I reckon Hampson can do what Trent West does for Geelong.

Couldn't agree more with the Hampson @ ff, Kruezer @ CHF & Waite 3rd frwd setup.

Playing with Walker, Betts, Garlett?

We played the entire season with a midfielder or defensive forward in the setup.

Would be a huge change to go to 3 talls.

Vitriol?
Let's not be drama queens here. All I've seen is genuine debate.

Id rather he do what Tommy Hawkins does!

Couldn't agree more with the Hampson @ ff, Kruezer @ CHF & Waite 3rd frwd setup

BV - you call genuine debate what been written in this thread about Waite Can't agree pal.

You guys are joking aren't you. Two ruckman as key forwards and another ruckman playing ruck, what do we do when it hits the ground. It's not the 1960s. When has Hammo shown great skills as a fullforward. he has great straight line speed and a good leap. he has ordinary hands, can't judge a long ball to save himself, and is very awkward when the ball hits the ground. That doesn't matter if he plays ruck with the odd foray up forward. It does if he is a key forward, and if you're proposing to change him with Warnock, who has done well in the ruck but took about two contested marks all season and will be all at sea when the ball hits the deck up forward, then Garlett and Betts will be doing miles more chasing than they currently do. Surely you all saw how easily the ball came out of the Cats forward line before Pods got injured, and Pods is a natural forward who takes contested marks. If big awkward blokes don't mark then you are a man short when the ball hits the deck. And we recruited Big K at #1 to be a gun ruckman, not a workmanlike CHF. If we play 3 ruck men we may have days out ag weak sides but the good sides will flog us. It doesn't matter how big guys are, if they can't judge the ball in flight or one grab it when it hits their hands, then they will be flogged by a good defender when the ball hits the ground. If all three rucks are fit Warnock and Hammo will fight it out to be #1 ruckman and the other one will be looking at a club that needs a #1 ruckman. Setanta probably won't be there and is not flavour of the month with lots of supporters, but his recovery, balance and capacity to stay on his feet after a contest is way ahead of Hammmo or Warnock. I think Waite and Walks are our key forwards with Big K spending off ball time up there and Hammo spending a bit of time there in between ruck and bench duties.

That's why hampson got laser eye surgery.

Up to the coaches to make the 3 big blokes work. We have invested heavily in all 3 so it is up to the coaches to get the return on investment. You don't need a dominant key forward these days to win games, you just need to be able to compete.
We had a dominant key forward a few years ago, 80% of the ball went to him and if he had a bad day we were up shit creek.
You don't give Hampson a new 3 year contract to play in the Bullants.
Coaches need to turn the 3 big blokes into a weapon.

AGREED
Hampson will be that weapon in 2012. The worst thing the MC could do is start panicking early in the season if it's not working. Leave him at FF all year. when in doubt, bomb it into the goal square and watch the boy fly to either take a grab or to bring it down the ravenous crumbers to goal. Must be played at FF every game

AGREED
Hampson will be that weapon in 2012. The worst thing the MC could do is start panicking early in the season if it's not working. Leave him at FF all year. when in doubt, bomb it into the goal square and watch the boy fly to either take a grab or to bring it down the ravenous crumbers to goal. Must be played at FF every game

I can't see it myself.

Hampson the key forward?

sounds as believable as ET.

just hope he can develop into a good ruckman.

just sounds to hopeful to believe he can be an impressive key position forward on the back of two promising games in his career

So Waite's new contract should be done and dusted this week.

The strategies behind winning games of footy consistently are in a constant state of flux.
New ideas, formations and set ups are brought in every year from other sides to try to take advantage of rule changes and to obtain a bit of an edge over your opposition.
As an armchair critic, I am content to trust that the coaching staff are fully qualified and confident with their plans for next year.
I'm intrigued to see what develops and can only hope we have a better run with injury.