Agree, he was selected as he is a players management coach to rebuild the players relationship with the coaches after the CM which he has been successfully doing with the re-signing of all the young players and some very good wins early in the season. Clearly the long AFL season is getting to the young playing group right now.
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Sloane did play ahead of the ball for a few minutes that gave Schoey a bit of extra time in there.
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Shoeberg was great and was easily out best mid on the day even though he made a few mistakes, he is going to be a star.
Hamill was awful and cost us about 5 goals, he is devoid of confidence.
The small forwards we have are all crap and can’t crumb the ball at all. Unfortunately same with our defenders, we are miles away from challenging for the 8, at least 3 years if not more.
1 think that annoys me we know what we are going to get, we will all be out marked in attack and the ball will be brought out of our defence easily. It’s so hard to be exited to watch this team at the moment. I know it’s a rebuild but it’s going to be tough watching for a while
Hamill was awful and cost us about 5 goals, he is devoid of confidence.
The small forwards we have are all crap and can’t crumb the ball at all. Unfortunately same with our defenders, we are miles away from challenging for the 8, at least 3 years if not more.
1 think that annoys me we know what we are going to get, we will all be out marked in attack and the ball will be brought out of our defence easily. It’s so hard to be exited to watch this team at the moment. I know it’s a rebuild but it’s going to be tough watching for a while
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In the same way I wouldn't give a shite if Himmelberg or Frampton had a decent game, they are still not the players we want in a best 22 nor is McPherson. Regularly bathed, shite distribution, albeit hit up Fogarty nicely tonight. It's not worth it when he burns the ball comjng out of D50 as often as he does.
Our forward 50 entries are deliberately like that. Roo even said as much pre-game and Nicks has been quoted lamenting shallow entries. They are coached to drop the ball onto deep contests rather than hit up targets. Instead of addressing the issues by not selecting players with poor foot skills, we're running a stupid strategy that won't progress us up the ladder.
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Good: Schoenberg
Bad: the rest
Ugly: The smug Simpson laughing when his back dropped the sitter and gifted us a goal, when he knew full well that it meant nothing as we were a rubbish team.
Bad: the rest
Ugly: The smug Simpson laughing when his back dropped the sitter and gifted us a goal, when he knew full well that it meant nothing as we were a rubbish team.
That's absolutely true, but I'm not just talking about whether he has kicked goals, which was tough for all our players, given our woefully skilled midfielders.
What is it exactly that Rowe offers?
The good small forwards tend to be dangerous one on one players, Rowe is certainly not this. In fact you would back his opponent 90% of the time in a one on one contest.
The good small forwards tend to be really quick, he is definitely not this.
The good small forwards apply good defensive pressure, whereas Rowe is woeful at this and his tackling is so weak that opposition simply brush him off like a fly.
The good small forwards can play taller and use their athleticism to mark high on a lead, Rowe doesnt do this.
The good small forwards kick goals, he certainly isn't doing this.
His greatest asset at the moment, appears to be his height. Because he's so short, if he ducks at the exact right moment, he's a high chance of a free kick.
We seriously need to move beyond Rowe and we deserve better.
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Didn't see any of the game. Amazed people still pay to watch us play.
The Rise of Schoenberg is the one highlight over the last few weeks.
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We had a lot of smothered kicks
I guess that's the only alternative to high bombs
I guess that's the only alternative to high bombs
Why would we persist with the the 3 midget brigade is beyond me.
Are Murphy, McHendry, Rowe kicking massive amounts of gaols? No
Are they applying such devastating pressure that the other forwards are kicking goals? No
Are they assisting in all the goals? No.
I'm not saying they are all bad, or that they don't individually bring something (apart from Rowe) but this strategy does not work.
We need to replace one of them with a medium forward or something that isn't a midget.
Are Murphy, McHendry, Rowe kicking massive amounts of gaols? No
Are they applying such devastating pressure that the other forwards are kicking goals? No
Are they assisting in all the goals? No.
I'm not saying they are all bad, or that they don't individually bring something (apart from Rowe) but this strategy does not work.
We need to replace one of them with a medium forward or something that isn't a midget.
I’ve given Moose a lot of crap this year but tonight he showed a bit of 2020 form
My bet at $6.50 on 40+ got up. That was good, I'd given up with a couple of minutes to go.
47 to 13 for scores from stoppages.
Time to mix it up. Laird to the backline and Sloane to the forward line.
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Time to mix it up. Laird to the backline and Sloane to the forward line.
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The most appalling example of this was Sloane in the first deliberately ignoring an open target in goalscoring range. To top this off, he couldn't even reach the contest with the kick, dropping it straight into the arms of the WCE defender in front of the pack.
How about that: kicking it straight to the oppo in preference to your own open target.
Indeed, the only good entries we did early were miskicks, some of them straight to our man! Perhaps, there's a moral there?
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Can we get a small forward with even a small amount of pace? Like, anyone at all?
Murphy - slow
McHenry - average
Rowe - glacial
Stengle - slow
Wright - slow
Knight - below average
Cameron - very quick (yes! Oh wait we traded him)
Betts - average but elite in literally everything else
Callinan - below average
Petrenko - above average but awful
I'm sure it goes on. Feels like Cameron is one of the only quick smalls we've ever had
Murphy - slow
McHenry - average
Rowe - glacial
Stengle - slow
Wright - slow
Knight - below average
Cameron - very quick (yes! Oh wait we traded him)
Betts - average but elite in literally everything else
Callinan - below average
Petrenko - above average but awful
I'm sure it goes on. Feels like Cameron is one of the only quick smalls we've ever had
Rowe is a genuine Footballer.
Debatable at what level.
SANFL he was always going to transition to midfield and potentially win Margaret Medals. You can see he has a good footy brain.
But he is too small and slow for AFL. Start of the year with no "grind fatigue" he was somewhat effective. Now he just can't keep up with the game.
I do wonder if after another AFL preseason he can build a tank and some speed. I would bet no.
I can see him being delisted once this contract running out and, like Mitch Grigg, going on to have a great SANFL career.
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Debatable at what level.
SANFL he was always going to transition to midfield and potentially win Margaret Medals. You can see he has a good footy brain.
But he is too small and slow for AFL. Start of the year with no "grind fatigue" he was somewhat effective. Now he just can't keep up with the game.
I do wonder if after another AFL preseason he can build a tank and some speed. I would bet no.
I can see him being delisted once this contract running out and, like Mitch Grigg, going on to have a great SANFL career.
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There are smothered kicks, and there is kicking straight into the opponent!
It was the latter in our case.
We were actually ok in terms of making life difficult for the Eagles. We just lack quality ball users and decision makers. Our clearance wins are just total junk compared to our opponents. Until This improves, we're going nowhere. Problem is that individually, each cog is ok. Sloane obviously injured, but otherwise ok. All good ball winners, but cant break lines and average by foot. Matt will return and make 4 of the same.
That is the only stat that counts. Our midfielders make it very hard for our forwards and even harder for our defenders.
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What? McPherson had one of his best games! Tex took seven marks, kicked 1.1 from shitty delivery and handed a few off.
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It just validated how far our list is away from challenging
We have gaps in every zone and lack quality experience to help bring through the young players
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