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AFLW 2024 - Round 3 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Interesting to see how Rayner's CBA has gone up the last month of games by nearly double. Does this seem to align with a slight drop off in his form? I feel like his best form this year has been when he was only ticking through the middle around 15% of the time with most of the rest coming up the ground out of the 50Playing Berry inside mid can create a few issues.
You don't want two defensive midfielders in Dunkley & Berry along with Neale together for extended periods.
What happened during this time being R7-16. Dunkleys time dropped and so did McCluggage.
You could argue we won 6 of those 8 games with 1 draw & 1 loss.
Ashcroft returned in round 16 and Berrys % dropped to 35% with Ashcroft getting just 23% on his return game.
With Ashcroft back Berry pretty much was sole wing from R17.
Lions won 6 and lost 2 during this time
I think we just leave it to the coaches, but it will not surprise me if Berry gets some inside mid time but not guaranteed.
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If we believe Fagan, Rayner has stints in the middle when he feels the time is right.Interesting to see how Rayner's CBA has gone up the last month of games by nearly double. Does this seem to align with a slight drop off in his form? I feel like his best form this year has been when he was only ticking through the middle around 15% of the time with most of the rest coming up the ground out of the 50
The Giants and Pies particularly put time into him. I wish people and then the media would just shut up about him every time he has a good game because it brought unwanted attention in games where we needed him to fire up.If we believe Fagan, Rayner has stints in the middle when he feels the time is right.
His yearly percentage average is 23% at CBA's so a little hard to gauge if he is playing better when more forward.
He is an impact player, so we just have to live with that until he becomes more consistently good.
In reality he has had a marginally better year than 2023. That's better than going the other way. It's been a slow upward ride.
His form may be relative to the opposition.
Rayners purple patch was Eagles, Swans, Suns & Saints also kicking 9 goals & 20 tackles in that period.
The media then had him as a $1 million plus PA player.
Then he dropped off the next 3 games Giants, Pies & Bombers with zero goals & 3 tackles in that time.
It is possible opposition coaches put more into containing Rayner after that purple patch
It would be great if he could string together another 4 good games this year.
I'm absolutely certain the Giants were double teaming Rayner at times at the Gabba. Hard to tell when as fans we tend to get caught ball watching (well, I do a lot of the time), but that's how it felt to me on the day.Then he dropped off the next 3 games Giants, Pies & Bombers with zero goals & 3 tackles in that time.
It is possible opposition coaches put more into containing Rayner after that purple patch
It would be great if he could string together another 4 good games this year.
there really should be no excuses for our guys not to go on with the job.
Finding this hard to comprehend - I can't recollect anyone in the AFL ever coming back from an ACL so quickly.
risk v reward. BIG riskFinding this hard to comprehend - I can't recollect anyone in the AFL ever coming back from an ACL so quickly.
Libba snr, Greg Healy, Fridge Roberts, David Schwarz (shouldn’t have), and that’s before LARS was a thing.Finding this hard to comprehend - I can't recollect anyone in the AFL ever coming back from an ACL so quickly.
David Schwarz is the one I remember. He did his 2 or 3 times during the mid 90s. Seemed like he missed virtually 5 years when he should have been in his prime.Libba snr, Greg Healy, Fridge Roberts, David Schwarz (shouldn’t have), and that’s before LARS was a thing.
Tragedy for footy, that was. Have a look at the highlights of his Quali Final in 1994. Jaw-dropping.David Schwarz is the one I remember. He did his 2 or 3 times during the mid 90s. Seemed like he missed virtually 5 years when he should have been in his prime.
He'll be playing.Prediction? Payne.