Author Topic: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)  (Read 1845 times)

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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2014, 09:26:26 PM »
I guess Griffith is the other pure tall forward. Hopefully we'll start playing him as one more often. Odd that a bloke who's been on list since 2010 didn't rate a mention in that article, yet new arrivals Lloyd and the rookie listed Banfield did.
not so odd when you consider hes hardly been played as a forward while with us.
astbury and post were two other genuine forwards when drafted. post is gone and astbury who was a very good hit up type has been developed down back like griffiths.

imo we are screaming out for two types of tall forward to go on our list.
a kpf or power forward  in the cloke, walker, podsiadlly ,brown  hawkins mode, and a third tall type like gunston kerston darling crameri.
who ever we get let em be natural forwards ffs.

Plus there is some hope for Lloyd and Banfield instead of desperate wishing
would agree with that.
while not a banfield fan based on his skillset  and overall performances to date he has shown a  bit at times. lloyd as a state leaguer deserves a crack at itand if the lower level form is any indicator there is indeed some hope for him.

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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2014, 09:42:16 PM »
jack wont be playing that role

In terms of size he will be the third tall.

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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2014, 10:13:30 PM »
Griffith is a forward, pure & simple, regardless of where the brains trust have been wasting him. Whether he'll ever be good one is entirely another matter.

On that note I agree about Astbury being a forward too. Injuries or not, hasn't looked even half as good anywhere else since.

i remember when JR was considered by experts as a third tall fwd/flanker lmao
when was this. and who were those so called experts.
was always going to play ff/ or imo where he plays his best footy chf.
you sure the expectations wasnt that  jack most certainly should  play as a third tall option in his first few yrs while his body develops.

Jack would be a very good FP IMO. He plays as a de-facto one half the time as it is. People forget that, for better or worse, positions are often not as concrete and absolute in the modern game and under modern gameplans as they used to be.

The move to CHF is a good one though, due to the simple fact he looks to be the only KPP on the list even remotely close to being able to manage the role.
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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2014, 11:02:20 PM »
i remember when JR was considered by experts as a third tall fwd/flanker lmao
when was this. and who were those so called experts.
was always going to play ff/ or imo where he plays his best footy chf.
you sure the expectations wasnt that  jack most certainly should  play as a third tall option in his first few yrs while his body develops.

no, the expectations were that he would never be able to hold down a key forward position. crazy i know. plenty of the same people now think he cant play CHF. each to their own i guess...

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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2014, 06:32:36 AM »
Last night confirmed playing 4 talls is obviously too many  :P. We had no one quick and mobile at ground level to win the crumbs. Thankfully it was just a mickey mouse preseason game.

So by round 1, the number of talls will need to be cut down to most likely Jack and Vickery with possibly just the one more out of Griffs or Hampson as the 3rd tall who can pinch-hit as the 2nd ruckman?

ps. More goalkicking practice needed as well thanks to 3.8 after half-time  :P.
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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2014, 09:04:28 AM »
Agree on both fronts MT, we looked very slow with so many talls, we still really lack that small crumbing forward too.. :-\
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Re: Assessing your club's forwards (afl site)
« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2014, 05:19:56 PM »
Agree on both fronts MT, we looked very slow with so many talls, we still really lack that small crumbing forward too.. :-\

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