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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
The Doctor
So what happens if English sustains a long term injury? All we have is Sweet as a specialist ruck. I don't want Trengove to be the replacement. We need him at FB as our defence has been much more settled with him anchoring the backline. An experienced ruck will add competition for a spot and cover for injuries. There are a few out there in the market around the 30yo and that is who I would be targeting.
I agree, but the list managers don't. Last year they were happy to go in with a LTI Boyd, Trengove (who trained as a ruck all pre-season), English and later a raw, underdone Sweet. All pre-season we went in with Trengove & English swapping forward, Schache permanent forward and Naughton KPD.
Maybe we will rookie some ruck cover this year but I'm not sure the club see it that way.
Western Bulldogs: 2016 Premiers
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
hujsh
You could argue they're a Tom Mitchell injury away from playing finals this year. How sustainable that is long term is another question but they seem to generally manage to be around the mark and seem keen to recruit more again this year (one reason I'd rather not help them out with cap relief unless we're sure it's beneficial to us).
You could also argue they're a couple more injuries away from being in all sorts.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
jeemak
You could also argue they're a couple more injuries away from being in all sorts.
But it would be unfair for Hawthorn to get injuries.
They pillage other clubs and get previously injured players cheaply for trades and Hawthorn just make them better.
No way should they cop injuries to those experienced pick ups in their early thirties (or other younger long term injured at other clubs).
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
Bulldog Joe
But it would be unfair for Hawthorn to get injuries.
They pillage other clubs and get previously injured players cheaply for trades and Hawthorn just make them better.
No way should they cop injuries to those experienced pick ups in their early thirties (or other younger long term injured at other clubs).
Well they'll almost certainly add Patton next year. Big boy with 3 ACLs, that will really test them.
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
Mofra
Well they'll almost certainly add Patton next year. Big boy with 3 ACLs, that will really test them.
I worry about Patton and that saying about never being a washed up full forward until you are a washed up full forward who finished his career with us.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Re: A little something to ponder...
I'm most definitely aroused!
Originally Posted by
Rocket Science
A little bit more to ponder ...
I'm aroused.
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Re: A little something to ponder...
As long as we build on that stat this time instead of watching it crumble less than a year (2 if you count 2015) later
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Well that will drop with Picken and maybe Morris, Dickson retiring/ delisted / traded .. of course depending who we pick up but I am thinking it will drop next year.
Bring back the biff
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
ledge
Well that will drop with Picken and maybe Morris, Dickson retiring/ delisted / traded .. of course depending who we pick up but I am thinking it will drop next year.
Sorry I meant performance wise. More that if we have a young inexperienced team performing (youngest in finals when we won in 2016) I want that to translate into prolonged success. Less the stat itself changing.
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21-08-2019, 03:43 PM
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
ledge
Well that will drop with Picken and maybe Morris, Dickson retiring/ delisted / traded .. of course depending who we pick up but I am thinking it will drop next year.
Doesn't the stat relate to the sides actually fielded across the year.
That would mean Picken has no impact and Morris is miniscule, with just 1 game.
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21-08-2019, 03:45 PM
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
Bulldog Joe
Doesn't the stat relate to the sides actually fielded across the year.
That would mean Picken has no impact and Morris is miniscule, with just 1 game.
Not sure or is it the list in general ?
Bring back the biff
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21-08-2019, 03:48 PM
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Re: A little something to ponder...
Originally Posted by
ledge
Not sure or is it the list in general ?
The list does say teams played average, so it is relative to who actually have gotten on the park.
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