Prediction Round 10, 2024: Changes vs Melbourne

[Astro7]

The pace and pressure of Pies was outstanding, a blitzkrieg?
Demons won't be quite so frenetic, but hope we get to see Culley in..

 

[Doashuey]

Tagging Gawn is the key issue this weekend.

Liam Ryan. He's done the job before, he can do it again.

 

[squashface]

Bring back the Woosha semi tag

 

[Cuzz09]

What did teams with crap rucks do v NicNat?

Rove to him basically

Attack from HB after turnovers?

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[MrsBlueSky]

Liam Ryan. He's done the job before, he can do it again.
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That photo was taken in his flying days. You may not have noticed but he's given up his flying licence.

 

[THE A5]

He's good a soft spot for that type. See Dom Sheed.

Tbf Sheed gave him the tag “premiership coach”

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

What did teams with crap rucks do v NicNat?

Rove to him basically

Attack from HB after turnovers?

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Not always.

Different rules. They’d go 3rd man up and try and stop his leap. Give him a knee to the ribs. Which is what Simpson said he tried to do against nic when he was assistant coach at Hawks. If that failed try and shark his taps.

 

[Doashuey]

That photo was taken in his flying days. You may not have noticed but he's given up his flying licence.

HE has had 2 games back and barely been near the ball. He will fly again, its in his blood.
Just because some BF randoms think he should never fly again, doesnt make it true.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

What did teams with crap rucks do v NicNat?

Rove to him basically

Attack from HB after turnovers?

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Very different to Gawn though. Nic Nat did his non-ruck work at the contest. Gawn is going to kill us running around the ground, including sneaking forward, if we don’t keep a tight check on him.

 

[DanWCE]

HE has had 2 games back and barely been near the ball. He will fly again, its in his blood.
Just because some BF randoms think he should never fly again, doesnt make it true.

Took almighty hanger at training last week apparently, so he hasn't put it away altogether.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Took almighty hanger at training last week apparently, so he hasn't put it away altogether.

Zoolander 3.

Billy Zane in Corridor with Liam Ryan walking towards him
Zane: "When are you gonna drop Magnum a hanger on us, buddy?"
Ryan: "Not yet. You gotta tame the beast before you let it out of its cage"

 

[MrsBlueSky]

Zoolander 3.

Billy Zane in Corridor with Liam Ryan walking towards him
Zane: "When are you gonna drop Magnum a hanger on us, buddy?"
Ryan: "Not yet. You gotta tame the beast before you let it out of its cage"

Maybe it was just a temporary hand in of his pilot's licence.
I don't think he'd like to play footy if he can't get into the air.
But don't look for him taking a mark kneeling on Gawn's shoulders this weekend.
I just hope he gets his mojo back.
Watching Rioli, Ryan and Jetta was the highlight for me.

 

[squashface]

HE has had 2 games back and barely been near the ball. He will fly again, its in his blood.
Just because some BF randoms think he should never fly again, doesnt make it true.

We live in an age of instant gratification so when he didn’t immediately dominate on return, the pitchforks came out.

The last time he flew for a mark in a AFL game, he ripped his hammy off the bone so it’s obviously a mental thing he is working through. Worked his way into the game last week nicely so I’m sure he will get there.

We just need to be patient - something people have trouble doing these days.

 

[FKASC]

We just need to be patient - something people have trouble doing these days.

Alright old man

 

[squashface]

Alright old man

Kids and their woke!

 

[Wettoaster]

The biggest change needed from my point of view is game style and mindset.
Last week showed a real return to the kick it sideways/backwards slow play that is frustratingly crap, instead of players taking that positive/aggressive run or kick through the corridor.

I think that was more so in the second half, a form of damage limitation. Not pretty to watch though.

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[Dom sheed pocket]

The biggest change needed from my point of view is game style and mindset.
Last week showed a real return to the kick it sideways/backwards slow play that is frustratingly crap, instead of players taking that positive/aggressive run or kick through the corridor.

We were trying to control the tempo of the game because we were getting destroyed in contest and in clearance.

It’s players adapting to the situation in which they find themselves in.

The issue isn’t ball movement, it’s getting contest right and ball movement flows off the back of that.

To suggest we should have persevered with a method that was seeing us get destroyed -7 goals from stoppage in a half of footy- isn’t smart coaching and isn’t smart footy tactics.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

I dunno, I think if people are being selected to play in the top side they should be in form. Crazy I know.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

I dunno, I think if people are being selected to play in the top side they should be in form. Crazy I know.

What happens if you don’t have 22 players in form?

 

[THE A5]

What happens if you don’t have 22 players in form?

Fold the club

 

[Jez1974]

FOD

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Fold the club

At this stage we have been folded more than a complicated piece of origami. Not sure we can be folded again!

 

[ziad]

I dunno, I think if people are being selected to play in the top side they should be in form. Crazy I know.

The best form available, in the real world. That may not be great though.

 

[ziad]

The best form available, in the real world. That may not be great though.

Plenty of other factors to consider, experience v development opportunity, team balance, can a kid run outa game, etc

 

[Convocation]

We just need to be patient - something people have trouble doing these days.

The Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient