Game Day Round 5 2020 - Weagles vs mighty Swans @ Metricon 1:45 pm, 4 July

[Rhysswans13]

That's the way you open up a game and play attacking footy streaming through the middle. The kicking down the line is why we were garbage for 3 years, it never worked for us. This style is riskier but is much needed.

Yeah I agree with you in saying it switches the play and can open it up, but we don’t seem capable of doing that confidently at the moment. Where overusing the ball. I would just like to see us move the ball on forward quicker and therefore give less time for the opposition to get back and defend.

 

[The King!]

Dane Rampe needs to get Aliir Mellican Brand etc to training and teach them how to play man on man defence

 

[Punts]

Looks like we have recruited more list cloggers

*ikg hopeless recruitment the last 3 years

 

[Wolfgang West]

He played well on Bont last week...pity our defensive oriented coach won’t give him a go

Need some skill and flair in our midfield not a defender minding the oppositions best player. Mills might have quelled him but couldn't find the ball himself.

 

[Tedeski]

Where's Heeney?

Having a Covid-19 test.
He'll be back in two weeks after isolation.

 

[zyzzbruh]

If

Add Ling to that list, if he doesn’t play this year.

Stoddart goes onto that list before Ling

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Mcinerney will be massive weapon for us in the near future. Will be a major cog in the machine. If only Ling came through as well.

Agree with this. He got ahead of himself late in that quarter but he is a tough talented player.

 

[The King!]

Looks like we have recruited more list cloggers

fu**ikg hopeless recruitment the last 3 years

drafting looks ok
trading yeah the ins and outs arent good reading

 

[The Gong]

doing his usual invisible man trick, will kick 5 goals next week

He's playing forward where his teammates weren't getting it to. I didn't see Papley touch it much that quarter either.

Horse needs to move Heeney into the middle in these instances. Waste otherwise.

 

[caesar88]

After such a promising start it's turned into more of the same... a few who can hold their heads up and the rest passengers/liabilities. Just can't get any consistency

Lloyd Kennedy Mills Rowbottom Rampe been great

 

[Banyo Bloods]

If we are the number one tackling side in the comp prior to today then there is a future to work with. Few pretenders to move on but there is some hope that we suddenly put it together with a few players that can take a mark and one player that can burst from a stoppage. It wouldn’t take a whole lot to get there just some ruthless recruiting identifying our needs.

 

[The King!]

He's playing forward where his teammates weren't getting it to. I didn't see Papley touch it much that quarter either.

Horse needs to move Heeney into the middle in these instances. Waste otherwise.

dont disagree, time forward was awful, but he could move after the ball or when it gets there make a contest

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Looks like we have recruited more list cloggers

fu**ikg hopeless recruitment the last 3 years

A result of chasing Danniher.

 

[alex4445]

Took too long to send Dawson back to defence. Never understood the calls for him to play forward has never really shown the ability to play as a pure forward and with his kicking you want him wherever he can get the ball most.

Also JPK's disposal has been terrible.
And Hayward shouldnt be playing, the coaches are obviously not happy with his work forward but rather than drop him they move him back and put him against much bigger forwards - unlikely to ever become a good backman IMO so i dont see the point.

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

Still in this

 

[Wolfgang West]

Jesus Christ, Jonathan Brown has the biggest hard on for Elliott Yeo, it's embarrassing!

Brown could play but the bloke has a head on him like a leg of lamb. Meathead who has suffered insurmountable brain damage. Take with a grain of salt.

 

[Bonz]

Difference in class is showing.

A fair few of their goals have been caused by bad errors on our behalf, and you would expect the Eagles to beat us in the middle with no one able to cope with Nic Nat.

Think we have shown some great signs today though, but need to try something drastic in the last quarter to get us over the line. Issue is I am struggling to think of what else we can do outside of break glass and move Mills/ Heeney to the midfield.

 

[The King!]

the bones are there

the style is improving, its a transitionial period

today right now theres 8 or so you can pencil in long term if i disregard older guys like jpk and rampe

plus a good trade period and another draft

 

[The King!]

we should get jetta back if they dont want him

 

[kickthething]

This game going as expected....lost it in the 3 mins before qtr time.

 

[Citrus22]

Geez this commentary is garbage one sided 🗑

 

[The King!]

also we are at what plan z for the ruck today, they have killed us in clearances

 

[Wolfgang West]

Looks like we have recruited more list cloggers

fu**ikg hopeless recruitment the last 3 years

Correct but you will have your detractors here that swear black and blue we have done the right thing and are tracking well.Like **** we are.

 

[Mister B]

Either need him to push up and provide something or find a way to get him involved. We're not winning many games when he's only had 10 touches and kicked 1 goal at 3QT.

Exactly but that decision has to be made. Some on here like to attack him for coming in and out of games. If you are playing in a spot where the ball isn't and the coaches keep you there, you aren't going to have much opportunity to get involved.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Having a Covid-19 test.
He'll be back in two weeks after isolation.

I think people are unreasonable. He is not a key forward. Like a Dawson or McCartin he should be a third target. Not picking on you Ted. Just think too many are tossing baby out with the bath water.

Now Dawson has been chucked down back. Obviously our fwd line is too tall.