Bankers and Anchors - Round 2

[Ghost Dog]

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I saw videos of Crameri doing sprints and his rate of acceleration was unbelievable.
I'd like to see his beep test but would wager it's not that far off Griffen's.

[Mofra]

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Yep. It's an attempt at switching to open up the game by carrying down the open side right? Coz that doesn't work when it takes you a literal minute to kick it twice. And it's uncontested so they're not even cracking in!

It might just be - but teams are smart enough to corale the kicking player instead of tackle them to ensure our clearances are poor quality. We get 50/50 on the clearance stats yet ours are shitful kick & hopes to an undersized forwardline, any opposition that runs into space and plays to move the ball forward as a priority will have a huge advantage over us.

Pace in the middle is almost irrelevant in many of our contests: we could have 3 Usain Bolts in the middle, if you handball backwards to a stationary player who has opponents nearby they have two options: release by hand or rush a kick over a pack, because they cannot hold and assess options.
Teams will keep making us choose one of those two options and cut us up on the rebound.

[Scorlibo]

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Anchors

Game set-up. It looked like Little league. All players in the vicinity charging in for the ball. No outriders to give the ball to.

No pace in the forward line. In fact no pace elsewhere.

Crameri is a replica of Stringer - neither big nor small and no pace

Bankers

Talia, Williams and Tutt are hopefully available

Pace is not an issue...work rate is. He seems to choose when he wants to go. I watched him almost run down a North player yesterday when he started 15 meters behind him. On other occasions he made little effort. Both he and Jones have great pace which makes it even more surprising why Jones in particular struggles to get separation from his opponent.

Can't agree with either of you, I think Crameri has pretty exceptional pace and an exceptional wort rate to boot. Give him some time, and our forward line time, to settle in.

[The bulldog tragician]

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It's all been said but
Bankers:
Dale Morris, the most under rated champ in the game ( I also Liked Roughie's game a lot
The work ethic, if not the finishing skills of Dahl, the class of Hunter and MacRae
Lin Jong is a real favorite of mine. Loved his desire and ferocious attack on the footy.

Anchors:
Kicking skills AND decision making combined: not just the bad kick, but the bad option, poorly executed
The first half was just excruciatingly bad as a spectacle
Selection.. Lack of talls? Please explain!

[Dancin' Douggy]

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Bankers.
Hunter. This kid is an absolute gun.
Vision skill arrogance, he just sees the game so well. The angles on his kicks and his absolute confidence to take the game on are so bloody refreshing. He is a star. Might even be the best kid out of that draft.

Macrae. This kid is an absolute gun.
Vision skill arrogance, he just sees the game so well. The angles on his kicks and his absolute confidence to take the game on are so bloody refreshing. He is a star. Might even be the best kid out of that draft.

Dalhaus. This kid is an absolute gun.
Vision skill arrogance, he just sees the game so well. The angles on his kicks and his absolute confidence to take the game on are so bloody refreshing. He is a star. Might even be the best kid out of that draft.(poetic licence)

Anchors. None really. It was a tough brutal game, but no one really thought we'd beat Norf.

I must say though, it's so disappointing watching Koby do all the hard work, like grabbing the contested ball breaking a tackle and slicing through some traffic, only to handball the ball straight to a teammates feet when he's finally in the clear and under no pressure. If he could just maintain his concentration and finish off his good work we would have got out of a lot more congestion than we did. But the sloppy handball creates another ugly maul and it just happens too often with Koby. Love his endeavour, but just give us that last 5% and hit someone on the chest with a handball, he could really be a powerful weapon.

And I agree that Jones should be played at CHB. He might turn into a good CHF, but he ain't one now.

Was surprised Stringer was subbed off. He just needs as much game time as he can get. He might just turn out to be the best kid from that draft.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Bankers and Anchors - Round 2

Bankers.
Hunter. This kid is an absolute gun.
Vision skill arrogance, he just sees the game so well. The angles on his kicks and his absolute confidence to take the game on are so bloody refreshing. He is a star. Might even be the best kid out of that draft.

Macrae. This kid is an absolute gun.
Vision skill arrogance, he just sees the game so well. The angles on his kicks and his absolute confidence to take the game on are so bloody refreshing. He is a star. Might even be the best kid out of that draft.

Dalhaus. This kid is an absolute gun.
Vision skill arrogance, he just sees the game so well. The angles on his kicks and his absolute confidence to take the game on are so bloody refreshing. He is a star. Might even be the best kid out of that draft.(poetic licence)

Anchors. None really. It was a tough brutal game, but no one really thought we'd beat Norf.

I must say though, it's so disappointing watching Koby do all the hard work, like grabbing the contested ball breaking a tackle and slicing through some traffic, only to handball the ball straight to a teammates feet when he's finally in the clear and under no pressure. If he could just maintain his concentration and finish off his good work we would have got out of a lot more congestion than we did. But the sloppy handball creates another ugly maul and it just happens too often with Koby. Love his endeavour, but just give us that last 5% and hit someone on the chest with a handball, he could really be a powerful weapon.

And I agree that Jones should be played at CHB. He might turn into a good CHF, but he ain't one now.

Was surprised Stringer was subbed off. He just needs as much game time as he can get. He might just turn out to be the best kid from that draft.

So you're saying we have lots of good kids?