Unofficial Preview Changes & Pre-match Discussion - Round 12 vs. Hawthorn, Sun 05/06, 2:10pm MCG

[jmac70]

I’ve been in a corporate box. Can comfortably say my night last night was better

Sounds like the ferret got a run.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

I’ve been in a corporate box. Can comfortably say my night last night was better

Did you get into a corporate box yourself last night?

I’ll see myself out.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Who knows, given the forecast for tomorrow perhaps Cox will be a late out and Brown will come in to the 22.

Late outs for weather rarely happen. Besides Cox was good the week before in the extreme wet before getting injured.

 

[swoop42]

Late outs for weather rarely happen. Besides Cox was good the week before in the extreme wet before getting injured.

I don't disagree just thought I'd sell some hope for those disappointed that Brown wasn't retained in the 22.

 

[jmac70]

How did Pendles train during the week? Looked like he pulled a leg muscle during the Blues game.

 

[Jen2310]

How did Pendles train during the week? Looked like he pulled a leg muscle during the Blues game.

He is fine.

 

[jmac70]

He is fine.

Looked like an upper leg muscle. Did he seem hampered at all during the week?

 

[Jen2310]

Looked like an upper leg muscle. Did he seem hampered at all during the week?

Nah. Trained all week. So whatever was in the game, didn't affect him.

 

[jmac70]

Nah. Trained all week. So whatever was in the game, didn't affect him.

Good to hear.

 

[magpies42]

All the players you have named are relatively old. I’m talking about the kicking improvement from the turnover of players in recent times.

J Daicos
N Daicos
Ginnivan
McCreery
Quaynor
Cameron
Noble
Murphy
Henry

Are all relatively recent additions to the side and all are above-average kicks.

Collectively they are big improvements on C Brown, T Brown, Mayne, Greenwood, Phillips, Blair, the Irish rookies, etc, most of whom couldn’t reliably hit a target in general play more than 30m away and lacked the kicking penetration to score from set shots of more than 40m.

There is no doubt whatsoever that we are a better kicking side than we were 2-3 years ago.

All of the players named this week have kicking penetration. They can move the ball quickly from point A to point B. The refreshing of our squad has gotten rid of players who kick high floaters that take too long to reach the target and are easily intercepted. We are much more dangerous and high scoring because of it.

That kicking evolution is exactly what Hawthorn did under the leadership Clarko and Wright. It’s early days but we are already reaping rewards from changing emphasis to only recruiting players who are strong kicks of the footy.



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Agree with this, we are on the improve…still a way off the dominant Hawks sides currently. They didn’t just settle for being above average kicks…they were elit across all lines.

 

[JuniorB]

Agreed - the atrocious form of the bottom 3 will mean at least 13 wins required

It makes our loss to the weagles a real head scratcher - no % builder for us, unfortunately.

 

[Pistol Night]

It makes our loss to the weagles a real head scratcher - no % builder for us, unfortunately.

Beat a red hot Freo in Perth and get rolled at home by a basket case West Coast. Never change Pies

 

[gouki88]

Noble and IQ are both around 180 from memory. Not quite midget territory but certainly not tall, you’re right.

Completely forgot about Bianco because he just hasn’t come on in the way I’d hoped, and Jaime may as well be 195cm with the way he plays and can jump

If there is one word to encapsulate Bianco's career to date it would be forgettable. Sadly.

Would love to see him really work on his tank.

 

[Apex36]

If there is one word to encapsulate Bianco's career to date it would be forgettable. Sadly.

Would love to see him really work on his tank.

It’s a shame because he looked so promising on debut, but he seems to have regressed significantly since then. It probably hasn’t helped this year that they’ve been trying to fit a square peg in a round hole by playing him forward.

 

[jonbe54]

Beat a red hot Freo in Perth and get rolled at home by a basket case West Coast. Never change Pies

A lot of teams go through it PN but the professionally run ones minimize it - which is the difference between waving the flag and waving goodbye come September.

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

What!!!!

Sidebottom, Crisp, Adams and DeGoey say hi

Adams kicking has been surprisingly good this season. DeGoey's kicking often looks bad off the boot but tends to hit the target. Sidebottoms kicking can be on, usually for a whole match and the next match he misses everything, usually his kicking is short.

 

[Pistol Night]

Adams kicking has been surprisingly good this season. DeGoey's kicking often looks bad off the boot but tends to hit the target. Sidebottoms kicking can be on, usually for a whole match and the next match he misses everything, usually his kicking is short.

To be fair the Daicos boys make the ohers look like James Manson. Josh is exquisite

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

To be fair the Daicos boys make the ohers look like James Manson. Josh is exquisite

by far the smoothest players in motion at our club they make everything look beautiful. Those off the deck pickups by Josh followed by pin point kicking, the running motion of Nick combined with the way he kicks it...........

 

[Maggie5]

Not long to go, take it here.

Game Day - Collingwood v Hawthorn Round 12 Sunday 2:10pm MCG

US FB Maynard, Darce, Marking GOAT HB Q, Murphy, Pendles C Crispy, Lipinski, Johnny F*cking Noble HF NDaicos, Checkers, JDaicos FF Jamie, Cameron, Taylor Adams FOL COXY, Jordy, Steele IC McCreery, Ollie, Ginni, Hyphen EMG TBrown, Ruscoe, Reef, Chug THEM Gunston and Jaeger back, Shiels...

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