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Post: # 1339567Post 6621104 »

Whilst I may agree with P66 that soft players get short shrift in the AFL and soon get the chop, there is a clear difference between the fearless few (Hayes, Selwood etc), the courageous many who when it is their turn to go do not squib, and the few who have learnt how to position themselves so that time rarely comes. I suspect that the game has gone past this latter type (Jason Gram the classic exponent). The game is so quick, the player numbers around the ball so many, that the true outside player unless they are of exceptional speed and evasiveness as in a Jetta, will not cut it. Name a Geelong player you would call an outside runner.


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Christensen
Motlop
Varco
Stokes


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Post: # 1339572Post plugger66 »

Old Mate wrote:Christensen
Motlop
Varco
Stokes

There is a pattern there.


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plugger66 wrote:
Old Mate wrote:Christensen
Motlop
Varco
Stokes

There is a pattern there.
Indeed. Indigenous players are generally quick, outside receivers who like to run and carry.


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Post: # 1339577Post saintjake »

Old Mate wrote:
plugger66 wrote:
Old Mate wrote:Christensen
Motlop
Varco
Stokes

There is a pattern there.
Indeed. Indigenous players are generally quick, outside receivers who like to run and carry.
Except for the Clarkes, Allen Murray, and Milera


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Post: # 1339580Post gringo »

Feels like a Collingwood fan site. The softer players are coming back into fashion. Breakneck pace actually limits the need for bash and crash unskilled footy.

Good teams never need much contest once in possession. hawks, Essendon, Richmond etc are going to flick it off to the next runner before anyone gets to lay a tackle on them.

In their ideal game they have a strong ruck tapping directly to a strong mid who will dish off quickly to the outside runners who will never be touched before the ball goes forward.


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Post: # 1339583Post BigMart »

Christensen and Stokes win inside and out..... Critensen is tough as


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Post: # 1339586Post Junction Oval »

Yep. Pace and kicking skills are the top prizes - it opens the opposition up. Although, the Swans and Hawks have a bit of everything!


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Post: # 1339589Post gringo »

Junction Oval wrote:Yep. Pace and kicking skills are the top prizes - it opens the opposition up. Although, the Swans and Hawks have a bit of everything!

True but Sydney has a more even spread of it than the Hawks who have a few tough guys but plenty of soft cocks that use the ball well.


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