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Who are we going to pick to replace Taryce Stewart in the extended period he will not be available due to playing against other similarly aged and experienced players otherwise known as the 18s carnival?

swan42 wrote: Who are we going to pick to replace Taryce Stewart in the extended period he will not be available due to playing against other similarly aged and experienced players otherwise known as the 18s carnival?

Fuck!!!!

Should be great opportunity for the kid.......stands a good chance for A/A honours.....even a Larke medal......surely 42 you wouldnt deprive the kid that?.....ones footy career can change in the blink of an eye.......got to get the most out of it honours or opportunity wise whilst you can.......pretty sure SD will cope fine playing without Taryce for a few games.......

Never would begrudge him the opportunity but damn he is gonna be hard to replace...the kid has been nothing short of electrifying this year and plays the game with such a cool head...impossible to see him not getting drafted but then again we thought he same about Liam Ryan!

More to the point how on earth was Taryce not chosen in last years WA 18s squad

Good point BH but in saying that I never thought he was as good as he has shown this year...not often i've seen a coach direct a team to allow the youngest forward to go one on one inside the 50 as Harding has done on numerous occasions this season.

He was pretty darn good in our Colts teams in 2015/16 mate.
Perc was a big advocate about bringing him up in to our League team half way through last year he was such a standout with the footy in his hands which we eventually did later on in the 16 season.

To answer 42s original question Levi Ridley would be my man.

Freezin wrote: Should be great opportunity for the kid.......stands a good chance for A/A honours.....even a Larke medal......surely 42 you wouldnt deprive the kid that?.....ones footy career can change in the blink of an eye.......got to get the most out of it honours or opportunity wise whilst you can.......pretty sure SD will cope fine playing without Taryce for a few games.......

I ask you to recall my previous comment to you.

So far DW and BH you haven't actually answered my question of who will replace him.

swan42 wrote: So far DW and BH you haven't actually answered my question of who will replace him.

Yeah sorry 42, still a little shell shocked...Levi Ridley as BH has mentioned is close to a call up but as for actually replacing Taryce's role in the team I'm not sure we have anyone. New strategy perhaps up forward....might be time to give Jackson Slater a proper crack as he has the leg speed. Whoever comes up I hope they try to play their natural game and go for it on the field. Banfield might be the right choice closer to goal if we can get someone else to play the high half forward defensive role but robbing peter to pay paul there...maybe Xavier can play deep and then either Clutterbuck, Coniglio, Slater or Ridley can play a midfield role...I didn't think Coniglio looked too bad v WP but couldn't hold his spot. He is the one in particular I'd like to see try play his natural game at league level rather than get mind fucked by strategy. We also gotta replace Crowley so I suspect 2 of these fellas will be called upon. Older head of Clutterbuck seems straight swap for Crowley and if it was up to me I'm going for Slater and telling him it's time to sink or swim....it's now or never!!! Great question 42, love to hear your thoughts. Cipro is the other in contention but I ain't seen enough of him to make a fair evaluation