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Offline one-eyed

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2010, 06:00:18 PM »
Quote from: wayne on May 20, 2010, 05:17:44 PM
Quote from: one-eyed on May 20, 2010, 05:15:16 PM
Word on SEN is Tambling may be out due to injury although he doesn't have a "bracket" after his name.

Richmond FC Round 9 team news: Cousins returns, but Tambling will miss through injury. Ins - Cousins, Astbury, King. Outs - Tambling (inj - glute), Jackson (suspended), Polak.
Ta wayne  :cheers

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2010, 07:59:59 PM »
Mmmmmm, I would rather have seen Thompson in than King, sorry but again I believe we have gone in too small. If King plays in the backline with Farmer and Edwards we will get smashed, even though Edwards is playing well. Both King and Thompson deserve a go based on reports from the Coburg game I realise but King is too small for our team at the moment IMO.

Anyway thats the team, so good luck boys!!
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“We are really excited about what we have brought in. We have got great depth of players that can take us where we need to go. We are just putting some cream on the top at the moment,” he said.

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2010, 12:09:15 AM »
The end for Polak?
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2010, 12:10:56 AM »
Quote from: SUFFERED on May 21, 2010, 12:09:15 AM
The end for Polak?

Depends how he responds by being dropped I suppose.
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“We are really excited about what we have brought in. We have got great depth of players that can take us where we need to go. We are just putting some cream on the top at the moment,” he said.

"Rucks:
Shaun Hampson is the No.1 man"

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2010, 12:20:55 AM »
I think he really needs to be CHB but is he terminally slow? kicking prevents him playing forward and it is probably a confidence thing but it is hardly new, where can he play?
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2010, 12:24:40 AM »
Quote from: SUFFERED on May 21, 2010, 12:20:55 AM
I think he really needs to be CHB but is he terminally slow? kicking prevents him playing forward and it is probably a confidence thing but it is hardly new, where can he play?

Still would leave him forward, I actually don't think he has done too bad in his first two games back but the club see's it another way. I would like the club to give him as much opportunity this year as they can, if he gets delisted then at least they gave him a good go at it.
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“We are really excited about what we have brought in. We have got great depth of players that can take us where we need to go. We are just putting some cream on the top at the moment,” he said.

"Rucks:
Shaun Hampson is the No.1 man"

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2010, 12:31:37 AM »
Fair point and he takes a good grab,but I think someone needs a bit of self belief or even ego to be a power forward and he strikes me as a shrinking violet and always, has a couple of straight kicks could turn that around and I am sure its in him somewhere, hope he kicks ten at coburg after his week off because he has a big heart
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2010, 12:38:20 AM »
Quote from: SUFFERED on May 21, 2010, 12:31:37 AM
Fair point and he takes a good grab,but I think someone needs a bit of self belief or even ego to be a power forward and he strikes me as a shrinking violet and always, has a couple of straight kicks could turn that around and I am sure its in him somewhere, hope he kicks ten at coburg after his week off because he has a big heart

Yeah agree... :thumbsup
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“We are really excited about what we have brought in. We have got great depth of players that can take us where we need to go. We are just putting some cream on the top at the moment,” he said.

"Rucks:
Shaun Hampson is the No.1 man"

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2010, 05:57:01 AM »
I thought Polak did enough to be retained for one more week, however he may have been dropped in attempt to match Essendon's run.
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #24 on: May 21, 2010, 06:57:21 AM »
Quote from: SUFFERED on May 21, 2010, 12:09:15 AM
The end for Polak?

Regardless I doubt he will be on the list next season.
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #25 on: May 21, 2010, 07:04:15 AM »
Agree with WA Tiger. Polak a good decoy for Jack. Can take a strong contested mark. Agree his kicking does let him down. Agree with comments may be to do with confidence. The Bombers have a small defence and his height could have proven a difficulty for them
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #26 on: May 21, 2010, 07:15:15 AM »
Quote from: Chuck17 on May 21, 2010, 05:57:01 AM
I thought Polak did enough to be retained for one more week, however he may have been dropped in attempt to match Essendon's run.

Agree Chuck. I have no doubt if we were playing say the Saints Polak wouldn't have been dropped
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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #27 on: May 21, 2010, 08:51:39 AM »
Polak took a copy of nice grabs outside the F50 last game and took a big defender but he also missed an easy mark which resulted in a goal to the opposition (whic no one mentioned but were quick excitied to bring up when McGuane and Newman did it - go figure  :shh). He did very little otherwise.

Given Essendons small quick defence and the run they get from it, dropping Polak for Astbury makes sense defensively. The Essendon defence will struggle to run off Astbury more than Polak and while Polak is bigger bodied Astbury is more agile and a cleaner kick.

I'm happy with this decision in terms of match-ups.

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Re: Team vs. Essendon
« Reply #28 on: May 21, 2010, 03:38:15 PM »
Think Farmer is very lucky to keep his place this week.
Thought along with Rance that he was our worst player last weekend.
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