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Silk Selections at the draft!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:58 pm
by inxs88
Please Dekka don't get seduced by hard nut, in and under, competitively inclined 180cm players at the draft. Our simple criteria as stated previously is height (188cm+) but those with silky kicking skills. Am sure I am not on an island here when I say that our field kicking was an "abomination" in the second half of the season.
Missing targets, missing goals or hitting up our forwards at their ankles was bordering on disgusting. So let's get some "polish" into the side and I don't mean the Warsaw kind Hal!!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:59 pm
by HAL
What makes you so certain? I am surprised to hear that you are not on an island here when he or she say that our field kicking was an abomination in the second half of the season.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:00 pm
by Bob Sugar
Wasn't just the second half of the season, I've never seen a side with such poor foot skills at AFL level.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:02 pm
by inxs88
agreed. It was almost laughable if it wasn't so painful to see.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:22 pm
by simon tonna
perceived pressure will do that.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:35 pm
by jackcass
simon tonna wrote:perceived pressure will do that.
and inexperience exaserbates that...
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:36 pm
by Wokko
I still can't believe that nobody was picking this stuff up when we were 8-3 and steamrolling towards finals as we turned at the break.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:41 pm
by John Wren
jackcass wrote:simon tonna wrote:perceived pressure will do that.
and inexperience exaserbates that...
and youth that are clearly tiring.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:50 pm
by neil
Wokko wrote:I still can't believe that nobody was picking this stuff up when we were 8-3 and steamrolling towards finals as we turned at the break.
I know, seems obvious in hindsight that if you lose half your side to injuries and play kids eventually they make mistakes.
Why didn't the cognoscenti point this out then?
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:50 pm
by jackcass
Wokko wrote:I still can't believe that nobody was picking this stuff up when we were 8-3 and steamrolling towards finals as we turned at the break.
Way to busy organising GF weekend arrangements....
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:21 pm
by inxs88
being fair we have been poor disposers of the football for 3 years.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:28 pm
by CarringbushCigar
It maybe didn't help a lot when many of our 'best lace out at full pressure' premiership stars didn't fit into the changed new culture
or was it we couldn't afford them ?
or both?
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:29 pm
by RudeBoy
CarringbushCigar wrote:It maybe didn't help a lot when many of our 'best lace out at full pressure' premiership stars didn't fit into the changed new culture
or was it we couldn't afford them ?
or both?
Apart from Heater, who regularly kicked the ball out of bounds on the full, who are you referring to? Daisy perhaps?....He now struggles to kick more than 40 metres.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:29 pm
by 3.14159
Getting tall running players with great foot-skills requires low draft picks.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:28 pm
by Piesnchess
Defender wrote:Wasn't just the second half of the season, I've never seen a side with such poor foot skills at AFL level.
For once I agree with you mate, our kicking skills aren't too flash, compared to say, the Hawks, as my bro says "We seem to kick it in circles, hoping for the best " Kicking is a great skill of our game, difficult to teach and adopt well, we really do need some great kicking new recruits
