Recent content by Mahama

Gee it'd be nice to have someone like Gardner to kill these pack contests right now...

Just replying here rather than in the other thread so people can find this info in the AFL Games forum if they're looking for it in future. I just had a go at installing Footy Star again myself from here. Had no troubles installing but ran into the same issue as you trying to play it –...

This new metric for determining a defender's individual ability based on how many points his team concedes over the course of the season is revolutionary. Aside from it indisputably showing Cordy's superiority to Gardner, I've been using it to get a real sense of just how good – or not – some of...

Yep, seems more likely than not at this stage. Managed to maintain an average of 2.8 intercept marks (10th among key defenders), 1 contested mark, 9.1 spoils (3rd) and 11.8% 1v1 loss percentage (3rd) across the whole second half of the season. Hasn't yet played 50 games. Has a genuine number 1...

Hoping Martin for another year is purely just a way to pay for a ruck coach outside the soft cap, and super cheap depth beyond that...

I can't help but notice that by cutting off at the last 3 premiership rucks, you get to leave out our very own mediocre ruck combo of Roughead and Boyd ;) Not to mention it was actually Jackson who tore us apart in last year's Grand Final, despite him winning all of 2 hitouts in the 3rd...

The idea of bringing in Grundy, Meek, or any other ruckman to take over number 1 ruck duties so English can play forward is bizarre to me given the season he's just had and the fact our clearance game is already our biggest strength. English was literally the highest rated ruckman in the league...

Like doggies ftw said, I don't think this is just a personnel issue. We've had plenty of games this year where our midfield had no issues picking out players on the lead and kicking big scores – but we also conceded big scores at the same time. I'd say this was mostly a symptom of our...

(TLDR: our forward structure against Freo was designed entirely to protect our defence. Just a few key personnel changes in our backline next year would increase trust in our defence to hold up under pressure, and give us more freedom to implement a forward structure designed to kick goals.)...

You keep saying he should've tackled Serong. Serong didn't have the ball. Gardner came off his player to put a bump on, pretty much all he could do in the situation. The one on the goalline he came at least 20m off his player to get on the goal line. Meanwhile another slower or less switched on...

He can't win with some people can he? Has 16 spoils, 3 intercept marks, genuinely good kicking all night (especially compared to a few around him) and overall held up well with his teammates conceding 62 inside 50s - but here we go with the inevitable pile on. That "3 goals of 4 goals in the...

This was such a dull interview I completely tuned out and had to go back and rewatch to see what I'd missed – Bevo literally didn't mention the Swans once :tearsofjoy: Did you miss that he was talking about a hypothetical situation?: "you might end up 6th and you might be in better nick than...

Feels like a good time to have a look at how everyone's favourite key defender did during the home and away season! To my eye it seemed like Gardner took a big leap in the second half of the season in particular. I'm sure it's partially about confidence – the more success he has, the more he...

Yep, that's pretty much how it works, it's tough to stand out among defenders this year. Ed Richards isn't going to go near the All Australian squad despite being well in contention for the Bulldogs B&F and 6th in player ratings among all medium defenders. In any case, if I add Clark to the...