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Lets step through the contingency plans:
- if hawk is out, sav comes in
- if Stanley is out, sav comes in
- if hawk and Stanley are both out, then sav and fort come in
- if Rohan is out, Krueger comes in
The only instance I would entertain Jenkins coming in is if something happened to Rohan and they didn't trust Kreuger. Which is why they need to play Krueger now and see if he is up to it this year.
its rare that a player turns the ball over due to defensive pressure without a tackle being laid. And even if it does happen it would be the players who get lots of run down tackles that would be doing it as the skill would be highly positively correlated. I never see atkins causing lots of run down defensive pressure on the forward line. Not cos lack of effort. He just aint all that fast and doesnt run to the right spots. Parfit and rohan would be our best. Cocky if he gets back in is better then all of them in this area.Hrmmm, perhaps he's quite good at implied pressure without actually tackling. That's all I got - I can't find another reason
Was that fox or 7? I was on Fox.I think it was towards the end of the first quarter where the commentators mentioned the board on the sidelines letting the players know the quarter was nearly over - or something along those lines
Not sure if it was us or Port though who were informing their players, but either way both teams would have an understanding of what's being indicated
Love that there's a clip of the first goal from last night - Danger is rightly praised for his kick to Hawkins advantage, and Hawkins ends up with a goal registered against his name
But one player who worked their ass off for no stat, instead just ran hard & did the team thing was Miers. If you watch the top of the footage you see him running through the centre square when Danger has ball in hand & takes his kick; Miers never stops running and ultimately he gets between Hawkins & Clurey to ensure a pressure free kick for Hawkins
It registered no stat, and may seem a little thing but shows we were switched on from the start and the team first philosophy
A point was raised on SEN that with 5 weeks to the finals there's an opportunity for opposition teams to really break down how the Cat's are playing and work out how to best combat it and not give them the kind of chances Port did last night like leaving TBone one on one all night. Hodge said, "That's what happens when you play your best footy 5 weeks out from the finals. It gives other teams a chance to really look at them now."
Port won't leave TBone one on one again, that's for sure. This is the challenge for the Cat's now. We know in 2019 CS really couldn't adjust the side after opposition worked them out. So we'll now get a chance to see if he can do it in 2020. I don't think we'll be seeing TBone left one on one in many games ahead. This is the nature of the competition.
its rare that a player turns the ball over due to defensive pressure without a tackle being laid. And even if it does happen it would be the players who get lots of run down tackles that would be doing it as the skill would be highly positively correlated. I never see atkins causing lots of run down defensive pressure on the forward line. Not cos lack of effort. He just aint all that fast and doesnt run to the right spots. Parfit and rohan would be our best. Cocky if he gets back in is better then all of them in this area.
We did get the ball in, but Danger dropped a mark which Stanley was ready to take on the chest - would have been perfect timing if the mark was heldWe could tidy that up,even last night at the end of the 2nd quarter? with us in control of the ball and only time for one long kick to to the forward 50 we pissed around with it and ran out of time.
Should we be worried about receiving praise from Tom Browne
No he shound not replace stanley because he is our second key forward. Not our ruckman. currently danger is filling in that role and contributing little from an aerial perspective. Its a position that needs to be filled. Its either, Sav, Jenkins or henderson.Rhys is all over Sav in every stat. Disposals, disposal efficiency, hitouts, clearances, score involvements, meters gained, marks, goals, one percenters -pretty much everything except tackles. it is no coincidence our current vein of form coincides with Stanley's return. He wont get many plaudits for his game last night, but he was effective at nullifying the impact of Lycett and Two Metre Peter and our third highest clearance winner behind Blicavs and Danger.
Sav is exciting, and should get a run in some of the games ahead - but he is not a like for like replacement for Stanley.
It shouldnt get a run at all given kolo is back there. Kicking with precision out of defence is actually a weakness. Just a dumb twitter post.Don't think that second tweet gets a run if Blitz plays full time defence
The bolded is the key IMO and you've nailed it here.
The work rate of teamates to create space for the ball carrier and or possessor to go to is the key. And that comes from work rat eand effort and being proactive. Rarely last few weeks have I seen a GFC player waiting for the ball - they are moving towards it.
And the fitness staff making the boys work deeper into the endurance cycle is helping massively.
GO Catters
Not yet - considering we have a 9 day break been the Port & Crows match, we can probably digest last night's effort for a day or 2 before moving to preview our next matchcats_09 Is there a Crows’ preview yet?
Should we be worried about receiving praise from Tom Browne
It's not as easy for them saying we won't leave him one out. That's why its called strategy. Teammates like Rohan make sure to keep their defender accountable so that they simply can't drop off him or else he'll be the one taking the mark. You cant tell me after Hawkins 3rd goal that Port were intentionally leaving him one out. It's about spreading their defense so they are left shaking their heads.A point was raised on SEN that with 5 weeks to the finals there's an opportunity for opposition teams to really break down how the Cat's are playing and work out how to best combat it and not give them the kind of chances Port did last night like leaving TBone one on one all night. Hodge said, "That's what happens when you play your best footy 5 weeks out from the finals. It gives other teams a chance to really look at them now."
Port won't leave TBone one on one again, that's for sure. This is the challenge for the Cat's now. We know in 2019 CS really couldn't adjust the side after opposition worked them out. So we'll now get a chance to see if he can do it in 2020. I don't think we'll be seeing TBone left one on one in many games ahead. This is the nature of the competition.
Would pull Fogarty for Clark or Close, but seriously that Clark is Selwood 2.0 bring him back.
Guthrie and Menegola are running machines they've changed this whole team.
- It was amazing how little congratulations the team recieved from the commentators, considering we belted the 'flag favourites' by ten goals away from our home ground. I swear it's not just me. There's almost never anything positive coming from the likes of BT about us. Spinning rubbish at 3qt about how Port only needed to kick more goals than they'd already kicked for the entire game to be back in it. Is this guy delusional? Or is he just making it a TV spectacle to keep viewers interested? Very strange.
Atkins 10 touch 1 tackle game. And it was his best game in his last half dozen. Thats how badly atkins is going. Its just bizarre he is in the team. Even parsons offers more.
Can’t agree. Can only move east-west on the mark.
Hes played one good game. The rest have been average to terrible.
Yeah I saw that. Thought Carey was choc full of praise for us all night on 7.Watching the coverage on Fox footy gave a very different feel. Lyon, Brown and Roo were completely full of praise for the cats in general, but especially the big Hawk. Their analysis of our current game style was glowing and they give the impression that we are in it up to our eyeballs if we keep playing this way.
One thing we took from that richmond game ('19 prelim) is that we need to keep attacking and trying to win games instead of rather than hold on. So we want to keep attacking and keep winning and take away from the opposition when we're 2/3/4 goals infront and it's been a change of attitude, a good attitude that we've had for the past month and whether it be the 1st Q or the 4th Q we try to still kick goals and win the game