There is a stark difference between when Yarren runs out with the ball to that of Armfield and Bower

The later two are two of the many ball butcherers we have in our team

Yarren on the other hand is pure class when he delivers 9 time out of 10

No sense breaking the line only to cough it up and that is both their problem

I have no issue with the way either of them attack the ball and take the game on but it is what they do with it when they get it that concerns me

Not going to hang the Bower hat on that one play.. cos he has SHOWN he can play defensively on Buddy Reiwoldt and Cloke... but.. its the kind of tools you need.
The rest is all confidence and schooling for Bower... so there is a sense of predictability on where he goes with the ball in his hand.

I think were fortunate.. Hendo can do it.. JAmeson showed he can also.. and its important Bower just improves upon what hes doing as well.
Personally i think he can...

Its great if theyre moons orbiting each other instead of having a lot of moons and not much orbiting around their slow movement.

Just drilling...

The 3 or 4 HBFers that are on can do it too.....just not sure about the other 20 of them...

The other thing is if we get our HANDS on the ball FIRST... defensively the job is alot easierr for the defenders.

I know Kouta here thinks "medium height, athletically built, skilled disposers, good decision makers who can execute their talents through the defensive and middle part of the ground " x 20 is a magnificent idea... but thats assuming youre expecting to be playing the game in your back half.. and not middle and forward.

1) hands on ball
2) scoring shots

thats where the game is won and played

backward of centre???

game can be saved not won.

0-0 draw at best.. but still need 1 point to win the game...

Now ... if you can score 130 points youll win most games of footy...


so really youre attempting to play football in your forward line.. and hem in their backline....
A bit like what WC did to us here last year....

thats the PERFECT position to be playing the game ...thats perfection in strategy

Get that to near perfect as possible .. youre very hard to beat

Some people (not just me ) consider it the engine room...

Like a car.. the wheels will only rotate and the car will only project forward if the engine is working....

You can have nice seats.. and you can have a big boot.. or a deep glove box...you can even have a sunroof .. but its not going anywhere if the engine is kaput!

Well ... yes ... forums are all about personal opinions ... and incidentally when it comes to Bower ... I am not the only one with that opinion ... a lot of people on this forum have been upset with that part of his game ... and on the radio I hear commentators saying exactly the same thing.

In my opinion ... Bower has proven to be an extremely poor decision maker. I wish he wasn't because he has other attributes that would be useful in our team.

With regards to my opinion on Henderson ... when he first started I was very critical and I did not believe he would make it. When he moved to the back line he became quite an acquisition ... and have since stated that I was absolutely wrong about him. People make mistakes ... I am sure you have. I hope Bower proves me wrong also ... can't see it happening unless he learns to make good decisions under pressure (and for that matter when he is not under pressure). At the moment he should be way back in the pecking order.

As usual ... I wish Paul Bower all the best in his attempts to become a regular member of the team.

Not quite the best of analogies as all players, unlike sunroofs or gloveboxes do actually move and are all part of the motor.

I doubt though that there would be anyone here, not aware of the fact we could use another tough inside mid.

Haven't we done this before,........once,.....twice,.......three times..........

Thanks. Only wanted to establish you realise the difference between something being proven and something being your opinion.

You're of course entitled to your opinion. Its only an issue when you try to pass it off as fact.

Hope we win the flag on Sunday.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that

Hope we win the flag on Sunday.

You mean drafted hbfers in a row instead of the players in the engine room???

you have no idea how much im spewing with this utter lunacy of not hunting what we need instead of adding to what we already have an abundance of.

If this year is blown ...

.. next year Judd is 30..Scotland might be retired.. and we draft a first year player to go in there?
Are they for flower real????

I woudnt even care if we traded for a player like that......

Its just crazy planning when were trying to win a flag!!!

Surprised this argument doesn't find its way into the Iphone thread.

Me and you and a dog named boo wanted an inside mid that would make impact at AFL level, but if they weren't there, then they weren't there at 22 and beyond.My concerns for what we don't have are futile, but I am concerned for what we have that can't find their way onto the field.
Either way we can't do much about it so let's just urge the CFC to manage our players back to health. The rest will take care of itself.

I think we are all concerned about JR at the moment BV everything about his game seems to be off
Noticed he has been trying these dinky little kicks that keep getting cut off . He is like a golfer trying to lob on the green with a lob wedge instead of whacking it he trys to control it the kicks lack power and get chopped up

Hope he turns it around

Good point and he's not the only one.
Wonder whether that may be something of a trial os sorts.
Russell has a great kick on him hence should use it along with Watson, whose most recent games had him trying the same sort of tricks.