Oppo Camp Opposition Watch

Remove this Banner Ad

Jen2310 said:
what a game. That 4th quarter... i was thinking, surely we aren't doing this again hahah But this is what they train for. One of the senarios they do in training, usually in match play. Like what happens if you are a few goals down, how do you get yourself back in the game.
It's no coincidence.


Oh and that Daicos kid goes okay.
Click to expand...
Agree with all that and I thought your mob got the job done, even when quite a few umpiring decisions didn't go your way......being a neutral, I thought it was not officiated all that well.......I'll just leave it there.
 
Choppers said:
Agree with all that and I thought your mob got the job done, even when quite a few umpiring decisions didn't go your way......being a neutral, I thought it was not officiated all that well.......I'll just leave it there.
Click to expand...
Agree. Umpiring... wasn't great. But still got the job done. Found a way through adversity.

Great day though, it's always my favourite game of the year minus finals. An Anzac Day game is something I'd recommend anyone attend, even just once. No matter who you support.
 
Jen2310 said:
Agree. Umpiring... wasn't great. But still got the job done. Found a way through adversity.

Great day though, it's always my favourite game of the year minus finals. An Anzac Day game is something I'd recommend anyone attend, even just once. No matter who you support.
Click to expand...
I reckon you're right and it looks like a great day, but attending is something that has passed me by, but I get great comfort from tuning in every year, mainly for the pre-game ceremony, even though my Thai wife can't understand why the tears flow quite easily down my face, and the game is normally pretty good too.....;)
 

Log in to remove this ad.

robo_1 said:
I notice their forward line seems more opened up too so they get away with the long bomb style into the forward 50 whereas our forward 50 is always congested into the one spot
Click to expand...
Their forwards work harder up the ground and leave space. Ours stand around and wait for the long bomb to come in because they don't know any better.
 
Supersuns said:
Their forwards work harder up the ground and leave space. Ours stand around and wait for the long bomb to come in because they don't know any better.
Click to expand...
Not really, in the last 2 games - 17 and 20 marks inside50. It depends on delivery. IMO, all talls worked quite well against North. King was leading hard in all games, just could not stick hands on the ball. Chol finally looks like working hard, got into last year form, even used his body, worked back to defence, took marks on lead. Casboult was decent too. Both Chol and Casboult helped Witts pretty well.
 
Last edited:
Jirik13 said:
Not really, in the last 2 games - 17 and 20 marks inside50. It depends on delivery. IMO, all talls worked quite well against North. King was leading hard in all games, just could not stick hands on the ball. Chol finally looks like working hard, got into last year form, even used his body, worked back to defence, took marks on lead. Casboult was decent too. Both Chol and Casboult helped Witts pretty well.
Click to expand...
Seems Mabs is all about match fitness rather than pre-season torture
Saw no evidence he was pushing hard over Summer
Who knows-might prolong his career?
Kevin Bartlett famously said when he retired that he probably had 3 more footy seasons in him but no more pre-seasons
 
robo_1 said:
I notice their forward line seems more opened up too so they get away with the long bomb style into the forward 50 whereas our forward 50 is always congested into the one spot
Click to expand...
That's the advantage of moving the ball on fast, you get the ball out the back, If we keep chipping it around teams can zone off and eventually we're forced to kick long to a contest
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

So, do people still want Clarko? He may be available later in the season :p Just kidding. But these are terrible performances by North and it's not like North is missing a lot of players. North list is not as bad as recent results, IMO. And so far Clarko played old line-ups.
 
Jirik13 said:
So, do people still want Clarko? He may be available later in the season Just kidding. But these are terrible performances by North and it's not like North is missing a lot of players. North list is not as bad as recent results, IMO. And so far Clarko played old line-ups.
Click to expand...
Seems to be a very similar position to Paul Roos at Melbourne.

My only problem with what they're doing is that they're still playing Ben Cunnington, Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell and Liam Shiels.
They should be focusing on getting games into young players instead.

On SM-G996B using BigFooty.com mobile app
 
ajhgcs said:
Seems to be a very similar position to Paul Roos at Melbourne.

My only problem with what they're doing is that they're still playing Ben Cunnington, Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell and Liam Shiels.
They should be focusing on getting games into young players instead.

On SM-G996B using BigFooty.com mobile app
Click to expand...
The problem is they’ve basically drafted the same type of players 3 years in a row, elite mids and half forwards.

And that’s to go with the elite mids and half forwards they drafted in 2016 and 2017 (ok they traded in Stephenson from the 2017 draft).

They have such a glut of young inside mids and half forwards, that they can’t play them all.

What they lack are a genuine KPP spine, genuine small forwards and wings.
 
Emerald Sun said:

I was interested in reading this because they can't live normal lives in Melbourne.
I wouldn't be disappointed at all if Daicos saw the light and decided to live in anonymity on the GC
Click to expand...

100% agree with Pendles. It is ridiculous that the AFL execs get paid more than the guys putting on the show. And I am a capitalist!
 
It could also be that the wage for a CEO of an org the size of the AFL is about in line with what the AFL pays the CEO but their is no standard for the AFL to adhere to for AFL players so they just set their own standard. Would take the NRL to double their player salaries to make them do anything. Until then, they'll continue making profit on the underpaid players.
 
MarcLocksCrustySock said:
It could also be that the wage for a CEO of an org the size of the AFL is about in line with what the AFL pays the CEO but their is no standard for the AFL to adhere to for AFL players so they just set their own standard. Would take the NRL to double their player salaries to make them do anything. Until then, they'll continue making profit on the underpaid players.
Click to expand...
Time for a breakaway comp a la World Series Cricket
It took Packer and Channel 9 to make the world understand that the ACB was there for the players and the game not the other way around
Maybe AFL needs the same shakeup?
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Oppo Camp Opposition Watch

Similar threads

GC2015
Brownlow 2024 Brownlow watch
2
Replies
34
Views
2K
SandyToes
SandyToes
Ben Drever
Dusty watch 2024
13 14 15 16 17
Replies
403
Views
21K
Big Red Machine
Big Red Machine

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top