Guy O'Keefe

[LostDoggy]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Shattered if correct. Watched him on numerous occassions in the VFL last season and he was clearly next in line to get a call up if a spot opened in the MF. If it's true what has been said about his training and attitude then he does need a kick up the arse.

Am i right in saying there no appears to be a gap in the junior ranks for MF positions. There's Sammy Reid and Dylan "utility" Addison, but outside of that i can't think of a young one who's next in line.

[EasternWest]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

It is official.

Wow thanks a lot. That has a lot more creedence than every other "it is official", "he has been told" comment.

What I'm looking for from you is "it is official because...."

Come on knowitall, prove your name right!

[comrade]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Wow thanks a lot. That has a lot more creedence than every other "it is official", "he has been told" comment.

Why?

[Topdog]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Wow thanks a lot. That has a lot more creedence than every other "it is official", "he has been told" comment.

What I'm looking for from you is "it is official because...."

Come on knowitall, prove your name right!

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2009/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/86243/default.aspx

By Jennifer Witham 12:31 PM Wed 21 October, 2009

Bulldogs website can be useful to check before shooting someone down.

[EasternWest]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Why?

I was being facetious.

[EasternWest]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/se...3/default.aspx

By Jennifer Witham 12:31 PM Wed 21 October, 2009

Bulldogs website can be useful to check before shooting someone down.

Shoot someone down? I thought a smiley face was satisfactory to show tongue-in-cheek-ness. I guess I'll have to recheck my woof etiquette.

I also want to partly blame WOOF for this happening. The Club homepage was my homepage before I joined here. But as this is usually way more informative, it's now my homepage so I missed that one on the Dogs site.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Well that draws the ROK saga to a close. Good luck to him and hopefully for his sake he gets the kick in the pants needed to go on and become a really good player at anothr club.

As for Lynch, well in the end I guess he just didn't do enough to win his spot on the list. Hopefully as some have suggested he's a chance to be rookied, but there are no certainties and its a reminder to all young players out there that getting on a lit is only the start of the hard work, not the end.

[Mantis]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Will probably go down as the most talked about player to have never played a senior game.

Will be interesting to watch how his playing future unfolds.

[GVGjr]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Will probably go down as the most talked about player to have never played a senior game.

Will be interesting to watch how his playing future unfolds.

He never played a reserves game either. For a number of weeks he was able to get his name in the better players so their might be a few clubs keeping an eye on him.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

I'd be surprised if he wasn't at least rookied. The challenge for ROK now is to keep up his fitness before he gets drafted. If I were him I'd be training the house down!

[LostDoggy]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

GO'K, you mean. RO'K plays for Sydney.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Am i right in saying there no appears to be a gap in the junior ranks for MF positions. There's Sammy Reid and Dylan "utility" Addison, but outside of that i can't think of a young one who's next in line.

That’s a good question M.R.M.

With the exception of Reid and O’Keefe, no bulldog listed player was a regular in Williamstown’s midfield this year. We gave them height (Everett, Grant, Cordy, Roughhead, Boumann), we gave them defenders (Tiller, Addison, Callan, Wood) and we gave them Stack; but we didn’t provide any additional midfield depth because there isn’t any additional midfield depth on our list.

With the exception of Reid’s four games (and even he spent time in defence), the club replaced injured midfielders like Cross and Griffen with players who could perform roles up forward or in defence, and then increased the time that our forwards and Picken spent in midfield rotations. For the most part that worked and it should work again as long as we don’t get ravaged by injuries. If Williams and Everett join Hall in earning regular senior selection, then the Williamstown midfield could well be bolstered by at least one player who played regular senior football this year.

Lack of midfield depth could become a bigger problem in 2011 when Johnson, Akermanis and Eagleton are retired. Hudson will be 32 by then, Gilbee will turn 30 during the year and Boyd, Giansiracusa and Murphy will turn 29. The value of Cooney, Griffen, Higgins and Ward to the long term success of our club cannot be underestimated.

A related issue with the list that should be addressed over the preseason is what to do with Tim Callan and Dylan Addison. Both seemed to be fighting for the same senior spot on a half back flank at the start of the year and both found themselves in Williamstown because of the somewhat unexpected development of Harbrow and Picken.

Worse for them still is that after another preseason, Wood and Everett should be closer to senior selection than they are. While they’ve got some flaws (e.g. Callan’s skills and Addison’s decision making – tick tock tick tock tick tock), they are hard at the ball and capable of filling a role in the seniors should some of our more talented players be injured. I’d like to see one or both of them being groomed for roles in the middle for next season to ensure that we’ve got a little more midfield depth and our balance right.

[Mantis]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

He never played a reserves game either. For a number of weeks he was able to get his name in the better players so their might be a few clubs keeping an eye on him.

Not sure why that comment is even relevant considering the reserves competition dis-banded some 10 years ago.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

Willy reserves???

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Guy O'Keefe

I’d like to see one or both of them being groomed for roles in the middle for next season to ensure that we’ve got a little more midfield depth and our balance right.

Nice post TR, and welcome aboard.