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Sounds like a w***er.
Bring your signsThis will totally, absolutely, 100% be abused.
I know this because I'll be the one doing it.
Anyone else get an invite to the CEO dinner?
I'm considering going along to hear them out.
Don't drink the cool aid!!!!!!Anyone else get an invite to the CEO dinner?
I'm considering going along to hear them out.
We have a rogues gallery of campaigners ruining the club and this loser obviously wants in.He’s a touch sensitive, old Cucksissy.
lol he wouldn'tDon't drink the cool aid!!!!!!
Surprisingly not given my ongoing comments about himAnyone else get an invite to the CEO dinner?
I'm considering going along to hear them out.
Geez how I’ve tumbled down the popularity list, maybe I said something adverse?Anyone else get an invite to the CEO dinner?
I'm considering going along to hear them out.
This honestly surprised me
This doesn't surprise me too much, as we usually don't score goals from so many entries.
What I would like to see, is number of goals opposition teams score from kick ins for each team. We would have to be number 1 or close to it. Our high high press, results in too many times the oppo kicking goals usually from taking uncontested marks inside their 50m arc, or just running the ball into their goal square and kicking a goal with no Port player close by.
I just wish they were even more nervous because we converted more of them.Maybe it's recency bias because I liked Hawthorn's kick in strategy against us, while I thought we went the long kick to the wing too often, but to take the ball from one end of the field to the other over one third of the time is impressive.
Sure conversion to goal could be better, but we are creating the opportunity more than any other team, and that must make teams nervous about our kick ins.
Yeah but it's an inside 50 and that's the most important thing.I just wish they were even more nervous because we converted more of them.
Our majority of kick in strategy is pretty transparent, especially at AO - press up towards oppo goal - Burton, Farrell or Houston take the kick in, kick in 10-20m past the corner of the centre square, just inside the square line, to Dixon, Georgiades, or Soldo being the main targets, sometimes Marshall or Finlayson, if they take the mark look for a chip kick, otherwise rove the ball off hands, run it with handball for another 30-50m and then look up and see no one is inside 50m as they have all pressed up, and either chip it around until there is a target, or blast away because they are about to be tackled.
This honestly surprised me
Where is the efficiency versus entries per game up forward. Need to marry it up with that.
Geez how I’ve tumbled down the popularity list, maybe I said something adverse?
"Kick-ins lead to scores about 10 per cent of the time," said one senior AFL coach. "But it is still super important for territory and getting the game where you want it. You need to make sure you're doing them right and not getting them wrong and then try to stop the 'oppo' from getting theirs going. For a small part of the game it does take up some thinking."
Most coaches, assistants and players spoken to by AFL.com.au about their kick-ins said the priority was getting territory: "The aim is to get it halfway from a kick-in, that's where we'd like to go," said one coach. Another assistant said it's about "metreage". "We challenge our players about every metre counting and taking every chance to edge up the field."