Hampson played with hard hands at timesAnd he looked clumsy by hand or foot.
I've seen him look amazing doing the same things, but

He got himself to contests from speed and desire better than any other KPF.
His opponents the KPBs didnt mark against him.
Brought the ball down to a contest: just add Eddie Betts.

Shouldnt underestimate what Hammer brings to the table.
And when they do stick for him and he kicks straight: bags.

I think they'll be no change to the bigmen.
I wouldnt cry if Casboult came in.

...but I'm from the camp that there should always be a bonafide 2nd ruckman available in case of injury,
especially in a GF.

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Warnock 206 and Hampson 203 will work over Jacobs 200.

Stop the supply to thier midfield and that would strangle them.
If our rucks can score 2-3 goals as well as provide crumbs, we should smack them.

Its good to see our midfield hitting the goals, indeed HB's too with Walker kicking one.
I'm feeling really good about this came.

Revenge

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There are 4 keys to Adelaide. Dangerfield, Sloan, Thompson & Walker. If we can negate their influence it will go a long way to determining the outcome.
Dangerfield played across half forward with runs in the midfield against WB and was BOG. Andrew Walker is the logical match up wherever he plays and if he goes well will go a long way to determining the result.
Carrots has to go to Thompson who is not fast, butchers a few disposals, but gets lots of it. Similar players really.
Sloan is the one that worries me most because he is an elite gut runner and I don't see a natural match up unless Armfield and Joseph can both spend time running with him. People outside Adelaide may not know much about this guy, but watch him go on Saturday - and we ignore him at our peril.
Walker will be picked up by Jammo or Henderson so not many options there, other than to limit quality supply with midfield pressure like last week.

Swan doesn't chase. Poor example.

If Curnow stays in, it's illogical if he doesn't because he did a great job, then he's the logical matchup for Sloane - both elite runners

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Agreed

oh bullshit!!!
you obviously dont watch him CLOSELY enough
one minute he is picking kicks up in defence and helping out....the next minute hes bobbing up in the forward line kicking goals.
he doesnt get 40 kicks a game by not working hard... impossible...!!!
he might look move a duck ... but he is not a lazy footballer

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Out hampson & Joseph
In. Casboult & Ellard

Hampson even though is crashing packs is useless at impacting scoreboard himself, casboult has better chance of becoming key fwd and can crash packs as well.
Ellard is a bloke that will flourish if given the chance otherwise he'll do it for someone else next season, he racks up touches, runs all day, hard as nails and always seems to hit the scoreboard, 2 BOG performances in the reserves, he's earned a call up.

Agree. If Eddie comes straight back in then swap for Curnow.

Really like to see a forward line of Casboult, Rowe, Henderson, Yarran, Betts, Garlett.

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When do you think Casboult is a better chance at becoming a key fwd??? Doubt it is in round 5 2013.

Fantastic that Casboult played a good game in the VFL, but let's see if he can put 5 together before bringing him back in. He was by far the worst player on the ground in his two games this year- BY FAR.

Henderson as a forward would be nice to see, but it aint going to happen. There is no-one putting their hand up to be CHB.

Rowe/Hampson/Yarran/Garlett/Betts/Armfield is the best option for round 5 2013 (If Betts is actually available)

I'd prefer to see one guy go with dangerfield, having two blokes do a job on a single guy can cause confusion such as " I thought you had him covered " which can have the opposite effect of letting the bloke being tagged off the leash.

Probably Armfield for mine.

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I'd put Jacobs in front of all of them, he has a very good record against us, he starts it all.

The backs, mids and forwards have targets for metreage, something like at least 2km per group and 6km overall? Saw it at a pre-game briefing. Must be a good indicator of work rate.

Please MM ... No bombing into the fwd line hoping for a pack mark. Defense at stoppages paramount. Stick with what you tried last week ... A vast improvement in tactics. Move the ball fast ... play to our strengths.

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Interesting we are ranked last in Free kicks for at Only 63, 15.7 avg. the next lowest team(s) have 11 frees more on 74 (Coll & Stk).

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Tend to agree re: Judd, especially with a view to what we offer him at the year.

I think you said no more than 450k, Synbad? Even then I reckon it's too much. I'm somewhat unrealistic in hoping he'd play a final year at minimum wage as a goodwill gesture to the club, but at this stage, lean toward that extra salary being more beneficial in clearing out dead wood a year earlier than we could without that cap space.

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Don't think "good" teams are going to allow Yarran and Garlett space behind them to run into like last weekend, the old quarterback or loose man in defense tactic will come into play. It's when teams play that loose man in our forward line we struggle taking the ball forward, the long bombs just get rebounded and we get caught out going the other way. Expecting Crows to do that this week. Manning them up and creating a 7 man forward line just clogs up our forward 50 whereas other teams seem to have all the space available.
See what Micky has up his sleeve this week...
I'm expecting Dangerfield is going to try and crash into Murphy first chance he gets....

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Opposition may try to stop Yazz & Jeffy. But once Eddie is back, it's a tough ask for an opposition to try stop all 3.

I was amazed West Coast allowed it to happen. Yarran getting out into space once is one thing but three times in the space of a quarter? That's incompetent coaching. We can't expect that again any time soon.

He has been stuggling a bit this year after a great 2012, but now that I have said that he will probably have a blinder.