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Very happy with the team, looking forward to Sunday. I know the sentiment seems to be with Stanley for some reason but apart from winning the GF sprint, he hasn't done a lot to date. He did alright in the pre-season but nothing to write home about yet. Definitely did enough to get me excited about his future but I'm happy for him to develop a bit before throwing him into the deep end.
Waltzing St Kilda wrote:Great. Against a superfast Bombers outfit we bring in two lumbering giants and a treacle-slow midfielder. And leave out the winner of the Grand Final sprint.
Not sure where the obsession with speed has come from all of the sudden...there were many other more relevant reasons as to why we lost last week, and speed has not been a factor against us otherwise this year. I put it down to the 'kick it down the guts' crowd.
rexy wrote:Not sure that Heyne is a lumbering giant?
He's not. Heyne isn't that tall and he's surprisingly quick for a guy of his shape. I think the two knocks on him have been his fitness and his kicking. He's got a weird kicking action and, while he does get a bit of distance into his kicks, does tend to spray them. He's a strong mark for a a guy of his size, which is probably one of the factors in his selection.
I haven't had a chance to see much of him this year, so I'm not sure what his form is like. I thought he looked a fair way off in preseason. I thought we'd probably see Smith or Stanley first.
I really would have liked to have seen Stanley in, but I trust the coaches know what they're doing. If Ross wants to see more out of Stanley at the VFL level before he gets a game, then hopefully he has a big game soon. I haven't been enjoying Kosi as our only tall forward option.
Good to see new blood in the lineup. I expect someone in the backline had to get the chop after the Cartlon game which was really poor. Raph has a lot of skill, but in our game style, you can't afford to cough the ball up and must play with maximum intensity.