy and Jesse up front by them self where ever possible. These two are big units and love to lead.

Goodes even if he is playing CHF will be in the midfield anyway for over half the game.

PAGANS Paddock !!!!!!!!!!

let our 16 players be compressing the game and let our two big men have half the field to them selves with rushing small forwards coming thru !!!

[Hartijon]

I like the idea of leaving Braddy and Jesse up front by them self where ever possible. These two are big units and love to lead.

Goodes even if he is playing CHF will be in the midfield anyway for over half the game.

PAGANS Paddock !!!!!!!!!!

let our 16 players be compressing the game and let our two big men have half the field to them selves with rushing small forwards coming thru !!!

Thats the "classic Football" that is so good to watch.

[RogueSwan]

Thats the "classic Football" that is so good to watch.

Unless the opposition just zone off and fill in the gaps Bradshaw and White are supposed to use.

If that does occur I would love to see White use his size and go straight through the oppostion(legally). Hopefully this will make defenders think twice about putting their body on the line

[liz]

Unless the opposition just zone off and fill in the gaps Bradshaw and White are supposed to use.

If that does occur I would love to see White use his size and go straight through the oppostion(legally). Hopefully this will make defenders think twice about putting their body on the line

Ideally then, you need a decent handful of players who can regularly kick goals on the run from around the 50m mark, or just outside. Presumably if opposition players are zoning back, there must be additional space around half-forward.

Not sure whether we have those players, mind. Kennelly, Malceski, Mattner, Veszpremi, Meredith, Goodes, O'Keefe and McVeigh you'd back to make the distance more often than not, but whether they're on target is a quite different matter!

[hammo]

Not sure how effective Pagan's paddock is on the SCG

[RogueSwan]

... Kennelly, Malceski, Mattner, Veszpremi, Meredith, Goodes, O'Keefe and McVeigh you'd back to make the distance more often than not, but whether they're on target is a quite different matter!

I would back Goodes to be the best, he has been kicking over 65% the last two seasons.
Then probably McVeigh.
the goal kicking of the others is relatively unknown to me (I have not seen a Reserves match for about 4 years!) but Pebbles is more than likely the last I would want kicking for the game.

[Auntie.Gerald]

MCG = 171 x 146 (the mecca)

SCG = 147 x 136 (plenty of width)

ANZ Stadium = current grass 157 x 129 (fence to fence 178 x 149)

[wearebloods]

Next year I want to see more red & white play like this -> http://cli.gs/swanspace

[Big Al]

Next year I want to see more red & white play like this -> http://cli.gs/swanspace

One of the best goals I've seen at the SCG.

[laughingnome]

Next year I want to see more red & white play like this -> http://cli.gs/swanspace

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