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Game Day thread - Rnd 18 vs Norf
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Is this mikey the poster on here?
It is difficult.
Our team has scaled Everest, step by step.
It is difficult to replicate the hunger, for sure.
I am sure Dimma is across it.
But there are 17 other teams out there who envy 3 flags in 4 years.
Our team has scaled Everest, step by step.
It is difficult to replicate the hunger, for sure.
I am sure Dimma is across it.
But there are 17 other teams out there who envy 3 flags in 4 years.
I remember attending Grand Final day in 2017.
I was as nervous as hell.
But I remember saying to myself, I as I walked in, there are 16 other teams who would envy playing off in a grand final.
I was as nervous as hell.
But I remember saying to myself, I as I walked in, there are 16 other teams who would envy playing off in a grand final.
I agree with this analogy. 67 inside 50's to Norths 46 says our midfield is getting it in there. Here is the letdown, 33 scoring shots (22 behinds), we didn't convert = loss
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Not ahead of Vlustuin.
On gibbo needs to go back to the ressies and get a kick, refine his game. Confidence looks shot. Even before this game which he looked completely lost in the forward line, he had an ordinary 4-5 weeks playing back.
I'd be playing Miller ahead of him at this present time.
Now, If Balta is playing back then both miller and gibcus are out.
Back 7> Balta, Tarrant, Grimes, Broad, Vlustuin, Rioli, Ralphsmith
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And our tormentors of last week, GCS, have this week been flogged by eight goals by Essendon.
Go figure.
Go figure.
Wrong again.
Poor conversion is of course an issue at the moment, but that does not mean our midfield has been magically fixed in the last two weeks.
We generate all those inside 50s on turnover.
If we actually had a big-bodied mid to stand alongside Dion at stoppage we would be even better and the past two losses would certainly not have occurred, with or without the poor conversion.
Folks like you are looking too much at the surface malaise. Kicking at goal comes and goes. We’ve had games this year where conversion has been excellent.
It is the midfield where the deep, festering problem lies and the coaches know it.
Ahhhhhh, thank you Astute.
Had that strange feeling I'd missed someone.
Of course, Vlastuin for Hugo.
Which saddens me, because I'd love to find a way to get games into Hugo, but at this stage he's certainly not replacing Nick V or Marlion and Kmac on the wings
Debacle and the last month has been outrageous. Shot themselves in the foot. The big question is whether they will bleed to death. It has to be backs to the wall and last man standing footy going forward. Not confident and trusting
Agree it’s a team thing but for whatever reason the response to the rule changes introduced after our success in 2020, has not worked at all, remaining for the most part reminiscent of our chaos game.
Don’t have the stats but I also suspect that age and injury to both Lynch and Jack has also caused the pair to stay at home much more often than lead, as their mainstay playbook.
Cumberland then as a leading high forward with tricks, even on 1 1/2 games, looks like a winner.
Balta also to continue to be schooled with the hope that he becomes the new (old) Jack.
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We do.
He's one of the best players of all time. But he has a bung hamstring right now.
Yes, our midfield has depth issues. But there isn't a better starting midfield in the league than Prestia, Martin, Cotchin, despite the latter's declining pace.
The future is a concern. Thank God for Sonsie.
Looking forward, we could have Graham, Sonsie, Baker, Bolton, Ross. There is a start there, but it needs a bigger, explosive mid. Dusty could still play another three years there. Did GAJ play till 35?
I wouldn't be too upset starting 2023 with Dusty, Prestia, Baker, Bolton, Ross, Graham, Sonsie as our midfield rotation, though the age profile is disproportionately bifurcated.
And we're missing a Lambert. Badly. So badly. Clarke? Maybe in a a couple of years.
We need Soldo to pull his broken thumb out.
We've had midfield issues this year. The big, frequent losses of Lambert, Prestia, Martin, Cotchin couldn't be covered by anyone. And most weren't age related.
The more concerning thing recently was that we started 3 players who were playing defence a month ago in our forward line.
Our forward line is a mess. Completely. There has been absolutely no consistency. Aarts and Castagna one week, Gibcus and Balta the next? That's schizophrenia.
Baker is a premiership back man. A growing mid. A bog average forward.
We've long touted Connection as a critical component of how we score. The lines have been cut.
i would definitely worry how bifurcated that midfield is. could cost us the premiership;
considering we have played 7 defenders each week for the last 10 years, you can fit Hugo in off the bench.
we had the most I50s for the round, and the most scoring shots.
i know the "expected score" isnt gospel, but i reckon that would show a comfortable win- not the thrashing we should have given North, but a win all the same, and the levels of angst on here would be much much less.
Not taking sides in this debate but I think it is deluded (in our case) to place much importance on the number of times the ball gets inside 50, when so often delivery takes place without regard to a team mates advantage.
Targets like Lynch and Jack play injured and are slowing, and the likes of George and Aarts can’t hit the side of a barn.
As above high forwards like
Cumberland and Balta may provide some answers. Looking at the way a slowing old timer like Hawkins gets his ball also.
Targets like Lynch and Jack play injured and are slowing, and the likes of George and Aarts can’t hit the side of a barn.
As above high forwards like
Cumberland and Balta may provide some answers. Looking at the way a slowing old timer like Hawkins gets his ball also.
I'm actually glad that you think I'm wrong, as that most likely means I'm right.
You clearly haven't read any of my posts by the way. I've never claimed that our midfield cannot be improved and absolutely needs to be.
If there was an award for the most hyperbole spouted, you and Zips would lead it in a canter.
Don’t get all sensitive Posh
Inside 50s alone don’t tell the story
Oppo is scoring too easily against us from ball won at the coal face
Come on it ain’t that hard
