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  • aguy
    Senior Player
    • Mar 2014
    • 1324

    #16
    Originally posted by Ampersand
    I'm saying Laidler will probably be out due to suspension but if he isn't then it'd be

    Out: Towers
    In: Shaw
    Sorry mate. Misunderstood. Understand now

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    Originally posted by Reggi
    I thought Towers gave us some spark myself
    Yea I thought towers was okay too. He got away some good pressured handballs and made some tackles.

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    • Ampersand
      On the Rookie List
      • Apr 2014
      • 694

      #17
      I also thought Towers played a good quarter of footy.

      That said, we should be looking to solidify our best 22 over the last rounds and, for mine, Laidler has been an important part of one of the best back 6's in the comp. People that want to drop him because of one dud match up against a high tackle magnet are thinking with their hearts not their heads.

      Laidler will play an important part in our finals campaign. Towers will not.

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      • Doctor
        Bay 29
        • Sep 2003
        • 2757

        #18
        Yup. Laidler is this year's replacement AJ, just like Little Spider was last year. He's important to our back 6 for structure and will remain in the team unless injured or suspended.
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        • aguy
          Senior Player
          • Mar 2014
          • 1324

          #19
          Originally posted by Ampersand
          I also thought Towers played a good quarter of footy.

          That said, we should be looking to solidify our best 22 over the last rounds and, for mine, Laidler has been an important part of one of the best back 6's in the comp. People that want to drop him because of one dud match up against a high tackle magnet are thinking with their hearts not their heads.

          Laidler will play an important part in our finals campaign. Towers will not.
          I understand your argument about towers but for me it's not dropping laidler to keep towers in. They should be playing different roles.

          I am suggesting laidler is dropped so we have room in the back line for Rohan and shaw. Towers just holds his spot until Hanners comes back.

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          • DK_
            On the Rookie List
            • Jun 2013
            • 454

            #20
            Originally posted by Ampersand
            I also thought Towers played a good quarter of footy.

            That said, we should be looking to solidify our best 22 over the last rounds and, for mine, Laidler has been an important part of one of the best back 6's in the comp. People that want to drop him because of one dud match up against a high tackle magnet are thinking with their hearts not their heads.

            Laidler will play an important part in our finals campaign. Towers will not.
            I tend to agree, particularly as Horse is so loath to make changes to the back 6. That said, he considers (correctly) Shaw to be vital and someone has to make way. There's some serious competition for spots down back, particularly when you consider that Jones was no slouch.

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            • Ampersand
              On the Rookie List
              • Apr 2014
              • 694

              #21
              I think Rohan can ably perform the role Towers does with the added defensive string to his bow which Towers lacks.

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              • Dosser
                Just wild about Harry
                • Mar 2011
                • 1833

                #22
                Originally posted by Ampersand
                I think people are being very harsh on Laidler because of one moment with Puopolo. That was Longmire being outcoached by Clarkson.
                I noticed Horse giving both barrels to Stewie Dew straight after that incident. I think that mismatch should have been picked up by Dew and reported to Horse but it didn't happen.

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                • Melbournehammer
                  Senior Player
                  • May 2007
                  • 1815

                  #23
                  I think it happened because rampe was on him but he had the shot at goal from just outside fifty on the opposite side of the field. All our spares were to the left forward wing, Burgoyne marked it and kicked it back to the fat side and we had nothing on that side of the field. It was one of a number of kicks from rampe that were coulda been - coulda been a goal for us and went right to the other end...

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                  • DST
                    The voice of reason!
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 2705

                    #24
                    It wasn't an intended match-up. Laidler rolled from his man when no one took Puiopolo and there was nothing they could do in the coaches box to stop that from happening once the link had started and the forwards and mids allowed the ball to come out cleanly. Horse would have been critical on the press not stopping the possession coming put, from there nothing was going to stop a shot on goal.

                    Both teams a full deep press last night and both teams were reasonably successful in getting it out the back quickly.
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                    • ScottH
                      It's Goodes to cheer!!
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 23665

                      #25
                      Originally posted by barry
                      Laidler played very well. Took lots of strong marks. Him being isolated on hill is as much a problem for the whole defence as it is for him.
                      My thoughts too.
                      Lack of pace, but was one of our better players last night.

                      i'd be giving Jetta a rest.
                      Turned it over far too often, too easily last night.

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                      • Ampersand
                        On the Rookie List
                        • Apr 2014
                        • 694

                        #26
                        Can't agree. Jetta's delivery into the forward line was best on ground. He was composed and shrugged important tackles in tight.

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                        • aguy
                          Senior Player
                          • Mar 2014
                          • 1324

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Ampersand
                          Can't agree. Jetta's delivery into the forward line was best on ground. He was composed and shrugged important tackles in tight.
                          Agreed jetta stays. I'm just watching the replay and what stands out to me is the real drop of in pressure and all the broken tackles during the third qtr. The mids were way down

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                          • aguy
                            Senior Player
                            • Mar 2014
                            • 1324

                            #28
                            And I am really quite impressed with towers contributions when he came on

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                            • Matt80
                              Suspended by the MRP
                              • Sep 2013
                              • 1802

                              #29
                              My critics on Red and White have said that in obsessed with electric pace. That Laidler one had nothing to do with strategy. It was simply about a player not able to win the one on one through poor pace. If it was Rohan, Jones or Towers that ball would have been pushed to the boundary line or a tackle executed.

                              The astroid has hit and Laidler is a dinosaur looking for the last piece of greenery.

                              You cannot be slow in the modern game unless you are a pure inside midfielder like Sam Mitchell or Kennedy or a 200cm key forward like Tippett.

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                              • Mel_C
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 4470

                                #30
                                What did Laidler do to Gunston? At the game I saw Gunston hunched over for awhile. Did he punch him in the stomach?

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