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Where does he fit in though ? , so many HB & W type options.
Talk of Houston playing one wing , Amon or Duursma the other.
Bonner , Burton , DBJ , Jones down back.
Can't remember how far Bergman is away.
Don't know enough about him if he can rotate through the F line but then their's Butters , Gray , Motlop , Rozee , SPP etc that he is competing with.
Might be in that 20-26 player bracket.
Talk of Houston playing one wing , Amon or Duursma the other.
Bonner , Burton , DBJ , Jones down back.
Can't remember how far Bergman is away.
Don't know enough about him if he can rotate through the F line but then their's Butters , Gray , Motlop , Rozee , SPP etc that he is competing with.
Might be in that 20-26 player bracket.
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Just trying to count them in my head.
12 I mentioned
Lycett + Boak , Drew & Wines
Aliir , Clurey/Jonas , McKenzie
Dixon , Finlayson , Georgiadis , Marshall
Dixon doubtful for Round 1 , think they said the other night Gray & SPP are right to go.
That's 23 , so he might be close enough.
One thing though is if he is debuting Round 1 Ken will let us know early in the week.
12 I mentioned
Lycett + Boak , Drew & Wines
Aliir , Clurey/Jonas , McKenzie
Dixon , Finlayson , Georgiadis , Marshall
Dixon doubtful for Round 1 , think they said the other night Gray & SPP are right to go.
That's 23 , so he might be close enough.
One thing though is if he is debuting Round 1 Ken will let us know early in the week.
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McKenzie and Clurey were generally fighting for a spot last year. McKenzie had good form but wasn't big enough on tall forwards. (I actually like Cluzza) Skinner stops us from being undersized. Bonner has strangely become a decent player. I really don't see a spot for Sinn, but Hinkley loves a team full of half back flankers. (Hopefully at some stage Sinn transitions in to a classy mid but i don't think its this year)
I’d like to see Skinner get a go. Would be a a bit of a fairytale for a kid who’s up to version 4.0 of his knee. I didnt realise he was so big when I watched the internal the other week. Finlayson gave him the run around and pushed him off the ball a couple of times and I’d always thought of Finlayson as a 190 player. Turns out they’re both 6 foot 5+ and shows how much GWS I’ve watched.
I knew Skinner was massive - he was part of my "fun" stat where we had two defenders and two forwards all taller than our starting ruck back in 2020 - but I've watched just about every GWS game and still wouldn't have told you Finlayson was 196 cm (though I knew he was technically a tall forward). He plays like a 190 cm with a bit of a leap, probably because he also plays like any contact with any player is going to overpower him.
So, do I start Sicily or not, hmmm.
Agreed, doesn't seem great stats really, but he still scored 87. 17 disposals at 82%, only 3CP, 5 marks and a tackle. 3 clangers in there and 2 FA too. I expect he should improve on that in general, it was his first game back, so if 87 is a relatively bad game, definitely worth considering.
I only just paid attention to the score in this game for the first time, I thought the Hawks had lost by more, but they ended up having the same amount of scoring shots in the end. Might need some goal kicking practice...
I only just paid attention to the score in this game for the first time, I thought the Hawks had lost by more, but they ended up having the same amount of scoring shots in the end. Might need some goal kicking practice...