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swan42 wrote:

anchorman wrote: So I guess by the mere fact that The Tugger and Multi name, Sydney Swans lover , post crap here on a regular basis , also makes them Dockers supporters.
Swan, like the other two morons is entitled to post his opinion here as much as any one else who is a member of the forums.
But other posters are right Swan, replying to these maggots is only giving yourself grief.But don't stop posting because of them.They will destroy the site the same as they did the footygoss site.
Maybe time for the Admin to step in.

A/man just to clarify I hope you aren't saying that I am a moron?

But degrading other folk with insults is fine is it??? as long as its not you??

Mr AFL wrote:

Leather Stops wrote:

anchorman wrote: No Swan , not in any way. I am sorry if my lack of punctuation has made you think that.
We may disagree with a whole host of things,But I will defend your right against the parasites who constantly troll in here.

As least I enjoyed the match as pies were $2 each but Alby was $9.50. ( sorry not to troll)

I was only paying $8.50 for Alby. You got robbed Leather Stops.

yep that's all I paid as well, very enjoyable as well.

Bazza wrote:

swan42 wrote:

anchorman wrote: No Swan , not in any way. I am sorry if my lack of punctuation has made you think that.
We may disagree with a whole host of things,But I will defend your right against the parasites who constantly troll in here.

No problems a/man.

Even more evidence hatred of the AFL the host club arrangement but band togther when it comes to defending to dockers, lol in criminal parlance - Consorting...

Bazza what is your definition of a supporter? Does it include a person who has not watched one single game, either live or in replay, that the club you assert the person supports?

The bottom line is that WA footy is run by the West Coast Eagles and their acolytes. I have been strident in my criticism of the WAFC, AFL and the host club alignment. However, I reserve the right to take uhtb et al to task when it is appropriate.

Perhaps you might like to start YET ANOTHER POLITICAL TOPIC in lieu of your ridiculous claims on this thread.

anchorman wrote:

Unholytugboat wrote:

DD wrote: In Swan42's defence TT pretty sure it's me who told Tugboat to piss off and a flog. Anyway back on the topic. I believe Ross Lyon is crippling this club and people are voting with their feet. Only 35,000 turned up, pretty sure that is the lowest crowd so far at Optus Stadium. I could cop it if it was in the low to mid 40's as down to the weather but I think the reason is deeper than that.

Ross Lyon is on the nose not only because of the sexual harassment saga but also his coaching methods and team selections. No plan B it's just all in with those he trusts who he is closest to, refuses to pick a back up ruckman and now he's paid the price most likely as it looks like Sandi will miss a week with concussion and with Sean Darcy unavailable will be forced to pick either Michael Apness who doesn't look like a ruckman to me and was recruited as a key forward who could pinch hit in the ruck but has missed considerably more football than he has played since he came to the club.

Or pick a first gamer in Scott Jones who I believe should have got a run before now to give Sandi some back up but that would be like lambs to the slaughter for the young man against Collingwood at the MCG against one of the form ruckmen of the competition in Brodie Grundy and big American Mason Cox.

It might be hard for freo fans to see but the club is in a lot more trouble than most are willing to admit, as DD pointed out Michael Apness is there "new" current back-up ruckman. How do you get to a point where you stifle the development of young players(ruckman) at Peel and grab your tallest forward and turn him into a ruckman when the club is screaming for a forward who can clunk marks. Probably should have kept Zac Clarke on the list as insurance.
Yesterday highlighted just how important Sandi is to the team, after he went off the ground it was panic stations. If Sandi gets injured for an extended period of time things will get a worse for Ross very quickly. I think some of the young recruits have been great, but seriously what sort of environment have they been put into.

Tugger, let me firstly congratulate you on this post.And I don't say that tongue in cheek.I mean it.It is the first time you have come forward with something without it being a smart arse comment.
Well done.

Thanks Aman, glad you enjoyed it. Ill give you some more of my views to fix Freo:
- Ballantyne gets retired (sorry to bang on about it, but he is shit) along with Johnson and Danyle Pearce - please do not mistake me for Robert Walls but when your rebuilding you only carry old guys that are in your top 10 players each week.
- Play Apness as a forward in the AFL, just because you lost your second string ruckman you don't throw the baby out with the bath water, Apness can't develop as a forward at AFL level if he is not playing AFL and playing primarily as a ruckman in the WAFL. Pretty sure he was drafted as a forward & long term he will be a forward.
- Play Harley Bennell ASAP
- send Cam Mcarthy back to the WAFL, no player should be exempt from playing WAFL if there form is crap
- Sack Ross Lyon immediately - appoint Sumich or another quality candidate as an interim coach only for the rest of the season
- Play Kersten

Your either rebuilding or your not, you do not carry out of form older players or coaches who the game has clearly passed......

Pretty much agree with all of that tugger Ross has a tendency to hang on to older players for too long. Strikes me as a coach in preservation mode knowing he has a long term contract. I think it would be too disruptive to sack him mid year but I do think either he needs to change his ways and fast or for me he's out the door at the end of the year.

He needs to send the right message to the players if you don't perform you go back to the WAFL. Simple as that. Last year after playing old and tired players in the first two rounds he blooded 4 young players and we went on to win 6 out of the next 7 from memory. We drafted two young ruckmen and I think Meek played well in the JLT. Why aren't they getting a go? When Sandi went down last year and I think Clarke was unavailable he played Darcy who was really carrying a fair bit of weight and ideally not ready. But they played him and he did well.

More positivity needed, be bold and brave and let these young players off the leash it injects excitement and enthusiasm and rubs off on the older players. D. Pearce, Johnno and Ballas will not be part of the future so all they are doing is running around in circles taking us no where. All falls back to Ross Lyon and his coaching vision.

Heard someone suggest Sumich as senior coach and Schofield as his assistant. Sounds good to me and Schoey can bring half a dozen of those elite mature Subi boys with him.

Apeness will definitely play as a ruckman, after Darcy got injured Apeness has been playing ruck for Peel ever since.
More than 50% of his career hitouts for Peel have come in the past 4 rounds. That is a knee jerk panic reaction if I have ever seen one. Strnadica has been completely stifled by the decision after finishing off last season strongly in the ruck.
Need a forward.... lets make him ruck?? perfect opportunity to get some games into a young player as a backup to Sandi.

anchorman wrote: I am not going to disagree, but in regards to the three senior payers, have a look at those we have dispatched in the last two years.You can't throw them all away.I agree they need to go at seasons end.You can't play a team of kids every week and expect them to perform.You have to have some sort of experience in the side.I under stand that Johnson is not the player he was, but is still a player who is guiding the more junior players.I also under stand that he can hardly walk let alone run or twist and turn, but will always put his body on the line for the team.
Pearce was kept as a mentor for the young players, he will go come seasons end.
Balls, sadly the game has passed him and no longer is his pressure what we need.
As for Lyon, I am beginning to change my mind, but will wait until seasons end to see how he handles the influx of the juniors coming into the side.
McCarthy is like a rabbit caught in the spot light at the moment.But sadly we don't have another to bring in.We bring in Apeness and he gets an injury the same as he has now, people will be screaming ahy would you risk him.I think he will play this week, but more as a ruckman than a forward.If they play him forward then I think a player like Strnadica, who has been rucking for Peel may get a chance.

Strnadica had 7 hit outs last week for Peel. No chance they will bring him in, on the other hand if they had allowed him to stay in the ruck and Apeness stay forward all season for Peel they could both be pressing for positions that Freo so desperately need. i.e. a backup ruckman & a clunking forward.

Would have been a good test for Strnadica going up against Clarke as the primary ruckman when they played subi a couple weeks back instead of playing second fiddle to Apeness.

Obviously they plan on using Apeness as a back up to Sandi and swing him forward like WCE do with lycett. Lycett is a true ruckman, so many clubs are coming undone by putting non-ruckman in the ruck.

I think he is big Anchor, and probably strong I'd assume, and he probably does enjoy the hard stuff I'd assume - not unlike hundreds of other ruckmen, but he mustn't be going too well as he's 23 and not exactly dominating the ranks at the moment. I thought he was going to debut in the derby a while back rather than go in with 35yo Sand against an on fire NN and Lycett.
You know when you're in Bali and you see one of those poor old bullocks on its last legs getting whipped by an old farmer in a paddock? That's what Lyon and Sandilands remind me of at the moment. Lyons even putting Fyfe in the ruck now, that's just not worth the punishment his body will cop.

They will have to play Apeness for sure and it will be ruck come forward and either Meek or Jones and I would be tempted to put Strnadica at full forward. Nothing to lose at this stage, expose as many of the young guys as we can at this level. With Cox, Strnadica forward and the rucks spelling there it will at least give some height to the forward line and allow the smaller guys to feed off the crumbs. I agree re Fyfe, he is too valuable to risk as a ruckman.

Given Sandi is out and apeness will carry ruck, hopefully they don't use Johnson as backup, kersten would do better at back up.