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Darcy, Freddie and Chapman all playing yesterday would’ve made a massive difference to the team structure and result.
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As much as it had to with structure the effort wasn’t there they wouldn’t of made much difference yesterday.Darcy, Freddie and Chapman all playing yesterday would’ve made a massive difference to the team structure and result.
True.... But this season is a sprint and not a marathonRichmond don't seem to have been affected by last week's slog.
I look back at freos back line when we made finals in 2012-15. It was the same but stable and consistent back 6. McPharlin as centre half back. Dawson at 198cm was full back.Rubbish. If Hughes is so great he can play the Ryan role, or we could swap the great and wonderous Banfield back there, or we could play Wilson, Walker, Aish or Cox in that role. Ryan is hardly irreplaceable.
It can’t just be a marking thing though, Collingwood and Richmond don’t have what I would think of as some amazing aerial prowess but they run in waves and on angles that seem to open the whole thing up whether they mark it or not
Hughes is worse than everyone player mentioned there. He's in the steven dodd, Daniel Gilmore tier.I look back at freos back line when we made finals in 2012-15. It was the same but stable and consistent back 6. McPharlin as centre half back. Dawson at 198cm was full back.
Michael Johnson was 192-194 cm and played as a 3rd tall as a back pocket or even 2nd tall at CHB.
Then you had the smaller blokes in Duffield, Spurr and Ibbotson. Paul Duffield usually did the kick ins.
I always thought Nathan Wilson is similar to Paul Duffield. Small quick and a reliable kick
Surely this is a pisstakeNo, JLo should grow up and get a proper coaching approach. Luke Ryan and Alex Pearce are not the problem. The one dimensional, inflexible and inappropriate coaching JLo is bringing to the table is the problem. No AFL head coach of so many games has ever, ever produced so many goal less or 1 goal quarters as JLo. His coaching is flawed, he has lost the key players and is intellectually bankrupt on a level only matched by Simpson, Voss and Bevo.
I don't think it's Darcy (though obviously he'll help), I think it's structure. We got lulled into thinking we could play Jacko main ruck because of the Melbourne game, where he was awesome, but ultimately beat two rucks that he matches well on, and everyone else was on.I am very interested to see how much of a difference Darcy makes to the contested stuff / clearance work.
Would drop Ryan just for that.Ryan and jlo were having a heated discussion at half time and half way through Ryan literally threw a hand up and walked off half way through what jlo was saying.
We need to get plan A right first.I think the thing I've read on here that I wholeheartedly I agree with and most concerns me is about us not having a plan B.
If we don't win clearance were cooked.
Interesting observation.Hughes is worse than everyone player mentioned there. He's in the steven dodd, Daniel Gilmore tier.
Ryan and jlo were having a heated discussion at half time and half way through Ryan literally threw a hand up and walked off half way through what jlo was saying.
Would drop Ryan just for that.
He’s not covering himself in glory this season, he’s been poor. Allowing Ricciardi to kick 5 on him is nearly automatic dropping to Peel for 4 weeks.
Don’t need that s**t attitude at clubs
Hughes is like a superstar compared to Phil GilbertInteresting observation.
Steven Dodd was an average player. Daniel Gilmore could of been something but multiple Injuries and concussions ended that.
Hughes wouldn't be the top 5 or even top 10 worst players in our history
Wonder what Peter Bell would think?Surely this is a pisstake
A player has a hissy fit & ignores the coach?
Back to the WAFL I reckon
No single player should be above the team
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Hughes isn’t even that bad.Interesting observation.
Steven Dodd was an average player. Daniel Gilmore could of been something but multiple Injuries and concussions ended that.
Hughes wouldn't be the top 5 or even top 10 worst players in our history
Am I wrong in thinking that it was mostly effort that lost this game ?there was no intensity or second efforts ,the lads looked lazy and slow.Where was the on field leadership? I'm not convinced that Pierce is the right man to be captain
Hughes has performed his role. I’m glad his trial on the wing has ended. Not attacking enough for that role. When we moved him away from that against Brisbane - things improved with our ball movement.Hughes isn’t even that bad.
He’s been good in covering positions this year and Chapman out means he’s been serviceable. Hardly the worst out of the 22.
tbf its a young as **** midfield atm, going up against seasoned big bodies the last few weeks. tom green is a freak of nature and completely toyed with our boys, we need to get Johnson and Ras up to his level then we can do the same to others. brayshaw and serong as the mature players are unfortunately too small and slow to make a massive impact imoIf it makes that much difference, we don't have the right midfield.
It's easy to have speed when your opponent kicks the ball straight to you in transition.Although we were poor, we need give credit to gws. They seemed to beat us for speed all around the ground. Easy to make look like you not trying when you simply can't keep up or run ragged. That as well as costly turnovers or speed on ball ourselves compounded it
I disagree, having Darcy in leaves Jackson to play around 70/80% forward, where he has been doing damage.Also allows him to play as a mid from time to time.As much as it had to with structure the effort wasn’t there they wouldn’t of made much difference yesterday.