Who on earth will tag Gary Rohan ?

[Auntie.Gerald]

fair dinkum if this guys hits his straps on the HF Line or wing...........who will keep up with him?

how was the goal he scored on the wknd against NM !!!!

http://bigpondvideo.com/AFL/427676

he ran at that ball like a Cougar after a hare !

[Cpt. Kirk]

Usain Bolt?

[Matimbo]

So who is faster ... Rohan or Jetta? With both in the team, the match up becomes a bigger dilemma for opposition coaches. Hopefully Jetta steps up this season.

[liz]

So who is faster ... Rohan or Jetta? With both in the team, the match up becomes a bigger dilemma for opposition coaches. Hopefully Jetta steps up this season.

Goodes, apparently. At least over 20m.

[Auntie.Gerald]

its dynamite

On the couch & AFL 360 will go wild this season with replays of Shaw, Goodes, Jetta and Rohan hand passing between them........ on the run...... at full tilt....... length of the field baby !!


GOAL !!!!

GOAL !!!!

GOAL !!!!


GO THE BLOODS !!!!!!

[wolftone57]

We certainly have got a little pace and if you add Harry 'Richie' Cunningham to the mix we are downright fast.

[Nich]

Goodes, apparently. At least over 20m.

Pykey is up there too!

[grarmy]

Rohan will emerge as a star of the game over the next few years. His inclusion in the side along with Spangher got us into the finals last year. The guy is a potential legend.

[Rod_]

Don't put any pressure on the poor bugger will you! (Tongue in cheek comment)

I hope he plays well and to his full potential. There are 18 players on the field and we need all of them doing the same!

Rod_

[Nich]

He has got a way to go before he reaches the heights of some of our key players. He is still a while off pulling the large stats that Goodesy, O'Keefe, Kennedy et all do week in week out. 4 qtr effort required (have you heard that before?). Needs to get more involved this year and start to own his patch of turf. Would be nice to see him on the ball more often. Those touches in the West Coast game and the Geelong goal out of the middle showed he is better with some room and the the ball in his hands then just sticking him in the pocket and sending a high floater in (although he took a few cracker marks last year as well). Get involved Rooster!

[jono2707]

Get involved Rooster!

Earn me some big Dream Team points as my mid-priced smoky forward!!!! C'mon!!!

[wolftone57]

As far as tagging him that would only be done in the Mids but I don't think he is going to be as dangerous on the HHF. Leading at the ball and running away from the pack are too very different things. He will need a tag if on the ball simply because he so quick and that is the other side's concern not ours.

[Lucky Knickers]

Earn me some big Dream Team points as my mid-priced smoky forward!!!! C'mon!!!

I've got him in my mine but am worried they'll play him too often as a sub! Hope he gets serious game time.

[wolftone57]

I've got him in my mine but am worried they'll play him too often as a sub! Hope he gets serious game time.

Me too I don't think they are going to play him as a sub I think they want him to develop as a HFF. I prefer him on a wing sprinting down the ground leaving everyone in his wake kicking long goals.

[Melbourne_Blood]

As far as tagging him that would only be done in the Mids but I don't think he is going to be as dangerous on the HHF. Leading at the ball and running away from the pack are too very different things. He will need a tag if on the ball simply because he so quick and that is the other side's concern not ours.

The conundrum with this guy is where do you play him? His tackling and pace to burn off packs makes you think HBF would be ideal. Then again his pace and aggression at the footy would suggest more of a midfield/ on ball type role would be equally ideal. Then you look at his ability to jump on someones head and take a screamer, or kick an impossible goal, or chase down and tackle an opposition defender trying to escape our forward line ( like a Cheetah tackling an Impala) , that you think forward is the spot for him. I think at some stage or another through his career he will play all of these positions and play them very well. But i think at the moment, he is probably most needed in what i feel is our weakest part of the ground, the forward line ( with sporadic bursts through the middle)