Preview Changes: round 13 vs Geelong. ADELAIDE OVAL. Sunday 23rd August.

[cleanhands]

Wow, send your resume into the club. Godden and Clarke haven't worked that our after 12 rounds!

Tut tut

 

[jenny61_99]

Reckon Dusty to kick 5+ would be a good bet.

Was more thinking a few weeks off and maybe the Hawks game at AO?

Hawks are hoping they'll be able to move that game to Tassie.

 

[SellarStardom]

IMO, the tall mid is icing on the cake. At the moment, I think we have most of the ingredients but we are missing the recipe.

No argument from me, a poor system means you are on a hiding to nothing. Good system then it's about not being weak and pushed off the ball.

Worth looking back over the vision of the weekend where we were out of position versus the times where we were in position but just couldn't get it done

 

[hey shorty]

I’d add just Poholke to that list. Maybe Sholl too.

Thought Poholke was pretty good. I think there’s a role there for him, bit similar to what Berry plays for Bris. He’s not as tall I know, but he plays tall.

It’s a good list though and felt that when these guys were getting hands on ball, some good things happened.

Its hard to find a heap of positives but these guys certainly are.

I'm glad to see Berg come good, straightens us up a lot

 

[Vader]

If we don't drop Tex now we never will. Next week it will be 'we cant drop him a game after his 200th' then the game after it will be 'just let him play out the year'.

He has been WOG or close to for 2 games in a row.

I'm a big Tex fan and was defending him a few weeks ago but let him go out with some respect and not desperately clinging to a spot that he doesn't deserve with fans resenting him. Maybe he gets a 200th in the final round if he trains well.

3 games in a row, and 4 of the last 6 he's played. He was good against Essendon, and OK against St Kilda. Shockingly awful against Fremantle, Melbourne, Collingwood & Bulldogs.

 

[Tex200]

Its hard to find a heap of positives but these guys certainly are.

I'm glad to see Berg come good, straightens us up a lot

Yeah I think possibly the biggest positive was our efficiency. 50% with 16 shots from just 32 entries. Compare that with 33% v Freo or 30% v Port.

Translates to 9 shots from 30 entries v Port or 14 shots from 42 entries v Freo.

So the structure and system going forward was pretty good, just didn’t get it in there anywhere near enough. Back to the mids again.

 

[Bearded Clam]

so is it back to normal again with team announcements?... thursday night again with friday arvo the day the teams playing on the sunday set their 22 in stone?..

or do we still have to wait till the night b4 the match?

 

[Bearded Clam]

and what are geelong paying for 40+?... anyone know?

 

[Vader]

so is it back to normal again with team announcements?... thursday night again with friday arvo the day the teams playing on the sunday set their 22 in stone?..

or do we still have to wait till the night b4 the match?

Team announcements are still the night before the game, given that they're still playing 7 days per week.

 

[Betts are off]

and what are geelong paying for 40+?... anyone know?

$1.01

 

[Bearded Clam]

Team announcements are still the night before the game, given that they're still playing 7 days per week.

????... after tonights game theres no game till friday according to the AFL site..

 

[Johnny Rutten]

Surely Butts and Worrell (and maybe O'Connor) get a game before the end of the season. We've got nothing to lose, and everything to gain. They couldn't do any worse than the spuds that have delivered us 0-12.

 

[Betts are off]

Yeah I think possibly the biggest positive was our efficiency. 50% with 16 shots from just 32 entries. Compare that with 33% v Freo or 30% v Port.

Translates to 9 shots from 30 entries v Port or 14 shots from 42 entries v Freo.

So the structure and system going forward was pretty good, just didn’t get it in there anywhere near enough. Back to the mids again.

Our forward line is definitely green, but its certainly showing flashes of being dangerous and unpredictable in the future. And those flashes are certainly encouraging!

McAdam is the anti-Jenkins: I.e. a small who plays big.
Stengle has next level vision, and with a bit of continuity and confidence I think could be among the most dangerous smalls in the league within 1-3 years.
Berg looks like he could be a great second fiddle KPF, unfortunately he's essentially playing #1 forward right now. At least in game impact.

The next stage is to finally sort out what we have in FOG and Davis....

 

[Vader]

????... after tonights game theres no game till friday according to the AFL site..

They've got some weird blocks happening:
R12: Thurs 13th - Mon 17th
R13: Fri 21st - Mon 24th
R14: Thurs 27th - Sun 30th
R15: Tues 1st - Fri 4th
R16: Sat 5th - Wed 9th
R17: Thurs 10th - Mon 14th
R18: TBC

R12 & 13 are relatively normal, but then they go back to playing every day for R14-17.

 

[Thetrader15]

so is it back to normal again with team announcements?... thursday night again with friday arvo the day the teams playing on the sunday set their 22 in stone?..

or do we still have to wait till the night b4 the match?

Yes, back to normal.

In: Atkins, Gibbs, Knight
Out: Polholke (omitted), Sholl (omitted), McPherson (injured)

 

[Bearded Clam]

Yes, back to normal.

In: Atkins, Gibbs, Knight
Out: Polholke (omitted), Sholl (omitted), McPherson (injured)

you should be banned from this thread.

 

[relapse]

Crows are paying $7.50 head to head on Sportsbet

$7.50 at Adelaide Oval? Yep that's how bad we are

 

[Mutineer]

 

[Scorpus]

Crows are paying $7.50 head to head on Sportsbet

$7.50 at Adelaide Oval? Yep that's how bad we are

We are in legitimate danger of not scoring against Geelong. They easily beat us on most occasions when we were good.

 

[FR0GGY]

$1.01

Overs

 

[Golumless]

Our forward line is definitely green, but its certainly showing flashes of being dangerous and unpredictable in the future. And those flashes are certainly encouraging!

McAdam is the anti-Jenkins: I.e. a small who plays big.
Stengle has next level vision, and with a bit of continuity and confidence I think could be among the most dangerous smalls in the league within 1-3 years.
Berg looks like he could be a great second fiddle KPF, unfortunately he's essentially playing #1 forward right now. At least in game impact.

The next stage is to finally sort out what we have in FOG and Davis....

Fog just needs to sort out his fitness, mainly, so hopefully that occurs with a revamped fitness area.

Newchurch has something about him in highlights, though isn't setting the world alight in U18 as far as I know. Still would like either another tall into that mix, someone to demote Himmelberg to third tall. Probably another small as well, just to cover any issues with development/give competition.

 

[relapse]

We are in legitimate danger of not scoring against Geelong. They easily beat us on most occasions when we were good.

Scary, but true

 

[Thetrader15]

Good to see we brought one of the leads of the club out to face the music after a pathetic performance.

Who's our captain again, I can't remember his name

 

[Thetrader15]

$1.01

I might take some of that

 

[Thetrader15]

Lachie pulling out the 'if we play our best footy we can beat any side' quote - talk about players falling back into old habits