Prediction Changes vs West Coast Eagles

[PatientMental]

Ok we got beat by Richmond.
I would look at that line up and say that the balls not being held in the forward line.

Why would you need to hold the ball in if your forwards are actually marking the ****er and kicking goals.

 

[PowerBaz]

Eddy, you beauty!

What?

 

[Us against the rest]

Why would you need to hold the ball in if your forwards are actually marking the ****** and kicking goals.

Yep the game is pretty simple, kick more goals than your oppo.

 

[PowerBaz]

We lose this without including at least Eddy Ken and Co will look like bigger dick heads. Amature hour.

 

[jdeezy]

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Playing 21 is a bold strategy, Cotton, but surely the results couldn't be worse.

 

[El Zorro]

Ok we got beat by Richmond.
I would look at that line up and say that the balls not being held in the forward line.

There is no need. After going through the big sticks the ball goes back to the middle anyway.

 

[Power Raid]

So Hombsch comes back in. Will Atley and Drew actually get a run? Who will come out?

This seems like a complete luck of the draw, spin the wheel time situation.

I'm surprised that after the talk during the week none of Eddy, Howard or Monfries got included. We have stocked up on our midfield and defence, both of which have been solid this year but not touched our forward line that has been completely afunctional.

goal scoring capability is over rated

 

[tribey]

Seriously how hard is it to line up like this

B Jonas Hombsch Byrne-Jones
HB Clurey Trengove Broadbent
C Polec Ebert Pittard
HF Wingard Howard Hartlett
F Eddy Dixon R.Gray

R Ryder Wines SPP

I Houston, Atley, White, Palmer

#defensivelyilliterate
#eightandseven
#wedontwinbutwedothingscleverly

 

[Humdot]

Seriously how hard is it to line up like this

B Jonas Hombsch Byrne-Jones
HB Clurey Trengove Broadbent
C Polec Ebert Pittard
HF Wingard Howard Hartlett
F Eddy Dixon R.Gray

R Ryder Wines SPP

I Houston, Atley, White, Palmer

Ahh, you put White, Atley and Pittard ahead of Boak?

 

[El Zorro]

#defensivelyilliterate
#eightandseven
#wedontwinbutwedothingscleverly

what's 8 and 7?

 

[Sewer de Lance]

For the love of Zeus, why can't we just play another tall up front?

 

[scottjr]

Why would you need to hold the ball in if your forwards are actually marking the ****** and kicking goals.

Forwards don't mark the ball. There's a player in front of them one over the back and one waiting for the tap down to run out of defense. We might get 8 goals from talls marking and West Coast would get 16 from our forwards not marking.

Talls have to be very good or they are a waste of time.

 

[PatientMental]

Ahh, you put White, Atley and Pittard ahead of Boak?

he looks amazingly cooked, even a 30 year old white looks less over the hill than boak has looked for 2 seasons.

 

[tribey]

what's 8 and 7?

Port on Monday morning.

 

[1954]

Before selection Port were maybe a 40/60 chance of getting the chocolates.
After selection those chances have now probably dropped to 30/70.

 

[PatientMental]

Forwards don't mark the ball. There's a player in front of them one over the back and one waiting for the tap down to run out of defense. We might get 8 goals from talls marking and West Coast would get 16 from our forwards not marking.

Talls have to be very good or they are a waste of time.

Ok, lets pick neade and impey instead, who have no idea how to shark a contest and never will, so the oppo will always get the ball that hits the deck anyway

 

[_Christoh_]

Why would you need to hold the ball in if your forwards are actually marking the ****** and kicking goals.

Before the Richmond game I heard a stat that we were +17 minutes at AO for ball in our forward half. It sounds impressive but what it really means is we're not scoring or we're defending too many kick outs after missing. **** time in forward half, **** repeat inside 50s, kick goals!

Our defense and center square midfield are purring this year and we're persisting with a stale, half eaten sandwich set up of a forward line. It makes me frustrated as hell. Do something Ken...anything ffs.

 

[PowerBaz]

Ken's ideology, idiotic.

 

[Power Raid]

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I like this twice.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

What i worry about most is if Hammer is fit.

What happens then?

Hombsch in - Neade out? [another defender in]

Surely if Hammer is fit and we say Hombsch is a lock to come in, then we have to drop one of hammer/pittard/houston/DBJ??

 

[PatientMental]

Going in with 1 forward and 2 mid-forwards as our forward line this week.

I guess that'll open up our forward line with all that space.

What? Trengove, Sam Gray, Impey and Neade will also be in there? Wasting space?

****.

 

[Gray Day]

Seriously how hard is it to line up like this

B Jonas Hombsch Byrne-Jones
HB Clurey Trengove Broadbent
C Polec Ebert Pittard
HF Wingard Howard Hartlett
F Eddy Dixon R.Gray

R Ryder Wines SPP

I Houston, Atley, White, Palmer

lol as if Ken would ever, EVER drop his mate Westhoff

Or S.Pray for that matter.

 

[PJ Power]

Why would you need to hold the ball in if your forwards are actually marking the ****** and kicking goals.

This.

 

[tribey]

Before the Richmond game I heard a stat that we were +17 minutes at AO for ball in our forward half. It sounds impressive but what it really means is we're not scoring or we're defending too many kick outs after missing. **** time in forward half, **** repeat inside 50s, kick goals!

Our defense and center square midfield are purring this year and we're persisting with a stale, half eaten sandwich set up of a forward line. It makes me frustrated as hell. Do something Ken...anything ffs.

Once every 20 years or so a season comes along that is so even and circumstantially open that literally any one of 8-10 teams could realistically rise up and win a flag.

Our talent and injury status is such that we could and should be one of the teams at the tip of the spear, but we're locked in doctrinal stagnancy tantamount to the static horrors of WW1 trench warfare.

I'm not sure how I'll feel when Sydney's tank rolls past us this weekend, but it'll really emphasise how self-destructive we've been placing theory before wins.

 

[finbarr]

The gigantic Subiaco is going to look like the Sahara to Sam Gray and his puny kick.