- Apr 29, 2016
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Yeah spargo is best 22.
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There was a stat that Spargo was hitting like 50% of his kicks inside 50 halfway through the season. There was a stretch that Oliver and Petracca had hit 3 kicks of their 53 to a target inside 50.
It's not even an argument, he plays
Spargos the type of player that you don't turn him into something he isn't, you don't complain about what he can't do and you don't expect him to win you a game. What you do is maximise his talents because he is unique, he doesn't give a * about brownlow votes, high disposal numbers or winning best and fairests. When he gets the footy there's a bloody good chance someone takes a shot after it.
He was the only bloke hitting up targets in our forward 50 in the second half of the year. The only one who didn't just bomb it to the pocket. Spargo will contribute more when we change the way we play and move the ball better.Yeah but when he offers zero for weeks like he did in 2022 it becomes an issue
Just because he can potentially use the pill better than who we have doesn't mean a thing if he can't actully find the pill
After Round 5 he couldn't gather more than 10 disposals for the rest of 2022, kicked 8 goals in a Forward role which is shameful
He was the only bloke hitting up targets in our forward 50 in the second half of the year. The only one who didn't just bomb it to the pocket. Spargo will contribute more when we change the way we play and move the ball better.
Agree he needs to get more footy and find ways to be more involved consistently, but he is very impactful with his touches. I'd rather 5 kicks for him than 15 for Jordon.With his 4 touches???
Doesn't justify him getting game week in week out
Has to provide more (Goals. impact)
Luckily for him we used the least amount of players for 2022
Agree he needs to get more footy and find ways to be more involved consistently, but he is very impactful with his touches. I'd rather 5 kicks for him than 15 for Jordon.
ANB came 9th in our BnF so it'd be a big fall from grace to be overtaken by Laurie.Something like this
FB: Bowey May Lever
HB: Salem Petty Brayshaw
C: Hunter Viney Langdon
HF: Petracca McDonald Pickett
FF: Spargo Van Rooyen Fritsch
RUC: Grundy Sparrow Oliver
INT: Gawn Brown Laurie Jordon (Tactical Sub: Neal-Bullen)
Depth:
Tall Defenders: Turner Tomlinson J. Smith Adams
Small/Medium Defenders: Hibberd Rivers McVee D. Smith
Midfielders: Dunstan Harmes Howes Woewodin Moniz-Wakefield
Tall Forwards: Schache Jefferson
Small/Medium Forwards: Melksham Chandler Sestan
Ruckmen: Verrall Farris-White
Although it wouldn't surprise me if Schache is in the team early due to issues with Brown and McDonald.
If we change the way we play.He was the only bloke hitting up targets in our forward 50 in the second half of the year. The only one who didn't just bomb it to the pocket. Spargo will contribute more when we change the way we play and move the ball better.
B: Hibberd - May - Petty
HB: Salem - Lever - Brayshaw
C: Langdon - Oliver - Hunter
HF: Neal-Bullen - McDonald - Spargo
F: Pickett - Gawn - Fritsch
R: Grundy - Petracca - Viney
I: Harmes - Bowey - Van Rooyen - Jordon
E: Rivers - Sparrow - Turner - J Smith
Positives: the departure of Jackson and arrival of Grundy and Hunter means that we are forced to rejig a stale looking lineup. If the two recruits can find some good form, our team looks better in 2023 and is less reliant on the big 4 of May, Gawn, Petracca and Oliver to drive performance.
Negatives: I thought Pig was great last year, but time will catch him and it’s hard to see an emerging lockdown small on the list. The forward line still lacks goal scorers out with Fritsch and Pickett. If the midfield doesn’t hit the scoreboard, we’re probably relying on 80-70 victories. The form of Grundy, Hunter, Van Rooyen and McDonald/Brown could either propel us to a flag or see us plummet down the ladder.
No doubt we need more from the mids, Petracca alone going from 29 goals in 21 to 19 goals in 22 makes a pretty big difference.Eh I don't think modern footy works like that, adding one 50 goal a season forward doesn't mean we kick a bigger score. If the team moves the ball better and more aggressively from defence then the whole team benefits.
We don't need brown to kick 50, we need Langdon, Trac, ANB, Pickett etc and a wildcard like Laurie or someone to all add 5-10 more goals than last year. That's where we will kick more.
Nibbler kicking 9 goals 17 behinds and i'm sure a bunch of misses hurt us too - because he kicked some clutch goals in 2021
This might sound overly optimistic but with just a smallish reversion to the mean across our players that kicked so many behinds and our forward line will look better in 2023.
NOT that we shouldn't change our conservative ball use, we should
He’s an easy target because he gets in due to his defensive running which isn’t something we all pick up, but geez ANB would want to be better in general next year. So many times he killed momentum missing goals, getting caught HTB, fumbling, turning it over. For a guy who doesn’t get a heap of the footy he can’t afford to be that inefficient imo.
Nah its very accurate. Spargo and ANB in particular need to kick another 10-15 each. As good as Spargo is going inside 50, you can't really guarantee him a spot if he can't play midfield and only kicks 10 from 24 games as a forward (he did play one or two on the wing).Nibbler kicking 9 goals 17 behinds and i'm sure a bunch of misses hurt us too - because he kicked some clutch goals in 2021
This might sound overly optimistic but with just a smallish reversion to the mean across our players that kicked so many behinds and our forward line will look better in 2023.
NOT that we shouldn't change our conservative ball use, we should
ANB is the kinda bloke who can run all day and grind opponents down with his tank though. I'd think someone like Chandler or Laurie would be decent as they could have a cameo coming on with a bit of extra zip, but maybe don't have the tank to be as effective for a full game.Re: ANB and any other quick/athletic players. Surely the tactical sub will likely be some of our best athletes such as Nibs. Which is why I popped him in as the tac sub.