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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    Putting aside the ultimate result for a sec as I think it might be a tight game either way, this is what I’d love to see tonight so we can start to get clarity moving forward this season and beyond: - Jordy playing predominantly forward, at times deepest, and kicking 2-3 goals and 7+ SIs. With...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    He has clearly improved his kicking in the last couple of weeks and probably worked on it since he’s such a massive competitor. He definitely had something impeding h whether in the leg or in the head the few weeks prior to that because it was happening not just for SOGs but general play too...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    Hard disagree and I was big on bringing him a few weeks ago. He and we have learnt a lot in his couple of games. He very clearly needs to learn new leading patterns, work on his forward craft and on field positioning. If his omission is accompanied by a tailored plan to make that work at VFL...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    It’s always hard to separate what’s driven by the individual versus instructions but we have enough body of evidence to suggest that when in doubt, we are perfectly happy to have our two talls come together and bomb to a pack and accept the mostly likely outcome is a boundary throw in or...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    I was more thinking post 23 once these players left and we had to fill that clear gap. We may have thought we had enough speed on the list with the players you mentioned but when you look at the draft and salary capital we spent since we went in the opposite direction (Pez, Houston, Shoota...
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    Toast Round 11 = Collingwood 92-82 West Coast

    Yes definitely and there aren’t that many cards a coach can play to really tighten defensively. It’s about numbers back, bring your wings closer (the main mids are just going to follow the ball anyway) and decide how many forwards you leave deep and positioned for rebound rather than tracking...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    I agree and another one that stands out live at the ground is that we bring our lines so close together that there is often not a lot to kick to except dodgy 2-1 options. We flood back so it invites the opposition to bring their numbers and we get stuck because no one is breaking the lines. I...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    You don’t have to convince me that’s for sure! I have been leaning towards dropping Long early in the season. The AA call I thought was a clear mistake and posted as such. You would hope the coaches see it that way too now. To be honest I also have major doubts that Allan can really play as an...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    Right I think something is getting lost in translation. So we agree that we lost to Sydney at least in most part because Grundy destroyed us in the second half. Steene did alright in the first and was getting his hands on the ball and limiting Grundy’s impact. But he only played 45% of the...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    But we didn’t have Cameron against Sydney. Like I said we will lose the ruck around the ground when he’s in but he can learn to at least have a body presence there to give Cameron a 5min rest on the bench. If we had Cameron rucking 70% of the game vs Sydney, Buller 25% and McStay 5 we would have...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 12 vs. Bulldogs, Sat 30/05 at 7:35pm (Marvel)

    I think we can shuffle our interchanges to accomodate more regular periods off for DC while still letting him take the vast majority of the game otherwise. Eg this year we have mostly had a mid playing at 55-60% TOG (often Anderson or yesterday Allan) but I think you could get Buller in, accept...
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    2026 Trade / FA Thread

    I would be super cautious on Greene and lean towards no. I didn’t watch the Giants game today but from all accounts that third quarter is an outlier. In previous games Greene to me seems to have slowed down. He’s lost a yard of pace and he didn’t that many to begin with and is more hesitant...
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    Player Watch Charlie West

    I think fundamentally we are very much against players leaving their dedicated patch of grass. It’s quite a static way to play but we give them clear patterns to follow (run around the pocket, kick it short to pocket or long down the line to a pack) and others are very much no gos. How often do...
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    Player Watch Charlie West

    Yeah both he and our forward line need work. He just wasn’t smart with his positioning, not generating leads himself and not clear why he so often ended up where others were. To be fair We are a very difficult team for a forward to come in and find space. We ask our forwards to come back pretty...
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    Toast Round 11 = Collingwood 92-82 West Coast

    Yeah I think you’re right on Crisp and the stats say so but Jordy is an interesting one, I think he can do more. He’s obviously never been a massive two way runner but when the tide turns against us in the middle you look around and it feels like it’s Nick going that extra gear and no one else...
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