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Much less testing game.NHL H&A is 82 games.
He's pretty chirpyThe silent assassin
I'll go the double espressos! Two may not be enough.Q1 disposals:
Grundy 1, Rowbottom 1, Heeney 1, Parker donuts. Roberts 2
Got smashed in every stat in first quarter. Contested possessions down by 21.
How about we add 5 minutes of face-slapping & two double espressos to our pre-game routine?
Q1 disposals:
Grundy 1, Rowbottom 1, Heeney 1, Parker donuts. Roberts 2
Got smashed in every stat in first quarter. Contested possessions down by 21.
How about we add 5 minutes of face-slapping & two double espressos to our pre-game routine?
Yeah I found it really hard to be optimistic after last night.Q1 disposals:
Grundy 1, Rowbottom 1, Heeney 1, Parker donuts. Roberts 2
Got smashed in every stat in first quarter. Contested possessions down by 21.
How about we add 5 minutes of face-slapping & two double espressos to our pre-game routine?
Yeah I found it really hard to be optimistic after last night.
Start like that in a grand final and... well, we know that drill.
To be honest we were still second to the ball and were still playing the game mostly between our defensive goal to centre wing. It’s just that their back six couldn’t hit a barn so when we cleared it the ball became a contest at centre wing but we held upit's understandable there's such a focus on our slow starts, but i'm trying to stay positive and maintain the faith in this team i have all season (although that faith has been tested a bit)
i've been more worried about the general drop in intensity, culminating in the game that shall not be mentioned ...
earlier in the season, when we turned up the intensity we were able to make up for slow starts, but that intensity vanished, maybe going back to the last quarter of the giants game
from about halfway through the second quarter last night i really sensed that relentless pressure we were applying to essendon players in possession or around the ball ... i've posted elsewhere, that's where i think the game turned
they were stuck on 29 points for ages and i reckon that was the period in the game they could've established themselves but we never let them
parker, heeney, florent, gulden and rowbottom lifted the team after halftime, but the team lifted with them, rather than just rely on individual efforts ...
it goes without saying, really, but we are in a vastly better place than we were two weeks ago ... it started with the comeback win over collingwood, it was consolidated last night ... that's a good trajectory into finals
I’m not actually sure Armatey gets a game with most other clubs.Joel Amartey with the ball 60-70 out has become absolutely awful to watch. He takes a decade to kick it and then just bombs it to an unmanned opposition player.
To be honest we were still second to the ball and were still playing the game mostly between our defensive goal to centre wing. It’s just that their back six couldn’t hit a barn so when we cleared it the ball became a contest at centre wing but we held up
To be honest this was sort of like the first half of the 2016 grand final where absent jpk and to a lesser degree Tom Mitchell we couldn’t win a ball anywhere on the park other than Grundy and ramps. And the officials saw everything one team did and blew the whistle and nothing the other team did and didnt
But see this is the thing. Play this way against a good team and the good team will beat you unless you start to win the contested ball. Play this way against an excellent team and the game will be won at quarter time as it was in 2022 and 2014.
We have to start winning the ball. It’s that simple. If we don’t we won’t hold up whether it’s ted Richard and heath grundy paddy nccartin and ton or melicsn and rampe.
It’s on the midfield and they’ve got to lift.
I thought what we got Adams forI wonder if our issue with slow starts is largely just a personnel issue.
We don't have those natural ball winning midfielders that nearly every other team has. So we kind of get steamrolled at the beginning of games and then slowly work our way back into it when it slows down and becomes more about skill.
For all their faults, players like Parish and Shiel have always been able to find the football in the contest. We don't really have anyone like that.
It's one of the reasons why I am so desperate for them to give Sheldrick a chance. He is a natural ball winner and could help us in the middle of the ground.
I thought what we got Adams for
I would dropping him for Gus
I reckon they get a bear from Taronga Zoo and release it the rooms just before the players run out. Then tell the players will bear will remain in the rooms until our contested possessions are +10. That’ll get their heart rates going for Q1 and make damn sure they are ahead by halftime.Q1 disposals:
Grundy 1, Rowbottom 1, Heeney 1, Parker donuts. Roberts 2
Got smashed in every stat in first quarter. Contested possessions down by 21.
How about we add 5 minutes of face-slapping & two double espressos to our pre-game routine?
He also allergic to extending his arms for a mark at the moment. Pretty sick of seeing him try to take chest marks when he's wrestling. You're not barry hall mate you're not going to win that wayJoel Amartey with the ball 60-70 out has become absolutely awful to watch. He takes a decade to kick it and then just bombs it to an unmanned opposition player.
It was the kicking equivalent of John Howard’s off-spin.
I'd give Sheldrick a go against Adelaide to rest some players. If he puts in a good run you'd keep him over AdamsI thought what we got Adams for
I would dropping him for Gus
Yep, move it forward a bit and it'll work fine...Match replays stuffed for anyone else on the AFL website?
No, mine worked perfectly.Match replays stuffed for anyone else on the AFL website?
I’m not actually sure Armatey gets a game with most other clubs.