Review Round 1 vs Adelaide @ People First Bank Stadium - 16th March 2024 - 7:10pm AEST
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11k for a home game at night with horrible weather is pretty good.
For comparison's sake Giants v North got 8k for a twilight game in perfect weather.
I don’t think the weather affected the crowd much.
The forecast was quite positive all day.
Going to need more than two wins I guess to get the bandwagoners.
The forecast was quite positive all day.
Going to need more than two wins I guess to get the bandwagoners.
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The weather came out of nowhere. I was not prepared. :/
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Yeah, I noticed Noah panic mode too.
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Loving the backline with Powell and Uwland. Cant wait to see what its like when Weller eventually comes back
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Weller to the wing. Ellis is cooked and Fiorini can be improved on.
I thought first 3 QTRs were great. Basically dominated, great team effort working together, playing roles. Until 10 min to go we were still fine. Then Crows made some fantastic goals when they went for it and got momentum. When Crows scored on the siren of 3QTR, I was thinking, watch out. That goal was easily preventable.
Some missed opportunities in front of goals, missed easy shots. It almost cost us.
I thought all 4 amigos in the middle were great. Miller seems underappreciated. He got basically exactly the same numbers as Rowell. Some poor kicks from Anderson.
In defence, Powell, Collins and Ballard again were very good and so was Uwland's one percenters. Sexton is growing on me and so is Fiorini (who would have thought).
Berry continues to surprise me. Very good again. King not great but fought hard. One got to appreciate it. It was Luko who seemed poor in wet.
Time to re-watch it.
Some missed opportunities in front of goals, missed easy shots. It almost cost us.
I thought all 4 amigos in the middle were great. Miller seems underappreciated. He got basically exactly the same numbers as Rowell. Some poor kicks from Anderson.
In defence, Powell, Collins and Ballard again were very good and so was Uwland's one percenters. Sexton is growing on me and so is Fiorini (who would have thought).
Berry continues to surprise me. Very good again. King not great but fought hard. One got to appreciate it. It was Luko who seemed poor in wet.
Time to re-watch it.
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20 scoring shots to 14. Missing those gettable kicks so often is costly. Could have been last night too if Berry hadn't dropped an easy mark.
We controlled Richmond's fightback well last week, but couldn't hold off Adelaide. Probably the conditions didn't help. Harder to chip mark and run down the clock. Much more positive generally compared to last year though, the effort is way up.
We play way better than I expected so early in implementing a new plan. It was telling when Dimma said that we basically did not train those situations yet. I would say the big difference for me is that Dimma is instilling confidence into players. Mentally we crumbled often in the past.
Two very tough games on the road coming. Probably losses as there will be ups and downs. Bring the contest as we did so far and I will be happy. Love to watch our midfield now (mostly).
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Dimma seems very positive and confident (rightly so with his record). Can only help rub off on the players. Suspect he's giving the players very simple instructions at this stage too.
They mentioned on the commentary last night that he'd given Luko a rocket in the preseason. To my eye Luko has been competing much harder which is welcome. I wonder if a few of these guys are looking at the academy players coming in and realising their spots will be under pressure soon.
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Whatever message he's giving the players are picking it up and running with it. It really helps that he has the runs on the board.
It's great that there is some real pressure coming from the VFL to hold the AFL players accountable. Can only be a good thing
It's great that there is some real pressure coming from the VFL to hold the AFL players accountable. Can only be a good thing
Development coach Douglas said the same - they challenged Luko early in pre-season. Also when talking about young developing talent he said some have to un-learn bad habits. Not sure what he meant but it could explain e.g., Jeffrey not playing (on and off field lack of consistency according to Dimma).
Keeping Brayden and letting Wil Brodie walk was the right decision for a number of reasons
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Better game from Humper last night
I wonder about his pace but then the conditions last night would have suited him
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So watch the game again this morning, and while I think we all agree, the fourth-quarter was poor, we were literally 30 points up with 10 minutes to play. The crows got a free kick kicked a goal that started the momentum running their way. Considering how many goals we missed, including three posters I think we were by far better side.
Our fast hands and their ability to hit a target is dramatically better than what it was last year. And I think we all know it’s going to improve further as the guys understand the gameplay. Adding four top 15 pics and Weller to the side we could really be anything by the end of the year IMO
Our fast hands and their ability to hit a target is dramatically better than what it was last year. And I think we all know it’s going to improve further as the guys understand the gameplay. Adding four top 15 pics and Weller to the side we could really be anything by the end of the year IMO
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Glad you mentioned this. Noticed that when Luko came to the bench towards the end of the game his body language indicated to me that despite being frustrated with his output (Given the conditions understandable) but had a look in his eye like he wanted to will us across the line. Very promising.
Man if Humper ends up kicking 3.1 instead of 1.3 we win in a canter and he's challenging Rowelly for the top votes. He's not too far off it.
After the game we had the usual boys coming out to sign stuff for the kids and I said to Tom Berry "You boys sure don't make it boring hey" which got a chuckle out of him.
I think people just need to calm expectations a little on Humphrey he’s only played 21 games.
Thomas Berry reminds me a bit of Holman when he first came in. Once he was given a role to play his game completely changed
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We have played 2 games and theres 0 posts in the negativity dungeon
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
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Give it time for the demons to surface
early days
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ssssh.
Don't wake the negativity demons up until I get a chance to mig weld the door to the dungeon shut.
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Just been rewatching, I know it's been said a lot but I am just in awe of how good Wil Powell has become, his ability to read the ball and know when to go and when not too is first class. Incredible growth from a skinny forward flanker to what he is now.
If he can get back to his best a half backline of Weller Ballard Powell would be getting close to Lappin Michael Ashcroft class
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