I was going say (jokingly): "So, you went to the AFLW game on Sunday --- oh wait --- you're a Hawks supporter!
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It's hard to say, from watching the game on TV. You just don't get the big picture of what's happening a lot of the time - pretty much anything more than 5m from the ball is mostly invisible.Adelaide did nothing but try to play 'their' way, as far as I could tell. They have no Plan 'B', and no changes of plans to counter other teams (proactively, before the game) that I can see. eg Moving Gibbs to defence was reactionary, caused by Doedeee's tragic ACL. I can't remember Pyke picking a side to trouble specific opposition characteristics, or tell the blokes to play other than the "Crows way'.
If there was any disruption to the Hawks' game plan it was of their own doing, to beat us --- which they did well.-
Totally no disrespect intended. I'd like to know what you think Adelaide did to disrupt the Hawks usual game plan, which they did not employ, themselves.
Our recruitment, particularly Ogilvy's drafting, is exceptional. Our trading has improved vastly since Noble's departure.
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Our trading can't be said to have improved vastly. It has improved to somewhere around average.
It's improved in the sense that we're no longer receiving 10c on the dollar when trading away players, and paying $3.50 to bring players in. These days we're close to breaking even.
I was going say (jokingly): "So, you went to the AFLW game on Sunday --- oh wait --- you're a Hawks supporter!
but it would have demeaned your gracious post.
Thank you.
I'm glad the Crows supporters treated you well, but your good-natured banter at the game and your post itself also say good things about you
Correct, the thing about chaos balls to the top of the Square, is they don’t work if there is an opposition player taking uncontested marks at will when you kick it.
It seemed to be a complete clusterf__k. Mids bombing to the wrong place, forwards not getting to correct positions, and absolutely no-one picking up the lose man in defense or even trying to make a contest.
Hawthorn very good at pushing us wide, meaning they only had a third of the forward 50 to defend. They always have a guy able to anticipate and drop off his man to go third up or intercept. We rarely went through the corridor. We needed to be more patient and spread their defence but, as usual, we lacked composure under pressure.
I think it was most evident from our Half back line. I thought Smith and Laird played as poorly as I ever remember them playing, partly due to their own poor decisions and execution, but also from Hawthorns prominant frontal pressure on these 2 specifically! Like we said all last year when we don't have that drive out of the backline we tend fall to pieces in attack.
Gibson cost us next to nothing. We overpaid on Gibbs, but made out like bandits with Cameron. In the end we came out about even - which is more than we would have done if Noble was still in charge.
How about we hold fire on 2018, until we've actually seen how these players turn out? It's not as if we've traded for known quantities (e.g. Cameron/Gibbs), so lets see how they develop before rushing to judgement?
I’m looking forward to the team turning up to win not just watch seagulls. Plus Greenwood.Yes
Pyke said Greenwood and Gooch would be in the SANFL again this week.
Yep they specifically sat on Laird, shut down Smith and sat on Chief. As Southerntakeover rightly pointed out, a tactic used by Geelong against us too in the past.
To me when you see a player as damaging and confident as Brodie Smith, turn around rather then taking the player on, or handpass over his shoulder to a 1 on 1, or choose to handpass to a manned up player on the boundary from a kick in, its a very very bad sign!
Against a side who zones from a stoppage better than anyone regardless of 666 and playing four smalls forward you’re gonna get it whacked.
Even if we make the gf this year, this is a huge problem that is very worrying. We haven't learnt how to play against these tactics.
