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You gotta use those 'inspector gadget' arms down back. Get the boy on the protein shakes and he'll be a walk -up start.
Force the kid to eat a cow a day over the preseason.
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You gotta use those 'inspector gadget' arms down back. Get the boy on the protein shakes and he'll be a walk -up start.
BEEEEEEFCAAAAAKEForce the kid to eat a cow a day over the preseason.
Has it become racist to post that Mexican tortilla girl?
Then who will set Walker up for another screamer?
Robinson isn't as silky as Yarran, Murphy and Gibbs, yet his kicking seems to gets a bum rap from you. Reminds me of the knocks on Walker being a hack who can't kick.
Nothing wrong with Robbo's kicking when he is running with the ball but when in a pack he must realise that the 1st option is always the best, not a quick kick 100m in the air in the general direction of the goals...
The kicks would make more sense if Cloke was down there, but rather pointless them falling onto the head of Betts.
Stand by my call that you're harsh with Robinson a better kick than you give credit for. Armfield, Collins and possibly Garlett are the players who might come under the pump for their clangers you've referred to. Unlike the ex who went to Richmond, Robinson has learnt to lower his eyes and not just blaze away. This pass off one step to Armfield was a beauty that went over the back of Norf's defenders...We all have jobs in life, Robbo's is to see ball get ball give ball...
Everyone else in the side knows this, hopefully Mick can show him 'the path'...
Nothing wrong with Robbo's kicking when he is running with the ball but when in a pack he must realise that the 1st option is always the best, not a quick kick 100m in the air in the general direction of the goals...
Yet Malthouse admires Dane Swan and Dale Thomas aren't classical field kicks in anyone's language.I love our forward line when all our players are available as we're very hard to match up on for speed and smarts.
It's like anything, when it comes off it looks good but when it doesn't you have a problem going back the other way.
Malthouse likes accountable and percentage football, so at best guess the Robbo rain-maker may not be so admired any more.
A Juddy-type kick and play after Mitch contested, backed up and placed the ball over the back of the pack to set up a goal.
But each team from the grand final has one super quick, agile midfielder. They can apply a heap of pressure on the ball carrier when defending, & accelerate clear when they have the ball.The things to consider is this. Look at this years (and other years) grand finalists and particularly the medalist from this years game and look at their midfields and what type of athletes are commonly found in those midfields. Very powerful strong individuals who can take and dish out a very physical approach to the game. It is also clear that neither team has gone hell bent on drafting super quick athlete types
But each team from the grand final has one super quick, agile midfielder. They can apply a heap of pressure on the ball carrier when defending, & accelerate clear when they have the ball.
I'm starting to warm to the idea of playing Yarran in the midfield
Rioli and Jetta both spend some time on the ball, they're who I meant. The inferred pressure when these guys are around is pretty high. It's more of a cameo from them on the ball though I suppose.Out of those two teams they had a fairly well balanced midfield in terms of pace, no real slow or real quick players on the ball. Pace is good, it's good to have some quick players but it isn't the be all and end all. It's not overly crucial for the onball group to be over quick. It is crucial that they are strong and have weight to throw around. Hawthorn's onball group isn't over quick (Lewis, Mitchell, Hodge Sewell), Sydney's is a bit quicker (Jack, Hannebery, O'Keefe, McVeigh, Kennedy) but not lightning, Collingwood's premiership team didn't have an over all quick onball group either (Ball, Swann etc).
I keep seeing teams win premierships without a whole heap of pace. Pace is not overly important in creating pressure in the midfield. Teams are doing that with zoning, getting numbers to the ball and behind the ball and closing the space and working as a team in putting pressure on rather than one individual chasing another. They are also doing it with how they move the ball (not too quickly and often around the boundry) to make sure there are numbers where the footy is.
Where the pace seems to be in premiership sides is the half back and half forward flanks which makes lost of sence seeing as the onballers generally need to be good at working in minimal space and holding up a physical style of game as is the nature of the position in modern footy and flankers are the ones who are positioned in areas where the game opens up and allows run and also where chasing is more important. There's also room on the wings for run as well.
I'd be happy to keep Yarran out on the periferal on the flanks and maybe wing rather than playing him in the middle where the game is often closed up. I would even consider giving Judd and Murphy more time in periferal positions and having McLean, Curnow, Bell etc doing more of the battering ram work in the guts.
I'm hoping we produce a game style less dependant on pace because it doesn't work. What we have been doing doesn't work because good teams simple close up the space and make it contested footy, just how finals are played.
I hope we play a style of footy that is applicable to finals and that means moving the ball a bit slower so we aren't caught with no options to go to forward of us and so we can get numbers to where the ball is going to be to apply pressure as a team and so we have time to set up zones and presses more effectively. Last year we tried to move it to quickly and it caused us to get burnt on the turn over and also caused turn overs. We need to make a game based around contested physical footy and that means having the right sort of players in the midfield. We can get our more skillful, fast and creative players on the outside we will be going well also.
There is a key thing you have mentioned in your post here about 1 quick midfielder that can break away etc. We have Judd and Murphy who fit this category but the key point you have raised is the one point. I think a lot of teams are going with that genuine powerful running class onballer and he is the guy the ruckman is going to be looking for while the other two do the body work (blocking and defending). This raises a good point, should Judd and Murphy be in there at the same time or should they be rotating through on the ball and the half forward flank? Perhaps our structures and roles haven't been quite right with our onball setup.
Rioli and Jetta both spend some time on the ball, they're who I meant. The inferred pressure when these guys are around is pretty high. It's more of a cameo from them on the ball though I suppose.
IMO Judd and Murphy work well in the same midfield only when Carrots is there too because he's so good defensively. That balance was thrown when Carrots went down this year.
Pace is great when you flood back and force a turnover, and the ground ahead is open. Otherwise yeah it more often than not just causes turnovers (besides Yarran who can get out of anything)
P.S. I have also tried beer and skittles in search of the elusive Skittlebrau. It didn't end well .
I lost nearly half of my beer! Crazy fizzAcquired taste
Someone should of warned you about that firstI lost nearly half of my beer! Crazy fizz
Not always feasible. If they're going to work their way into into being AFL standard fitness why haven't they done it already? One of the best ways to have an impact in the AFL is to be fit enough to do it straight away like an Andrew Gaff, Matthew Kreuzer or Lachie Whitfield.Recruit strong powerful types with a good build and build their aerobic capacity through training.