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Lazza
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Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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| jackcass wrote: | | Lazza wrote: | | David wrote: | | I like the suggestions of De Goey and Adams. Frost and Langdon, too (why do people never think of defenders?). |
Having a defender as captain is like having a fast bowler as captain of your test cricket team. Very rarely successful....  |
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"Very rarely successful"................ 
Far more forwards/ruckmen/midfielders have captained VFL/AFL teams.
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David 
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I think that says more about clubs' tendencies to appoint marquee players to the captaincy, who are usually midfielders. Anyway, how do you measure a captain's success once they've been appointed? Most of their performance would only be assessed internally, I'd imagine.
If anything, a defender is often ideal for the role. The same reason goalkeepers are often captains in soccer - a better position to marshal the troops, or whatever. |
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Dangles
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| David wrote: | I think that says more about clubs' tendencies to appoint marquee players to the captaincy, who are usually midfielders. Anyway, how do you measure a captain's success once they've been appointed? Most of their performance would only be assessed internally, I'd imagine.
If anything, a defender is often ideal for the role. The same reason goalkeepers are often captains in soccer - a better position to marshal the troops, or whatever. |
Why would marshaling the troops from the back line be any better than marshaling them from the forward line? |
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David
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I dunno. It made sense in my head. 
Interestingly, of the 19 club captains (GWS have two), three are forwards - Taylor Walker, Matthew Pavlich and Nick Red - and three are defenders - Phil Davis, Shannon Hurn and Robert Murphy. The rest are midfielders; no ruckmen.
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John Wren 
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| David wrote: | I dunno. It made sense in my head.
Interestingly, of the 19 club captains (GWS have two), three are forwards - Taylor Walker, Matthew Pavlich and Nick Red - and three are defenders - Phil Davis, Shannon Hurn and Robert Murphy. The rest are midfielders; no ruckmen. |
who's nick red?
the captaincy is a whole of club thing and not just the two hours we see on gameday. i am surprised by the support adams has. hasn't struck me as someone i could see leading the club.
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Lazza
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| John Wren wrote: | | i am surprised by the support adams has. hasn't struck me as someone i could see leading the club. |
Why? Please expand JW.
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Dangles
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| John Wren wrote: | | David wrote: | I dunno. It made sense in my head.
Interestingly, of the 19 club captains (GWS have two), three are forwards - Taylor Walker, Matthew Pavlich and Nick Red - and three are defenders - Phil Davis, Shannon Hurn and Robert Murphy. The rest are midfielders; no ruckmen. |
who's nick red?
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Probably meant Nick Riewoldt. |
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skaman 
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| HAL wrote: | | If you could have any kind of robot what would it be? |
Rosey from the Jetsons HAL. I'm lubing up with WD40 as we speak!
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David
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| Dangles wrote: | | John Wren wrote: | | David wrote: | I dunno. It made sense in my head.
Interestingly, of the 19 club captains (GWS have two), three are forwards - Taylor Walker, Matthew Pavlich and Nick Red - and three are defenders - Phil Davis, Shannon Hurn and Robert Murphy. The rest are midfielders; no ruckmen. |
who's nick red?
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Probably meant Nick Riewoldt. |
This is the danger of new phones with autocorrect. Constant vigilance is required. 
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Dangles
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| David wrote: | | Dangles wrote: | | John Wren wrote: | | David wrote: | I dunno. It made sense in my head.
Interestingly, of the 19 club captains (GWS have two), three are forwards - Taylor Walker, Matthew Pavlich and Nick Red - and three are defenders - Phil Davis, Shannon Hurn and Robert Murphy. The rest are midfielders; no ruckmen. |
who's nick red?
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Probably meant Nick Riewoldt. |
This is the danger of new phones with autocorrect. Constant vigilance is required. |
Yeah, I knew that's what it was. Either that or some club captain had a nickname I was unaware of. |
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ronrat
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Langdon would be a good fit.
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