Charlie Gardiner

[dcstkfc]

I thought it was another great effort tonight. He's been superb IMO so far.
Apart from his miss in Q4.

Him and Riewoldt on opposite wings leading up this year!

Amazing depth of tall forwards really, Kosi, G, Roo, Charlie, Gardy, with Schneids and Milney roving

[Foxer53]

ROO ISN'T A WING HE NEEDS TO BE AT HALF FORWARD

but your right bout everything else we will have a great forward line but we need bot forget the reason we don't have a premiership ... you know ... that evil word ... INJURIES

[Spinner]

C Gardiner - Impressive!!!!!

Seems really strong in contested ball....which I like.

[Iceman234]

I'm on board the Chuckwagon.

Been a fan since the day we picked him up.

[bigcarl]

I thought it was another great effort tonight. He's been superb IMO so far.
Apart from his miss in Q4.

Him and Riewoldt on opposite wings leading up this year!

Amazing depth of tall forwards really, Kosi, G, Roo, Charlie, Gardy, with Schneids and Milney roving

we have it over every other team in the competition when it comes to tall forwards and we should exploit this to the max

that we were still able to win without kosi and fraser out there speaks volumes for our increased depth

[Oh When the Saints]

we have it over every other team in the competition when it comes to tall forwards and we should exploit this to the max

Everything seems to indicate that RL agrees with you.

[Iceman234]

I thought it was another great effort tonight. He's been superb IMO so far.
Apart from his miss in Q4.

Him and Riewoldt on opposite wings leading up this year!

Amazing depth of tall forwards really, Kosi, G, Roo, Charlie, Gardy, with Schneids and Milney roving

we have it over every other team in the competition when it comes to tall forwards and we should exploit this to the max

that we were still able to win without kosi and fraser out there speaks volumes for our increased depth

Further to that, the game was actually won without Roo out there as well.

Commented to my offsider in the last that Bally was making our forward line look tall.

[plugger66]

I thought it was another great effort tonight. He's been superb IMO so far.
Apart from his miss in Q4.

Him and Riewoldt on opposite wings leading up this year!

Amazing depth of tall forwards really, Kosi, G, Roo, Charlie, Gardy, with Schneids and Milney roving

we have it over every other team in the competition when it comes to tall forwards and we should exploit this to the max

that we were still able to win without kosi and fraser out there speaks volumes for our increased depth

Further to that, the game was actually won without Roo out there as well.

Commented to my offsider in the last that Bally was making our forward line look tall.

What that proves is a tall forward line may be overated. Again it proves midfielders win games. Just look at the best players in the last quarter.

[Armoooo]

I have been skeptical of Gardiner since day one and will continue to be until he gets some runs on the board in the real thing, but I must admit, he was great tonight, that last quarter was unbelievable, his last mark to save the game was just great...

[Iceman234]

I thought it was another great effort tonight. He's been superb IMO so far.
Apart from his miss in Q4.

Him and Riewoldt on opposite wings leading up this year!

Amazing depth of tall forwards really, Kosi, G, Roo, Charlie, Gardy, with Schneids and Milney roving

we have it over every other team in the competition when it comes to tall forwards and we should exploit this to the max

that we were still able to win without kosi and fraser out there speaks volumes for our increased depth

Further to that, the game was actually won without Roo out there as well.

Commented to my offsider in the last that Bally was making our forward line look tall.

What that proves is a tall forward line may be overated. Again it proves midfielders win games. Just look at the best players in the last quarter.

Spot on P66.


And it also shows a possible new depth of our goal kicking mids, something we haven't been able to reliably fall back on for the last couple of years.

[saintsRrising]

I think what it shows...and what RL is striving for is that every player needs to do their bit.....

It also shows that to have the options of different structures is good....and RL set the forward line u in diffeent ways tonight at different stage of the game.

Was also noticeable that King and MGardi hada go to point on the HF line to become marking targets.

[bigcarl]

What that proves is a tall forward line may be overated. Again it proves midfielders win games. Just look at the best players in the last quarter.

footballers win games. defenders, midfielders, ruckmen and forwards.

no part of the equation is more important than the other. it is a team game.

however, having a forward line which ruthlessly converts opportunities to goals (which we didn't do last year) has to help.

imo we would have won comfortably (rather than just fallen over the line) with our full compliment of tall forwards.

[vacuous space]

RL set the forward line u in diffeent ways tonight at different stage of the game.

The Geelong forward coach said at quarter time last week that their small forward line was a product of the limited interchange in the NAB cup - not by design. I reckon there was a bit of that in our game tonight. Once the season proper starts I think we'll see our key forwards spending most of the game on the ground up forward.

[saintsRrising]

RL set the forward line u in diffeent ways tonight at different stage of the game.

The Geelong forward coach said at quarter time last week that their small forward line was a product of the limited interchange in the NAB cup - not by design. I reckon there was a bit of that in our game tonight. Once the season proper starts I think we'll see our key forwards spending most of the game on the ground up forward.

Well I certainly agree with the last part...

I don't think however that the various forward lines was due to limited interchange...but rather due to RL for example deliberately deciding not to play Roo in the last quarter (plus no Kosi or GTrain of course).

Roo's knee may have also been a factor in him often being at FF.

[saintly]

RL set the forward line u in diffeent ways tonight at different stage of the game.

The Geelong forward coach said at quarter time last week that their small forward line was a product of the limited interchange in the NAB cup - not by design. I reckon there was a bit of that in our game tonight. Once the season proper starts I think we'll see our key forwards spending most of the game on the ground up forward.

Well I certainly agree with the last part...

I don't think however that the various forward lines was due to limited interchange...but rather due to RL for example deliberately deciding not to play Roo in the last quarter (plus no Kosi or GTrain of course).

Roo's knee may have also been a factor in him often being at FF.

once the season starts you won't see roo sitting on the bench for a full quarter. you want see ball siiting on the bench for 2 quarters. same with schneider, etc . next week will be the same. a bit more game time but still limited. final or no final.

[Enrico_Misso]

We got Charlie and King for "nothing"
And they have both played themselves into our best 22 already.

Great recruiting !

[The OtherThommo]

Chuck is one of those footballers who gets a chance once they've matured. At 20 his deficiencies outweighed his strengths. After 5 more years in the system, he's learnt how to play to his strengths and mitigate his weaknesses. His window is 3, maybe 4 years.

We got him at exactly the right time. He's no champion, but what he offers us is a fella with a huge tank who can take so much pressure off Rooey's knee. He's the hit up man. Roo won't need to run 20k a game.

I'm happy to have Charles with us. He'll do a job.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

I thought it was another great effort tonight. He's been superb IMO so far.
Apart from his miss in Q4.

Him and Riewoldt on opposite wings leading up this year!

Amazing depth of tall forwards really, Kosi, G, Roo, Charlie, Gardy, with Schneids and Milney roving

we have it over every other team in the competition when it comes to tall forwards and we should exploit this to the max

that we were still able to win without kosi and fraser out there speaks volumes for our increased depth

Further to that, the game was actually won without Roo out there as well.

Commented to my offsider in the last that Bally was making our forward line look tall.

i was thinking to myself when watching the game "crap we are going to get over run without Roo there " and i think in the past we would have but these new kids seem to have brough a new life to the club its like they say to themselves "ok Roos not her nor kosi or frase but i can still make a differance" and thats somthing i think we have lacked in the past we used to go into our shell and try and hold on to a game where as now we actuallly attack the game and build on it