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First Game of the Season Poll- Vs Freo
- Thread starter Rosy
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Tigers of Old said:
If they're fringe players when they're being carried along by the A and B graders, how can we expect them to perform at a higher level when they have a bunch of weak bodied kids and reserve players in support?
They are the 'role' players, and by definition, they require better players around them to allow them to play those roles. They are not the play makers, or leaders, especially of 3rd string team.
Midsy said:
A good point however some of the kids/rookies showed more ability than their more senior counterparts. Those fringe players were given the opportunity to stake their claim and not many of them convinced.
Tigers of Old said:
Hopefully that means our fringe players this year will not only be better, but also younger. Our 'bottom 6' has been recognised as not being good enough. Hopefully guys like Cellis, Xanadue, Craig Lambert, Elton, Maurice and even Richol, become a higher grade of bottom 6.
yes. I would be very surprised if the club expected anything else but a heavy scoreboard loss last night. I also saw that with one betting agency Freo went from $1.80 to $1.11 when the squads were announced.Midsy said:
It always amazes me how supporters take so much from practice matches when every year they prove to be a very poor guide to the season proper. Especially the first one 5 weeks out from the season.
Simply incredible some of the judgements that are being made on this site after last night's game.
Looking for a few glimpses from the youngsters is about all we should do in a game like that one.
Simply incredible some of the judgements that are being made on this site after last night's game.
Looking for a few glimpses from the youngsters is about all we should do in a game like that one.
Sintiger said:
Correct, but it just shows what the rest of the AFL know in that our worst 5 in our best squad are just not good enough to step up to the required level.
All we have to have is a season of injuries to some of our best players - like so many other clubs have suffered in the past few years - and we simply do not have enough depth to get close to covering them.
Griff was extremely disappointing before he was taken off due to injury. That miss on goal was typical. I know there was a breeze, but it didn't even hit the boot well and never looked like going close to the big sticks. I will cut him some slack for the hit. Sandilands took him out intentionally. Even at his size being hit by someone like Sandilands would put them down. The commentators did say that he should be investigated for the incident.keepa lids onit said:
Rigid shoulder with 120 kg of Sandi clicking into the jaw. No surprise Griff was in no hurry to get up.keepa lids onit said:
The best way to think about this game is who got the most out of the game, us or them?
We can ask "is it worth playing the kids against a crack top 4 side?" or if we were in their shoes we could ask "is it worth playing our best 21 against a team of kids?"
Their boys barely raised a gallop. Our kids gained a hell of a lot of experience they would never get in the season proper.
We can ask "is it worth playing the kids against a crack top 4 side?" or if we were in their shoes we could ask "is it worth playing our best 21 against a team of kids?"
Their boys barely raised a gallop. Our kids gained a hell of a lot of experience they would never get in the season proper.
Sintiger said:
Yes I wonder why houdini, laff and diggler have not come on to chuck in their 2c.
