I struggle how people today can't see improvement from last week. It was way better. Add in more good players it will get better again. I also don't think we show our full repertoir of set plays in the preseason so there will be some structural cheapies we'll be able to get too. I expect us and Freo to have a good game in the opening round.
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As long as we make an effort to get those guys the ball.
Our midfielders don't know their limitations and all think they are Darren Jarman.
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Should be swapping Keays & Sloane's midfield minutes. Keays more midfield, Sloane more forward... as he is a better mark & kick for goal.
We're tall because the forward strategy is to drop the ball on heads.
This match, and our lack of quality midfield delivery into the F50 from clearances, makes me wonder about how we’ll use Dawson
Will we use him as the link-up mid, Bontempelli style? Remains to be see if he’ll be best in that role, but worth a shot I guess
Will we use him as the link-up mid, Bontempelli style? Remains to be see if he’ll be best in that role, but worth a shot I guess
The other option is to try and hit a moving target. His ability to kick to a teammate is straight up appalling. He's got some great attributes, but hitting teammates by foot isn't one of them.
Brayden Cook could be that Lynch player.
Hinge/Dawson on wings. Dawson more mid/wing. Hinge pure wing.
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Jeez that sucks re Pedlar. He was looking good
What you see is what you get with Keays. His kicking will never improve. He's going to play 80-100 games for us but we need guys to go past him. If he's still first choice centre bounce mid in three years time it'll be a worry.
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Cook was disappointing last week, but I definitely see a future for him.
However, he is 1.87m... I want us to find a taller 3rd type. Worrell is the one I would like to see us give a decent go.
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Did Keays play last week. Likely just giving Sloane a proper run prior to the season and “resting” Keays a bit as he already had a game - expect Sloane to play more forward in the season proper
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You seriously didn't expect Sloane to play nearly all midfield?
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He played 21 games, the injury couldn't have been that bad
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Hasn't Nicks repeated said they want to play Dawson more as a genuine mid?
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Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see Seed ever playing again. Apparently he was running laps this week and just started power chucking. The poor bloke is not well at all.
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umpires can bang on all they want about being tough on holding the ball (lol) and abuse of umpires all they want, but it doesnt fix the real issue. many of them are just not good enough. a lack of consistency, understanding of situation and understanding of timing. quite a few decisions today felt rushed and guessed due to them seemingly needing to make a decision either way when someone was tackled. never holding the ball mind you, which was absolutely definitely going to be cracked down on. must be the other games.
i thought the effort was good, but just a level below over 4 quarters. to be expected. we looked fitter though, fogarty and schoenberg noticeably looked thinner around the stomach. liked the 2 draftees, and thought mchenry started the game red hot. thought the backline was really good, murray is getting quite good at using his size and muscle in contests. forward line was poor. felt like a missed chance for all the talls to really nail down spots for the first few rounds, instead himmelberg had a few nearly moments and a couple of nice ones. riley was decent around the ground and did seem to play forward, back and ruck. fogarty was meh. just doesnt run enough.
midfield worked hard when everyone was in there. crouch looked good.
i thought the effort was good, but just a level below over 4 quarters. to be expected. we looked fitter though, fogarty and schoenberg noticeably looked thinner around the stomach. liked the 2 draftees, and thought mchenry started the game red hot. thought the backline was really good, murray is getting quite good at using his size and muscle in contests. forward line was poor. felt like a missed chance for all the talls to really nail down spots for the first few rounds, instead himmelberg had a few nearly moments and a couple of nice ones. riley was decent around the ground and did seem to play forward, back and ruck. fogarty was meh. just doesnt run enough.
midfield worked hard when everyone was in there. crouch looked good.
Not sure when we'll see Seed and doubtful Milera will help much in the first half of the year. Dawson will help.
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He’s a gutless shirker..
Neary all his possessions are bruise free and half his goals are joe the goose’s..
Massively overrated.
Butters is ten times the player Rozee is..
And the pricks have got a good one with that Jones lad who runs off half back for em..
To be fair I expected it to happen once the side went down by a few goals and in Sloane’s mind the only way to fix things would be to put himself in there with the coaching group obliging hoping to avoid what the optics were starting to look like.
