Autopsy Positives and Negatives Vs Bulldogs
I also thought Lecca’s endurance was pretty good compared to last year. Maybe that good offseason paid off.
He was absolute trash in the preseason but played really well yesterday. Hopefully not just FTB
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The start to darling’s season... wow
Genuinely leading that forward line
Even copped one in the mush which would normally take him 5 minutes to recover from!
Genuinely leading that forward line
Even copped one in the mush which would normally take him 5 minutes to recover from!
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Too early to call venables elite.same as Ryan, let’s see some consistency before putting pressure on these blokes.he seems promising, if he gets his upper body stronger, I can see him do some serious damage in a year or two
Man Lecca is playing bloody well.
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Nic Nat- Getting back to his best and is an intimidating presence
Venables- Love his dare and dash, kicked 3 goals as well, adds a anothr mix to our forward line
Ryan-Loved his game, needs to finish better
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Hurn- Back to his kicking best in the last two games.
Lycett- Played a belter of a game
Darling - Played like a man possessed seems like he has a point to prove 11 marks 6 of them contested and 4 goals great game
Dislike
Nelson - Turn over machine
Venables- Love his dare and dash, kicked 3 goals as well, adds a anothr mix to our forward line
Ryan-Loved his game, needs to finish better
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Hurn- Back to his kicking best in the last two games.
Lycett- Played a belter of a game
Darling - Played like a man possessed seems like he has a point to prove 11 marks 6 of them contested and 4 goals great game
Dislike
Nelson - Turn over machine
He had a good 2nd half of last season too.
Doesn’t play too many bad games
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Runs so much for such little possession. Must have enjoyed being the piggy in the middle when he was a kid.
Wasn't watching closely enough but was a lot of his running 'unrewarded' and thus opening up opportunities for team mates? Used to play high level hockey and we were always expected to do lots of unrewarded running to help create space and opportunities for team mates.
Redden needs to get on whatever weights program J.Selwood is on , that campaigners arms are ******* massive. Would be handy for ripping the ball out of contests
Yeah, Duggo looked one of our best in Pre-Season. Get the feeling its a bit between the ears with him and back him to turn it around.
Definitely between the ears. Like most of our players IMO
Can't be bothered with a long post this week, very happy all round with the performances but a few quick notes:
Redden - Didn't exactly lose his feet by being outmuscled, just that when he realises he's going to be second to the ball he dives frantically to try and tap it on or drag it back to gather it. I think it shows his desperation and is a more promising thing then him slipping or getting knocked over.
Darling and Lecras - Obviously their skills have been amazing and I love to see the maligned players stand up, but their leadership is what has made me the happiest, after goals they can both be seen directing Ryan, Venables and Rioli around and Lecras' intent to tackle is infectious.
Rioli - Not his best performance but very happy to see him in the team. His kicking was sublime and he has that natural confidence to use the ball well but it was quite an average game first up. Definitely needs to work on his fitness but I'm hoping he gets the chance to do so at AFL level.
Cripps / Duggan - Got roasted a fair bit in the game day thread, which is where roastings belong (in the heat of the moment) but I thought they were ok, Cripps better than Duggan. For all their faults here's two guys who can play 90-100 percent of the game and just chip in and do enough
Gaff - Praised heaps already but his kicking has improved drastically since last year, perhaps it was all in his ankle after all?
Redden - Didn't exactly lose his feet by being outmuscled, just that when he realises he's going to be second to the ball he dives frantically to try and tap it on or drag it back to gather it. I think it shows his desperation and is a more promising thing then him slipping or getting knocked over.
Darling and Lecras - Obviously their skills have been amazing and I love to see the maligned players stand up, but their leadership is what has made me the happiest, after goals they can both be seen directing Ryan, Venables and Rioli around and Lecras' intent to tackle is infectious.
Rioli - Not his best performance but very happy to see him in the team. His kicking was sublime and he has that natural confidence to use the ball well but it was quite an average game first up. Definitely needs to work on his fitness but I'm hoping he gets the chance to do so at AFL level.
Cripps / Duggan - Got roasted a fair bit in the game day thread, which is where roastings belong (in the heat of the moment) but I thought they were ok, Cripps better than Duggan. For all their faults here's two guys who can play 90-100 percent of the game and just chip in and do enough
Gaff - Praised heaps already but his kicking has improved drastically since last year, perhaps it was all in his ankle after all?
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Just watching the 1st quarter as I missed it live
Looks like hurn has rediscovered his kicking boots
Best exhibition of precision kicking I’ve seen in years
Looks like hurn has rediscovered his kicking boots
Best exhibition of precision kicking I’ve seen in years
My issue with this is that he pretty much always concedes he won’t win the contest, as he is trying to halve it and make sure the opposition don’t run away with it. But it makes you so susceptible to getting caught HTB. The umps would rather the players chuck it forward than jump on it and lock it in.
He just seems a bit too negative a midfielder for what we need
In that respect, the game has moved against him a little bit - umps are much harsher on this than a few years ago.
Did not love Nic Nat landing directly on top of him though, must have felt like being dunked on by Shaq.
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Well done guys, too bad we couldn't make a game of it. Good luck to you for the season.
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You have to be joking.
He was fantastic for large parts of last year.
Last week people were writing Venables off, now Duggan? There are some serious ******* worm brained dickheads that post here.
Unreal. Even yesterday he was mostly ok, except for a couple forgettable disposals.
On his traits, he actually has so many that are afl but he just needs to put it together. Totally agree there are some confidence issues, but he's building .
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Duggo will come good, the guy works too hard not too.
He's still only a young fella.
He's still only a young fella.
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