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That's brilliant.Footage of Chris Fagan on his morning walk today >
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That's brilliant.Footage of Chris Fagan on his morning walk today >
They might be happy to finish 5th or 6th considering they will only get one final at home anyway.Yeah, Weat Coast cocked that up.
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Losing Andrews is a massive blow, but it should not mean the end of our season or Premiership hopes. Payne comes in for Andrews, which partially covers the absence on paper. Lester, Gardiner, Starcevich, Birchall, Rich and Answerth continuing to stand up also helps. Forget moving McStay back. He is so horribly out of form, particularly in terms of marking that he would be a liability. The other big thing we can do to cover the loss of Andrews is we can dominate in the midfield and start kicking higher scores. We are not going to notice his loss as much if the ball spends most of the time in our half. If we think we are going to win finals by kicking six goals a game and having goalless quarters (we managed two of those on the weekend) we are delusional. The same applies to scoring accuracy. Look at Geelong on the weekend - they kicked 17.6 against Essendon. More telling is their quarter by quarter breakdown. 6.1 6.1 2.1 3.2
Losing Andrews is a massive blow, as I said, but we are still going to go out in “straight sets” again if we can’t get our forward line right. If we can dominate in the middle and convert on the scoreboard we are still a chance with the defenders we have available.
And the fact that Essendon are about the 3rd worst defensive team in the comp this year and Collingwood allow the least amount of points against.Not a great example. Even we kicked 14.7 against Essendon.
I know you think the game should be played like it was back in the 1980's but in this modern game we see now, most scoring opportunities come from run out of the backline. Our scoring opportunities will also rely on guys like Rich, Starc, Birchall etc all giving our runners the best chance to bring the ball into our forward line in a way our forwards can score. Thats how most sides win games.Losing Andrews is a massive blow, but it should not mean the end of our season or Premiership hopes. Payne comes in for Andrews, which partially covers the absence on paper. Lester, Gardiner, Starcevich, Birchall, Rich and Answerth continuing to stand up also helps. Forget moving McStay back. He is so horribly out of form, particularly in terms of marking that he would be a liability. The other big thing we can do to cover the loss of Andrews is we can dominate in the midfield and start kicking higher scores. We are not going to notice his loss as much if the ball spends most of the time in our half. If we think we are going to win finals by kicking six goals a game and having goalless quarters (we managed two of those on the weekend) we are delusional. The same applies to scoring accuracy. Look at Geelong on the weekend - they kicked 17.6 against Essendon. More telling is their quarter by quarter breakdown. 6.1 6.1 2.1 3.2
Losing Andrews is a massive blow, as I said, but we are still going to go out in “straight sets” again if we can’t get our forward line right. If we can dominate in the middle and convert on the scoreboard we are still a chance with the defenders we have available.
INCORRECT most scoring opportunities DO NOT come from “run out of the backline.” Most scoring opportunities come from centre clearances and stoppages in our forward half. Rather than facilitating the running of the ball out of the backline, our defenders more often than not chip the ball about until they can find an overlap to exit to or they kick it down the line. It’s ironic that you mention the 80’s, because that was the era of rebound football and aggressive running in waves out of the backline. Sometimes you have to know what you are talking about Mighty Lions and with the greatest of respect, in this instance you don’t.I know you think the game should be played like it was back in the 1980's but in this modern game we see now, most scoring opportunities come from run out of the backline. Our scoring opportunities will also rely on guys like Rich, Starc, Birchall etc all giving our runners the best chance to bring the ball into our forward line in a way our forwards can score. Thats how most sides win games.
Deplorable reading.For what it is worth, round 10 to 15, total goals kicked by each team currently in the 8.
Geelong 68
Richmond 63
West Coast 50
Port 47
Collingwood 47
St Kilda 38
GWS 38
Brisbane 37
We need Charlie, Eric, Dan, Cam and the others that venture forward to lift. The backhalf can be reworked, re-structured etc as much as we want, if we don't kick goals, it is all in vain.
The above probably goes a long way to indicate why Geelong and Richmond are flag favourites and we are not.
For what it is worth, round 10 to 15, total goals kicked by each team currently in the 8.
Geelong 68
Richmond 63
West Coast 50
Port 47
Collingwood 47
St Kilda 38
GWS 38
Brisbane 37
We need Charlie, Eric, Dan, Cam and the others that venture forward to lift. The backhalf can be reworked, re-structured etc as much as we want, if we don't kick goals, it is all in vain.
The above probably goes a long way to indicate why Geelong and Richmond are flag favourites and we are not.
At last! A SANE PERSON who knows what he is talking about. Once again, spot on Dylan. We still need to get our forward line right. It is blindingly obvious to everyone, bar those who don’t understand the game.Deplorable reading.
The truly amazing stat is that we are actually winning and whilst it may sound ungrateful given the position we've come from, I'd be lying if I said it has been an enjoyable stretch of games to watch. In fact, compared to last year where we were one of the most exciting teams to watch, we're probably one of the worst teams to watch as far as spectacles go. We don't kick straight and our total scores resemble a very good quarter of football.
Whilst that Collingwood poster was a dick the other day, I don't think he or she will be too far off the mark with how we'll go come finals time.
YEP! Apparently most kicked on the rebound out of defence - It’s the ‘modern game.’For what it is worth, round 10 to 15, total goals kicked by each team currently in the 8.
Geelong 68
Richmond 63
West Coast 50
Port 47
Collingwood 47
St Kilda 38
GWS 38
Brisbane 37
We need Charlie, Eric, Dan, Cam and the others that venture forward to lift. The backhalf can be reworked, re-structured etc as much as we want, if we don't kick goals, it is all in vain.
The above probably goes a long way to indicate why Geelong and Richmond are flag favourites and we are not.
For what it is worth, round 10 to 15, total goals kicked by each team currently in the 8.
Geelong 68
Richmond 63
West Coast 50
Port 47
Collingwood 47
St Kilda 38
GWS 38
Brisbane 37
We need Charlie, Eric, Dan, Cam and the others that venture forward to lift. The backhalf can be reworked, re-structured etc as much as we want, if we don't kick goals, it is all in vain.
The above probably goes a long way to indicate why Geelong and Richmond are flag favourites and we are not.
At last! A SANE PERSON who knows what he is talking about. Once again, spot on Dylan. We still need to get our forward line right. It is blindingly obvious to everyone, bar those who don’t understand the game.
Just a simple add up of goals scored by teams that played. Not meant to be overly analysed from a statistical point of view, just a broad brush indicator. We've been winning, that's better than loosing, but....... We have to kick a winning score.Does this factor in byes?
Too true. But since then, Charlie has stopped kicking them, Dan hasn't started kicking them, Eric does many great things but hasn't been kicking them. We can do it, we just need to do it again. And again.We were the highest scoring team to round 9 though? Or close enough to
Too true. But since then, Charlie has stopped kicking them, Dan hasn't started kicking them, Eric does many great things but hasn't been kicking them. We can do it, we just need to do it again. And again.
I think you got that right Nunez, except for the bit about flogging teams. Been missing for a while. But the sentiment and assessment is spot on. Just be good to see the attacking, precision game style we had against Port earlier this year. Gee that was good to watch.Good teams can win even struggling. We looked absolutely rooted against North and St Kilda yet still won. Against Collingwood we dominated the second quarter and looked set to blow the Pies away, only to lose two important pieces of our gameplan and changed our strategy mid game which meant winning & keeping Collingwood to a 60 year low score.
We can win ugly, we can win close games, we can change strategies mid game and can flog opposition. We've debuted six players and have dropped just two games since the season actually started.
I've got a lot of belief in this team. I have faith we'll win at least 2 of the next three games and set ourselves to in a strong position heading into finals