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He was actually playing on Jaymie Graham ..rodgerfox wrote:People keep referring to this match. But he only kicked 4. Not exactly Coleman Medal material.evertonfc wrote:
Personally, I quite liked how he tore Darren Glass apart last year. There can be no doubts he can play FF.
So why not King or Gardiner playing same role?bigcarl wrote:kosi is playing forward to stop riewoldt being monstered by two and sometimes three opponents and to break down our, at times, pathetic reliance on him.
kosi's ability to take contested marks (and to bring the ball to ground for milne, schneider etc) is just too important to a forward structure that (without him) netted the lowest score in the competion last year.
he just gives you a target that you can go long and direct to rather than dick around, chipping it sideways, waiting for an opportunity to hit fraser or riewoldt laces up on the lead ... all the while giving the opposition a chance to get numbers back.
forgive me for going on and on like a broken record on this topic, but i feel very strongly about this and believe that not having kosi forward would be just about the biggest mistake we could make.
kosi forward is just vital for us to have a shot at a premiership this year, imo.
for once the forward line last week actually kicked some goals last week (unlike most of 2007) and people are still finding reason to be critical with it.
imo kosi chf, gehrig ff, riewoldt licenced to create havoc anywhere in the front half.
give kosi the responsibilty of a key position rather than continue to ask him to fill in as a bit parts player.
My recollection of 'that month' was that he actually played ruck drifting forward. Alot of his goals in that period were actually kicked when he drifted forward and had a ruckman still playing on him.joffaboy wrote:
I dont know, four by 22 would probably win the Coleman nowdays.
Actually, that's a pretty good point. 88 goals from Kosi for a season would be outstanding if you look at it that way - add in a couple of finals and 4 a week is a very good return really.
joffaboy wrote:
He also took apart the comp for a month in 2005 whe Reiwoldt again injured his shoulder so he can play up forward.
no he was playing one out with hunter...glass ran with roo surprisingly...Oh When the Saints wrote:He was actually playing on Jaymie Graham ..rodgerfox wrote:People keep referring to this match. But he only kicked 4. Not exactly Coleman Medal material.evertonfc wrote:
Personally, I quite liked how he tore Darren Glass apart last year. There can be no doubts he can play FF.
Didn't kick a goal on Glass in the second half.
When Glass was shifted and Hunter went to Roo, Kosi didn't kick one.Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:no he was playing one out with hunter...glass ran with roo surprisingly...Oh When the Saints wrote:He was actually playing on Jaymie Graham ..rodgerfox wrote:People keep referring to this match. But he only kicked 4. Not exactly Coleman Medal material.evertonfc wrote:
Personally, I quite liked how he tore Darren Glass apart last year. There can be no doubts he can play FF.
Didn't kick a goal on Glass in the second half.
When i got home i caught the last quater and rob walls said ross lyon might be tempted to chuck kozi in the ruck to get a few touches to make him self feel goodrodgerfox wrote:Someone mentioned that he wasn't quite right on Saturday night. But if that was the case, surely Lyon wouldn't have put him in the ruck late in the game?homework wrote:He was going great until he had a little niggle in the pre-season
kosi was injured much of the second half...from memory he had extended periods on the bench...so even on the park he would have been a decoy-dummy forward...that somehow took glass...rodgerfox wrote:When Glass was shifted and Hunter went to Roo, Kosi didn't kick one.Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:no he was playing one out with hunter...glass ran with roo surprisingly...Oh When the Saints wrote:He was actually playing on Jaymie Graham ..rodgerfox wrote:People keep referring to this match. But he only kicked 4. Not exactly Coleman Medal material.evertonfc wrote:
Personally, I quite liked how he tore Darren Glass apart last year. There can be no doubts he can play FF.
Didn't kick a goal on Glass in the second half.
Shaggy wrote:
Kosi was one of the top 5 players in the AFL 2 years ago. I think he is better than Goodes but Goodes is better positioned (for the moment).
For the criticizers of Kosi :- G-Train, Fev, Richo, Lloyd, Hall, Neitz would be hopeless as ruck men/ followers around the ground so **** Off.
Being played continually out of position is extremely hard.
Thank you.Oh When the Saints wrote:He was actually playing on Jaymie Graham ..rodgerfox wrote:People keep referring to this match. But he only kicked 4. Not exactly Coleman Medal material.evertonfc wrote:
Personally, I quite liked how he tore Darren Glass apart last year. There can be no doubts he can play FF.
Didn't kick a goal on Glass in the second half.
It was actually Adam Hunter (my mistake) - who's an excellent defender anyway with a massive competitive streak.BAM! (shhhh) wrote:Thank you.Oh When the Saints wrote:He was actually playing on Jaymie Graham ..rodgerfox wrote:People keep referring to this match. But he only kicked 4. Not exactly Coleman Medal material.evertonfc wrote:
Personally, I quite liked how he tore Darren Glass apart last year. There can be no doubts he can play FF.
Didn't kick a goal on Glass in the second half.
Kosi's 1st half was a perfect example of a ruck/forward, and how to mess with matchups. He'd run around the ruck, get a mismatch, and push forward. If West Coast put a back on him, he'd drag them back to the middle of the ground.
It was awesome.
After half time, he played FF, and didn't kick another. However he was stuck there due to injury, so not too much should be read into that.
