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boondy said:
The reference to G train . Fraser became a star when Jakovich did a knee so Fraser got a good number of games in . The injury to Oscar may have a similar unexpected blessing with Jake stepping up .
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Didnt he play wing though? That and Jacko played down back so not sure how that meant Fraser got more time.
 
boondy said:
The injury to Oscar may have a similar unexpected blessing with Jake stepping up .
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Jake was always a good average player and is now reaping the rewards of a monster preseason and a run of games in a position he is suited. Simmo just needs to manage the Allen reintegration to not screw him up.
 
Balls In said:
Jake was always a good average player and is now reaping the rewards of a monster preseason and a run of games in a position he is suited. Simmo just needs to manage the Allen reintegration to not screw him up.
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Just play Allen at CHF, he's a better CHF than FF anyway and Jake is still going to provide the run from FF he is now. The decision then gets tricky in regards to second rucks/darling however.
 
Snake Waterman's work rate is elite, even when he went missing in previous seasons his elite work rate is there but isn't getting much of the ball though mainly because we target JK, Darling and Allen more and we moved the ball more slowly at the time on average. Now he's being asked to play as the main forward now that Allen is injured and playing deeper plus the team's fast ball movement gameplan and getting decent supply has allowed him to thrive as a potential Coleman medalist especially that he went through illness that threatened to end his career.

He must've been told that his career is on thin ice it sparked a fire in him and now has showed excellent work ethic by working hard in training and starting his preseason two weeks early. All of his hardwork both on and off the field is paying off big time.

I know this part is off topic but his comeback story reminds of Wisconsin Badgers Women's Volleyballer Sarah Franklin who's a gun Outside Hitter for the Badgers. She had a rare blood clot disorder related to Quadrilateral Space Syndrome on her right shoulder which is her hitting arm that she had to have emergency surgery. It almost forced her into retirement like with Waterman (she had one more year of eligibility left).

She came back strongly and was awarded the National Player Of the Year which is Collegiate Volleyball's equivalent to the Brownlow. Unfortunately my Badgers got eliminated in the final four aka the prelim against Texas. If the league were to hold an AFLW international draft combine, then I can see her being a Waterman type forward who can play deep but can go up the ground and play 100% TOG with the work ethic and development especially having to learn the game from scratch like Mason Cox did (She's about 194 cms tall).

It be a miracle if Snake can win the Coleman medal considering the previous Coleman medalists have great work rates such as Curnow. If the team get's back it's players such as Flynn who can compete better against elite rucks such as Gawn, Witts and ROB plus allow our mids to setup more offensively against lesser rucks, Allen who can act as a genuine threat by taking the best defender, our midfield is fit and firing with Reid in god mode and support from Hewitt and such then I can see not only the team scoring more but Waterman winning the Coleman.
 
Chris_6678 said:
Will be interesting to see how we line up in the forward line with Allen and Flynn back.

Id say J Williams is replaced by B Williams and Maric for Allen ... BUT would we still be too tall with Darling, Waterman and Allen + B Williams.
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Just watch us pick too many talls.

When in reality it's been the pressure from Long, Cripps and Brockman that has set the tone and helped our team defense system improve.

Hope we don't rush Oscar back as tall forwards are working OK ATM. No risks.
 
Unique player.

Absolutely gases the tall defenders, but the shorter blokes aren't good enough in the air to compete with him. Heck, he gasses a lot of them too with his workrate and aerobic capacity further up the ground.

If he was on the opposition we'd have trouble covering him. He'd likely get Hough in the air and Rotham isn't always reliable (played well today though). Doubt Barrass or Gov could keep up with him, decent delivery provided.

Very glad he's our snake, and performing well.
 
Carbine Chaos said:
Unique player.

Absolutely gases the tall defenders, but the shorter blokes aren't good enough in the air to compete with him. Heck, he gasses a lot of them too with his workrate and aerobic capacity further up the ground.

If he was on the opposition we'd have trouble covering him. He'd likely get Hough in the air and Rotham isn't always reliable (played well today though). Doubt Barrass or Gov could keep up with him, decent delivery provided.

Very glad he's our snake, and performing well.
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Great query this. Who would we match up on this version of Waterman?

From recent history it’d have to be Shep, but even then I’d worry about the size. Rotham is probably the answer, despite the massive quality gap from Shep/TB to him.

Maybe give him the Jeremy Cameron treatment from TB - stay step for step with him inside 50 and once he pushes higher say cya later and let him run. Match up again on his return.

Cannot believe he’s evolved into this whilst maintaining the 14-15km a game.
 

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wce4premiership said:
Really enjoying his field kicking of late. Still looks a little awkward and proppy but has managed to keep the balls to advantage side and has even fired off some low darts in the Derby from memory.
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His play to set up the Cripps goal straight after half time was just so ******* good.

It started with Cole kicked a floater out to the boundary linewith gold coast getting set up- that is a kick which almost always results in a defensive spoil/ground ball get/throw in.

Waterman adjusted to the poor kick, made up huge ground and got clear separation on his man, plucked a strong mark from over his head between two suns, then immediately wheeled around and speared it to an eagle at half a forward- and then ran on, got the ball back from the guy he kicked it to, steadied and put a beautiful soft 20m lace out kick in front of Cripps on the lead.

What sticks out about that play to me is the way he put together all the different skills an elite CHF, it was great judgement and work rate to get into position to begin with and to keep impacting the contest, superb hands and pace to get separation and take the mark, then decisive and accurate field kicking, twice, to outposition the defence and create a shot on goal.

He's become an absolute weapon.
 
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xInfected_Virus said:
Snake Waterman's work rate is elite, even when he went missing in previous seasons his elite work rate is there but isn't getting much of the ball though mainly because we target JK, Darling and Allen more and we moved the ball more slowly at the time on average. Now he's being asked to play as the main forward now that Allen is injured and playing deeper plus the team's fast ball movement gameplan and getting decent supply has allowed him to thrive as a potential Coleman medalist especially that he went through illness that threatened to end his career.

He must've been told that his career is on thin ice it sparked a fire in him and now has showed excellent work ethic by working hard in training and starting his preseason two weeks early. All of his hardwork both on and off the field is paying off big time.

I know this part is off topic but his comeback story reminds of Wisconsin Badgers Women's Volleyballer Sarah Franklin who's a gun Outside Hitter for the Badgers. She had a rare blood clot disorder related to Quadrilateral Space Syndrome on her right shoulder which is her hitting arm that she had to have emergency surgery. It almost forced her into retirement like with Waterman (she had one more year of eligibility left).

She came back strongly and was awarded the National Player Of the Year which is Collegiate Volleyball's equivalent to the Brownlow. Unfortunately my Badgers got eliminated in the final four aka the prelim against Texas. If the league were to hold an AFLW international draft combine, then I can see her being a Waterman type forward who can play deep but can go up the ground and play 100% TOG with the work ethic and development especially having to learn the game from scratch like Mason Cox did (She's about 194 cms tall).

It be a miracle if Snake can win the Coleman medal considering the previous Coleman medalists have great work rates such as Curnow. If the team get's back it's players such as Flynn who can compete better against elite rucks such as Gawn, Witts and ROB plus allow our mids to setup more offensively against lesser rucks, Allen who can act as a genuine threat by taking the best defender, our midfield is fit and firing with Reid in god mode and support from Hewitt and such then I can see not only the team scoring more but Waterman winning the Coleman.
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Don’t think he need to be told his career was on thin ice. It was almost over 12 months ago. He’s put a mountain of work just to get bacl to playing but now he is reaping the rewards. All round great footy story of the year
 
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Jake Waterman on brink of rare goalkicking feat amid red-hot form for West Coast Eagles​

Chris Robinson

Fast-starting Jake Waterman is on the brink of matching an AFL goalkicking feat that’s occurred just once in the past half-decade as he looks to spearhead an upset over Essendon on Saturday night.

Waterman has been the league’s most prolific goalkicker across the past three weeks, banging through 15 majors to help breathe life into West Coast’s season off the back of the club’s worst-ever run of results.

The 25-year-old has been particularly damaging early in matches, with first-half hauls of four, four and three goals to stamp an immediate imprint on each contest.

Waterman is looking to become just the second player to boot three goals before half-time in four successive matches since 2019, with Adelaide veteran Taylor Walker the most recent player to achieve the rare feat more than three years ago.

The hot starts have helped rocket Waterman into Champion Data’s ‘elite’ category for not only goalkicking, but score involvements (7.9 per game), disposals (14.1), marks (7.3) and forward-50 marks (3.3) among the AFL’s key forwards as he emerges as a surprise All-Australian contender.

Eagles vice-captain Jeremy McGovern this week praised the work ethic of the seventh-year player - and revealed a Wayne Carey-inspired nickname - after he bounced back from being hospitalised with ulcerative colitis last year.

“We’re calling him The Duck at the moment. He’s flying,” McGovern said.
“He’s had a great pre-season. He’s worked his arse off. So I’m not surprised.
“He’s obviously had a bit more of an opportunity with Oscar (Allen) not there at the moment, and he’s grabbing it with both hands.
“It’s good to see he’s getting some reward for his effort.”

Waterman looms large for an Eagles-Bombers clash that invokes plenty of family history. Jake’s father Chris was part of many memorable clashes against Essendon - including the infamous Kevin Sheedy jacket-wave game in 1993 that West Coast are looking to reinvigorate among their fans this weekend - while brother Alec played 22 games for the Bombers in 2021 and 2022.

(cut the random richmond contract talk at the end of the thing).
 
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