Prediction Changes vs Hawksthorne

[LP7_]

I’ve slept on it and I’m still really upset we lost Garner. Couldn’t have done a whole lot more. Maybe his left foot is too accurate that he’s a bit of a misfit among the playing group.

 

[SureBuddy]

Not enough talk about our best player coming back into the team! Robbie is such a huge in for us.

 

[Willsy10]

Not enough talk about our best player coming back into the team! Robbie is such a huge in for us.

It's so underrated on here it isn't funny.

Nice to have a member of our leadership group in the team too.

 

[SureBuddy]

It's so underrated on here it isn't funny.

Nice to have a member of our leadership group in the team too.

Exactly. We have now got back our best defender and our Captain. This makes Clurey and Howard even stronger in defence.
We have also got back our best player who has had a couple of weeks to freshen up his legs. Means Rozee will now get the second best small defender. Plus Robbie can bring the much needed class into the midfield.
The flow on effect of these two being back in the team is huge.

 

[*PAF]

Garner will get another go soon enough. I'm alright with Broady staying in. Am more disappointed about Atley dropping out, as I feel we've interrupted the balance of in/out mids by doing so.

Atley had a much better game than most give him credit for.
Sometimes stats alone don't tell the whole story.

 

[TeeKray]

So depressing to think that Chad will be on the opposition team tomorrow. It's going to be weird watching him play against us, hoping he doesn't light it up, hoping he misses shots on goal, etc.

 

[RossFC]

Are Amon and Impey gonna be playing next to each other?

 

[bringbackbucky]

Would've loved Garner to hold his spot in Indigenous round. Kid looks and speaks like a future captain.

 

[Magus]

Are Amon and Impey gonna be playing next to each other?

I thought he'd either be on one of our forwards or one of our defenders. Not that it means much but the AFL team lineup has him on Rozee. I'm absolutely drooling at that prospect

 

[Jojay]

He looks old school Port. Some of the things he did and his physique reminded me a bit of Greg Phillips. .. he should be rockin the # 22 on his back.

 

[PowerBaz]

He looks old school Port. Some of the things he did and his physique reminded me a bit of Greg Phillips. .. he should be rockin the # 22 on his back.

has his legs, thought the same thing.

 

[Magus]

has his legs, thought the same thing.

Big arsed warrior?

 

[Kiss from a Rozee]

'Very consistent player in Broadbent'

He's played two games since 2017 and hasn't played a good game since 2016.

He’s been pretty good the last two weeks IMO. Very reliable with the ball in hand, defending and intercepting well. I thought his ball use by foot was awesome, though he hasn’t yet provided the run he used to.

If you think he played badly you simply saw the game differently to me, no real point arguing about it.

 

[chiwigi]

He’s been pretty good the last two weeks IMO. Very reliable with the ball in hand, defending and intercepting well. I thought his ball use by foot was awesome, though he hasn’t yet provided the run he used to.

If you think he played badly you simply saw the game differently to me, no real point arguing about it.

I think he is being judged on how he was at his best rather than what he actually did.

 

[Willsy10]

So depressing to think that Chad will be on the opposition team tomorrow. It's going to be weird watching him play against us, hoping he doesn't light it up, hoping he misses shots on goal, etc.

Unfortunately he is due, i know he has been out injured but his form before that was terrible, if he doesn't he'll be playing for Box Hill soon enough. His return to form was always going to happen against us.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

Since his return Broadbent has been playing an extremely loose game (total of 1 tackle laid in 2 games so far, and far more uncontested than contested ball), and doesn't even have the good disposal efficiency that usually goes with playing so far outside. Thats what he actually did.

 

[Kiss from a Rozee]

Since his return Broadbent has been playing an extremely loose game (total of 1 tackle laid in 2 games so far, and far more uncontested than contested ball), and doesn't even have the good disposal efficiency that usually goes with playing so far outside. Thats what he actually did.

Tom Clurey and Lienert laid a total of zero tackles between them on the weekend.

Spuds delist.

 

[Janus]

Since his return Broadbent has been playing an extremely loose game (total of 1 tackle laid in 2 games so far, and far more uncontested than contested ball), and doesn't even have the good disposal efficiency that usually goes with playing so far outside. Thats what he actually did.

Cool. With Jonas back, he can bump up those uncontested numbers. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

Tom Clurey and Lienert laid a total of zero tackles between them on the weekend.

Spuds delist.

In addition to the endless stats I've presented on this topic over the past couple of weeks, across multiple threads of Janus denial of Broadbent's indifferent form, here's a couple more:

- Garner doubled Broadbent's tackle count for the year in one game.
- Broadbent has more Clangers across two games than Lienert has in four. Benefit of experience?
- Despite Broadbent supposedly being a rebounding defender, Clurey had more R50s just last week than Broadbent's had this season.
- All three of these guys won equal or more 1%ers than Broadbent last week

But if you reckon loose cheapies and less physical pressure laid than Nathan Lonie are good form, you're on the right wagon.

 

[Janus]

In addition to the endless stats I've presented on this topic over the past couple of weeks, across multiple threads of Janus denial of Broadbent's indifferent form, here's a couple more:

- Garner doubled Broadbent's tackle count for the year in one game.
- Broadbent has more Clangers across two games than Lienert has in four. Benefit of experience?
- Despite Broadbent supposedly being a rebounding defender, Clurey had more R50s just last week than Broadbent's had this season.
- All three of these guys won equal or more 1%ers than Broadbent last week

But if you reckon loose cheapies and less physical pressure laid than Nathan Lonie are good form, you're on the right wagon.

I think the whole idea of playing as a team is for your performance to make your teammates better.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

I think the whole idea of playing as a team is for your performance to make your teammates better.

I guess that low disposal efficiency is really helping out teammates up field?

But you're right, the rest of the defence has been doing a great job of carrying Broadbent loping around.

 

[Chrizzt]

In addition to the endless stats I've presented on this topic over the past couple of weeks, across multiple threads of Janus denial of Broadbent's indifferent form, here's a couple more:

- Garner doubled Broadbent's tackle count for the year in one game.
- Broadbent has more Clangers across two games than Lienert has in four. Benefit of experience?
- Despite Broadbent supposedly being a rebounding defender, Clurey had more R50s just last week than Broadbent's had this season.
- All three of these guys won equal or more 1%ers than Broadbent last week

But if you reckon loose cheapies and less physical pressure laid than Nathan Lonie are good form, you're on the right wagon.

I'm not going to argue Broadbent's been in great form, because he's been ok but not great. However one of his intangibles is the benefit of experience. He knows where to be, knows when to go and when to stay, and has the confidence to keep the backline organised.

Yeah, it's only a reasonable part to a defender's game but I think the above coupled with his "stats" suggest he's doing a decent job at the moment.

Besides which, I think he gets dropped for Hammer when he comes back in so it's a little bit of a moot point anyway.

 

[malcheski]

In addition to the endless stats I've presented on this topic over the past couple of weeks, across multiple threads of Janus denial of Broadbent's indifferent form, here's a couple more:

- Garner doubled Broadbent's tackle count for the year in one game.
- Broadbent has more Clangers across two games than Lienert has in four. Benefit of experience?
- Despite Broadbent supposedly being a rebounding defender, Clurey had more R50s just last week than Broadbent's had this season.
- All three of these guys won equal or more 1%ers than Broadbent last week

But if you reckon loose cheapies and less physical pressure laid than Nathan Lonie are good form, you're on the right wagon.

Not going to argue against your point, however i do like the use of the terms 'year' and 'season' when referencing Broadbents stats, as if he has been playing the entire year when he has only played 2 games. Its like the classic yelling of, 'he's been doing it all day!' for the first free kick paid of the match.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

I'm not going to argue Broadbent's been in great form, because he's been ok but not great. However one of his intangibles is the benefit of experience. He knows where to be, knows when to go and when to stay, and has the confidence to keep the backline organised.

Dougal Howard was named captain last week, so I guess even the club doesn't rate that experience intangible particularly highly.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

Not going to argue against your point, however i do like the use of the terms 'year' and 'season' when referencing Broadbents stats, as if he has been playing the entire year when he has only played 2 games. Its like the classic yelling of, 'he's been doing it all day!' for the first free kick paid of the match.

Mate I've been dealing with the uber-selective Janus for a fortnight and now Kiss is getting in on it.

At a certain point its easier for me to play that game too, I've been dealing in good faith longer than this clownery deserved.