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Wait till the coaches pull his head in then all his kicks start going long down the line...a most nicks thing to do
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The fact that he takes a lot of our kick-ins and still takes risks with the ball suggests this hasn't happened and won't happen.
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You’d think after such a monumental stuff up he’d be up not long after the smotherer. Not him though, just sat there watching on.
You might want to keep a bucket next to the couch…
Will be interesting to see if he makes the leadership group again.
Found it interesting he’s still standing in the front row in the team photo
Surely not again…
He is part of the squad so will be in with the short fellas who normally are at the front. Well it all hinges now on Davis and whether his appointment was nothing more than a PR stunt to pretend Nicks is up to it.
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McAndrew giving ROB trouble doesn't surprise me. Those long armed rucks who jump always get the better of ROB in the middle.
ROB tends to even up the contest around the ground, and also does that super awkward centre bounce run up from right on the line to negate their run-up (which he did on Friday for almost the entire 2nd half).
TBH I'm surprised the oppo ruck doesn't just run into him when he does that. Surely it's a free to impede the rucks run up if his eyes are on the footy. Seems like an easy free kick to me. Also an opportunity to put a knee right into an ungarded ribcage. Not the most civilised ruck move, but it usually makes the rest of the day a whole lot easier.
ROB tends to even up the contest around the ground, and also does that super awkward centre bounce run up from right on the line to negate their run-up (which he did on Friday for almost the entire 2nd half).
TBH I'm surprised the oppo ruck doesn't just run into him when he does that. Surely it's a free to impede the rucks run up if his eyes are on the footy. Seems like an easy free kick to me. Also an opportunity to put a knee right into an ungarded ribcage. Not the most civilised ruck move, but it usually makes the rest of the day a whole lot easier.
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You just cant buy that type of experience.
Instead of handballing to his teammate out wide, he just had to get another kick stat
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The coaches probably know the stats of how often predictable kickins don't work vs how often unpredictable ones do. Much as fans hate to see predictable kickins, the stats might be in their favour.
Depends on what you consider to have 'worked'.
Is it a kick that ends in a ball up or out of bounds? Then yes, the predictable long to the right probably has good statistics.
Unless you look further and realise our midfield and clearance rates are mediocre at best, so we effectively give up possession anyway.
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He's getting there. Noticed that he is now consistently in the front third of running sprints up and down the oval. He had a really bad day at Richmond where the heat obviously got to him several weeks ago.
Have you noticed any forward craft from him at training this year?
Probably doesnt have the tank to go full time midfield, but if he can have a decent secondary position, that could be his way in?
That's promising. He's a high ceiling player would love to see him succeed, has a bit of Robbie Gray about him.
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Some coaches prefer structured, ordered, predictable like we saw with our 2024 game plan.
The successful teams seem to be able to strike a balance between consistency and some flair/risk
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slim, he has mainly trained as a forward this pre season with occasional runs on the ball. To me he is midfielder with his ability to extract, his agility, fine football brain and lovely skills, but the forward position can give him some greater flexibility which some other players lack. His lack lustre running performances at training until recent weeks has not helped his cause being a mid this year with hard running players like Peatling and Soligo taking over these roles.
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Surely not unless it's our SANFL side..
Glory be.........
Hes on the seats with the leadership group from last year.
Dawson on Nicks' right, Rob, Keays, Fog and Murphy on Nicks' left in the team photo - could be a telling sign unfortunately
If you didn't know the outcome, you'd think he'd done pretty well getting the Swans player to commit, which allowed for an easy handball to a player in space with clear ground ahead of him. But you need to give him some credit, it's not just about the kick stat. He gets that past 50 and to a contest and it's an effective kick and a rebound 50. Old hard running Laird, racking up the rebounds.
Are we really going to cause ourselves more problems by naming ROB and Murphy in leadership positions?
It already looks like they will need stints in the SANFL, naming them leaders is just stupid.
It already looks like they will need stints in the SANFL, naming them leaders is just stupid.
I think there is two parts to this,
1. ROB sets a very high standard at training and during the games from a work ethic and its known that a lot of the players and coaches use him as a benchmark, he obviously puts in a lot of work behind the scenes as well in the community, so you only assume he is doing a fair chunk throughout the club, therefore setting a strong example and classed as a leader. He was dropped last year with the Strachan experience which obviously didn't work and was probably the wake up call ROB needed as he did perform better when he came back, no he is not the most talented ruckman in the comp but he is the best we have.
2. Murphy on the other hand is just all effort and nothing else, which at times is good because in tough games some players do give up, where credit where credit is due, he continues to have a crack. He is not a good footballer, but he tries, and Nicksy countless times in the past few years has said he likes players who put in the effort and try hard. This is the first time I have heard him say we "want clean players" or whatever it was, so a player like Murphy does not fit this therefore will be interesting to see where they sit round 1. If Murphy is in the Leadership group, he will be playing round 1 and more than half the games.
So it begs the question, how much say do the players have and how much say do the coaches have when electing our leadership group.
Let’s just wait and see first
