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Howard

Post: # 2014708Post bakes »

He’s not going to get any better. Hope we have plans to find a better alternative next year. Scour the state leagues perhaps. Just find anyone, please. Begging you.


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Re: Howard

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Gets his own thread


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Re: Howard

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Deserves good own thread. Just isn’t up to it.


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014732Post saintkid »

Shocking tonight. Has a chip on his shoulders too which makes it worse.


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Re: Howard

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Never seen a clumsier footballer


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014739Post CURLY »

Been good tonight.


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Re: Howard

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Lol


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014744Post happy feet »

Douglas Howard, the new Zac Dawson


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Re: Howard

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I think this pile on is ridiculous. He’s made some bad errors tonight and cost 2-3 goals. But bugger me, Wilkie has given up two and there are errors all over the place.

What’s not being posted is that he’s getting to contest after contest and having a real crack. He’s hitting the packs hard and hasn’t dropped his head. If half his team mates head Howard’s endeavour, the opposition would be afraid to get near it.

Byrnes
Owens
Higgins

Not given a yelp tonight and 1/2 through the third… really disappointing efforts from Steele and Ross too. King barely near it since the first quarter either.


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Re: Howard

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Replaced by Sharman, injured or Sandy next week. Cordy watching.


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Re: Howard

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Word got into the coaches box that Howard got his own thread on Saintsational and left RTB no choice than to unleash the Sharmonator.

Sharman coming on nicely too by the way. Little bit of sub development and a lot of hard work and it's paying off. He is learning to impact and contribute consistently.
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Re: Howard

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Team isn’t good enough.


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Re: Howard

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Not a decent player in the wet, but has been solid all season.

Do you want Cordy? because that's all you get. Adams and Van Es are nowhere near ready.


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Re: Howard

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Cordy has to be a better option. Howard is a liability.


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1966 wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023 11:10pm Cordy has to be a better option. Howard is a liability.
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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014876Post Saint 58 »

Adams or Van Es
Choose one

We aren't winning the flag, we'll be lucky to make finals
Play the kids
Make a decision on all of them


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014880Post Winmore »

skeptic wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023 11:14pm
1966 wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023 11:10pm Cordy has to be a better option. Howard is a liability.
Madness
Agreed, Cordy is not up to it, but Howard is a morale killer. Wilkie had a shocker but he’s got some credits in the bank surely?


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Re: Howard

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Saint 58 wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023 11:20pm Adams or Van Es
Choose one

We aren't winning the flag, we'll be lucky to make finals
Play the kids
Make a decision on all of them
How does it benefit them to get smashed and lose games because of their efforts? Need to be a good VFL grade defender first.


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014930Post bakes »

We don’t have anyone good enough to replace him THIS YEAR. Highmore is undersized but worth a look.

My point is, we aren’t going to win a flag with Doogs at FB. We need to urgently recruit a readymade FB.


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Re: Howard

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skeptic wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023 10:17pm I think this pile on is ridiculous. He’s made some bad errors tonight and cost 2-3 goals. But bugger me, Wilkie has given up two and there are errors all over the place.

What’s not being posted is that he’s getting to contest after contest and having a real crack. He’s hitting the packs hard and hasn’t dropped his head. If half his team mates head Howard’s endeavour, the opposition would be afraid to get near it.

Byrnes
Owens
Higgins

Not given a yelp tonight and 1/2 through the third… really disappointing efforts from Steele and Ross too. King barely near it since the first quarter either.
Agreed

Was not great, but not that bad

Conditions like that never gonna help Daddy Long Legs.

Wilkie and Battle also made errors


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1966 wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023 11:10pm Cordy has to be a better option. Howard is a liability.
Cordy is no better thats our issue. They may give him a chance but playing Brisbane next week I doubt he has the endurance to go with Daniher or Hipwood. RTB obviously wasn't impressed with Dougals game tonight, so Cordy might get a chance.


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014960Post ace »

The problem with Howard as I see it is he likes to handball but his handballs are always off target.
He sprays them all over the place.
That leads to turnovers where the team can least afford them.
Handballing tonight may as well been a bar of soap rather than a football.
When the ball is that slippery go for territory kick it long, chances are no-one will mark it.

There is no replacement for him.

Caminiti got minimal game time as height was not important.
Byrnes was pathetic, Owens had a shocker.
But it was the mids who failed, Crouch pulled his weight.
Even Windhager was better than Ross
Steele had a shocker heaps of handballs but rarely kicked.

But the game changer was the weather bureau delivering heavy rain.
Richmond play in rain regularly but St Kilda doesn't know what it is and the game plan doesn't work in those conditions.
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Re: Howard

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ace wrote: Sun 18 Jun 2023 1:37am The problem with Howard as I see it is he likes to handball but his handballs are always off target.
He sprays them all over the place.
That leads to turnovers where the team can least afford them.
Handballing tonight may as well been a bar of soap rather than a football.
When the ball is that slippery go for territory kick it long, chances are no-one will mark it.
He seems to lack awareness, takes possession when he is bound to be tackled/dispossessed to the detriment of the team rather than punching or shielding, handballs to dangerous positions when he could just drop it to his feet and become the hunter, over estimates his reaction times. Coaches nightmare, all the physical attributed but lacks nous.


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Re: Howard

Post: # 2014971Post Teflon »

Next week Hipeood Daniher …. both big
Can we afford to leave him out???
Tough one now


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Re: Howard

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The time has come to make him ruck/forward for a while. He might want a trade then.


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