Damien Hardwick

[K3]

I'd love to see Hardwick get back to an aggressive, play on, perpetual ball movement style game that gives our forwards a chance. We've become so slow and stagnant with ball use in fear that if we turn it over, our backs will be exposed. We play wide, play conservatively, go down the line and my pet hate, chip it sideways to the pocket from full back!

Time to get ballsy again to increase our F50 entries, and increase our chance of scoring. Time to find out which players can pull this off successfully, and which ones repeatedly turn it over. Right now, our game style is just protecting those players that turn it over. I'd rather see them exposed and eradicated from the team as part of the regeneration.

Need to find a quality crumber!

 

[Ghost of 29]

I'd love to see Hardwick get back to an aggressive, play on, perpetual ball movement style game that gives our forwards a chance. We've become so slow and stagnant with ball use in fear that if we turn it over, our backs will be exposed. We play wide, play conservatively, go down the line and my pet hate, chip it sideways to the pocket from full back!

Time to get ballsy again to increase our F50 entries, and increase our chance of scoring. Time to find out which players can pull this off successfully, and which ones repeatedly turn it over. Right now, our game style is just protecting those players that turn it over. I'd rather see them exposed and eradicated from the team as part of the regeneration.

From last year where we got carved up on turnover whilst trying to be aggressive, he went to the other way with controlled ball movement which is a game of chip, chip, launch.
It protects the defenders but makes life hell for forwards.
I don’t think Dimma knows what to do at this point other than try to minimise errors through control and hope the oppo don’t score too much. The list is in transition and so is the game plan.

 

[AngryAnt]

From last year where we got carved up on turnover whilst trying to be aggressive, he went to the other way with controlled ball movement which is a game of chip, chip, launch.
It protects the defenders but makes life hell for forwards.
I don’t think Dimma knows what to do at this point other than try to minimise errors through control and hope the oppo don’t score too much. The list is in transition and so is the game plan.

Yeah, agree pretty much with this Ghoster - we are neither here nor there with game plan, partly because of the rule changes, partly because of the lopsided list of aging stars and young 'uns not ready yet, so I can live with that.

The problem is where the new game plan comes from - does Dimma have another radical new plan within him?

 

[Brodders17]

We will see. Hardwick hinted there will be a few positional changes and with Stack going forward someone will have to move back. Short could be an interesting move as well with his pin point kicks long into the forward line. We have to change something up.

we play 7 backs. Gibcus, Rioli, Grimes, Broad, Vlastuin will play back. thats 5. I would be amazed if Short plays anywhere other than back- tho he did attend the last centre bounce last week. That leaves room for 1- i am guessing Balta, with Soldo in the team.

 

[Carter]

Balta back, Nank playing as shock ruck in support of Soldo, a couple of dangerous crumbers up forward.

These are the structural changes that make sense to me.

 

[TigerWinner]

We drafted 5 elite ball users Gibcus, Brown, Sonsie, Clark and Banks. So game plan built around the exact opposite to chaos football.

Clearly we have a plan going forward.

 

[UKTiger]

Dimma got it all right tonight and the team stood up

 

[Smoking Aces]

Brilliant coaching. Recognised the teams shortfall and made the necessary adjustments.

 

[AngryAnt]

If we can play WCE every week we'll be fine.

 

[TigerForce]

Brilliant coaching. Recognised the teams shortfall and made the necessary adjustments.

Do it properly every week and the flag is ours.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Brilliant coaching. Recognised the teams shortfall and made the necessary adjustments.

Time will tell. Pretty weak oppo.

 

[UKTiger]

Time will tell. Pretty weak oppo.

Agree but our game made them look bad

 

[Little Ziggyadee]

Time will tell. Pretty weak oppo.

Confidence.
Remember round 22 2017??
A good win can bring back belief and confidence.
Besides Edwards and maybe Lambert our boys had a really good game tonight

 

[Spirit of Jack]

Confidence.
Remember round 22 2017??
A good win can bring back belief and confidence.
Besides Edwards and maybe Lambert our boys had a really good game tonight

Definitely - some big wins in the past have run us into top form...hope the same goes for tonight.

 

[Carter]

Excellent structural changes.

Poor oppo but it is these changes that’ll translate into more wins, I am confident of that.

Dimma and co just needs to stick fat with Stack and Maurice Jnr.

 

[Spirit of Jack]

Structural changes. Tick.
Playing some kids to bring run, pressure, enthusiasm, energy. Tick.

 

[BiddiscombeSkills]

Excellent structural changes.

Poor oppo but it is these changes that’ll translate into more wins, I am confident of that.

Dimma and co just needs to stick fat with Stack and Maurice Jnr.

Agree.

Just frustrating that it took so long to abandon the failed experiments and go back to what delivered our premiership success - players in their natural positions playing to their strengths.

Hopefully the lesson is learned.

 

[Brodders17]

Agree.

Just frustrating that it took so long to abandon the failed experiments and go back to what delivered our premiership success - players in their natural positions playing to their strengths.

Hopefully the lesson is learned.

was that playing Short, the guy who came to us as FP, won AA as a BP, playing in the midfield? or the moves of Balta and Baker, both of whom came to us as forwards, back to the backline? or leaving the 3x premiership small forward Rioli down back?

all clubs move guys around, and many players find success in new positions, not sure Hardwick and co deserve criticism for that, especially when that criticism ignores all the moves that do work.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Dimma will be very pleased with a lot of what he saw in last weekend's win.
The trick now is how to return big names to a side that's clicked successfully without losing what's worked.

 

[AngryAnt]

was that playing Short, the guy who came to us as FP, won AA as a BP, playing in the midfield? or the moves of Balta and Baker, both of whom came to us as forwards, back to the backline? or leaving the 3x premiership small forward Rioli down back?

all clubs move guys around, and many players find success in new positions, not sure Hardwick and co deserve criticism for that, especially when that criticism ignores all the moves that do work.

Yeah, this game showed that you do experiments and sometimes they work.