Perth Wildcats 2012/2013 thread

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by boz_novocastrian

what is the capacity of perth arena.

14,386.

[Silencer83]

Originally Posted by whatishappeningtobball

Potential to be a very interesting year.

IMO Perth overall team has gone backwards from last season and is very prone to an injury to Knight, with so little support.

Teams like Cairns have improved their roster considerably, as has Adelaide.
NZ will still be a force this season.

With Cats playing their first 5 games away, they could be well behind the mark and have to finish the season with a bang.

First 5 weeks is really going to set up their season

Last season's team was a misrepresentation though. Adding a starting quality player at the expense of benching JT because we still had some guys on lower point contracts was a luxury. Remember that essentially before Nevill was signed we had swapped Weigh for Hire from the previous season's team.

I think that this season's team is on par with what was originally forseen for last season (only swapped Williamson for Bartlett).

Depending on how well Hire and Bartlett go it could be an upgrade on the previous year's team.

Martin/Robbins
Lisch/Williamson
Tovey/Weigh
Redhage/Wagstaff
Knight/Trueman

There is already improvement in Wagstaff and Bartlett is an upgrade on Williamson.

Cairns improved their roster considerably?

Trigger for Crosswhite is an upgrade offensively and a downgrade defensively.

Steindl and Gliddon in as rookies could be like Bose, Wagstaff and Coenraad or Cooper, Lewis and Allen. It is an unknown quantity.

Cairns is a strong team but they were strong last season as well; just crippled by injury.

Adelaide look a lot better on paper but how they manage DJ and Schenscher in the same team could be key and there are question marks over Clarke's coaching ability.

I agree that NZ will still be very strong next season.

[Bigmd]

Any word on who will get the DP roles at the Wildcats this season? Is Jervis from East Perth eligible?

[Wild 1]

I think not having Nevill in the team will actually see Knight be better than last season. If his body stays in one piece it will work out well as I feel sometimes when you share a role with a player who is of similar talent you can tend to relax to a degree knowing you are replaceable if you are having a bad game, feeling tired etc. Where as now he knows he has to bring his A game every time or the team will struggle. A positive there I feel.

Sometimes having too much depth can be a bad thing. You need those good role players on the bench who know their job is to come in and hustle and give 110% for 2-3 mins and then sit. Im hoping this will be the case when Knight sits and Trueman or whoever is in that role will come in and scrap for every loose ball and defend like their life depended on it.

[SB.1]

If Bartlett can make two of DW's missed shots per game and throw in 1 or 2 steals and better D, there's a huge improvement right there. Not to mention Redhage with a full pre-season under his belt.

[Cussy+]

Wildcats beat Taipans today in a scratch match in Port Hedland.

[paul]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/spo...-port-hedland/

[Cussy+]

Dunkin Dan, you don't happen to have the Redhage item from 10 news on Friday, do you?

[Dunkin' Dan]

Originally Posted by Cussy

Dunkin Dan, you don't happen to have the Redhage item from 10 news on Friday, do you?

Actually yeah I do. I just hadn't bothered to upload & link it yet. It is HERE.

[Cussy+]

Pfffft, how lazy.

Love the anti-flopping device he was training with halfway thru the clip.

[Julian]

Woah, Redhage is super hungry.

[Cussy+]

DD, thanks for changing the file format to make it iPad friendly.

[Mr Black]

Originally Posted by Dunkin' Dan

Actually yeah I do. I just hadn't bothered to upload & link it yet. It is HERE.

You guys get OFF SEASON news coverage of the NBL?? No Way!!

[GordonG]

Originally Posted by Mr Black

You guys get OFF SEASON news coverage of the NBL?? No Way!!

So do we - NBL and QBL. Radio, TV and print, 3 or 4 times a week - an advantage of being a community team.

[Wild 1]

Surely Jordan Wild will make the team for his name alone?

[CGG]

Originally Posted by Dunkin' Dan

Actually yeah I do. I just hadn't bothered to upload & link it yet. It is HERE.

I only get a black screen when I tried to follow that link.

[thomnuffy]

Originally Posted by CGG

I only get a black screen when I tried to follow that link.

Ditto.

[Dunkin' Dan]

Hmm.. works ok for me.
I can right-click and "save target as..." or left click and watch it in the browser (although the latter takes a while as it waits for the whole file to download before starting)

[paul]

Worked for me.

[Agent 15]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/spo...ut-for-months/

Brad Robbins to undergo surgery on his wrist and will miss the start of the season.

[Sachmo]

Originally Posted by CGG

I only get a black screen when I tried to follow that link.

I had to right click 'save as' and download it, to get it to work.

Saying that, it could have still been loading on the black screen and I was to impatient to wait. It is 20mb and took a little while on my adsl 1 speeds to download

[paul]

Originally Posted by Agent 15

Brad Robbins to undergo surgery on his wrist and will miss the start of the season.

Signing Bartlett becomes even more handy.

[SB.1]

And so the injuries begin.

[Nerf Herder]

We need to have a Wildcats Injury Tracker...

Player Name        Injury             Expected Return Date
=============================================================
Matty Knight       Left Shoulder      Aug 20
Brad Robbins       Left Wrist         November?

[Wild 1]

Originally Posted by Nerf Herder

We need to have a Wildcats Injury Tracker...

Player Name        Injury             Expected Return Date
=============================================================
Matty Knight       Left Shoulder      Aug 20
Brad Robbins       Left Wrist         November?

Just put 'Matty Knight' in the headings, 'type of injury' down the side, and a tick box under his name and tick according to which injury he has at the time, may be easier?