If his hand is not right, then have a spell. Otherwise get him & Jack to separate better & attack the bloody contest!
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Lynch !!
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What's he supposed to do? Buckley has developed the blueprint of flood flood flood our forward line and it's WORKING.
We don't have a plan B.
We bomb it in, Lynch goes up against minimum 2 players, plus jack. Goes straight back out of forward 50. Mopped up by Grimes or Vlastuin. Bombed back in.
Rinse. Repeat.
It's infuriating!
We don't have a plan B.
We bomb it in, Lynch goes up against minimum 2 players, plus jack. Goes straight back out of forward 50. Mopped up by Grimes or Vlastuin. Bombed back in.
Rinse. Repeat.
It's infuriating!
Neither are our small forwards when they bring it to ground.
Yep the coaches need to work out how to counteract this tactic. 8 weeks in and we've made no progress.
Reckon he's playing like he broke his leg. How slow is he?? He's like a glacier when the ball hits the deck. He was noticeably quicker last year without a preseason.
Very disappointing tonight.
Lynch plays from the square & Jack at CHF for a start. Must separate. Rioli & Aarts aren’t dangerous enough at the moment, so need re-jig of players. Stack to replace Rioli & one of the first year players to get a go.
We could try Plan B after we have a go at Plan A which we haven't done all year.
Delivery into our 50 has been woeful, Jack is out of form and he broke his hand.
He always has at least 2 players on him and the reason for that is that the opposition know there is no-one else they need to bother much with. When the players around him start to contribute and stop spectating then he might have a chance. There isn't a forward in the game who can continually kick goals when he is up against 2 opponents, with a third coming in from the side, and no small forwards around him to attract some attention.
DS
Delivery into our 50 has been woeful, Jack is out of form and he broke his hand.
He always has at least 2 players on him and the reason for that is that the opposition know there is no-one else they need to bother much with. When the players around him start to contribute and stop spectating then he might have a chance. There isn't a forward in the game who can continually kick goals when he is up against 2 opponents, with a third coming in from the side, and no small forwards around him to attract some attention.
DS
The ball hits the ground 90% of the time we enter our 50.
Where's the smalls?
Hardwick needs to drop playing a free player behind the ball.
He needs to even out the numbers in our forward line.
Why can Port, Collingwood and even Geelong have open forward 50's but our's looks like Flinders street station at 5 o'clock on a Friday??.
Hardwick needs to sort it out.
He cant just rely on 2017 game plan anyone.
The hand thing isn't great. Makes me wonder whether CJ should be given an opportunity because Tom right now is not Lynchmond.
As Dimma said last night fix the execution and we'll be okay. That last kick inside 50 is our undoing ATM.
The ball is just not sticking in his hands at the moment. I think he is being a bit tentative. I think alternate resting him and Jack for a game each in the next block and give CCJ an opportunity.
My bigger concern is the lack of smalls at their feet. I'm beginning to question our forward line coach. I think that's Macrae's job. He seemed to be a wonderful coach at VFL level but if he is trying to implement something new at senior level then it is just not working.
My bigger concern is the lack of smalls at their feet. I'm beginning to question our forward line coach. I think that's Macrae's job. He seemed to be a wonderful coach at VFL level but if he is trying to implement something new at senior level then it is just not working.
That’s where the small forwards are meant to come into play.
This is what we are missing.
Lynch was in great form until the hand. Direct correlation. His form is nothing to worry about.
Team strategy is another topic altogether.
This.
Our one wood used to be bringing it to ground for the smalls. Injuries forced us to embrace the idea of tough, medium-sized players like Townsend and Caddy bringing it to ground.
Is contested marking now our one wood? Isn’t that way easier for the opposition to prepare for and defend?
Lynch’s strength should be treated as a luxury that happens in addition to a natural gameplan that values the complete opposite IMO.
Strategies that depend on contested marking tall forwards are the easiest thing to stop. It’s common, everybody trains for it, and everybody drafts defenders around stopping that one popular traditional avenue toward goal.
Lynch was in great form earlier in the year, but we still didn’t look great I50 to my eyes.
Maybe we need all 6 of our forwards to be the game plan.
Most sporting teams have far less players than AFL teams, so in theory, AFL teams should be more successful with team-wide strategies than any individual strategies that might be more successful in smaller-team sports. Can’t focus too much on Lynch.
Team strategy is another topic altogether.
This.
Our one wood used to be bringing it to ground for the smalls. Injuries forced us to embrace the idea of tough, medium-sized players like Townsend and Caddy bringing it to ground.
Is contested marking now our one wood? Isn’t that way easier for the opposition to prepare for and defend?
Lynch’s strength should be treated as a luxury that happens in addition to a natural gameplan that values the complete opposite IMO.
Strategies that depend on contested marking tall forwards are the easiest thing to stop. It’s common, everybody trains for it, and everybody drafts defenders around stopping that one popular traditional avenue toward goal.
Lynch was in great form earlier in the year, but we still didn’t look great I50 to my eyes.
Maybe we need all 6 of our forwards to be the game plan.
Most sporting teams have far less players than AFL teams, so in theory, AFL teams should be more successful with team-wide strategies than any individual strategies that might be more successful in smaller-team sports. Can’t focus too much on Lynch.
