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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by westdog54 View Post
    I might be missing something here but didn't we draft Young as a key defender?

    And did Adams ever actually "request a trade"?
    Young was a key forward and has played mainly there at Footscray since he arrived with a few stints in the backline.
    Adams who was under contract, said he would like a trade back home but he would also fulfill his contract. He has of course extended his contract with us this year
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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by 1eyedog View Post
    Perhaps we were interested in playing Hurley forward. Or playing him back giving us the opportunity to play Adams more forward.
    You never know, we are very inventive. Perhaps he didn't want to play forward or on a wing with us
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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
    Hurley got out marked by Rohan a few weeks ago in the dying stage of swans vs dons on the goal line .Real question marks over his passion. Maybe it was a good thing we missed out on him? Salary cap free and all allows us to make a FA play this year
    It was Gleeson who was out-marked on the goal line.. Hurley was Essendon's best player that night.

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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by The Underdog View Post
    Realistically though, what other experienced useful options were available?
    We were right into Schade a couple of years ago, I don't think we even bother asking the question last year though? Now at Collingwood, looked good early in the year.
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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
    Hurley got out marked by Rohan a few weeks ago in the dying stage of swans vs dons on the goal line .Real question marks over his passion. Maybe it was a good thing we missed out on him? Salary cap free and all allows us to make a FA play this year
    I would have loved Hurley in the backline, he is a gun. You maybe right about the passion as he only decided to stay at Essendon due to the money.
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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
    1. We are not currently good enough to execute the defensive game plan. It relies on absolute commitment to not having any weak links in the chain - and we too often have gaping holes in it.

    2. We're too stubborn to tag - so we just let key midfielders kill us week in week out.

    3. With an average of 7.5 marks and over 2 goals per game - Redpath is our best avenue to goal at the moment.

    Spot on with the first two points. Its like we have the worst of two worlds at the moment.. We don't have the passion and buy in for the team defence and refuse to fall back on obvious answers like tagging opposition guns.

    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
    Hurley got out marked by Rohan a few weeks ago in the dying stage of swans vs dons on the goal line .Real question marks over his passion. Maybe it was a good thing we missed out on him? Salary cap free and all allows us to make a FA play this year
    Yeah, as soon as it turned into an auction and it became apparent that his motivation was pretty much money above everything else I was happy to see him stay there.

    Hes a gun and I would have loved to see him in the tricouleur but not at any cost. I'm glad we can go into this trade period with more options than we would have had if Hurley was on the list soaking up 1m+ a year.
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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    We're ranked 7th lowest for points conceded, our defense is not the problem
    If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.

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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by boydogs View Post
    We're ranked 7th lowest for points conceded, our defense is not the problem
    It is when your game plan relies on defence being both a springboard for attack and the last line against scoring. Why do you think we have so many opposition players (particularly on long grounds) taking marks around our half forward area? Of course, it's because we've crowded our defencive area to stop scoring.
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    Re: 3 Things I've learned round 15 vs the Eagles

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    It is when your game plan relies on defence being both a springboard for attack and the last line against scoring. Why do you think we have so many opposition players (particularly on long grounds) taking marks around our half forward area? Of course, it's because we've crowded our defencive area to stop scoring.
    That's probably more to do with a lack of good marking options, and kicking long to an outnumbered contest instead of kicking short or handballing. But perhaps I should have said defending is not the problem, not defense is not the problem
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