Game Day Crows V Weagles

[maxlilly]

More short sh*t from Seed

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Mixed messages from the coaches.
One minute telling Seeds to use his weapons so he kicks long into the F50
Then next minute they are telling him to spot up the lead

 

[Mutineer]

Good effort but we weren't very competitive at the centre bounces today

Actually we were, 13 Centre clearances apiece....Nic Nat's palming to Kelly in particular was silver service, our mids were in the main roving to a well beaten Ruck.

 

[WeedsMullet84]

Can someone explain to me how a team goes into a game against West Coast playing only 1 tall defender?

You can put in all you effort you want, but if the club are making sh*t decisions at the selection table then you're going to be behind the 8 ball before the ball is even bounced.

There’s only two reasons.

1) Poor selection
2)Tanking


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[maxlilly]

And Mic Nat was the major difference there.

Yep, Nic Nat just dominates but ROB has been disappointing for most of the year so far.

 

[maxlilly]

Actually we were, 13 Centre clearances apiece....Nic Nat's palming to Kelly in particular was silver service, our mids were in the main roving to a well beaten Ruck.

Wow, I'm surprised, it didn't look like that through the match.
I think the quality of the clearances was the difference.
Kelly was outstanding today

 

[Mutineer]

Yep, Nic Nat just dominates but ROB has been disappointing for most of the year so far.

No argument from me but that's down to ROB himself and **** all to do with Clarkson

 

[Red mist]

Nicks is a dud. We need a coach that at least has hair on his head.

Kern?

 

[AmericanCrow]

Won the toss, it’s a sign!

orrrrr not

 

[skam85]

Well yeah, but our issue today was going too short down back, not the midfield.

How does the ball get into the forward line?

 

[Jarman3]

Wow, I'm surprised, it didn't look like that through the match.
I think the quality of the clearances was the difference.
Kelly was outstanding today

There was one point (I think it was during the 3rd quarter) when the commentators noted we'd had something like 7 clearances in a row. I think that was just after McAdam scored that goal where he intercepted the sideways kick in their backline. West Coast broke the streak immediately after that by winning the next clearance and kicking a goal from it. But yeah, if you have 13 for the day and win 7 of them in a row, that leaves the remaining 6 spread pretty thinly throughout the rest of the match, so it would feel like you were getting towelled up for most of the day even if you broke even in the stat overall

 

[ltdamn]

Wow, I'm surprised, it didn't look like that through the match.
I think the quality of the clearances was the difference.
Kelly was outstanding today

Yes, nail, hammer head. We win our clearances typically by piling players onto the ball at 100mph like a rugby maul until one of the 4 we have on the ground can dish out a handball that Laird can dump forwards. Other teams have players side and back of the contest who can take the ball away with pace when they win it.

Our strategy doesn't sustain itself for 4 quarters, which is why we have periods like Sunday where we dominate for a stretch without impacting the scoreboard, but then (as in the Freo game and with Darling yesterday) the opposition is able to kick 4-5 goals in as many minutes with little effort.

Since the Campo days this has been our approach to clearances - win the initial ball at all costs and everything else is irrelevant. Works OK if you win it, but when everyone is piled on the ground and you don't, then the other team isn't faced with much opposition to simply running the ball into an open goalsquare.

 

[Concussion test]

Won the toss, it’s a sign!

A very underrated part of the game. I think there should be one premiership point riding on the toss.