Page 11 of 11 FirstFirst ... 7891011
Results 121 to 124 of 124

Thread: NAB Challenge v Lions

  1. #121
    On the veteran's list
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Swans Heartland
    Posts
    2,228
    Quote Originally Posted by JPK12 View Post
    Well modern day coaches seem to want or feel they need athletes who can kick a ball.

    Hodge just floats across half back and just finds his speedy mids with pin point accuracy.
    I presume you are talking about speedy mids like Hill and Smith. Where are the others, certainly not Mitchell, Lewis and Burgoyne. So far we have identified a ratio of 4:2. in terms of footballers and speed.
    Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.

  2. #122
    Goes up to 11
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    3,326
    Quote Originally Posted by JPK12 View Post
    Well modern day coaches seem to want or feel they need athletes who can kick a ball.
    We have Jetts - one of the quickest around and a sublime kick with the ball when at his best.

    The problem is there aren't that many players that are both top line athletes and footballers around, and most are taken very high up in the draft, so we've had few chances to pick many up in the last number of years.

    Tell you what though, I'm glad we picked up the likes of Luke Parker when we did a few years ago - what he lacks in sheer pace, he makes up for in hardness, footy nous and smarts. Give me more Lukes over 'athletes' any day

  3. #123
    pr. dim-melb; m not f
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Central Coast NSW, Costa Lantana
    Posts
    6,889
    Quote Originally Posted by JPK12 View Post
    Well modern day coaches seem to want or feel they need athletes who can kick a ball.

    Hodge just floats across half back and just finds his speedy mids with pin point accuracy.
    Missing players department: who is going to do ROK's job on Hodge? He didn't have much room to move there.
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

  4. #124
    Quote Originally Posted by dimelb View Post
    Missing players department: who is going to do ROK's job on Hodge? He didn't have much room to move there.
    Zac Jones

Page 11 of 11 FirstFirst ... 7891011

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Single Sign On provided by vBSSO