So where or when does he cope “all the blame “? What on FB ? He hasn’t played as well as this year as he has, but they’re pretty lofty standards . I get it everyone’s frustrated and pissed off , but you’re just rambling incoherently
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Bont had 30 on the weekend, he’s a gun playing sore.
The tendency to blame a club’s best players for poor team wide performances is a logical failing that comes up again and again and always baffles me. Is it Bont being a superstar that is hurting us or is it a dysfunctional forward line, an ill-equipped at times back line, midfielders who can be guilty of running one way, no viable second wingman, or a combination of all but the former?
I know which one is an easier explanation and which one is right.
Articles out this morning stating Lonie and Langdon (GWS) are our potential trade targets.
For the love of god, why Lonie? He's a finisher who, compared to other small forwards, offers less pressure than average.
He would have been a star in the 80s.
Langdon I've only seen flashes of, but I think the GWS/Bulldogs animosity makes getting any GWS player a bit more difficult. I'd prefer we hit up mjp for a hidden small forward in WA or two to rookie. An indigenous kid to enter the system at the same time as JUH, even better.
I agree with your post 100%. I'd take the article with a grain of salt. It's Zerohangar likely run by a 15 year old pimply kid in a basement. Not sure where they stole the info from.
Could do worse than Langdon to be honest. He’s not going to wow anyone with his skills but is a capable finisher (pretty sure he like all great hack forwards has a 5.0 game to his name) and will definitely bring the heat.
What about getting in the ear of Fischer McAsey? Dogs supporter, and I can't imagine he enjoys being flicked between key forward and back depending on how insecure Tex is feeling on a given week (or playing for the Crows in general). The Crows are in such a tenuous position that they would probably try to spin trading away their top pick from a year ago as a line in the sand moment or something. I know he's contracted but I want to get in ASAP before they wreck him.
They'd probably want at least a first inside 10 for him, but if he walks? Don't think they have the guts right now to make him stay.
And we owe them for Tony McGuinness, Kym Koster, Shane Ellen and Simon Tregenza. And on a personal level Romano Negri!
I would look at McAsey next year if we need to bolster KP depth. We should first have a look at Jamarra and Raak to see how they look in our system.
It's at this point of the season that we can identify some players that are out of favour but could perform a role for us if recruited. Ideally this is the buy low portion of their career, and certainly i think many of these guys are worth giving a go over another year of Lynch/Hayes/Smith/Greene/Gowers etc. I generally think if a player isn't getting a game for a side, no matter how good the side is, that that is a big warning sign so I am not overly sold on many of these, but i do think there is some merit in looking into them.
Aliir Aliir: We need a good tall defender that can take the big guys and ideally isn't purely lockdown. Aliir is all that and is currently not getting picked in Sydneys side. Is he worth looking at for us?
Brayden Fiorini: We spent a lot of last year trying to create a hard running wingman out of Hayes and/or Smith but seem to have gone off that idea. Fiorini is that, is not getting picked in Gold Coasts side, and generally is good. Isn't quite the offensive threat that say an Isaac Smith is, but could be another Hunter type and really help link up our forwardline with the rest of the side.
Darcy McPherson: Kind of a more advanced Rhylee West type, big link to the Dogs, and not getting a look in at the now good Suns. Is a decent forward, can push up the flansk into a midfield type role, could be worth adding to the squad.
Ian Hill: Small indigenous forward who is a smooth mover and seems to be kind of the type we need imo. Only played the one game this year after getting a handful last year. GWS are pretty good judges, in that if a player isn't getting a game for them they usually aren't that good, so sceptical on this one but Hill certainly has attributes we could use.
Zac Langdon: Another small forward, gotten much more of a look in than Hill this season. Not sure he is quite the chaos forward i would like and could be more the Dale type. Two goals this year from 7 games is not very encouraging though.
Mitch Hannan: Seems to be in and out lately, and has the Dogs connection from his Footscray days. Again probably a bit much of a Lloyd type for me to be really keen, although is a better version of Gowers in that he is an aerial threat. Like Crozier and Howe before him is kind of a low possesion half forward who can take a speccy but doesn't impact games greatly, i wonder if a switch back for him could also reap dividends.
Tom Lynch: Lead up forward who is a good linkman up the wings and is pretty positive with the ball. The most established of this list (doesn't really fit the on the outer narrative of the rest) but not part of Adelaides next tilt so might be worth asking the question for all parties involved.
Sorry not an overly inspiring list but i do think some of them are worth considering and almost all should be relatively cheap.