The tigee boys will no doubt be getting into young Sam Walsh. Be interesting to see who is assigned to "protect" him.
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... And he will still kick his annual bag of 7 against us.Jon Ralph reporting that Lynch will play either VFL or AFL next week. I really hope he plays against us , he’ll be blowing that hard early it’s not funny.
The tigee boys will no doubt be getting into young Sam Walsh. Be interesting to see who is assigned to "protect" him.
Might be an idea to start him on the bench.The tigee boys will no doubt be getting into young Sam Walsh. Be interesting to see who is assigned to "protect" him.
No they wont. The match committee would be focusing their time on other known quantities not a debutant. It's very rare teams set out to go after a first gamer.The tigee boys will no doubt be getting into young Sam Walsh. Be interesting to see who is assigned to "protect" him.
Hours over the Preseason for nothingyes - working - geez......
Maybe the umpiresThe tigee boys will no doubt be getting into young Sam Walsh. Be interesting to see who is assigned to "protect" him.
.....Cunningham has a bit of toe, but nothing extraordinary.....
Cuningham's speed would be in the top 10% of AFL players, easily. Probably even top 5%.
You might be overstating matters there.
Cuningham's speed would be in the top 10% of AFL players, easily. Probably even top 5%.
Depends on what we define as speed, but his break-away speed would be top 10% easily, I would have thought.
What Cuningham has shown up in the three games I've watched so far this year, is that he makes his possessions count.
Hardly one wasted possession from my recollection and things seemed to happen when he had ball in hand and even without it, for his tackling and pressure.
Now just to put all that where it counts..
Yes, I was focusing on acceleration/breakaway speed, where our 3 best are Pickett, Dow and Cuningham.
o slo that's what you think........
I noticed polson rocketing away from some filth players in last game with ball in hand. Was pleasantly surprised.Yes, I was focusing on acceleration/breakaway speed, where our 3 best are Pickett, Dow and Cuningham.
We've definitely improved on last year n terms of talent and experience and we've had a pretty good preseason. We should be competitive.
Easy. Instant separators
Fisher is craftier and works laterally.
Walsh is surprising in the way he creates space.
SPS isn't fast but like Walsh, creates time and then space.
Cripps is fast...well, he just bullocks his way through.
If I had to describe the mechanism of their ability to create separation:
Fisher has a very good change of direction. This is a function of quick reflexes, a good balance and a very quick first step. This speed maxes quickly but gives an advantage in immediate evasion. He likes the fake step
Walsh has really strong balance. He maintains momentum at a really exceptional level which means that he doesn't slow as much on change of direction as others. He also has a top tier game sense which he exploits in traffic instinctively. He tends to pick a spot and run at it, just past the possible interception opportunity.
SPS has the same game sense as Walsh, and uses that to pick the right moment and movement to create himself time and space. He isn't slow, but he utilizes placement and body fakes to create more opportunity.
Cripps is slow, but has a lot of power meaning he has a much larger room for error in getting caught. He also has a nice little step he uses on runs, where he slows and fakes opponents and then surges past. It's a nice trick in perception where you think you know how fast he is, but he then suddenly accelerates.
We’ll be in it up to our eyeballs!!
Might get nutted on the line but a marker will be set for the year nontheless.
Was a great game plan the same one Richmond and Collingwood now use was ahead of its time and was a great example of playing a game plan to your players strengths, shows how good Ratts was imo.Has always killed us.
Honestly reckon if we got past the Eagles in '11 we would've given Geelong a run for their money on the G the next week. Wasn't a bad game plan at all in hindsight.
Yep - where's the poster who said he knew an opposition TAC player who described his team throwing so much scragging, roughing up and tagging at him "if it had been me I'd have finished the game and walked away". Walsh ended up with 30 plus touches and 3 goals. AFL aint TAC I get that but I'm tipping he's used to being targeted. He ain't no Watts, this ain't no disco..........The tigee boys will no doubt be getting into young Sam Walsh. Be interesting to see who is assigned to "protect" him.