Small forwards

[gerkin greg]

should have drafted willy rioli

[Phil Mrakov]

Dayle Garlett

[bojangles17]

McDonough , banfield and Gordo and knights will all get a chance to fill this role

[tigs2011]

Dayle Garlett

Isn't a crumbing forward.

[the claw]

paul chapman anyone  . could have had chappy for two yrs. we then could have  drafted one of the many sml forwards on offer in the nd to go with mcdonough and they both get some time to develop and learn under a real pro. with this area such a concern im still amazed we didnt even look at chappy.

oh but wait  chappy wasnt worth 330k and there wasnt any kids worth taking after pick 12 forgive my ignorance.

[tigs2011]

paul chapman anyone  . could have had chappy for two yrs. we then could have  drafted one of the many sml forwards on offer in the nd to go with mcdonough and they both get some time to develop and learn under a real pro. with this area such a concern im still amazed we didnt even look at chappy.

oh but wait  chappy wasnt worth 330k and there wasnt any kids worth taking after pick 12 forgive my ignorance.

Only problem was he wanted to go be with his bum chum bomber thompson. He certainly was worth the coin and an excellent fit for us.

[gerkin greg]

i wanted the goog bad

**** the bummers

[Golfprotiger]

Put Titch down there Dimma!

[mightytiges]

Whoever we play as the small forward needs to understand what playing "front and square" means first. It ain't waiting out the back for a cheapy goal or jumping up in the pack so no one is left at ground level  .

I know some will say bring in Kingy but he's not the long-term answer either.

[Diocletian]

Shank "Go make a cup of tea and have a poo while I get balanced on to my right foot if I don't get pushed off the ball by a gust of wind first, in which case I'll just half-heartedly stick my arm out to attempt a tackle " Edwards is not the answer...he's part of the problem....

Banfumbles..oh wait ...we need an injury first now....someone go do a Tonya Harding on Grigg please....

[mightytiges]

Griffiths is equal #1 for contested marks in the AFL.

J.Riewoldt is equal #1 in the comp. for marks inside 50 with 11.

Vickery has nine marks inside 50 (equal 4th in the AFL) and 8 goals (equal 3rd).

http://www.afl.com.au/stats


All while our useless small forwards at ground level have done sweet stuff all offensively and worst still defensively continually costing us opposition rebound goals  .

[torch]

#2 Clearances

#5 Inside 50's

#8 Contested possessions

[MADTIGER2010]

Our forward crumbing is non existing and our run from defence is poor. Thomas, Grigg and Petterd take too long to move the ball on and they like to go backwards to a better skilled player too because they might turn it over. McDonough, Deledio and Batchelor have to replace them. King is struggling up forward. Would be nice to elevate Banfield. We need pace, skill and quick thinkers.

[eliminator]

Our forward crumbing is non existing and our run from defence is poor. Thomas, Grigg and Petterd take too long to move the ball on and they like to go backwards to a better skilled player too because they might turn it over. McDonough, Deledio and Batchelor have to replace them. King is struggling up forward. Would be nice to elevate Banfield. We need pace, skill and quick thinkers.

Totally agree. We were very slow against the Bulldogs. It is a real worry our lack of pace. The slowness of the ball movement meant continually it went to contested packs where we had no hope of roving the crumbs as we lack a quality small forward.

[WA Tiger]

Tack this on to the, we need a very good small forward thread.