Review Post game review v SUNS

[all seeing eye]

Was impressed by the Suns defensive aspects , particularly their ability to stop quick transition from kick outs and then stop our ability to quickly switch and create space. They guarded the switch really well and hemmed us in. I think its a sign of maturity when you seen good structural defensive plans being carried out with discipline by a side on the rise.

We desperately need to find and or recruit quality small forwards to balance the nice blend of talls to mids we are developing up forward. Fantasia will help if he can stay on the park.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

iNsUfFiCiEnT InTeNt!!11!!11

F me Drew handballed it to 2 players right next to him.

 

[chiwigi]

It could be a sign of windy conditions. Most of the goals were on the same side.

There was a clear 3 goal wind all game to the northern end.

 

[Alberton Proud]

What stood out for me, was the difference in ground ball fumbling / handling

Ports seemed to be playing with a bar of soap

SUNS with a ball of grippo

 

[chrisso crow]

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Apologies for the intrusion, but just to clarify, the padding is considered part of the goal post, as are the flags if they get hit.

There is only mm in this one, as there was also with Chol's 2 goals that were denied.

I would assume the padding isn't standard between grounds, but not sure what relevance that has, unless you want to get into splitting hairs regarding percentage. Then the argument about playing under a roof weekly comes into it, and so on.

 

[_VXV]

It was Rozee's interview after the Swans game that got me thinking back to Denmark winning Euro 92.

Rozee made a comment about Hinkley at half time just letting the players be free to play their game.

For years I've complained about how it appears we're over coached tactically causing the players to second guess themselves.

Ports 0-5 start this year, almost comparable to Denmark not qualifying to the finals.

In 92, coaching issues led to Michael Laudrup, one of the greats, refusing to play with the national team.

Nielsen basically just let the squad go after the group game loss to host Sweden, trips to McDonald's, mini golf tournaments and allowing the wives into the hotel rooms become a thing.



I don't for a minute, think we can win a premiership under Hinkley, but would settle for him standing out of the way and just let the lads play a high pressure, free flowing game based on natural instints and camaraderie to help redeem something out of this season.

Absolutely!
If only there were an unemployed senior coach with a proven record who had this mindset

 

[Alberton Proud]

iNsUfFiCiEnT InTeNt!!11!!11

F me Drew handballed it to 2 players right next to him.

God we are shite at killing close games

More pants wetting here than on this board

 

[chrisso crow]

i still don’t understand what the line on the ground between the posts is for, if not for judging this.

The line on the ground is for judging whether the ball is over the line on ground balls. A goal umpire can't be looking up at the padding on the goal post when the ball is on the ground, same as the camera can't be looking at the ground when the ball is in the air.

 

[chrisso crow]

What if it crossed the line and hit the back of the padding?

Again, if we just used the line (like every other normal sport out there).....

If it crossed the line then it's a goal.

 

[Marmozet]

I was watching at a pub and couldn’t hear the final siren.

I actually thought the umpire paid deliberate and that SPP had given away 50 for throwing the ball into the ground.

 

[Ant Bear]

iNsUfFiCiEnT InTeNt!!11!!11

F me Drew handballed it to 2 players right next to him.

I'm surprised that "they" aren't going after Pep for spiking the ball away after the final siren.
FrEe KiCk and 50 MeTrEs

 

[Malibu#27]

iNsUfFiCiEnT InTeNt!!11!!11

F me Drew handballed it to 2 players right next to him.

 

[Jonts]

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Thats equal parts rockliffs fault that one. He just watched it go over
If he gets a hand on that it isnt deliberate

More his fault than Hartletts

I'll die on this hill

 

[Malibu#27]

Thats equal parts rockliffs fault that one. He just watched it go over
If he gets a hand on that it isnt deliberate

More his fault than Hartletts

I'll die on this hill

The bolded bit is definitely true

 

[ElectricG]

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Don’t…

 

[Ford Fairlane]

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Drew was handballing forwards in much more congestion with a player putting arms around him, to two players alongside him.

Still, they called Duursma's toe poke deliberate so we should be thankful.

 

[raptalia]

Jarrod Witts

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Jarrod Witts

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.8

4star

CL

3.3

5star

HO

31.8

5star

D

10.8

3star

K

5.9

2star

HB

4.9

3star

CL

3.4

4star

HO

29.5

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

3.6

3star

CL

0.4

3star

HO

8.0

5star

' 41 hit outs and 20 disposals kept the Suns in the game. Until Hinkley finally woke up and used Dixon in the ruck Witts was grabbing the ball at the bounce and kicking it forward he did not even have to rely on his midfielders sharking his taps. Credit to Finlayson as he tried hard but he is not a ruckman and any Coach worth a proverbial would know that.

There is a chance Lycett will be back next week and Kenny has already made noises about bringing him straight back if he is fit. Hopefully the penny has dropped and if Lycett isn't fit Kenny will use Dixon or Hayes instead of putting it all on a makeshift ruckman. Use Finlayson as a backup by all means but not as the first choice ruckman.

 

[Us against the rest]

It could be a sign of windy conditions. Most of the goals were on the same side.

No wind yesterday, they got on top in the 2nd quarter and it started in ruck.

 

[raptalia]

Drew was handballing forwards in much more congestion with a player putting arms around him, to two players alongside him.

Still, they called Duursma's toe poke deliberate so we should be thankful.

One of the FOXTEL commentators cleared Drew's handball so there is nothing to see here.

 

[bomberclifford]

Drew was handballing forwards in much more congestion with a player putting arms around him, to two players alongside him.

He was also handballing in an arc in an attempt to curve the ball's direction. That right there is sufficient intent to keep the ball in play.

 

[Festerz]

iNsUfFiCiEnT InTeNt!!11!!11

F me Drew handballed it to 2 players right next to him.

And how was that BS comment from Mark 'terminal tonsillitis' Ricciuto - 'ho ho ho, he was looking where he handballed it' - i.e. intentional.

Just Feck off! He was looking directly at 2 Port players - Boak and Amon. So there was 'sufficient intent'.

And to be clear there is no rule requiring a player to stop the ball from going out of bounds once it has been passed to him. Boak did the smart thing by watching it go over the line.

 

[malcheski]

iNsUfFiCiEnT InTeNt!!11!!11

F me Drew handballed it to 2 players right next to him.

What shits me most about this is SPP got a HTB decision and we took 4 uncontested marks and 1 contested mark with 1:40 left on the clock and still couldn’t kill it. Jonas plays on backwards right away (dumbest thing ever). Aliir stands with the ball without pushing back forcing the umpire to call play on. Connor after a great contested mark where he could have got up slowly and killed off seconds plays on instantly to Motlop, who in turn telegraphs right away to Duursma. Duurs is the only one to push back and kill some semblance of time and then kicks it out on the full.

We get told they practice these late game scenarios but this is all on coaching and leadership on the field. We deserved to lose off the back of this passage


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[Janus]

Finlayson was holding his own in the first quarter until Witts said 'enough of this shit' and put a knee into him at a centre bounce. After that, Finlayson didn't want to really go near him. Around the ground it was a slaughter but that was always going to be the case.

Robbing Dixon out of the forward line meant that the Suns didn't have to worry about him and could put more pressure on Marshall and Georgiades and run the ball down the ground. It was robbing Peter to pay Paul but it had to be done - it then became a shootout.

All that I left the game thinking was that we really need Lycett back.

 

[Adz2332]

we had them covered all day... lapses is what made it so close... we are up easily, SPP rucks and they kick 2 quick easy goals.
Witts gave their mids an arm chair ride and kept them close

 

[PortWTF]

What shits me most about this is SPP got a HTB decision and we took 4 uncontested marks and 1 contested mark with 1:40 left on the clock and still couldn’t kill it. Jonas plays on backwards right away (dumbest thing ever). Aliir stands with the ball without pushing back forcing the umpire to call play on. Connor after a great contested mark where he could have got up slowly and killed off seconds plays on instantly to Motlop, who in turn telegraphs right away to Duursma. Duurs is the only one to push back and kill some semblance of time and then kicks it out on the full.

We get told they practice these late game scenarios but this is all on coaching and leadership on the field. We deserved to lose off the back of this passage


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Wasn't it? Infuriating. At least use the full allotted time and see if someone is free ahead of the ball, then sideways and as a last resort, backwards. Otherwise you're just asking to be hemmed in, then kicking down the line to the wing.