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More than happy for Reid to play as a CHB if required however the Eagles showed us last year than you can easily get away with a smaller backline if your midfield pressure is enough which we saw first hand on Saturday night that ours can be.
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An odd quirk from Round 1 - every winning team plays in Round 2 a team that was a loser in Round 1.Comment
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It would be cool if they all won again, especially because it would put the Dawks and Pies down the bottom. Just looking at the fixture it is not impossible for that to happen.
Back OT. I have been one that has wanted Reid to remain a forward/wing. But given the teams current make up I am happy for him to be given an extended run down back."Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017Comment
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Both Reid and Rohan are injured but if we are going to keep playing a more open game REID would be an unstoppable 196cm roving wingman or Forward/Back flanker and ROHAN can stay forward and burnt all the defenders. I have baked McVEIGH quite a bit but again in an open game plan McVEIGH can play anyway and will play very good footy. Unsure about Benny though might get a go when PAPS need a break.
Just one question. Who is the next best tall defender after TEDDY, right now?Comment
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It would probably be little brother X.Comment
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Report in today's Hun says Ted Richards will play this week.Comment
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Apart from a bad day in the 2014 GF, Reg has been the best defender for the past couple of years.
OK, he's not the most agile, he's certainly awkward, he gives away free kicks and generally he's not a great kick, so what makes him the best?
He's quicker than he looks, he reads the ball brilliantly in the air and rarely gets gets beaten in one out contested marking (except by Roughhead), he's strong, determined and resilient, he is quick to recognise an attacking situation and is terrific at creating a loose man even if he is sometimes guilty of missing targets on the way out.
There would be an genuine argument these days that Smith is more important based on the small forwards running around being more dangerous than the talls and considering players like Rioli, Betts, Harvey, Ballantyne, et al, this is a reasonable point of view.
I believe that tall marking forwards like Hawkins, Roughead, Hogan, Cloke, etc pose a greater threat because they are targets that can win the ball in the air in contested situations (not that Rioli can't) and the attacking team will kick to them under pressure because of their ability to win possession and/or bring the ball to ground with advantage.Comment
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"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017Comment
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Just on kicking, wtf has happened to Smooch's foot skills in the past year or two? He missed a bloke coming off the bench in a mile of space the other night by 20 metres.
Still a mighty fine lockdown defender, but his kicking has deteriorated markedly. He seems to have gone downhill since that abomination of a set shot which seemed to swing the momentum 180% in the Richmond game last year. Just weird.Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09Comment
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That is true.....a tiny little article that was easy to miss. It's a reflection of the Hun's deplorable attitude towards our club. No write up of the Swans-Collingwood game at all on the Monday, just stats( it didn't make Sundays edition as it was late the night before). Oh, but lots on the poor Magpies, the drug testing leak, Swan's injury, Buckley's ire at the drug testing leak, Sidebottom's suspension etc etc etc! That 'news'paper is a Melbourne based joke! They even had 'Robbo' harping on about what he liked and didn't like from the first round, and he liked the Bulldogs, saying 'what they did to Fremantle was more impressive than what the Swans did to Collingwood'......which it may have been, but that was the only mention of the Swans in his entire 'full page' article. It's blatantly pathetic. Ditto the Seven commentators and Buckley himself( post match press conference). Funny that Eddie has been so quiet this week, although there's still a few days left!!
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The Herald Sun is a melbourne based paper, and should have very little interest in teams from outside Melbourne.That is true.....a tiny little article that was easy to miss. It's a reflection of the Hun's deplorable attitude towards our club. No write up of the Swans-Collingwood game at all on the Monday, just stats( it didn't make Sundays edition as it was late the night before). Oh, but lots on the poor Magpies, the drug testing leak, Swan's injury, Buckley's ire at the drug testing leak, Sidebottom's suspension etc etc etc! That 'news'paper is a Melbourne based joke! They even had 'Robbo' harping on about what he liked and didn't like from the first round, and he liked the Bulldogs, saying 'what they did to Fremantle was more impressive than what the Swans did to Collingwood'......which it may have been, but that was the only mention of the Swans in his entire 'full page' article. It's blatantly pathetic. Ditto the Seven commentators and Buckley himself( post match press conference). Funny that Eddie has been so quiet this week, although there's still a few days left!!
If you want to read about the swans, buy the telegraph or herald.Comment
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Now that Talia is out for 8-12 weeks, can he be put on the LTI list and can we upgrade another Rookie or is there a limit?Comment
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