After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

[Bornadog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

[1eyedog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Buku was awesome.

Take the stoppage goal away and the free-kick that he received away (the one on the 50 that was NOT holding) and he's kicked 1.

Could he have kicked a couple of others? Maybe, maybe not. AFLXSCORE has them as CARL 86 from expected 91.7...so basically "they" should have kicked one more than they did...

As an aside, Bailey Dale was clearly BOG. Sorry.


Sometimes you just gotta watch and give credit where it's due. I didn't think he could do it...he did it. Celebrate the performance.

Our mids and forwards saved our backs and provided Dale with the confidence to run riot. Watching live Buku was caught in no mans land so many times. It was like he was undecided whether he should be playing Curnow one on one / guarding space or cutting the distance between two opponents. He got caught out.

He's inexperienced I get that but to laud one game where your opponent has 11 shots (one OOB) and 10 marks shows just how low the bar has been set for Buku over an extended period of time.

[1eyedog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

That's not a fair guide to the way Buku played.
Curnow went roaming high a lot to get kicks and was having long pings that missed.
Buku was still very good despite that stat.

Nah he didn't really and he only took two of his 8 marks outside F50. Curnow out marked him on 5 occasions, thats ok he's gonna do that but when Buku was in a position to mark he dropped it on two occasions. Well that's how I saw it live and watching the full replay earlier this week.

Obviously I wasn't very impressed but in all honesty I would like nothing more for him to cement a spot as our third defender.

Buku has become a real Bugbear of mine

[azabob]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Nah he didn't really and he only took two of his 8 marks outside F50. Curnow out marked him on 5 occasions, thats ok he's gonna do that but when Buku was in a position to mark he dropped it on two occasions. Well that's how I saw it live and watching the full replay earlier this week.

Obviously I wasn't very impressed but in all honesty I would like nothing more for him to cement a spot as our third defender.

Buku has become a real Bugbear of mine

Would you believe that,

Khamis took seven marks
Khamis had eight intercept possessions.
Khamis had three contested marks (Curnow also had three contested marks)

Khamis first half was bloody good, his second half wasn't as good, but that is when Curnow stared really testing Khamis by roaming outside 50 and trying to lose him in general play.

Curnow is the best forward in the game, all things considered I reckon Khamis did ok.

[1eyedog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Would you believe that,

Khamis took seven marks
Khamis had eight intercept possessions.
Khamis had three contested marks (Curnow also had three contested marks)

Khamis first half was bloody good, his second half wasn't as good, but that is when Curnow stared really testing Khamis by roaming outside 50 and trying to lose him in general play.

Curnow is the best forward in the game, all things considered I reckon Khamis did ok.

Sure I believe you have stats just like I do.

Let's see how the pudding tastes on Saturday night.

[Bornadog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Sure I believe you have stats just like I do.

Let's see how the pudding tastes on Saturday night.

We don't have many choices to replace him

[MrMahatma]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Ok ok … I’ll listen

[comrade]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

He was sensational tonight. His best game by an absolute mile.

[Axe Man]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Sign the man up now.

[Bornadog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

He was sensational tonight. His best game by an absolute mile.

Another 7 marks, was very cool and calm no panicking

[azabob]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Another 7 marks, was very cool and calm no panicking

His last quarter was something else.

[Axe Man]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Is our ideal 3 KPD setup now Jones, Lobb, Khamis? I’m leaving out JOD and Coffield.

[Bornadog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Is our ideal 3 KPD setup now Jones, Lobb, Khamis? I’m leaving out JOD and Coffield.

Really changes things now.

[Axe Man]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

Really changes things now.

A month ago Lobb was traded and Buku delisted.

[Bornadog]

Re: After the Carlton game, I'm team Buku.

A month ago Lobb was traded and Buku delisted.

Funny world, who would have thought