Mchenry's miss from straight in front was equally bad.
I also recall a snap he had in the last minite against Essendon 1 or 2 years ago that missed everything.
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I also recall a snap he had in the last minite against Essendon 1 or 2 years ago that missed everything.
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It's also miles away from where his focus should be. Why do we give a shit about what Kingy thinks? We were getting trounced. Instead of showing Kingy the
I hope so too, but Adelaide cannot afford to be training up a coach like this at this point in its journey.
If he doesn't show this conviction and improvement in the next few games and we see the reactionary safety first tactics and selection, then I want him gone.
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I said a similar thing in the gameday thread but I would absolutely LOVE to know what goes through Nicksy's mind when Ned drops a mark in the goal square, or misses from 25m out.
Does it frustrate him? Does it take the wind out of his sails? Does he love the hustle either way, like "good on him for getting to that spot" even if he can't execute?
Because that is Ned. In big moments that is what Ned does. You can not fault the kid's endeavour but when the chips are down that is the form he reverts to. If you pick Ned, that is what you will get more often than not. It's like hiring Rage Against The Machine to play Killing In The Name and then getting upset when they start swearing.
It boggles the mind to consider Nicksy sitting there saying the issue is that the players aren't executing, while he continues to give a gold pass to a player that is a regular culprit.
Here's the 5AA call. Just need someone to sync it with video
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Yeah, there's massive justifiable criticisms there, and big concerns about the capabilities of the coaching group as it stands. It feels lightweight.
I just don't worry too much about what's said at press conferences - it's the equivalent of being concerned with team lineups.
He reminds me of Sanderson. Asks the players how things are out on the field rather than telling them. I'm not a huge fan of that approach.
Not exactly. He talked a lot about 'balance', and the line was 'shape off ball'. Here's the quote, in the context of a question about forward connection and how much they 'got it right' compared to previous weeks.
At other times he did say the ability to move the ball quickly was important, just that it wasn't about going fast all the time etc. Most of the other answers were about teamwork and connection, usual coach stuff.
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Fair to say it's been a garbage & hugely disappointing start to the year though there were some positive signs last week against Melbourne but from first bounce yesterday everything looked like it clicked. Even if we lost that I was walking away disappointed but pleased with what I saw.
Just a cracking game of footy, credit to both sides for never giving up or going away. Fortunately we finally broke our honorable loss hoodoo.
The Good:
Nicks - deserved every bit of heat over the first 4 weeks but deserves a quick shout out for finally not being stubborn & giving younger guys responsibility. It's poor it took so long but regardless it's finally happened and guess what? We got a win. Regardless he got the players up to bring a certain game style that suited Marvel very well yesterday & we snuck away with an extremely tough win. Finally seemed to get the balance right.
Ball movement - the most important part, it was back & suddenly our forward line didn't look a cluster f&#k & we kicked a score. Most of that comes from the way the ball is moved. Obviously it comes from players working harder to be options & the ball carrier not panicking to just dump kick it down the line or into the forward.
Soligo - 2 weeks now has had serious midfield time & hasn't disappointed. Quickly becoming one of our most important.
Rankine - Huge match, stood up in the last quarter, lots of midfield time, took marks up forward, kicked goals. Only blemish on his game was set shots but best on for me because of the damage factor.
Tex - Was hard to read whether the cliff had arrived or just injured to start year. Yesterday looked more like just getting over injury plus much better ball movement helped.
Hinge - Back to last years form, strong all day & disposal better.
Berry - Superb effort as a sub, I was big on him preseason & thought he was ok as sub last week. Turned out brilliant to come on with his strength & power at that time of the game. Probably full game next week if Crouch gets rubbed out which is likely.
Keays - Did his usual beast mode against Carlton, it's just weird how every time that happens but I'll take it.
Worrell - Best game of year for him, looked composed, mature & never took a backward step. Looked every bit a leader down back yesterday.
Crouch - Less time in midfield but I thought he was tough, clean & more attacking. Had more metres gained than all year I'd bet.
Laird - Like above, less midfield time but felt his possessions were far more impactful.
Nankervis - Again showing why most of us were baffled by his non selection. Just love what he brings, tough, finds the right spots. Looked out on his feet but never gave up.
Rachele - Not a full match of excellence but really set the tone early with a hot start.
Bad:
McHenry - Pretty much a shocker, had his opportunities to be respectable but messed them up so can't be overly positive about his game.
Fogarty - Just not in form at all, is at least trying to compete & was burned by bad delivery a couple times when he finally got on the lead but still need more from him at this point.
Jones - Wasn't a fan of his game, got a bit of ball at least but that attempt to dinky soccer kick resulting in their goal? Not good enough.
Obrien - To me it felt like he was soundly beaten, not to question the effort was there all day but his direct opponents had a lot of clearances themselves.
Ugly:
Not much, amazing game & we got the result. One of them weeks to enjoy & focus on the positives after a brutal start to the year that's more or less been depressing.
Lets hope to back that up against Essendon who could be anything from excellent to awful.
Just a cracking game of footy, credit to both sides for never giving up or going away. Fortunately we finally broke our honorable loss hoodoo.
The Good:
Nicks - deserved every bit of heat over the first 4 weeks but deserves a quick shout out for finally not being stubborn & giving younger guys responsibility. It's poor it took so long but regardless it's finally happened and guess what? We got a win. Regardless he got the players up to bring a certain game style that suited Marvel very well yesterday & we snuck away with an extremely tough win. Finally seemed to get the balance right.
Ball movement - the most important part, it was back & suddenly our forward line didn't look a cluster f&#k & we kicked a score. Most of that comes from the way the ball is moved. Obviously it comes from players working harder to be options & the ball carrier not panicking to just dump kick it down the line or into the forward.
Soligo - 2 weeks now has had serious midfield time & hasn't disappointed. Quickly becoming one of our most important.
Rankine - Huge match, stood up in the last quarter, lots of midfield time, took marks up forward, kicked goals. Only blemish on his game was set shots but best on for me because of the damage factor.
Tex - Was hard to read whether the cliff had arrived or just injured to start year. Yesterday looked more like just getting over injury plus much better ball movement helped.
Hinge - Back to last years form, strong all day & disposal better.
Berry - Superb effort as a sub, I was big on him preseason & thought he was ok as sub last week. Turned out brilliant to come on with his strength & power at that time of the game. Probably full game next week if Crouch gets rubbed out which is likely.
Keays - Did his usual beast mode against Carlton, it's just weird how every time that happens but I'll take it.
Worrell - Best game of year for him, looked composed, mature & never took a backward step. Looked every bit a leader down back yesterday.
Crouch - Less time in midfield but I thought he was tough, clean & more attacking. Had more metres gained than all year I'd bet.
Laird - Like above, less midfield time but felt his possessions were far more impactful.
Nankervis - Again showing why most of us were baffled by his non selection. Just love what he brings, tough, finds the right spots. Looked out on his feet but never gave up.
Rachele - Not a full match of excellence but really set the tone early with a hot start.
Bad:
McHenry - Pretty much a shocker, had his opportunities to be respectable but messed them up so can't be overly positive about his game.
Fogarty - Just not in form at all, is at least trying to compete & was burned by bad delivery a couple times when he finally got on the lead but still need more from him at this point.
Jones - Wasn't a fan of his game, got a bit of ball at least but that attempt to dinky soccer kick resulting in their goal? Not good enough.
Obrien - To me it felt like he was soundly beaten, not to question the effort was there all day but his direct opponents had a lot of clearances themselves.
Ugly:
Not much, amazing game & we got the result. One of them weeks to enjoy & focus on the positives after a brutal start to the year that's more or less been depressing.
Lets hope to back that up against Essendon who could be anything from excellent to awful.
check out the 11 minute mark, just after Berry kicks a goal.
pretty sure Junior had his first on air blooper
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yep, we can all see it. Unfortunately the ones that make the decision can't!
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Keays best game for the club?
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Ah. Some of his field kicking / decision making was pretty horrible. That decision to kick long to Tex in a one on three rather than use the free players on the half forward flank springs to mind. There were one or two other complete brain fades.
I was listening as I couldn't watch it. Absolutely loved the call. But in truth I had no idea what was going on.
It was refreshing to see us kick straight (I know we had a few out on the full) and us dominating the clearances.
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Once TT comes back, Fog will start to comeback to form.
Wayne Milera Jr was in the box.
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Ah right, didn’t think it sounded like Rowey Jr.
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Some of his games as a mid in 2021 were good (34 and 2 in the win over Melbourne and 38 and 2 against North were both pretty good), but some of the big contenders would round 20, 2022 (vs Carlton) and round 5, 2023 (vs Carlton).
He does seem to have his favourite targets.
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Maybe? It shouldn't be up to TT to be in the side for him to play well at this point in his career.
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Walsh is a beast really, to do that in his first game (back after injury/for the year)? Impressive. Sometimes I've found he lacks a bit of hurt factor but he's an elite player & really consistent. Definitely Walsh or Rankine for BOG. Maybe Rankine for hurt factor & 3 goals but if Walsh got the votes I wouldn't be upset.
Coaches votes will be interesting too. Agree, Walsh and Rankine the 2 stand outs yesterday.
Na it's Wayne Milera Jnr
