Most promising bunch of kids since...

[neddie]

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Last night showed we have got to persevere with youth. Dalhaus and Barlow showed promise. Schofield has some way to go, especially when he picks a fight with Tippett.

[ledge]

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I was surprised Hooper didnt get a go Friday night too, he played well against Ballarat, we have a lot to look forward to with these kids,
Eade definitely has looked to the future, as much as some of us have given a good spray to the recruiting the last few years, watch it come to fruition all of a sudden.

[chef]

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I was surprised Hooper didnt get a go Friday night too, he played well against Ballarat, we have a lot to look forward to with these kids,
Eade definitely has looked to the future, as much as some of us have given a good spray to the recruiting the last few years, watch it come to fruition all of a sudden.

This. Dalrymple seems to be filling Claytons shoe quite well.

[Remi Moses]

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Clayton has lived off his great Brissie recruiting( given everything under the sun)He's done a good job, he'll get lauded for Gold Coast's picks. The jury is out on Darymple but he's had a good start IMO. Stephen Wells at Geelong has been brilliant, as has Derek Hyne at The Pies.

[Remi Moses]

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Last night showed we have got to persevere with youth. Dalhaus and Barlow showed promise. Schofield has some way to go, especially when he picks a fight with Tippett.

I actually liked that last night. Just great to see some fight and spunk in the kid!
Subtle thing I noticed with Schoefield was he showed a little poise and seemed to have that extra bit of time with the ball in hand. Early Days but just an observation.

[Bulldog4life]

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I actually liked that last night. Just great to see some fight and spunk in the kid!
Subtle thing I noticed with Schoefield was he showed a little poise and seemed to have that extra bit of time with the ball in hand. Early Days but just an observation.

Noticed that myself. A lot of first gamers and inexperienced players tend to kick hurriedly. He didn't.

[LostDoggy]

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I was surprised Hooper didnt get a go Friday night too, he played well against Ballarat, we have a lot to look forward to with these kids,
Eade definitely has looked to the future, as much as some of us have given a good spray to the recruiting the last few years, watch it come to fruition all of a sudden.

From what i seen today, Hooper has a long way to go until he gets another senior game.

[LostDoggy]

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I loved Dahlhaus last night, been watching him at some of the Williamstown games and was looking forward to seeing him in the red white and blue.

Went to Williamstown match today (Wanted to see how Lake went, hoping he would be back soon) and thought Markovic did well, Skinner, potentially, will be exciting, good to see Grant putting a bit of effort in and even Hill seemed to be trying a bit harder.
(Does anyone know what happened with Lakey?)

Edit: Just found a article on Lake going to hospital with eye injury.

[Bornadog]

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I loved Dahlhaus last night, been watching him at some of the Williamstown games and was looking forward to seeing him in the red white and blue.

Went to Williamstown match today (Wanted to see how Lake went, hoping he would be back soon) and thought Markovic did well, Skinner, potentially, will be exciting, good to see Grant putting a bit of effort in and even Hill seemed to be trying a bit harder.
(Does anyone know what happened with Lakey?)

Edit: Just found a article on Lake going to hospital with eye injury.

Skinner was named in the bests, how did he play?

[LostDoggy]

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I thought Skinner did well, he runs hard at times, can be a great mark (and very exciting to watch), kicked a couple, missed a couple.

If he can "mature" with a bit more consistency of effort and accuracy, then he will be fantastic.

At the moment, it would appear, that the Hills', Grants', Williams',etc, come across as "Lazy", maybe the fitness, or the hunger just isn't there or maybe it's confidence?

I would like to persevere with Jones though, I think he would benefit from playing next to Hall to take the pressure off, (and some off field accuracy practice!)

[Mitcha]

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Posted this in another thread but probably should be here.


Just some perspective on Liam Jones guys. We need to remember that he is only 20 years of age and due to the fact that Big Baz is not playing is copping the oppositions best defender every week and due to our lack of forward structure gets sucked up the ground far too often. He has the ability to take contested grabs up forward, a commodity we haven't had for while. Yes his kicking is not flash but this bloke is the one we MUST play for the rest of the season regardless of form for he is our future.

[LongWait]

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Posted this in another thread but probably should be here.


Just some perspective on Liam Jones guys. We need to remember that he is only 20 years of age and due to the fact that Big Baz is not playing is copping the oppositions best defender every week and due to our lack of forward structure gets sucked up the ground far too often. He has the ability to take contested grabs up forward, a commodity we haven't had for while. Yes his kicking is not flash but this bloke is the one we MUST play for the rest of the season regardless of form for he is our future.

Totally agree!!!

[Jasper]

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Agree with proviso, that what is best for Jones' development must occur. If that means Barry doesn't play he doesn't. If it means Liam is dropped he is dropped. Agree reckon he is our only overhead contested marking big fwd (Roughead is ruck, and Barry can take an overhead but has never been strong in this area).