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You need fit, hardened bodies in the finals. Experience also.
IMO, finals are beyond Cripps and Sipposs for this year. They also need match fitness, which will take more than a couple of weeks to get to AFL levels.
You're right JO but it's great for the kid to be back to full fitness. He needs a monster pre-season to harden up that body of his and get some serious kms into his legs. If he can manage his health issues then I reckon he'll be a ripper.
Do we think these kids could come in after 10 weeks doing rehab and play afl finals intensity football??
Vs. Geelong, hawthorn, collingwood, carlton
With less than half a dozen games each.......
both were in the side at its lowest ebb....not sure either boy (although showing promise) actually found the ball 10 times in a game.
Both may be good future prospects.....but in the here and now....how could their match fitness get anywhere near what finals footy demands....without taking into account the body strength....
Cripps kicked 7 goals in his four games, which included one full match. 2 half games, and one quarter. On that performance he is probably close to our top goalkicker.
BigMart wrote:Do we think these kids could come in after 10 weeks doing rehab and play afl finals intensity football??
Vs. Geelong, hawthorn, collingwood, carlton
With less than half a dozen games each.......
both were in the side at its lowest ebb....not sure either boy (although showing promise) actually found the ball 10 times in a game.
Both may be good future prospects.....but in the here and now....how could their match fitness get anywhere near what finals footy demands....without taking into account the body strength....
yep. even Plugger would agree with that.
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You're right JO but it's great for the kid to be back to full fitness. He needs a monster pre-season to harden up that body of his and get some serious kms into his legs. If he can manage his health issues then I reckon he'll be a ripper.
Copy on that. It will be great to see both getting themselves right for next year. If we get any more injuries prior to the finals, there may be a "faint hope" of a Sub position for one of them, but other players are more advanced.