Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

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  • 1eyedog
    Hall of Fame
    • Mar 2008
    • 13188
    #46
    Re: Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

    Originally posted by ratsmac
    If Naughts keeps up this form there's no way we move him back. I think he scares the bejesus out of defenders. Opposition coaches would put more time into him than they do Bruce who is a much more mature and established senior player and has kicked more goals.

    In saying that I was calling for Naughton to be moved back against Carlton in the 3rd because Weitering was all over him and the game was slipping away at the time. He wasn't getting a sniff. I thought it would be good to get him in the game. Next minute he takes a pack mark and kicks a goal that helped set up our come back. So probably better to leave him forward
    Agreed. Weitering put body on him and played him well (although we did ourselves no favours against the Blues with the way we moved the ball i50). You just can't let him run and jump at the ball but he's so athletic that he's almost impossible to constantly track and stop.
    But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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      • 1eyedog
        Hall of Fame
        • Mar 2008
        • 13188
        #47
        Re: Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

        Originally posted by mjp
        They're right. But stopping goals is a 18-man job.

        Kicking them? One person can turn a game. Naughton's mark last week, Weightman's snap over his head...we need consistent workers in the forward half, but consistent workers who can TURN A GAME. Naughton sitting on top of Jonas sucked the life out of the Power. We have no-one else who could even dream of doing that.
        So is kicking them!
        But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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          • SquirrelGrip
            Senior Player
            • Oct 2007
            • 1504
            #48
            Re: Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

            Originally posted by 1eyedog
            Agreed. Weitering put body on him and played him well (although we did ourselves no favours against the Blues with the way we moved the ball i50). You just can't let him run and jump at the ball but he's so athletic that he's almost impossible to constantly track and stop.
            Weitering played him from behind and just held his ground, marking everything that went over Naughton's head. Hopefully Ash Hansen worked closely with him after that particular game to show how to beat that tactic. On the lead, Weitering couldn't stop him. It's about a team beating opposition back tactics, not just the individual player beating his man.
            "I'll give him a hug before the first bounce and then I'll run into my pack and give them orders to rip him apart."

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              • mjp
                Bulldog Team of the Century
                • Jan 2007
                • 7305
                #49
                Re: Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

                Originally posted by 1eyedog
                So is kicking them!
                Disagree.

                Individual brilliance can 100% kick a goal.
                What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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                  • 1eyedog
                    Hall of Fame
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 13188
                    #50
                    Re: Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

                    Originally posted by mjp
                    Disagree.

                    Individual brilliance can 100% kick a goal.
                    We're apart on this. It can save a goal as well ala Roarke Smith.

                    But, I get what you're saying. There's only a few players who can do something truly special on a footy field and I agree that Naughton is one of them. He should definitely be played forward.
                    But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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                      • Bornadog
                        WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 66116
                        #51
                        Re: Leading Goalkickers...and a QUESTION.

                        Originally posted by 1eyedog
                        We're apart on this. It can save a goal as well ala Roarke Smith.

                        But, I get what you're saying. There's only a few players who can do something truly special on a footy field and I agree that Naughton is one of them. He should definitely be played forward.
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