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EUFA EURO 2024 - Group Stage ⚽ EPL 24/25 starts Aug 17
The data saysNot sure what was more cringeworthy.... The selections or Adam Kelly's waffle about justifying them.
“We have made five changes this week, two of which were forced,” Kelly said.
“We acknowledge that our game has not presented itself over the first three weeks and we are pursuing our best footy with determination.
Selection plays a part in this pursuit, and we emphasise, it plays just a part, there are many other factors and considerations, and we are earnestly going to work on those so that we can turn our form around.”
Fogarty 6 tackles for the yearGood post. The connection is dreadful. I worry because there is no linkup from HB, to mids, and then support from HB's giving an option or run through the middle. Without that connection we're left with mediocre I50's (i think we had only 28 to 3Q time last week...absolutely abysmal.)
A key component of pushing your I50 numbers up is also defensive pressure in the F50, to keep it in there, or bring it back in quickly. We have a GLARING issue if Walker is the only one of our Key/M Forwards bothering to lay a tackle (1) for the entire match
For Freo:
Switkowski - 3 tackles
Walters - 2 tackles
Frederick - 2 tackles
Amiss - 2 tackles.
We had only 2 people in the Top 8 tacklers last week. (Soligo & Rachele with zero...)
No pressure around the ground or in the contest at all. There's just SO MANY glaring issues.
- No defensive run, no linkup DEF/MID/FWD, no F50 defensive pressure, no tackling, no speed and outside run from the contest. Add into this mix a stupid amount of turnovers and clangers, and it's a recipe for disaster.
I think he could be a player, but not for us. We continually draft his type, which is increasingly becoming a "You can have 1, but not multiple of" type player.Anyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>
It's gonna be tough for Cooky playing a whole game where the ball isn't.Nank should have been in round 1.
Not sure why we're not giving Dowling a go given how ******* s**t our senior team has done 3 weeks in a row.
Cook I'm not sure on. Has talent, which is more than we can say for Murphy, McHenry or Keays. We've shown in the past that he gets very few chances though so I hope we just leave him in for a bit. Probably going to struggle with how our ball movement and forward delivery has been.
I think this is what they think but they looked at it the wrong way aroundI've heard we were trying to fix up our defensive game, which I think was necessary tbh.
Happy to fix a defensive issue but not confuse our younger players who go totally defensiveI'm finding it difficult to decide whether it's the players just struggling to play the game plan , or the players just aren't good enough to play the game plan. Then there's the 3rd option of nicks whether he has the right gameplan.
I've heard we were trying to fix up our defensive game, which I think was necessary tbh. But now we just can't score. Obviously our focus needs to shift on that now.
Then there's the selectin issue. Teams can lose at the selection table. I can't say with any great confidence that we've got that right this year.
Can’t kick and win enough of the ballAnyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>
Slow, fumbles, never takes clean possession, cant kick, cant mark, cant find space, lacks creativity, doesnt kick goals, doesnt have any acceleration or pace. His tackling even seems to have disappeared.Anyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>
Not just young players, look how much Milera stopped and went back behind the mark.Happy to fix a defensive issue but not confuse our younger players who go totally defensive
I’m fine berry coming in… as long as its because one of crouch or laird are going out.. preferably laird.Anyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>
Anyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>
Takes a hell of a speccy thoughThere's only 1 player in the side weaker than Sholl and that's Parnell.
The guy is just not built for AFL.
Why do we even bother.
He will never be part of a finals side because he's just physically too small and weak.
Why do we waste our time.
Feel we've been unfair to Pedlar. No one is consistent in the position he's playing and I feel all of his strengths are best suited to being in the middle of contests which he doesn't seem to get much of a chance at. Not convinced Crouch or Laird would be playing consistently if they were asked to play Pedlar's role.
I'm convinced Cook just needs a solid stretch of games and he'll be golden for us.
Yeah I still like him as an inside mid. Problem being we currently have two of these already who aren't damaging by foot.Anyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>
Shouldn’t be droppedWe Nicksed him.
Lad copped a busted nose (probably concussion in Round 1), asked to play on an all time great in Stewart in round 2, then played forward (no mid time) in a team that kicked 4 goals in total in round 3.
Unlucky to be dropped really given many 'senior' players have been poor.
Code for we don't listen to noise outside the four walls of the club.Not sure what was more cringeworthy.... The selections or Adam Kelly's waffle about justifying them.
“We have made five changes this week, two of which were forced,” Kelly said.
“We acknowledge that our game has not presented itself over the first three weeks and we are pursuing our best footy with determination.
Selection plays a part in this pursuit, and we emphasise, it plays just a part, there are many other factors and considerations, and we are earnestly going to work on those so that we can turn our form around.”
We Nicksed him.
Lad copped a busted nose (probably concussion in Round 1), asked to play on an all time great in Stewart in round 2, then played forward (no mid time) in a team that kicked 4 goals in total in round 3.
Unlucky to be dropped really given many 'senior' players have been poor.
Code for we don't listen to noise outside the four walls of the club.
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Fogarty 6 tackles for the year
Walker 3 tackles
Burgess 3 tackles
Murphy 4 tackles
Rachele 4 tackles
Keays 7 tackles
Rankine 14 tackles - elite
Anyone else still think Berry could be a decent player for us?
It's a shrinking fan base
I'm still a Berrliever
Clean hands, tough, good tackler, decent mark for size, has a defensive balance to his game. I think he complements more attack-minded mids like Rankine, Pedlar could be.
Kicking...?
<adjusts tie>