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Prediction Semi Final: Changes Vs Collingwood (We survived to round 2!)
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Purple_Turtle
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More of a general comment but I don't get the people who want Chapman or Young moved out of defence.
Chapman had six intercepts against the Bulldogs and 27 disposals at 93.6% disposal efficiency. Young had seven intercepts. Having players on our half-back flank who can win intercept marks (helped out by a small forward brigade forcing the opposition to make hack kicks out of defence,) have the vision to see the opportunity to hurt the opponent on the counterattack and skill to make the play is a great resource to have.
I absolutely agree with you on Young - he is an incredible defender and should not be moved from there. With Chappy I am less certain. For whatever reason, I don't think he has been quite as good this year and not sure his best position is on a half back flank.
Purple_Turtle
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Chappy has been less consistent (I presume due to injury,) but his best games are as good as any.
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In fairness to everybody the "journos" wouldn't have watched anything..
I think what he was getting at is that 1 on 1 defending is not Chappy's strong point, and maybe he'd be even better on a wing or something like that.
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Based on the Peel game I'd be taking Erasmus.
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I cant wait to watch Ras play every game next year with Mundy retiring. He's already starting to pretty much take the piss out of WAFL Going to be an absolute beast with another pre-season
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Purple_Turtle
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He's not a bad one-on-one defender (some Inspector-Gadget long arms help him out,) and a defender who is strong in the air is still useful even if they're not great one-on-one if the forward-line and midfield can provide the pressure up-field to force the kicks to come in long and high. I think Jeremy McGovern is in the same boat, where he's AA quality when the rest of the team is providing the pressure but can be exposed if the opposition have the oppurtunity to lower their eyes.
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Logue is really struggling as a forward, he gets to so many marking attempts but they hardly ever stick and he also seems to run under the ball a lot. The strength of Collingwood is their transition from their defensive half so it is hugely important that we stop Moore from taking intercept marks and put accountable forwards on Daicos, Howe and Maynard so maybe Logue has a role to play there.
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Yeah I think we can cover him offensively with Henry if he leaves but not on the defensive side. His size allows him to get back and get in the way.
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Acres used his body to win contests on the weekend which was crucial at times allowing us to rebound the ball. People are underestimating the influence he has on our games and I hope the club does a backflip. The only thing Henry brings to the team are effective kicks into the forwardline and into the centre to setup plays. We will get that from Johnson anyway.
Bye-bye advantage: Is the week off a help or hindrance for top four?
Results suggest the pre-finals bye has leveled the playing field
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"The numbers are indisputable that the pre-finals bye, used from 2016 to 2020 and again this season, gives teams from fifth to eighth a better chance of success."
Better finals series as well I reckon, anecdotallyBye-bye advantage: Is the week off a help or hindrance for top four?
Results suggest the pre-finals bye has leveled the playing field
"The numbers are indisputable that the pre-finals bye, used from 2016 to 2020 and again this season, gives teams from fifth to eighth a better chance of success."
Who takes Nick Daicos?
Is Walker up to the task?
I’d look at a tagging role with Aish.
**** me we have had enough warnings about him now - if Daicos gets 35 touches on Saturday I’ll spew.
Elliot is another difficult matchup. Not convinced Ryan has the pace to mark him
Is Walker up to the task?
I’d look at a tagging role with Aish.
**** me we have had enough warnings about him now - if Daicos gets 35 touches on Saturday I’ll spew.
Elliot is another difficult matchup. Not convinced Ryan has the pace to mark him
It’ll be close mate , all coll games are coz they play with a real defensive bias which not only makes it difficult for the opponent to score generally not wide open for themselves to kick cricket scores either To give you a bit of confidence , coll have stumbled previous v interstate oppo at the MCG GWS in 19 and PA few years before that ,,,good luck you guys have a good little emerging side with mighty slick midfield
I am beginning to get worried. Firstly, there has been more blurb about the Gineven rules The press are spouting he is umpired differently that others. A Victorian thing I think.=Umpires.
Secondly, McCrae has come out now and is moaning about the fact that he thought that the Pies weren't paid the frees they should have been. =Umpires.
I am becoming more worried about the AFL and the umpires than I am about beating Collingwood.
Secondly, McCrae has come out now and is moaning about the fact that he thought that the Pies weren't paid the frees they should have been. =Umpires.
I am becoming more worried about the AFL and the umpires than I am about beating Collingwood.
Daicos is a HBF. Walker and Aish will be nowhere near him.
Easier said than done against Daicos, as your forwards can't just all be taggers, and there are others to worry about like Howe and Maynard. I suspect we will just try to have our small forwards play as they usually do, and Daicos will get 25-30 like Daniel, Lloyd, Rich, etc have against us.
Elliot is a good player, but he didn't do much even when the Pies flogged us. Back our defensive unit to work it out.
Any news yet on whether we're planning to hub if we win this weekend?
