Really missed Barrass out there hey
Game Day Round V, 2019: The Lycett Strikes Back (West Coast vs. Port)
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Team selection is puss. How anyone thought the team tonight would perform in these Arctic conditions... SMFH.
Choose the side. For the opposition and the conditions. There's arrogance and then there is stupidity
Choose the side. For the opposition and the conditions. There's arrogance and then there is stupidity
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Completely agree. Adam simpson got asked about the contested possession difference after the freo game and said he didn't care about contested possesions. Well he should start to
When you are losing the contested possessions so badly, likewise the tackle count and seem to also be struggling with midfield and forward pressure, it's time to change the composition of the side.
It's too tall. Dual rucks aren't working and there are too many similar, flaky mids. Drop Vardy for Waterman and Masten for anyone.
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Meh he's right tho. We won tons of important contests against Pies and Giants. Didn't tonight. Lost heaps of one on ones. Smashed in clearances (not something that's happened as consistently). That's the worrying stats.
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Meh hawks won a 3peat losing the contested possessions most weeks . What we cant do is get smashed in the I50s
The supporters who left the game early just because we were losing should have their memberships revoked. It's embarrassing.
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The good news is WCE won the 2nd half by 1 point thanks to Petrucelle and Port`s poor kicking ..
71 inside 50's to 38 is a massive flogging. We were beaten in the air and on the ground. I agreed with Simmo that as a collective it's been one line winning the game not all 3. Last week our midfield got beaten but the defence and forward lines stood up. This week everyone bar Petrucelle, Shepard and Hurn were either average or down. At ground level we were weak at the contest like the last 3 quarters. 1 goal between JK and Darling is almost unbelievable. Arguably we have only played 2 good games this year. That's a big concern.
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So, in Ross Lyon speak, we won one or two halves!
don’t worry boys i’ll delete my account shortly
All the warning signs were there last week and none were heeded.
Port did exactly the same thing that Fremantle did last week - the difference being they were clinical and translated their dominance onto the scoreboard.
Teams know our defence likes to stay at home and set up when we don't have the ball. Opposing sides are increasingly sending their forward flankers up the ground and placing them on the defensive side of contests, knowing they won't get marked there. With extra players providing cover to the defensive side, the small defenders of the opposition are given far greater license to run off the West Coast forwards and provide offensive spread of the ball. The extras hit the stoppages and cause a mismatch of numbers in the opposition's favor. If the clearance falls their way, suddenly there are multiple players breaking into space that the Eagles can do little about. In that situation, having greater numbers of players in defence means little, as the running player in space bearing down on 50 can either take the shot themselves or spot up one of the other players that are leading from the centre square towards goal.
If the clearance goes to the Eagles, then the additional numbers create pressure and cause the possession to become a disposal that does not result in a mark to another Eagle, nullifying a major part of the controlled game plan. With slowed ball movement and lower quality disposal going into attack, the functionality of the forward line breaks down almost fundamentally. It's like it is 2017 all over again.
This is why the team is hemorrhaging contested possession figures and why opposition clearances are ending in goals whilst clearances to the Eagles are ending in turnovers.
The only way I can see this issue being addressed is to omit players in the forward setup (including any "resting" ruckman) for ground ball winners and ensure that any opposition players pushing behind the ball are matched up tightly at the stoppages.
Let's hope we don't have to go through another debacle like tonight before the necessary changes are made by the coaching panel.
Port did exactly the same thing that Fremantle did last week - the difference being they were clinical and translated their dominance onto the scoreboard.
Teams know our defence likes to stay at home and set up when we don't have the ball. Opposing sides are increasingly sending their forward flankers up the ground and placing them on the defensive side of contests, knowing they won't get marked there. With extra players providing cover to the defensive side, the small defenders of the opposition are given far greater license to run off the West Coast forwards and provide offensive spread of the ball. The extras hit the stoppages and cause a mismatch of numbers in the opposition's favor. If the clearance falls their way, suddenly there are multiple players breaking into space that the Eagles can do little about. In that situation, having greater numbers of players in defence means little, as the running player in space bearing down on 50 can either take the shot themselves or spot up one of the other players that are leading from the centre square towards goal.
If the clearance goes to the Eagles, then the additional numbers create pressure and cause the possession to become a disposal that does not result in a mark to another Eagle, nullifying a major part of the controlled game plan. With slowed ball movement and lower quality disposal going into attack, the functionality of the forward line breaks down almost fundamentally. It's like it is 2017 all over again.
This is why the team is hemorrhaging contested possession figures and why opposition clearances are ending in goals whilst clearances to the Eagles are ending in turnovers.
The only way I can see this issue being addressed is to omit players in the forward setup (including any "resting" ruckman) for ground ball winners and ensure that any opposition players pushing behind the ball are matched up tightly at the stoppages.
Let's hope we don't have to go through another debacle like tonight before the necessary changes are made by the coaching panel.
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Scoreboard doesn`t lie ...
Unfortunately we don’t have any - we don’t draft em! Anus maybe...
