One thing that the Pies aren't good at is centre clearances and contested possession. So I'm hopeful that they shouldn't get a run on from the CB, but they will get a run on if we continue to turn the ball over between the arcs.
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Trying to remember how they got all of theirs back in round 3. Maybe I don't want to though!
We have been building on our capability between the arcs , early on we had a tendency to misuse it and turn it over - either stuffing up a promising build up or allowing the opposition to go inside 50.
We now have a very large amount of players who populate that area and our turnover game has gone off the charts - we use it so , so much better than the first half of the season. We have the grunt and now the ball users to really punish and we keep possession so much better as a result.
Huge bonus with Close , Miers and even Stengle on occasions to get up the ground to support and get back into F50 to be options , add that to Smith , Tuohy and Duncan delivering it to our forwards and we can really score rapidly.
Pendelbury - I'd be telling Atkins and Parfitt to nail him - he always fakes a disposal to buy himself more time and it works - just keep running at him and when he fakes don't buy it - you get that extra 1/2 second to close on him and make the tackle.......
Think I might watch it later this week and have a look. We managed to handle it relatively well back then when we weren't playing too well, but the Pies have also improved since then too. Evens out.
Yeah agree. Was at a Cats game recently with a mate who follows another team, and he's had a bit to do with AFL clubs. And when I tell you he hates Geelong, I mean he really hates Geelong. But he's a very good analyst of the game.
Anyway, he said he knew Geelong were playing good footy but it wasn't until he saw them live and how they set up the ground that he realised how good they were. He used the term "brutally efficient" and I'm not sure I could come up with a better way to describe the way they play. He also said that there's too much external focus on the likes of Cameron / Dangerfield / Hawkins and Stewart. He doubts if we lost one of them it would make much difference - it's the brutal efficiency in the way Geelong play that means someone else would just slot in and play their role and the machine would still keep ticking over.
Also made a good point that all teams have at least one strength (maybe a couple). But Geelong seem to be the best at disarming the oppositions strength and just exploiting any minor weakness.
Thought I'd share the observation. Was interesting coming from someone who wasn't a fan.
Have said this before about our current goalkicking
Also if it is a problem in ordinary games how bad is it going to be in final?
Hawkins, Cameron, Rohan, 3 primary forwards look very flaky on set shots of late.
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Atkins is a walk up start
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BTW no concerns about Cox sinking the knee in at the centre bounce yesterday?
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Opur game plan allows for defeat at centre clearances, it's the second possession we base our game on and it has most sides bluffed
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I love how in this image, it's filled with a lot of the new breed of killer cats. It's why this year feels different. Close, Holmes, Stengle, SDK- such a great spread. I'm sure A LOT of thought went into this image for the club to share. Subtly saying to the world it's no longer the Danger Show.
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When sides have got a run on is, it has been CB dominance (port and saints slaughtered us for a Q, quite embarrassing really). I’m fairly confident we won’t hand you the ball like Sydney didn’t.
Didn’t make the AA squad, so no.
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For your sake I hope it bluffs your semi final opponent.
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No need. We'll just rely on pressure from our swarm of small forwards.
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Ours doesn't rely on centre clearances either.
From memory we generate the most scores of any team from opposition turnovers and concede the least from that source.
Pies through the second half of the season have played a lot of teams that hack the ball, with the exception of Sydney.
My concern with Atkins is is complete drop off in form in the last three weeks, its about 60% lower than his expected by position and a 66% drop off compared to himself. Selwood is in a similar boat with a drop off of 43% in both. Atkins' mid season purple patch seems a long way away, he could be vulnerable right now as there isn't much space for him to go down back either.
Z.Guthrie is in form right now, would be wasted as a sub
Miers has been in great form in the 2nd half of the year, his early season form was atrocious, It made me biased against him but I just have to get over it.
That's without considering how to fit in Menegola, Duncan, Henry forward or back which flows to Kolodjashnij( pre-concussion was up +30%/+30%) and Rohan.
I'm glad I'm not the match committee,
Name | Form relative to position | Form relative to Self | Gametime |
Cameron Guthrie | 60.1 | 47.6 | 171 |
Brandan Parfitt | 51.5 | 57.2 | 209 |
Patrick Dangerfield | -8.9 | -16.4 | 150 |
Joel Selwood | -43 | -42.6 | 135 |
Tom Atkins | -59.4 | -67.4 | 192 |
Z.Guthrie is in form right now, would be wasted as a sub
Name | Form relative to position | Form relative to Self | Gametime |
Tom Stewart | 33.3 | -22.1 | 260 |
Zach Guthrie | 26.1 | 40.2 | 254 |
Zach Tuohy | 24.2 | 2.6 | 258 |
Jed Bews | -39.3 | -11 | 247 |
Mark O'Connor | -49.7 | -11.7 | 217 |
Miers has been in great form in the 2nd half of the year, his early season form was atrocious, It made me biased against him but I just have to get over it.
Name | Form relative to position | Form relative to Self | Gametime |
Gryan Miers | 60.5 | 62.8 | 247 |
Tyson Stengle | 25.5 | -11.7 | 263 |
Isaac Smith | 18.6 | 0.9 | 167 |
Brad Close | 9.3 | 4 | 258 |
Gary Rohan | -8.6 | -3.1 | 159 |
That's without considering how to fit in Menegola, Duncan, Henry forward or back which flows to Kolodjashnij( pre-concussion was up +30%/+30%) and Rohan.
I'm glad I'm not the match committee,
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