Eerily reminiscent of a North presser right before a shock loss.
Check the Port board, they seem to know all too well when they go in favourites they generally lose.
They'd have to play worse than Adelaide for us to win this.
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Eerily reminiscent of a North presser right before a shock loss.
The issue with the centre bounces is that we don't have people in there with both pace and tackling intensity. We get first hands often enough, but when we get it, we get caught. When the opposition gets it, they get out into space we can't get it back.
- Cunnington is a bull, but very very slow and can't put pressure on anyone he can't reach.
- LDU has great burst pace for an inside mid, but his defensive game/application and second efforts are very poor.
- Ziebel is currently Cunnington without the good bits.
- Higgins is not defending.
- Polec is only half-hearted defending
- Dumont is only ok defending and not quick.
- Anderson is great, but we only have one of him. No surprise we look a whole lot better when he is there.
Ironically, this is after a big investment into our midfield and we have supposedly the best mid-depth ever with patent weaknesses at both ends.
This is not going to be fixed with any clever new positioning around the ball. The problem is the cattle on the park.
Zurharr into the ruck it is...
Maybe, just maybe they played above themselves in the early part of last year - caught a few teams off guard? Just a thought.I don't think it's clutching. We've seen the same players do so much better - last year against Hawks, Richmond, Sydney and so many other games, so they can't have all become rubbish so quickly.
Just on Atley, i still remember watching his TAC cup highlights thinking this kids got a bit of Chris Judd about him in the way he could shrug a tackle and burst away from a stoppage.
Then he met Scotts
So jmac dropped then
Tacklle!
Tackle!
Tackle!
Other than hitting BbB on that lead, he cant kick over a jam tin and couldnt hit a big red *in barn! His skills are a liability! Yep, quick as lightning and can win the ball, but he trips over his own feet! Just our luck!Welcome to the flanks, Shaun!
Seriously, we've even seen it this year: he does his best in the packs. He has never been allowed to just hunt the ****ing footy, because we've always had Cunnington and Swallow, or Cunnington and Ziebell, or Cunnington and Anderson, and we're afraid that it'll mess with our balance.
As a result, one of the few players that came to us who is genuinely quick AND competent on the inside has been shipped off to lockdown and occasional running defender.
So jmac dropped then
Ok let’s tank and keep him in
I distinctly remember him kicking a goal from 50m in one of his early games at Subi. I remember thinking how great it was seeing no. 18 kick a long bomb from 50.Other than hitting BbB on that lead, he cant kick over a jam tin and couldnt hit a big red ****in barn! His skills are a liability! Yep, quick as lightning and can win the ball, but he trips over his own feet! Just our luck!
Is it the same? Lot fewer backwards handball and headless chooks. Also Collingwood seem to have two distinct options chip it around, and move it fast. We must have the least uncontested marks in the league.Makes me sick watching Collingwood carry out our same/similar game plan - it’s just so easy for them.
Why is this so damn hard for us.
So jmac dropped then
Similar backlines - acres of space and loose men everywhere. They'll improve though with May and Lever back.Melbourne has the same gameplan as us, not Collingwood.
Jacobs is a big miss because him and Anderson provide the majority of the defensive pressureThe issue with the centre bounces is that we don't have people in there with both pace and tackling intensity. We get first hands often enough, but when we get it, we get caught. When the opposition gets it, they get out into space we can't get it back.
- Cunnington is a bull, but very very slow and can't put pressure on anyone he can't reach.
- LDU has great burst pace for an inside mid, but his defensive game/application and second efforts are very poor.
- Ziebel is currently Cunnington without the good bits.
- Higgins is not defending.
- Polec is only half-hearted defending
- Dumont is only ok defending and not quick.
- Anderson is great, but we only have one of him. No surprise we look a whole lot better when he is there.
Ironically, this is after a big investment into our midfield and we have supposedly the best mid-depth ever with patent weaknesses at both ends.
This is not going to be fixed with any clever new positioning around the ball. The problem is the cattle on the park.
Zurharr into the ruck it is...
Simpkin Ahern Scott all out.