Hrovat Appreciation Society

[Ozza]

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Really clever little player, Hrovat. Makes really good decisions and has the skills to execute them too.

Amongst Hrovat, Hunter & Bonti we have some real football smarts and creativity in the forward line at the moment.

[Sedat]

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Boomer doesn't have the vision or kicking skills that Hrovat has. He has the reputation of being a hog, whilst Hrovat is an assist player

Wow, scathing assessment of an absolute champion of the modern game. I dislike the sheepdog as much as anyone but his quality and brilliance over an 18 year career cannot be questioned. He is still the first player tagged in that team.

If Hrovat can even replicate half the career that Harvey has had, it would be a terrific result for us.

[LostDoggy]

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Wow, scathing assessment of an absolute champion of the modern game. I dislike the sheepdog as much as anyone but his quality and brilliance over an 18 year career cannot be questioned. He is still the first player tagged in that team.

If Hrovat can even replicate half the career that Harvey has had, it would be a terrific result for us.

Not to mention that he is now a very good chance to take home the Brownlow this year!

[boydogs]

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Wow, scathing assessment of an absolute champion of the modern game. I dislike the sheepdog as much as anyone but his quality and brilliance over an 18 year career cannot be questioned. He is still the first player tagged in that team.

If Hrovat can even replicate half the career that Harvey has had, it would be a terrific result for us.

He's an excellent player but if you see him in space 50 out from goal, don't bother leading. 9 times out of 10 he will kick the goal, but he won't look to pass.

Hrovat may not be as explosive but he has already shown that he sees the option that others miss, and has the courage and skill to execute the difficult kick for the better result

He did it twice against the Suns, kicking across goal to an open player instead of bombing it on Redpath's head

[Twodogs]

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For many years people at other clubs routinely loathed Brad Johnson. And for a lot of the same reasons posters are now saying about Brent Harvey.

[Ozza]

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I was completely oblivious to the Brad Johnson dislike until his last couple of seasons. And was so surprised when I started hearing about it! I was convinced everyone loved Johnno, and couldn't imagine why anyone wouldn't.

At first I thought it was just other supporters hating that he'd torched them, but got to know that there were a few Johnno traits that got people off side.

The Boomer dislike is possibly more 'universal'. He's been an absolute great of the game...but definitely one that is hard to take!

[ledge]

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What I have seen of hrovat early was he would play really well for a 1/4 then dissappear, Saturday was his first full game of effort, he is coming along nicely now, will be a great hard nut player.

[Hotdog60]

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Like most players when they get near the end of their career they resort to other tactics than skill and pace to win the ball.

[Go_Dogs]

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Showed some great pace and his vision was again on display.

His execution let him down a few times, but he's generally a neat user so I'm not concerned by that.

[LostDoggy]

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Rising Star nominee for round 17!

[Mofra]

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Rising Star nominee for round 17!

Good result - he's a secodn year player who missed out on a proper pre-season this year.

If he's fit over this upcoming summer he'll be best 22 next year.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Big fan - does most things right.

No surprise our side has looked/played a lot better since Hrovat, Hunter, Bonti, Stringer and Macrae have been able to string games together. All guns.

[wimberga]

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Big fan - does most things right.

No surprise our side has looked/played a lot better since Hrovat, Hunter, Bonti, Stringer and Macrae have been able to string games together. All guns.

Agree with this wholeheartedly TBB.

Theres a real sense that this is no longer Murphys, Gia's, Boyd's team, but it really belongs to those guys you mentioned above. The older guys are having a steering hand of course, but the reliance has shifted.

This is really exciting, and I think that of all those you mentioned above, for some reason I actually think Hrovat is pivotal to that. Its something about the energy and the attitude he brings to the game. It feels like all the young guys want to be more involved. Maybe that's just a ramble though...

[LostDoggy]

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Agree with this wholeheartedly TBB.

Theres a real sense that this is no longer Murphys, Gia's, Boyd's team, but it really belongs to those guys you mentioned above. The older guys are having a steering hand of course, but the reliance has shifted.

This is really exciting, and I think that of all those you mentioned above, for some reason I actually think Hrovat is pivotal to that. Its something about the energy and the attitude he brings to the game. It feels like all the young guys want to be more involved. Maybe that's just a ramble though...

And it's more encouraging in that many felt we'd be absolutely cooked when Boyd, Gia, Cross, Murphy, etc retired. Doesn't look so bleak any longer.

[Cyberdoggie]

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Congrats to Hrovat in getting this weeks nomination with a breakout performance on the weekend.

He had just started to show a couple of signs the last few weeks, starting with the Port Adelaide game and finally has put it all together for 4 quarters.

To see Hunter, JJ, Stringer, Macrae, Bonts, Libba and Wallis all lift when the game needed to be won was very pleasing.
They pretty much took charge and dominated in the last.