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McEvoy5 wrote:Very dissapointed that Steven or Heyne were NOT given a go in the seniors.................... the line-up doesn't look that great on paper
agree. what has RL got against debutants?
how many debutants has he played in the last 2 years? geary and eddy?
i cant think of any others?
McEvoy5 wrote:Very dissapointed that Steven or Heyne were NOT given a go in the seniors.................... the line-up doesn't look that great on paper
agree. what has RL got against debutants?
how many debutants has he played in the last 2 years? geary and eddy?
i cant think of any others?
meher baba wrote:In the NAB cup game against the Lions, Jones, McQualter and Geary all had good games IMO.
I thought McQualter was fantastic in the praccy match against the Dogs and I am told by someone who knows all the players - talks to them regularly - that he has (finally IMO) got his head screwed on properly.
McEvoy5 wrote:Very dissapointed that Steven or Heyne were NOT given a go in the seniors.................... the line-up doesn't look that great on paper
agree. what has RL got against debutants?
how many debutants has he played in the last 2 years? geary and eddy?
i cant think of any others?
And Allen, Mc Evoy... Armo...
You should be happy now that Zac is playing for us.
Ray is experienced.
What is this obsession with kids... especially when they are obviously not pushing for selection?
It's round one verybody, which means 21 rounds to go after that... let's worry about the kids if and when the current seniors don't perform.
The lid is off after Round 2! Enjoy the journey, coz you just don't know where we'll end up. Live for today and seize the moment.
Didn't Sweeney and Howard (and one other?) play in the MCG match against Hawthorn when we had Brooks and Gehrig deep in attack but could not get the ball in that far because of Hawthorn's rolling pack of 8 players?
I think I recall our only score in the first quarter was a "long bomb" from outside 50 by Fiora.
The score was something like 4 goals to 3 at 3/4 time, but there was more scoring in the last with Hawthorn winning by a 3 or 4.
And I am pretty sure it was during Lyon's time.
We only had 23 to pick from, with Raymond missing out and I found it strange Hawthorn adopted such tactics against such a weakened side - then they won a premiership because of those tactics!
To the top wrote:Didn't Sweeney and Howard (and one other?) play in the MCG match against Hawthorn when we had Brooks and Gehrig deep in attack but could not get the ball in that far because of Hawthorn's rolling pack of 8 players?
I think I recall our only score in the first quarter was a "long bomb" from outside 50 by Fiora.
The score was something like 4 goals to 3 at 3/4 time, but there was more scoring in the last with Hawthorn winning by a 3 or 4.
And I am pretty sure it was during Lyon's time.
We only had 23 to pick from, with Raymond missing out and I found it strange Hawthorn adopted such tactics against such a weakened side - then they won a premiership because of those tactics!
As I said 2006 under GT. You pretty much answered it when you mentioned Raymond as he never played under RL.
To the top wrote:Didn't Sweeney and Howard (and one other?) play in the MCG match against Hawthorn when we had Brooks and Gehrig deep in attack but could not get the ball in that far because of Hawthorn's rolling pack of 8 players?
I think I recall our only score in the first quarter was a "long bomb" from outside 50 by Fiora.
The score was something like 4 goals to 3 at 3/4 time, but there was more scoring in the last with Hawthorn winning by a 3 or 4.
And I am pretty sure it was during Lyon's time.
We only had 23 to pick from, with Raymond missing out and I found it strange Hawthorn adopted such tactics against such a weakened side - then they won a premiership because of those tactics!
As I said 2006 under GT. You pretty much answered it when you mentioned Raymond as he never played under RL.
According to Wikipaedia, he debuted against Hawthorn in May 2007.
That would make him a RL player.
To the top wrote:Didn't Sweeney and Howard (and one other?) play in the MCG match against Hawthorn when we had Brooks and Gehrig deep in attack but could not get the ball in that far because of Hawthorn's rolling pack of 8 players?
I think I recall our only score in the first quarter was a "long bomb" from outside 50 by Fiora.
The score was something like 4 goals to 3 at 3/4 time, but there was more scoring in the last with Hawthorn winning by a 3 or 4.
And I am pretty sure it was during Lyon's time.
We only had 23 to pick from, with Raymond missing out and I found it strange Hawthorn adopted such tactics against such a weakened side - then they won a premiership because of those tactics!
As I said 2006 under GT. You pretty much answered it when you mentioned Raymond as he never played under RL.
According to Wikipaedia, he debuted against Hawthorn in May 2007.
That would make him a RL player.
Correct just got told off by my wife. I am very sorry.
Tom Lynch > James Gwilt.......even though the kid hasn't played a game yet (that's how poor I think Gwilt is).
Put it this way, if Gwilt was de-listed tommorrow, I don't think there would be many clubs interested in picking him up, yet, he seems to get regular games for us. I'm not sure what the obsession is? Surely, he cannot continue to be picked based on the performance in ONE final, all those years ago.
Lynch is NOT ahead of Gwilt. He's a kid still yet to do anything.
Gwilt is in our 20-30 rank of seasoned players, still with some improvement to come; he's still pretty young. Not our best, but can play either end, is a big hard body who puts his head over the ball, and is one of our better kicks. Still has some upside.
If every player was available for selection I'm not sure he'd get a game, but he'd certainly be considered. Tom lynch, perhaps not yet.
Kids usually need development time. Not that many make immediate impact.
Art Vandelay wrote:Tom Lynch > James Gwilt.......even though the kid hasn't played a game yet (that's how poor I think Gwilt is).
Put it this way, if Gwilt was de-listed tommorrow, I don't think there would be many clubs interested in picking him up, yet, he seems to get regular games for us. I'm not sure what the obsession is? Surely, he cannot continue to be picked based on the performance in ONE final, all those years ago.
