Preview Changes: R3 vs Fremantle
- Thread starter Scorpus
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Apparently
Gone are the hard nuts of yesteryear who would go back to the magoos and earn their spot back.
Instead they go to the coach and promise to do better this week.……………… Ok then we’ll talk again next monday
It can be used poorly like all stats, but it has its place. You use it to assess how players are breaking free of stoppages and gaining territory (obviously). Looking at Crouch and saying 'he had 37 disposals and only got X meters gained so he had a bad game' is dumb but it doesn't mean the stat is useless.
- Sep 23, 2012
- 3,971
- 6,141
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Sturt, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
They didn’t need given all the open space we gave them on the rebound
Players who deserve to be dropped (no particular order):
Berry
Smith
Pedlar
Jones
Keays
Murphy
We can't drop them all. So some will survive.
Players I want to be included:
Nankervis
Curtin
Dowling
My biggest concern is Dawson. Go back to when he started with us and he would glide across the ground. His kicking was precise. Now he looks heavy and tired in the legs. I suspect the bash and crash of the midfield isn't in his best interests long term. I think we should go back a little and have him across half back/wing with short bursts in the midfield. That way we can use him like we did in early days - getting the ball in his hands as much as possible. Using him as the overlap runner etc... while still running him through the midfield where required. It's best for him and us in the long term.
So my changes and team line up.
OUT:
Berry
Smith
Pedlar (You can't burn players with selfishness like he did and not have consequences)
IN:
Dowling
Nankervis
Curtin
TEAM:
MM Butts Worrell
Dawson Keane Milera
Nank Crouch Jones
Rankine Walker Keays
Burgess Fog Rachele
1R: ROB Laird Soligo
INT: Dowling Murphy Curtin Hinge
Berry
Smith
Pedlar
Jones
Keays
Murphy
We can't drop them all. So some will survive.
Players I want to be included:
Nankervis
Curtin
Dowling
My biggest concern is Dawson. Go back to when he started with us and he would glide across the ground. His kicking was precise. Now he looks heavy and tired in the legs. I suspect the bash and crash of the midfield isn't in his best interests long term. I think we should go back a little and have him across half back/wing with short bursts in the midfield. That way we can use him like we did in early days - getting the ball in his hands as much as possible. Using him as the overlap runner etc... while still running him through the midfield where required. It's best for him and us in the long term.
So my changes and team line up.
OUT:
Berry
Smith
Pedlar (You can't burn players with selfishness like he did and not have consequences)
IN:
Dowling
Nankervis
Curtin
TEAM:
MM Butts Worrell
Dawson Keane Milera
Nank Crouch Jones
Rankine Walker Keays
Burgess Fog Rachele
1R: ROB Laird Soligo
INT: Dowling Murphy Curtin Hinge
- Curtin rotates through with Milera, Dawson and Worrell
- Hinge rotates wing with Nank and Jones, as well as defensive cover if needed
- Dowling rotates midfield and forward with Rankine, Soligo and the odd burst from Rachele
- Keays never plays on the wing again. Never. He's too dumb.
- Dawson plays 50% half back, 30% midfield, 15% wing and 5% bench.
- Soligo takes the majority of the Dawson midfield minutes. We simply have to start developing him as a mid. Not wing. Not half forward. He's a gun midfielder. Time to put him there.
- Laird to be put on the same notice Crouch was. Use the ball or get dropped. 30 disposals mean nothing if you can't use the ball for our benefit.
Yeh that’s why I’m not a fan they can be used which better suits you,
How about we stop being pathetic and pick players based on form? It's a professional sport, if you aren't playing well enough you get dropped. End of story. Deal with it. It doesn't matter who you are.
Much easier to have interceptors if the opposition is bombing the ball, near impossible to have interceptors if the entries aren't bombing the ball.
- Jun 23, 2016
- 16,351
- 15,346
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Smith doesn't need time in the SANFL he needs to be dropped permanently and retire end of season. He has been finished for a while.
I don’t mind that stat. Along with effective metres gained it will highlight the ball burners.
Better than some useless fantasy team stat a lot like posting about.
It has from a few posters but not the club or media.
Do you honestly listen to them? If the stats don’t add up the way they want they generally twist or ‘omit’ certain areas to make it look like they’re clever.
GameofSloanes
Norm Smith Medallist
A lot of people think Smith is low on confidence and that's why he should be dropped. It's not that at all. The game has gone past him, he is slower and cant get space, pretty much all hiss possessions are either kick outs where he just kicks as far as he can to a contest, or its a hack kick under pressure because he lacks the speed and/or awareness to get in space. Plus he plays in defence but is ordinary at defending (and always has been), apart from running across as a third man and spoiling 2-3 times a game. I just can't see any benefit in giving him more games, he should be depth only for the rest of the year.
People are also arguing the merits of Laird & Crouch in the midfield, but it is Berry's additional presence that has really unbalanced the midfield. Can only play 2 of these 3, I'd choose Crouch and Laird as these 2 at least get the ball, and Berry amazingly is the worst kick of the 3.
People are also arguing the merits of Laird & Crouch in the midfield, but it is Berry's additional presence that has really unbalanced the midfield. Can only play 2 of these 3, I'd choose Crouch and Laird as these 2 at least get the ball, and Berry amazingly is the worst kick of the 3.
Offer him and Sloane a last hurrah match , on the condition that play SANFL through to whatever thr last final match is.
They might even like the chance to win a flag
If Brodie Smith looks the coach in the eye and tells Nicks he truly believe his form warrants selection he's either a liar or completely deluded. Neither option bodes well for the club and if Nicks accepts it it's sending the old "seniority rules" shit back up.
- Jul 14, 2012
- 7,936
- 11,641
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
If anyone is in ANY doubt about Brodie Smith, they need to watch this bit of the highhlights.
Regulation ground ball that he should have easily picked up and sent us forward, but COMPLETELY SQUIBS the contest and Geelong get it and goal. Look at the score, crucial time of the game and we literally shat the bed.
Absolutely woeful effort from a 'senior leader' and should be dropped on that alone.
Regulation ground ball that he should have easily picked up and sent us forward, but COMPLETELY SQUIBS the contest and Geelong get it and goal. Look at the score, crucial time of the game and we literally shat the bed.
Absolutely woeful effort from a 'senior leader' and should be dropped on that alone.
matt765_
Rookie
- Aug 18, 2023
- 21
- 154
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Agreed, rivals that banana he sent to row Z as his worst moment in the game.
Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
Seriously should have just walked off packed his bags and went home
Milo Cyrus
Premiership Player
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4,125
- 6,333
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
****ing hell he was woeful. I've always admired his work and commitment but he needs to be put out to pasture.
Last edited:
- Oct 6, 2012
- 13,781
- 27,935
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
This explains why Pedlar kicked the ball 55m over Tex’s head. Got 55m gained rather than 15m had he laced out Tex
Metres gained: Breaking down the AFL's most misunderstood statistic
'Metres gained' has become the sexy statistic that's synonymous with modern footy, but what does it mean and just how valuable is it? ESPN and Champion Data have joined forces to break down everything metres gained and explain what it all means.www.espn.com.au
Milo Cyrus
Premiership Player
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4,125
- 6,333
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
he's a young fella and has just had 20? stitches in his face and they are playing him, what a bunch of campaigners.
It’s becoming infectious
Watching it live, he was running into a 3 on 1 situation. It looked like he thought he would shield the ball from the first opponent with his back, then he was intending on picking the ball up and backstepping out of trouble. Ambitious to say the least.
Instead he turned his back, overran the ball, missed it completely, went to ground and let the 3 opponents do as they liked. It was as bad as it looked.
He had to either sink the boot into it off the ground and clear the area, or pick it up and get tackled, hopefully ensuring a ball up.
It's sad, because he has been an outstanding player, but he's cooked. I'm sure he's had some good games since, but it feels like he hasn't been the same since he was concussed going for that mark.
