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ad4eva wrote:To me Howe showed the most promising signs yesterday thus far.
His effort was good in the contest, laid some nice tackles and was good in the one on ones (which is where I feel he gets beaten most often).
He also provided a solid target when we actually got the footy forward of centre.
Bare in mind, he had virtually no pre-season. Onward and upward from here.
A bad hand doesn't stop you getting fit.
If you assume general aerobic fitness is the same as match fitness.
I assume he had a few runs in the VFL.
Oh yes, i saw him down at Geelong during one of our VFL practice matches.
He probably had 3 or so VFL matches to get so called match fit.
He probably had more of these matches than guys like Pendles.
If you cross the white line in AFL you declare yourself fit.
But as usual Jackcass your analysis is always off.
we don't eat our own at collingwood we just allow them to foul our nest.
thompsoc wrote:
A bad hand doesn't stop you getting fit.
If you assume general aerobic fitness is the same as match fitness.
I assume he had a few runs in the VFL.
Oh yes, i saw him down at Geelong during one of our VFL practice matches.
He probably had 3 or so VFL matches to get so called match fit.
He probably had more of these matches than guys like Pendles.
If you cross the white line in AFL you declare yourself fit.
But as usual Jackcass your analysis is always off.
At least you assume so although analysis might be a long bow for a simple comment. Go and do your research on his preseason injury issues and game time.
Still early days for Howe. I got the impression that Melbourne weren't too disappointed to see him go in the end but I think the issue there was that Howe was playing in defence, and he preferred playing up forward.
He hasn't been outstanding by any means, but I think he's been getting a little better in each match he's played so far. He just needs to keep presenting himself as a viable forward option and kick some goals.
I don't think it would be a bad move by the coaching staff to play him up the wing if his influence up forward is very minimal at best.
On the positive side if we lose Cloke and Swan next year then surely we will have a mil/year available to spend on one of this big marking/tackling/goaling GWS/GC players...
Howe was nowhere near our worst on Sunday. I actually liked his game. I think as a lead up forward, he has a role to play for us. Think he will keep getting better and better for us over time and think he is easily a best 22 type of player.
Howe was nowhere near our worst on Sunday. I actually liked his game. I think as a lead up forward, he has a role to play for us. Think he will keep getting better and better for us over time and think he is easily a best 22 type of player.
No one has really answered my question.
Why did we recruit him?
I know he can take a good grab.
So what other reasons did we get him?
Can he kick? has he got a tank....
All I have said is that so far this year I haven't seen much.
That is not a criticism just an observation.
It is why I made this post.... I wanted to find out more about him.
we don't eat our own at collingwood we just allow them to foul our nest.
Steve Grace pre-game Sunday indicated that while his marking is a feature of his game it wasn't specifically why he was recruited. Has elite endurance, uses the footy well, and has some footy nous. To paraphrase, while it was unfortunate that he had the hot spot on his foot and the broken finger which derailed his preseason, he has progressed well since his introduction to the senior team and ultimately the club sees him as an important component of the team playing off a wing or high HF and providing the linkages between D50 and F50.
jackcass wrote:Steve Grace pre-game Sunday indicated that while his marking is a feature of his game it wasn't specifically why he was recruited. Has elite endurance, uses the footy well, and has some footy nous. To paraphrase, while it was unfortunate that he had the hot spot on his foot and the broken finger which derailed his preseason, he has progressed well since his introduction to the senior team and ultimately the club sees him as an important component of the team playing off a wing or high HF and providing the linkages between D50 and F50.
Well thankyou Jackcass.
You have answered my question.
we don't eat our own at collingwood we just allow them to foul our nest.
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