boncer34 wrote:Gossy7 wrote:boncer34 wrote:[quote="Gossy7[ quote="j-mac31"]Josh Kennedy (the West Coast one) out for up to three months with an ankle injury. That hurts, but Darling is more than handy to have step up and Cox and Naitanui go alright.
Josh Kennedy (the Sydney one) could be leading the Brownlow right now.
All of LeCras, Kennedy, Embley and Nicoski out with LTIs from their forward line now. Can't say i sympathise too heavily with them given they had the best run with injuries of any club last year, although it's pretty unfortunate that the injured players are mostly concentrated in the forward line.
Also reported that Fyfe again popped his shoulder at training, Freo are due to release a statement later today - guess he could play on and hope it stays sound, but a shoulder reco would ordinarily mean he'd miss the remainder of the year, bloody tough break.
I don't think the JK (West Coast) will be as big a loss as everyone is saying... He has kicked 5 goals in the last 4 games, and WC have been cruising... Darling, Lynch and natanui/Cox as the resting ruckman won't stuff up their structure too much.
I think they will continue to keep playing well.
Just like losing Hurley didn't hurt our structure coz he hasn't kicked many goals?[/quote]
We are a completely different side. I said it won't stuff up their structure 'too much'. We don't have the depth to cover a loss like Hurley, where as a team like West Coast does. That was my point
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Who? Darling works well when he gets the second best defender. He'll now get the number one attention. The Q-tip may be adequate but his best seasons were 5 years ago. Sure he started this season well but again instead of getting the 3rd tall, who by the way in most sides is usually 3rd tall up, he'll now get a legitimate backman.
Look at how Collingwood line up. It would mean instead of Lynch getting Maxwell he would get Reid or Brown.
And Cox and Natanui you say? Well you seem to have fallen into the trap of thinking just because our rucks float forward and look good means all rucks can. Cox has kicked more then 2 goals exactly 3 times in 200+ games. Hardly a strong form line. Nic Nat has kicked more then 2 goals once. Again hardly a strong form line.[/quote]
You asked who? Yet you named all the eagles depth players that are capable of stepping up. I take your point about taking the best backman, but it has the been the Josh Hill (11 goals) and Hams (8 goals) and the midfielders that have done most of the damage for WCE this season.
I think Nicoski has been the biggest loss to date in terms of valuable players, as good as Embley, Kennedy and LeCras are.
I just think it will allow more of a focus on Natanui/Cox, they are class players and will step up, possibly being overshadowed by the presence of Kennedy down there.
They'll be fine West Coast.
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