Gilbo up forward
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Gilbo up forward
Now that Gwilt has been dropped( even though I thought he has been servicable), this may be a great opportunity to play Sam up front. He has a great overhead mark, can put enormous pressure on the Carlton defense and has plenty of speed.
The beauty of Gilbo, Sam, Goddard, Blake and even Zac is we can put anyone of them up forward - al a Goddard against the Weagles. I feel we will be pleasantly suprised tonight to see something different up forward.
Personally I like Gilbo down back for his run and carry, his defensive marking and his brilliant tackling.
Loving the anticipation of who's on who and where they will line upon with such a big game........ Already got the white board out for two weeks time!! .........Match up heaven
The beauty of Gilbo, Sam, Goddard, Blake and even Zac is we can put anyone of them up forward - al a Goddard against the Weagles. I feel we will be pleasantly suprised tonight to see something different up forward.
Personally I like Gilbo down back for his run and carry, his defensive marking and his brilliant tackling.
Loving the anticipation of who's on who and where they will line upon with such a big game........ Already got the white board out for two weeks time!! .........Match up heaven
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degruch wrote:Doesn't anyone read what I put up on here?plugger66 wrote:Thank goodness. There is another one.ausfatcat wrote:I don't understand this obsession about moving players playing well in defence to the midfield or up forward for no apparant reason..
I'll add you as well. Well thats 3 that have no idea now.
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plugger66 wrote:degruch wrote:Doesn't anyone read what I put up on here?plugger66 wrote:Thank goodness. There is another one.ausfatcat wrote:I don't understand this obsession about moving players playing well in defence to the midfield or up forward for no apparant reason..
I'll add you as well. Well thats 3 that have no idea now.
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Heyne is gonna make a late debut for Kosi tonight...just wait.
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I reckon a lot of posters on here underestimate what forwards do and therefore seem to think just about anybody can play forward. Maybe this was true once upon a time. But, in the modern game, with most teams playing one or more spare men in defence, those guys who play forward all of the time have to work extra hard for each and every touch they get, as well as sometimes having to roll back into defence when the opposition's loose men go on a run.
I have watched Kosi, Riewoldt and Milne run themselves ragged every week. Gwilt spent more time than them on the bench, and still struggled to keep up. Schneider also runs hard some of the time, but his effort tails off for part of the game.
Can Gilbo or Dawson do any better than Gwilt? I doubt it. And I don't think we'll see it tonight. I reckon we'll see BJ and a resting Gardi alternating up front, with McEvoy being expected to do more than 50% of the ruck work.
If this arrangement doesn't work out especially well (and I'm worried that the lineup selected for tonight will lack some of the attacking edge we have had so far this season), I reckon the selectors will contemplate bringing back Gwilt next game and using Blake as the second ruckman (with Dawson playing CHB).
Anyway, time will tell.
I have watched Kosi, Riewoldt and Milne run themselves ragged every week. Gwilt spent more time than them on the bench, and still struggled to keep up. Schneider also runs hard some of the time, but his effort tails off for part of the game.
Can Gilbo or Dawson do any better than Gwilt? I doubt it. And I don't think we'll see it tonight. I reckon we'll see BJ and a resting Gardi alternating up front, with McEvoy being expected to do more than 50% of the ruck work.
If this arrangement doesn't work out especially well (and I'm worried that the lineup selected for tonight will lack some of the attacking edge we have had so far this season), I reckon the selectors will contemplate bringing back Gwilt next game and using Blake as the second ruckman (with Dawson playing CHB).
Anyway, time will tell.
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Re: Gilbo up forward
Zac? How do we know he can play forward? He's had one shot this year which was a mongrel but admittedly was a goal. That's the first goal of his career. He averages 3.9 marks a game (of course, playing back) so we have no real reason to suspect that he might be a great marking player. Why would we have confidence in playing him forward?send out the runner wrote:The beauty of Gilbo, Sam, Goddard, Blake and even Zac is we can put anyone of them up forward - al a Goddard against the Weagles. I feel we will be pleasantly suprised tonight to see something different up forward.
None of the rest except Goddard have ever shown anything as forwards at the highest level - including Blake, who's been thrown forward numerous times without ever really giving much down there.
Yes, we can throw them forward, they're big enough to do something vaguely useful, but let's not talk about them as great white hopes until they actually give us some reason to do so.
Re: Gilbo up forward
I could be wrong on this, but I believe Zac came to Hawthorn as a forward way back when, however given they had Buddy and Roughie, and no full back, he was developed as a backman....bergholt wrote:Zac? How do we know he can play forward? He's had one shot this year which was a mongrel but admittedly was a goal. That's the first goal of his career. He averages 3.9 marks a game (of course, playing back) so we have no real reason to suspect that he might be a great marking player. Why would we have confidence in playing him forward?
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Re: Gilbo up forward
Just had to dig this one up, sorry bergholt, I wouldn't have believed it myself!bergholt wrote:Zac? How do we know he can play forward? He's had one shot this year which was a mongrel but admittedly was a goal. That's the first goal of his career. He averages 3.9 marks a game (of course, playing back) so we have no real reason to suspect that he might be a great marking player. Why would we have confidence in playing him forward?send out the runner wrote:The beauty of Gilbo, Sam, Goddard, Blake and even Zac is we can put anyone of them up forward - al a Goddard against the Weagles. I feel we will be pleasantly suprised tonight to see something different up forward.
None of the rest except Goddard have ever shown anything as forwards at the highest level - including Blake, who's been thrown forward numerous times without ever really giving much down there.
Yes, we can throw them forward, they're big enough to do something vaguely useful, but let's not talk about them as great white hopes until they actually give us some reason to do so.
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