James Stewart

[SwansWay]

Does anybody know why Collingwood didn't take a chance on James with a late pick? All the more egregious considering our lack of KPP forward options?? I thought he looked good the other night -- strong and mobile. Even if he doesn't turn out to be a star, Essendon only parted with pick #77 or something. Wow! I seem to remember reading that James wanted to come to Collingwood too.

[thompsoc]

Obviously wasn't rated by the powers to be.
All the hard work had been done.
He is either ready now or he is not AFL standard.
We will wait and see how he turns out.

[Pies2016]

Yep, the jury is still well and truly out.
In fairness, was always going to be tough holding his spot in that GWS forward line. As for the weekend, the way the cats were opened up in the back half, I wouldn't take it that he has arrived just yet.

If you're talking missed opportunities, I posted 2 years ago, we should have gone after mitch brown ( ex cat ) when they delisted him. Bombers took him at pick 70 odd and he has played nearly all games for them since ( currently out with ankle ) Plays both ends and would be picked in our firsts much more often than not.
Balme didn't rate him during his time at Geelong ( always injured ) and Pies overlooked him. For a low wage and a late pick, he would have been a ready made steal.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

As far as I can tell, he wasn't recruited because he's not as athletic as some of the others that we recruited such as White, Gault, Wyatt, Keeffe and Lynch. Walker and Jacobs, from Adelaide FC, are not particularly athletic as well and they seem to be going ok. Jonathan Brown played some good footy for Brisbane FC and he wasn't very athletic. If Patton was up for grabs next year I don't think we would bid for him because he's not very athletic either. In fact there's a growing list of not very athletic key talls playing at other clubs. They must all be on the wrong track.

[SwansWay]

I agree. He kicked three pretty easy goals but I certainly thought he showed enough for a late pick. Plus I thought he was a beautiful kick of the football too. Power and accuracy. My one minor complaint with Moore (even though he's pretty accurate too) is that he seems to stab at the footy when he has a shot for goal. His kicks never look like there's much power behind them.

I said at the time that Mitch Brown would be worth a gamble as well.

[SwansWay]

Moore and White are the best options we have up forward. In an ideal world either one are second talls. The criticism is unwarranted as two second talls are essentially expected to hold up the forward line. Because we lack a real power forward, we simply need to shuffle things around and utilise them differently. Perhaps creating a style of play that is amenable to no fixed stay at home permanent forward.

To be honest I was excited coming into this year because I thought Moore and White would work well together in the forward line so long as our delivery was okay. They worked well together for the second half of last season.

And no, Cloke should not have been retained. A replacement sure, but he didn't impress me in any of the Dogs' outings with the exception of one game. He'll struggle to get in if Redpath is fit.

[melliot]

Rumours are floating about Josh Schache may want to leave Lions. No 2 pick. 2 years inot his career.

[inxs88]

We never used the draft pick 70 something we secured for Travis Cloke via the Dogs. Why? Our 39th and last player contracted in November 2016 was Blair. Structurally, what do you think the Pies needed????

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[thompsoc]

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[Dave The Man]