The Next 6 Weeks

[Petrie4PM]

We will beat the Giants and the Suns. We will lose the rest. Just keep it tame guys.

 

[kool kangas]

We will beat the Giants and the Suns. We will lose the rest. Just keep it tame guys.

l think we could "steal" 1 more. Either Geelong or Adelaide might be gettable.

R7: v Greater Western Sydney, Corroboree Group Oval Manuka
R8: v Geelong, GMHBA Stadium or
R9: v Sydney, Marvel Stadium
R10: v Adelaide, Adelaide Oval or
R11: v Gold Coast, Marvel Stadium

 

[tinket]

I don't want to be a fart in a crowded elevator but we aren't going to win any of our next six games unless we address the defensive pressure on rebound, the lack of connection between the back six and the midfield and the connection between the midfield and the forward line.

Richmond missing almost every set shot in the first half and having no bench in the second half wallpapered over the cracks, it was a very frustrating game. Daniels would have coughed up 5 goals alone in the first half against a half decent side. Larkey just refused to lead all game, kept calling for the ball to be dumped long and high and he checks notes had 1 mark inside 50 and 0 markes on a lead.

Watching the replay you can tell Clarko wasn't happy with how we were playing and tbh I wasn't either. Not all the sides we are coming up against are in great form so there is some hope.

There were some positives, Zurhaar down back looked pretty good. Some good individual performances.

Before Richmond ran out of gas we basically put zero pressure on them, there was no pressure on the rebound, and they were able to take uncontested mark after uncontested mark all the way into their forward 50 but just missed everything, it was one of the worst 10+ goal wins I had ever seen.

Darling was the only one in the forward 50 that went on leads but it was few and far between, leading is important even if they don't kick it to you it creates space and draws defenders away from where the ball ends up going.

if we rock up and play like we did against Richmond we are going to cop a 0-6 reality check and it is not even going to be close. Our midfield are complete cones when the ball is in our defensive 50, everyone is flat footed, it is why we piss fart with the ball in the back half, hold on to it for way too long then go for a dump kick up the line which is often turned over. Even the winless injury depleted Richmond moved the ball out of defensive 50 with much more system than we do.

We are relying on individual efforts, we aren't playing team oriented football. We are going to get murdered by teams that are team oriented unless something changes.

When Curtis pops up and grabs marks alone, it doesn't just happen. Larkey works like a bastard creating space. He is actually very selfless for a full forward, go back and have a look.

But I agree with the rest. I think that only game we will even be close to even money will be against Gold Coast, because it is at Marvel. Every other game we will be rank outsiders.

If we do win any other game, we'll be taking a scalp. We'll get a lift with X and FOS coming back (massive improvement), but I'm hoping/satisfied with 2 wins from the 6. And competitive performances in the rest.

 

[archereleven]

Its really about time we beat them cola flogs so im pencilling in the 2 NSW teams for wins plus the Suns at home.

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