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  • Molly dooker
    Lifer!
    • Jun 2007
    • 247

    Named best defence 2016

    Who has the best defence? We rank every club - AFL.com.au

    Woohoo, nice write up and assessment of the backs, nothing we didn't already know.

    Bring on 2017. I can't pick my best, it depends on how AJ goes and a couple of the newbies.... then there's Talia and ......

    Good luck to J Longmire and the selection crew.
  • Mountain Man
    Regular in the Side
    • Feb 2008
    • 908

    #2
    What is impressive is the potential backups for injury/future - the named 6 plus Jones nominated as interchange.

    Talia and Maibaum for key positions
    Laidler can play up or down on talls and mediums
    Marsh and Newman with O'Riordan for run and carry

    Nick Smith is currently a lone ranger as a lockdown small defender

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    • Auntie.Gerald
      Veterans List
      • Oct 2009
      • 6476

      #3
      love seeing Oliver on the bench already !!!
      "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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      • Faunac8
        Senior Player
        • Mar 2014
        • 1548

        #4
        Who would have thought that this would be the case 12 months or so back given the dire predictions floating around about the lack of defensive depth and quality on our list.

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        • RogueSwan
          McVeigh for Brownlow
          • Apr 2003
          • 4602

          #5
          Originally posted by Mountain Man
          ... Nick Smith is currently a lone ranger as a lockdown small defender
          There is something about Dan Robinson that makes me think he could play a similar role.
          "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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          • Markwebbos
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2016
            • 7186

            #6
            Originally posted by RogueSwan
            There is something about Dan Robinson that makes me think he could play a similar role.
            Please explain

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            • Nico
              Veterans List
              • Jan 2003
              • 11337

              #7
              Robinson is not a smart enough footballer. Don't think he has the hardness to play the Smith role.
              http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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              • Mountain Man
                Regular in the Side
                • Feb 2008
                • 908

                #8
                Robinson only played the 1st 7 games last year - average 5 tackles a game.

                A start.

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                • RogueSwan
                  McVeigh for Brownlow
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 4602

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Markwebbos
                  Please explain
                  I wish I could. I feel he would has the discipline to play the role requires. Based on nothing more than what I have seen in his senior games and the training sessions up here is Coffs.
                  "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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