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True but he would not want to hurt his foot again. We have no choice but to trust them though.I would trust the coaching and medical staff to not bring RoMA in unless he was fit. Even an underdone RoMa in for McKernan is a huge upgrade.
Sounds like we have been extremely careful with Marshall waiting until last week to give him his first run.
So I'm not nervous he's going to re injure his foot, but he may well be under done.
I reckon Marshall plays mainly forward.It's a shame that Ryder isn't playing as well as we could ease Marshall back in with a part time ruck/part time forward role. We could still do that but that would mean someone like Carlisle or Battle going in the ruck, assuming McKernan isn't playing.
Yep, he also mentioned the 2010 Hawks being 1-6 because they hadn’t evolved their game plan with competition: fixed it and won their next 7 or something along those lines.It was along the lines of our group is still fairly immature and would have heard all preseason about how the game was going to open up and be an attacking game. Think they've heard those things and have gone full out on attacking know we should be good at it and just forgotten everything about defence. Suggests we are anticipating that everything will go perfectly so we are already running to the best offensive position but no one is staying back actually defending. We are being good old fashion down hill skiers.
Thinks we can quickly turn it around though and compared us to Brisbane in 2019 who won their first few then lost to Essendon and Collingwood by 47 and 62 points but then fixed by some defensive flaws and finished the season well.
We tried but we took it as keepings off our own players. Next time..Why don't we learn how to play keepings off footy?
Y'know - if you can't beat them - join them
After a terrible week for the club it’s great to see that Dan Hannebery is the healthiest he’s been since arriving at Moorabbin 2 and a half years ago.
The only injury issues he currently has are a torn right calf, a torn left calf, hamstring tendon awareness, floating bone in his wrist, hole in the roof of mouth, dislocated spine, ruptured testicle and a particularly nasty case of gonorrhoea.
His leadership in the physio’s room has been worth every bit of $800K per annum though.
1-2 weeks.
Yep, he also mentioned the 2010 Hawks being 1-6 because they hadn’t evolved their game plan with competition: fixed it and won their next 7 or something along those lines.
I don’t usually enjoy Jordan Lewis much but he was pretty good last night on our situation.
Roughy didn’t really give away much and was a bit cryptic: said at the start they don’t really know why the slump is happening, then alluded to the shorter quarters..... I think he was trying to say something without saying something and playing cards close to his chest.
I reckon Sydney’s short kicking game plan where they exploit angles to get through zones is a winner: just think it will take us or any team a lot of practice and training until it can be implemented.I have felt for a while that we struggle with teams that move the football by foot using short kicks.
We get picked apart, whereas we have play well against sides that handball or bomb the football.
It takes our pressure out of the game and makes zone defence worthless.
Unfortunately the new rules have made it easier to do this and we have not adjusted.
So for me we need to start winning the contest , and controlling the game and play man on man and get rid of zone defence.
And above all else turn up and actually have a crack.
Honestly, it reeks of desperation that we are praying Marshall’s return from injury and a total of 3 quarters of football in 6 weeks will change our fortune.
If he does perform well and we win. He is our best player. Bar none. But he would have to have a special game for that to happen.
I reckon Sydney’s short kicking game plan where they exploit angles to get through zones is a winner: just think it will take us or any team a lot of practice and training until it can be implemented.
First time I saw it work for Sydney was when they played GWS late last season in Perth and destroyed them with their kicking.
They’ve taken it up another level this year after bringing on Don Pyke.
Interesting thing about Pyke; we didn’t beat the Crows once when he was there. Richo was his bunny: their ball movement sliced us up every single time. It was incredibly frustrating how our “pressure” never laid a glove on them.
The way Pyke’s Adelaide played would be perfect with the new rules. Not surprising to see the Crows, who still have a fair few playing from that good Pyke team, have started so well this year. Their kicking and ball movement looks a long way ahead of teams like ours and others who have struggled to adapt.
Honestly, it reeks of desperation that we are praying Marshall’s return from injury and a total of 3 quarters of football in 6 weeks will change our fortune.
If he does perform well and we win. He is our best player. Bar none. But he would have to have a special game for that to happen.
It's a shame that Ryder isn't playing as well as we could ease Marshall back in with a part time ruck/part time forward role. We could still do that but that would mean someone like Carlisle or Battle going in the ruck, assuming McKernan isn't playing.
I reckon Sydney’s short kicking game plan where they exploit angles to get through zones is a winner: just think it will take us or any team a lot of practice and training until it can be implemented.
First time I saw it work for Sydney was when they played GWS late last season in Perth and destroyed them with their kicking.
They’ve taken it up another level this year after bringing on Don Pyke.
Interesting thing about Pyke; we didn’t beat the Crows once when he was there. Richo was his bunny: their ball movement sliced us up every single time. It was incredibly frustrating how our “pressure” never laid a glove on them.
The way Pyke’s Adelaide played would be perfect with the new rules. Not surprising to see the Crows, who still have a fair few playing from that good Pyke team, have started so well this year. Their kicking and ball movement looks a long way ahead of teams like ours and others who have struggled to adapt.
It's quite depressing to think that teams like Sydney and Adelaide who were tipped to finish bottom 6 have better kicking skills and better ball movement than us, even Essendon who some tipped for the spoon carved us up with their better ball use.
It's quite damning on our coaching and recruitment that our kicking skills are still well below the level required to be a successful team, one of the few players we recruited who has good kicking skills in Hannebery can't even get on the park.
To be fair 2 years ago if you asked for the best kick in the comp it was Brad Hill and we got him in.It's quite depressing to think that teams like Sydney and Adelaide who were tipped to finish bottom 6 have better kicking skills and better ball movement than us, even Essendon who some tipped for the spoon carved us up with their better ball use.
It's quite damning on our coaching and recruitment that our kicking skills are still well below the level required to be a successful team, one of the few players we recruited who has good kicking skills in Hannebery can't even get on the park.
FMD Bruce couldn't split a pack of cards. has the game sense of a headless chook.Anyone who thinks that not having Bruce to split contests against Melbourne (who took alot of intercept marks) and also this weekend against West Coast is kidding themselves. King is getting two bodies blocking him from the contest while the oppos spare back takes an uncontested mark.
He absolutely had limitations but as a big pack forward he was always there to split a contest. Right now none of of forwards are doing that, even Membs (mostly because hes on his bike on the wing trying to help out our backs).
Not sure that’s how it works.Hopefully our game plan is better than last week then the effort will be there
Our side now has a team who are pretty good users of the football , however the last few games you wouldn't think so.To be fair 2 years ago if you asked for the best kick in the comp it was Brad Hill and we got him in.
Billings, Sinclair, Coff, Battle all are good by foot.
I actually think it is more about the way we structure up and whether we have players hitting up at the ball in space.
I havent been at the ground but on the tv a lot of our kicking is either chip kicks to stationary targets, kicking over someone's head for them to run on, or landing it in a pack.
Sydney and Adelaide seem to hit up targets that are moving towards them or are at least out in space.
Gee no Hannas is he ok
You’re a Leeds fan aren’t you... would think you’re exactly one who’d understand it as you’ve witnessed a tactician like Bielsa at work, the way your players have responded to him, vs the alternative.Not sure that’s how it works.