Got a direct quote that mentions the kicking out set up?Well Chris Scott seems to think this a strength of Freo. We play our plan A exceptionally well.
Having one method of kicking out is easy scouted.
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Got a direct quote that mentions the kicking out set up?Well Chris Scott seems to think this a strength of Freo. We play our plan A exceptionally well.
Should have the next player delisting early this week.
Yes, watch his press conference from when we last played them.Got a direct quote that mentions the kicking out set up?
Having one method of kicking out is easy scouted.
And I have no faith JL can even get us close to a GF, let alone win one.Swans big bad John has won a flag.
All premiership team had stability right? Hawthorn Richmond Geelong and now Brisbane . Stability first, then top up with what is missing? We were opposite and we're having exodus?Stability is the key.
We have got the list to win it, and all attempts should be made to keep it together
I'm not against kick it long to boundary to a strong marker. When it happens 80-90% its predictable. Also, it's the second possession also counts. It slows ball movement.Our restarts from opposition behinds are terribly actually, compared to most other good sides in the comp.
I would like to see much more of Clark and even Wagner bring into the ball in after a behind and far less of Luke Ryan.
What made it worse this season was that his one successful weapon from a restart was to kick to cox on the boundary outside 50 and the good pre 2024 version of cox usually marked it. It wasn’t particularly inspiring but at least it worked mostly.
We didn’t even have that this year.
Ya agreed I don’t mind it but not nearly every time.I'm not against kick it long to boundary to a strong marker. When it happens 80-90% its predictable. Also, it's the second possession also counts. It slows ball movement.
We need other options.
Yeah I talk a big game, but I'm going to tune in at 7am tomorrow to hear Corn tell me we should trade Darcy for the 243rd time.I'd take anything atm
Ya agreed I don’t mind it but not nearly every time.
And not to Luke Jackson who can’t mark the football consistently.
We could even get Hayden Young restarting. Nick Daicos often does it for the pies.
The fact people think Luke Ryan is just choosing to bomb it to packs unilaterally is hilarious. He's a laser the few times he's allowed higher up the ground, and varies the kick-ins when the circumstances call for something different.
Most importantly, a kick-in is just about the most controlled environment a team has. If JL didn't at least approve of it (if not actively encourage and instruct it), he'd say someone else takes the kick-in or to stop bombing to packs. And it would happen.
Reality is nobody really scores from kick-ins. We're a low scoring team from kick-in, at 3 points per game (rank 16th). Port are the highest with...5.9. It appears obvious that our philosophy regarding kick-ins is "a boundary stoppage outside d50 is a good result, anything better is a bonus".
You are probably right with all this, but if we have that many stars on big money we should have performed better. That's the point of it in the endI disagree there wouldn't be a large value attached to the salary cap component. We've seen 1.6 million from Bowes' contract worth pick 7. GC are idiots, yes, but there's not much else to go on for a ballpark value.
Regardless, the more draft capital we give up, the more salary cap relief we get. If you think 9+16 nets us Bolton on $800-$900k, that's fine. I don't think Richmond would be that generous. But if they are, then if we give up 9+10 we can get Bolton for even cheaper salary and I'm taking the extra money. It could be the difference between keeping a best 22 player or losing them. Our salary cap is going to be at breaking point with the amount of stars (league leading for top 100 paid players) we are trying to fit in. People are not appreciating this enough.
That scarf would be in the bin nowI’m sure there’s still a picture of Jesse Hogan in Freo scarf ahead of the 2013 GF floating around
I still think we should do away with the whole idea of "locks" for the Best 23, everyone's spot should be up for grabs if they aren't performing to a good enough standard, that goes for everyone.
Like for example if Darcy has a really poor month I'd be tempted to drop him and give Reidy or Knobel a go, make sure players know that if they don't perform they get dropped.
I like itLingy on ABC radio just put it all on the line, he had the opportunity to talk about any team for his sum up of the year, and chose us for butchering the end of the year but saying if we go all in on Bolton and Baker we will be top 4 next year and challenging for the flag.
'Every mark we take between the arcs adds 50+ metres to the play'This is why I harp on about marks between the arcs. It's why Lobb was so structurally important even if he didn't take a mark - he didn't allow easy marks to his opponent and would bring it down over the boundary line. We have a dominant clearance team, we should be playing a field position game. Take the ground, move the chains so to speak, reset and do it again.
Every mark we take between the arcs adds 50+ metres to the play.
I reserve the right to also want fast ball movement once we are forward of centre.
Yep. None of this "I just wanna make finals" bullshit. Prelim should be the bare minimum next year.We should be aiming for Top 4 and potentially winning a flag. Like otherwise what's the point
This is the Fremantle football club your talking about , excuses are all they knowIf Bolton and Baker come we have no excuses but to make top 4 and challenge.