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Welcome to the Tigers - Daniel Rioli
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it is. and Dan is aware of that
he's a 3 time premier who knows the scene and loves the club
Who knows, they might have. I really like this by the club and also by Daniel's management. He's backed himself in. A good sign that he, and hopefully others are hungry to achieve more and not content to just play out their careers having won multiple flags.
Just watched the 2019 GF highlights. He is so important to our forward line. I think he is wasted on the backline and we have no-one who comes close to him as a small forward.
He regained confidence on the half back line so it's time to put him back where he belongs.
He regained confidence on the half back line so it's time to put him back where he belongs.
Funny. I also spent time watching some past finals games over the last couple of days. Daniel's performance in the 2017 prelim against GWS was extraordinary. Dynamic, powerful, instinctive and lethal. 4 goals from 14 possessions. Dermie at the time said it was the best 14 possie game that he could remember.
Agree that he should be in the forward line. A natural when at the top of his game.
My favourite final was when he kicked 4 against GWS. I find this move to the backline to be perplexing.
I believe its contract related and was chasing more money, easier to get a kick in the backline with our current gameplan.
Our forward line was horrible all year this year
Our forward line was horrible all year this year
While I agree with this I reckon we are short of crumbing forwards, at least more so than clearing, running half backs.
I am not convinced the lockdown small forward role has much value any more with the new rules and I would favour Dan going forward again but with a more attacking role as a goal kicker.
DS
Definition of stupid is doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result. Our fwd transition sucked ass this year. Can't blame Rioli and George for losing confidence. We were getting nothing out of them. Do a switcheroo, let the kid regain some touch and confidence and I'm sure he'll return there once our game plan is back up and running. I reckon it's a brilliant idea and why not give him a run on ball too to get him into the game.
we have lots of small crumbing forwards, they are just all shyte
We do have a surfeit of half-backs though, agree.
agree with this. The problem is we have to find a 2017 Rioli in the forward half. Ground ball gets are king in finals and we need to either bring across some ready made small fwds or re-invent some of our own.
I'd like to see how Short goes up forward - he's pretty quick and has played there in his junior days. Some might say he's a bit soft, but in the fwd line he'll be doing the hunting. Also he's pretty nimble and agile on his feet, has a good sidestep and good acceleration off the first few steps. Very rarely gets caught with the ball. Good feet in tight, also good kick off 1 or 2 steps. Can see him kicking some goals from limited chances in the fwd 50.
The Merkin has managed to get his client's maximum value, he knows what he is doing.
Even managed to get Mabs 4 years
