All the best to Peake for tomorrow night, he certainly appears to have the endeavour to make the most of this opportunity. I hope he settles in at the Saints and becomes a solid contributor for us.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/s ... 5831560971
BRETT Peake, St Kilda's almost forgotten onball trade addition, is in the squad for tomorrow night's NAB Cup game against Collingwood.
Peake was among the standout performers in the Saints' intraclub hitout at Moorabbin on Friday.
The former Fremantle flyer was recruited, along with the sacked Andrew Lovett, to provide more pace to the midfield.
Peake, St Kilda's almost forgotten onball trade additition
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I am hoping he will, in fact I'm sure he will. Peake was a good player in a lousy side, so I was pretty excited we picked him up...fingers crossed!doggerel wrote:Dennis Commettii said last Friday night that he thinks Peake may well "embarrass" the Dockers (by blitzing at the Saints). I found that pretty encouraging as Commetti knows the Dockers inside out.
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I think this explains it. I had always thought of an "onballer" as someone who runs around the field following the ball.matrix wrote:i pretty much consider the wing an onball position myself
If wingers can be onballers, then I guess everyone is an onballer except for designated forwards and defenders.
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Peake was once considered hot property, but his career stagnated at Freo. Hard to tell if that was the team or the player, but we've had some success with these types, most recently with Ray. A lot of people were impressed with his showing at the intrasquad. I wasn't overly impressed, but I did miss the first half.
He's a lot like Grammy with his kicking. Quite capable of going the journey and quite capable of missing horribly. He loves to run with it and he's quite capable defensively. I'd have to agree with MB - he's not an onballer. At least not any more than somebody like Gram or Ray is. He'd be right down the list of players we'd use in the centre. He's not very good in contested situations.
He's a lot like Grammy with his kicking. Quite capable of going the journey and quite capable of missing horribly. He loves to run with it and he's quite capable defensively. I'd have to agree with MB - he's not an onballer. At least not any more than somebody like Gram or Ray is. He'd be right down the list of players we'd use in the centre. He's not very good in contested situations.
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i guess
im just remembering my illustrious football career (
)
and playing on a wing and pretty much being at every ball up.
its not exactly the same role as say lenny or what bally used to do (in and under) but kinda the same.
thats the way i see it anyway
i actually havent seen alot of him play as freo wernt exactly one of my fav sides to watch
but i know he has some pace and seems to kick alright
im interested to see how he goes on fri (along with a lot of others)
interstaters dont get to see alot of the fringe players or younger guys coming thru....so its always good come early nab cup rounds
ive booked the nite off and cant wait
obviously wanna win
but in all honesty im not fussed if we drop it it
as loing as those playing get a good run and come out injury free
im just remembering my illustrious football career (
)and playing on a wing and pretty much being at every ball up.
its not exactly the same role as say lenny or what bally used to do (in and under) but kinda the same.
thats the way i see it anyway
i actually havent seen alot of him play as freo wernt exactly one of my fav sides to watch
but i know he has some pace and seems to kick alright
im interested to see how he goes on fri (along with a lot of others)
interstaters dont get to see alot of the fringe players or younger guys coming thru....so its always good come early nab cup rounds
ive booked the nite off and cant wait
obviously wanna win
but in all honesty im not fussed if we drop it it
as loing as those playing get a good run and come out injury free
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Well if an outside mid is still a mid...then he is an onballer.meher baba wrote:I think this explains it. I had always thought of an "onballer" as someone who runs around the field following the ball.matrix wrote:i pretty much consider the wing an onball position myself
If wingers can be onballers, then I guess everyone is an onballer except for designated forwards and defenders.
He may play HBF as well.
Most likely he will be part of a super-midfield rotation seeng the mids rotating through the midfield as well as HFF and HBF...
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