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Midway thru last year we dropped a couple of games and fell off the top of the ladder "oh look the eagles are cooked" ha ha ha premiership.
6 rounds in and we've still got plenty of time to fix these problems I'll be more conserned if this is happening in round 18
I think we would still have a better than even chance even finishing sixth any lower and i say goodnight to a grandfinal berthYes we have time and 3-3 isnt terrible.
But I'd be concerned if this was still happening in round 10 because if we don't fix it top our will be gone.
We play small and flog the suns off the parkOk gentleman and ladies its raining today what will happen?
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Won't have to water the lawns ? I give up fig, throw us a bone .Ok gentleman and ladies its raining today what will happen?
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I understand and agree with what you are saying.We didnt aggressively chase A graders we aggressively retained two in McGovern and Gaff.
Nic, Sheppard and Gaf didnt play finals and are all A graders.
We chased Kelly but didnt happen.
Agree qith the second part of your argument (mid and small forwards being outworked), although that was improved last night, especially in the first half.Too much kicking the ball backwards, slow ball movement. The only time we looked dangerous in the first half was moving it through the corridor, but that stopped at half time. Just allows too many numbers to flood back. Lacking anyone to come up and take a mark across halfback/wing and too happy to play a safe territory game of football. Also losing Barrass, we only have McGovern to take a mark in the backline. We have to move Oscar Allen back to substitute, at the expense of Schofield if need be, or Cole as offers very little and Schofield can play small. Obviously a lot of players well down on form, but our game style is causing us to get thumped on transition and quick forward entries.
Agree qith the second part of your argument (mid and small forwards being outworked), although that was improved last night, especially in the first half.Too much kicking the ball backwards, slow ball movement. The only time we looked dangerous in the first half was moving it through the corridor, but that stopped at half time. Just allows too many numbers to flood back. Lacking anyone to come up and take a mark across halfback/wing and too happy to play a safe territory game of football. Also losing Barrass, we only have McGovern to take a mark in the backline. We have to move Oscar Allen back to substitute, at the expense of Schofield if need be, or Cole as offers very little and Schofield can play small. Obviously a lot of players well down on form, but our game style is causing us to get thumped on transition and quick forward entries.
Too much kicking the ball backwards, slow ball movement. The only time we looked dangerous in the first half was moving it through the corridor, but that stopped at half time. Just allows too many numbers to flood back. Lacking anyone to come up and take a mark across halfback/wing and too happy to play a safe territory game of football. Also losing Barrass, we only have McGovern to take a mark in the backline. We have to move Oscar Allen back to substitute, at the expense of Schofield if need be, or Cole as offers very little and Schofield can play small. Obviously a lot of players well down on form, but our game style is causing us to get thumped on transition and quick forward entries.
Yes. Not a panic situation.I think naturally it is difficult to back up a Premiership.
Which side does every other club spend most time over the break analysing? The clubs have that many people employed in this field now, it's unbelievable. We came into this season not just hunted, but dissected into little pieces. This is before even mentioning how sides lift to take on the reigning champs.
We're a little stiff with the conditions we've played in. I don't want this to be an excuse, but more an observation. We thrive on clean ball use and the ability to dominate the air and the dewy night games have not suited us at all. We clearly need to become more adaptable.
Naitanui was always going to be missed, but Rioli (and now Barrass) are huge losses. They both would have made us a lot more dangerous in the conditions we've played in thus far and I dare say our record would be sitting better.
The way Simpson has used Gaff (and by extension Sheed) has been disappointing and I hope he 'wakes up' to the way he could use the assets at his disposal a little more effectively. We've also had a young forward line so we shouldn't be surprised when some are inconsistent. I've been disappointed with Kennedy and Darling, though Kennedy gets more of a break because he's often double teamed and didn't have a preseason.
3-3 is okay, especially given the sides we have played and where they sit respectively. It's not panic stations, but hopefully we learn, adapt and come out stronger.
The rule changes only really benefit forwards straight out of the centre bounce. If you aren’t getting it clean out of the centre then it’s much of the same as years gone by and given our mids suck this year, it makes sense that we haven’t been capitalising on the new rules like we thought we would.One thing that hasnt changed!! the rules now favour forwards consistently. last year and this year our forwards are held endless without a hint of a free. Are they not presenting strong enough?
Generally the umpiring is avoiding illegal disposal, push in the back etc and holding the ball is a weird interpretation to help with the PR push. However any defender draping an arm across a forward is being penalised - until they play us.
YesAs it currently stands - we have played the top 6 teams on the ladder as well as the gold coast. Not sure what that means - just an observation.