Lol maybe, I think there's a few better young teams coming up to take our mantle.Just as Hawks reach their regular 7 year high point 2001-2008-2015-2022
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
LIVE: Richmond v Melbourne - 7:25PM Wed
Squiggle tips Demons at 77% chance -- What's your tip? -- Team line-ups »
Lol maybe, I think there's a few better young teams coming up to take our mantle.Just as Hawks reach their regular 7 year high point 2001-2008-2015-2022
Thank you for sharing your opinion. I think if McGrath can put it all together he certainly has enormous upside in my opinion. Really needs to break out this year.Ooft. I'd be taking Mcgrath every day of the week
Our inside mids are so terrible, but we finished above Hawthorn for clearances and contested possessions in 2019?Because you have Cripps.
Who are the inside mids at Essendon ?
Richmond supporters are kidding themselves to think that their youth will replace the likes of Cotchin, Rance, Jack, Houli and Edwards. Their group of youngsters are overrated and ordinary. Once the oldies mentioned above drop off which is just around the corner for many of them (Cotchin is already showing it) the Tigers will struggle to make finals.
Dangerous times for Cats, Eagles and Pies.
Hawks are not in danger when it’s oldies call it quits. Most of the improvement towards the end of the year was on the back of its younger players and in the B&F 4 of the top 6 were 24yo and under.
YepI think Geelong really needs to take it's chance this year.
He has a point on replacing Riewoldt, Rance and Cotchin. They have been super players. But they don't have to be replaced overnight as they aren't that old. Anyway given Lynch has sort of replaced Riewoldt, and Stack will be star, so there's the Cotchin replacement, and we did well without Rance last season, and Balta could be anything and a far better player than Rance at the same age.... transition is not always that difficult.Really matey, says you an expert on our list?
Hawthorn has nine players wrong side of 30, Richmond has 4 now that Rance has retired
Hawks have to replace 9 top 22, Tigers 4, please explain how Tigers, not Hawks will drop off around the corner and struggle to make finals going forward
Really matey, says you an expert on our list?
Hawthorn has nine players wrong side of 30, Richmond has 4 now that Rance has retired
Our inside mids are so terrible, but we finished above Hawthorn for clearances and contested possessions in 2019?
Seems like an awful load of back peddling. Your argument is Essendon have no decent inside mids, they get more clearances than Hawthorn and finish ABOVE them on the ladder, now suddenly clearances and contested possessions are entirely contextual and cannot be relied upon as a reliable metric....lots of moving goal posts here.Comparing teams on metrics without noting their game style doesn't tell you much. Hawthorn finished second last for clearances, the only team that finished below them was the premier. The premier also finished second last for contested possessions (and WC finished last). You don't necessarily need to win stoppage clearances if you rely heavily on putting pressure on the opposition and generating turnovers like Richmond does. Similarly teams that tend to rely on retaining possession as a key aspect of their gamelan tend to get less contested ball numbers. Having the guy that was 1st and 2nd for clearances and contested possessions in the competition the previous season break his leg in the pre-season probably had somewhat of an impact too (although we were bottom 6 for those metrics in 2018 too, so again, game style has as much impact as personnel).
Good points, the secret to winning around the ball is to have players who use it really well. The best way to beat a defensive press is to have players who constructively put their team mates into space rather than just win it and dish it out. That is why players like Pendelbury have been so good for so long, they can absorb the pressure and free up their team mates. Edwards & Martin at Richmond are similar, they give it off constructively. Pressure around the ball is no.1 at Richmond, Jack Graham, Cotchin etc, so whilst other teams may win the contested ball and stoppages, if they turn it over we counter attack better than anyone else. Metres gained especially by hand win you games.Comparing teams on metrics without noting their game style doesn't tell you much. Hawthorn finished second last for clearances, the only team that finished below them was the premier. The premier also finished second last for contested possessions (and WC finished last). You don't necessarily need to win stoppage clearances if you rely heavily on putting pressure on the opposition and generating turnovers like Richmond does. Similarly teams that tend to rely on retaining possession as a key aspect of their gamelan tend to get less contested ball numbers. Having the guy that was 1st and 2nd for clearances and contested possessions in the competition the previous season break his leg in the pre-season probably had somewhat of an impact too (although we were bottom 6 for those metrics in 2018 too, so again, game style has as much impact as personnel).
I assume you're talking about Higgins, Tarrant, Goldstein? Yes, as things stand they're 2 of the top 3 in the last B&F, and Higgins would probably have been top 5 if he played 22 games. But you don't stay on any list that long if you're no good.I actually agree with both of you. He's annoying most Richmond fans as well as North ones.
However the problem with North is that the 3 old guys are in their best, and most important, 5 players on the list and I'm not sure that they will be replaced by anyone currently on the list. Higgins is a gun but I haven't seen anyone from North with the same skillset or reading of the play that Higgins has. You have nobody that will replace Goldstein (I could probably see a trade in once he retires). However your biggest loss will be Tarrant, especially with Thompson just retired. Even though you drafted a few KPBs none seems to be showing much yet.
This site seems to have a real obsession with players' ages. Geelong were apparently a retirement home 12 months ago and ended up being a Tom Hawkins suspension away from a flag.
No guarantee's he would've played well in the prelim and been the difference, cats were actually less predictable in the first half without him until we applied the clamps and out scored them by 40 points in the second half despite Dusty playing with a corkie, Graham with his shoulder practically in a sling for the whole game and Broad exiting the game in the 3rd quarter with concussion.This site seems to have a real obsession with players' ages. Geelong were apparently a retirement home 12 months ago and ended up being a Tom Hawkins suspension away from a flag.
I think Geelong really needs to take it's chance this year.
Seems like an awful load of back peddling. Your argument is Essendon have no decent inside mids, they get more clearances than Hawthorn and finish ABOVE them on the ladder, now suddenly clearances and contested possessions are entirely contextual and cannot be relied upon as a reliable metric....lots of moving goal posts here.
in terms of pure talent McGrath is one of the lowest of all number 1 draft picks. He is going to be a 200 gamer, but he isn't going to be winning many All Australians.
Having a 37yr old on your list sways the average.Lol maybe, I think there's a few better young teams coming up to take our mantle.
yep. You got people that live Ross Lyon tactics and people that hate it.Footy fans never cease to amaze me..