My main overall positive is you can go to the last two games and actually see we have some kind of system/gameplan. Under Lyon, it was an absolute shambles. There was no cohesion and you really wondered what on earth they were trying to do.
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Isn’t that mutually exclusive??Good, always need quality players in + swan districts players in.
Bring in Watson as well whilst we are at it.
That was awesome to watch. Best shimmy I’ve seen since Mundy at Footy Park all those years ago.Bit of Michael Johnson about that Shimmy as well.
His body is up to it, his brain needs to catch up.I’d like to see Frederick stay in, but I don’t think we should be gifting games. He needs to come out now after having a taste & I really think this will make him hungrier for future opportunities.
Great time to work on a few things, in particular his touches below the knees, composure with the ball & his decision making. He needs to look at the tape & realise he’s releasing the ball too soon & has more time than he thinks.
He’s going to be a very shrewd pick up & will own a wing in a year or 2’s time.
Do you think you can bring the umpires down next week?Freo easily the better team tonight, good win!
Not a great spectacle, mainly due to Clarko's mystery structure and game style (not sure which way we were kicking at times), but well played all the same!
Freo were far more effective in punishing Hawks errors during turnovers and really, 99+ possessions is a smashing for any game, talk about hogging the ball you meanies - must check copyright infringement on that as I'm sure we patented 'ball hogging' years ago!
And as I suggested in your preview thread, if the disorganized 'ball watching' Hawks play tonight you'll win comfortably....
How good was Crowden, hey! That kid went after it hard, very impressive. I was excited on draft day when we picked him. I thought he had it in him from the vision that I saw and what he's shown up til now.1. Brayshaw, Cerra, Serong take a bow
2. Can we clone Mundy
3. We beat a side we've always struggled to beat.
4. Crowden, I was wrong
-'s/ constructive criticism
1. Freddy needs to improve his touch, plenty of fumbles.
2. Colyer was good till he pinged his hammy. Need to find a replacement
He's had no choice but to be great, really. No one else of size that can play key back other than him, currently. Good to see his mettle is solid after some of the fears of him being soft echoed around.Cox has been great the last couple of games
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I think a lot of that caution is because of who’s missing down back.Biggest positive for me is that the structure around, in front and behind the ball appears to have improved out of sight the last month (I'm not including the Geelong game in the downpour).
We defend stoppages so much better, when we HAVE to smash a kick forward out of a pack, the forwards are better positioned and make a contest almost every time (seriously, I'm actually calm when we boot it forward out of a pack now where previously I knew it was a turn over every time).
The defense, given who its missing is incredible.
The next step forward for this team is having the confidence to be more aggressive through the middle and playing on where possible. We are cautious at the moment unless its completely obvious we need to run'n'gun. That will increase the scoring by 20% and take us to contention.
Cant wait to see where JL takes this team
Yeah, its probably a bit of that, I think its also just learning the game plan on instinct first.I think a lot of that caution is because of who’s missing down back.
Hogan will help that as it frees up each player down the line. Ryan’s role goes back to third man up with more license to play off his man, which frees up Hughes, Wilson & Hill to be more creative off half back.
At the moment we’re not taking as many intercept marks in the back half as Ryan is taking care of much bigger opponents, we are grinding a win down back with weight of numbers & creating a stoppage closer to the wing.
Hopefully freeing up Ryan & Hughes will mean cleaner intercepts & catching the opposition out of position on turnover.
Getting more and more ridiculous that Banfield was playing ahead of him for so long. Crowden is infinitely better in that roleAs one of his original buddies, I ******* love Mitch Crowden, he’s damn exciting to watch with or without ball in hand. oddly his attempted chase down of Worpel in the last term stands out the most to me, another 3 steps and Crowden would have absolutely flattened him.