No Oppo Supporters The Melt Thread

[maccamk]

Do you think Ross would be a good bond replacement?

 

[G Mus]

**** Ballantyne

 

[Righteo]

**** Ballantyne

farewell game probs

What I'll really melt about on Sunday is if they've again selected a 75% fit Hill, who then proceeds to jog to every contest and immediately end up back on the injury list with a mild something or other strain.

 

[mightymouse75]

All goodinstitutions have succession plans. That is 1 of rosses weak spots.

 

[Nickos66]

No Bennell still.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Bennell should be playing

This is bulldust

 

[Sweetback]

Do you think Ross would be a good bond replacement?

He could be a good footy manager but he’d probably have to start that role at a new club.

 

[Unique Name]

I hope this is a joke.

 

[Docker82]

I hope this is a joke.

Hopefully.

I honestly have no idea what the increasing the goal square size actually achieves. Can someone explain?

 

[Hazelsnuts]

Bennell should be playing

This is bulldust

More form than any of the ins and Tthe guys retained.....
Total bullshit...
The mantra is selection by action, only if you’re in the purple circle.

 

[BlueE]

More form than any of the ins and Tthe guys retained.....
Total bullshit...
The mantra is selection by action, only if you’re in the purple circle.

And leaving Harley out might give them a reason to leave McCarthy in! Bad for Harley and bad for Dardy.

SHill out 6 times with quad this year (10 times for quads and calves in the last 2 years). No confidence in that he's recovered as can't reach speed in games and keeps re injuring. Doesn't goes back to Peel on a plan to stop his soft tissue injuries from reoccurring.
BHill out around 12 games and plays 3/4s at Peel and straight back!
Ballas injured and out 2 weeks after having no form most of year and straight back in squad!

Can't see how Ross can complain about testing the new rules when he randomly experiments every week with the players having different rules for everyone, resulting in dartboard results?

 

[BlueE]

Hopefully.

I honestly have no idea what the increasing the goal square size actually achieves. Can someone explain?

Gives opportunity for a long kicker to get ball over the press to break it?

Edit: More marks in the goal square with shots from directly in front, meaning more goals kicked?

 

[mike91]

We're so f***ing soft with playing Bennell. Seriously, over 2 months at Peel is actually a joke.

Also send a message to McCarthy and let him be the only player omitted on a Thursday night for a Sunday game. To be omitted before teams need to be named would be making a statement.

 

[Hazelsnuts]

When BHill went down against Essendon, I saw way more than a week that they said initially.
Worries me that the strength and conditioning were keen to rush him back.
They said bone bruising which had to be total BS, looked like he twisted his knee - not an impact injury.

 

[Wizard]

When BHill went down against Essendon, I saw way more than a week that they said initially.
Worries me that the strength and conditioning were keen to rush him back.
They said bone bruising which had to be total BS, looked like he twisted his knee - not an impact injury.

That's how bone bruising is caused for the most part mate, in most cases its not like a a normal surface bruise that is caused by a knock or similar activity.

I have had bone bruising in my knee now for the best part of 4 months, caused from a slight twist while doing heavy squats. Recovery periods can be very extended.
He could have played with it without it potentially causing other issues, however it is extremely uncomfortable and takes away power and movement so he would have been borderline useless.

 

[blue shark]

Simpson has lost another assistant, so far Cox, Longmuir, Mitchell. Our guys are not even worth pinching.

 

[Kram]

We're so f***ing soft with playing Bennell. Seriously, over 2 months at Peel is actually a joke.

Maybe I'm crazy but I think I'll put some trust in trained medical professionals that work in sport at the highest level.

If he came in earlier and broke down in the pressure of the AFL after 1 quarter no doubt they would also cop the blame.

 

[manpurple]

Simpson has lost another assistant, so far Cox, Longmuir, Mitchell. Our guys are not even worth pinching.

So it’s pinching when it’s the west coast. And he’s an ar**hat when it RTB and the assistants we’ve lost.


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[dockerfemme]

Completely agree with you, JMT. I feel other clubs are getting benefit from having a synergistic blend of knowledge and opinion in the coaching panel (I firmly believe two heads are better than one), while we see Ross's strengths and weaknesses displayed on a week in, week out basis.

There are 2 things that could really piss me off on Sunday, specially in light of my comment above. Firstly, if Ballantyne plays, and plays poorly. Secondly, if we show no ability to defend the Hawthorn style. If Chris Fagan can take the Hawthorn IP to Brisbane and unpick it, then surely with Hale and Guerra, it is about time Ross did.

 

[basashi]

Hopefully.

I honestly have no idea what the increasing the goal square size actually achieves. Can someone explain?

It is something to do with giving the kicker options. If they kick out from goal straight away they are allowed to run the full length of the bigger goal square to kick out without being confronted. If they take their time they have to kick from the smaller one.

Idea being that they will be able to break through forward press tactics seeking to lock the ball in. Reality is that this only works if you are committed to long bombs (to inevitable packs and more congestion.)

Congestion is really caused by the league telling umpires to put the whistle away and not pay the frees (outlined in the laws of the game) in relation to shepherding more than 5m from the ball, deliberate contact with opponents in marking contests and any sort of realistic adjudication of tackles. Reversing these interpretations and going back to what the rule book says would reduce a lot of congestion. For some reason the link between paying the free kicks and free flowing footy continued to be denied. Pay a free... players spread. No free... players converge.

 

[Monument Hills]

Congestion is really caused by the league telling umpires to put the whistle away and not pay the frees (outlined in the laws of the game) in relation to shepherding more than 5m from the ball, deliberate contact with opponents in marking contests and any sort of realistic adjudication of tackles. Reversing these interpretations and going back to what the rule book says would reduce a lot of congestion. For some reason the link between paying the free kicks and free flowing footy continued to be denied. Pay a free... players spread. No free... players converge.

This. What they have bizarrely failed to see is that not paying frees to keep the ball in play leads to congestion. Paying frees (by the laws of the game) causes spread and reduces congestion. All these other suggested changes just take us further down a path with new issues that will arise as coaches find new ways to benefit from them.

 

[Kram]

All these ****ing 'ideas' men on BF and in the media that think they have some genius as to how to 'fix' the game. Almost all of them are poorly thought of for unintended consequences or downright crap. But hey look at me!

 

[blue shark]

So it’s pinching when it’s the west coast. And he’s an ar**hat when it RTB and the assistants we’ve lost.


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We lose Simon Lloyd, Brett Kirk after 2015, both wanted by other clubs, only Hale might be in demand?

 

[Hazelsnuts]

That's how bone bruising is caused for the most part mate, in most cases its not like a a normal surface bruise that is caused by a knock or similar activity.

I have had bone bruising in my knee now for the best part of 4 months, caused from a slight twist while doing heavy squats. Recovery periods can be very extended.
He could have played with it without it potentially causing other issues, however it is extremely uncomfortable and takes away power and movement so he would have been borderline useless.

My bad, I assumed that were alluding to impact bruising, did they say it was ligament damage?
If it was ligament damage then why did they only initially say a week or two and then becomes 10?
Just seems the diagnosis vary a fair bit

 

[mike91]

Maybe I'm crazy but I think I'll put some trust in trained medical professionals that work in sport at the highest level.

If he came in earlier and broke down in the pressure of the AFL after 1 quarter no doubt they would also cop the blame.

Lol spare me. 8 weeks of wafl just to play a full game is pretty average work. They should be copping the blame for his consistent injuries. Look at Stephen Hill as another example of poor medical management. You're not crazy, you just think the club can do no wrong.