Game Day Preseason Game 1 - West Coast vs Adelaide, Sat 2/3 : It’s Melt Day

[RookiePick]

$50 bucks is $50 bucks

****ing inflation hey?

 

[Crimson King]

Seems like the coaching staff are wanting to use a high press as part of the gameplan to cut off the opposition attacks as high up the field as possible and transition forward quickly.

Atm, when it works, we seem to not take advantage of it consistently due to poor decisions/skills and when it doesn't work, the opposition cuts through us easily and creates a scoring opportunity quickly. High risk, high reward.

 

[twce13]

Team mates should be aggresive back to these Adelaide dogs. Not great look they ain't going into bat for Harley.

Also I get it's preseason game but man the umps have been so one sided. Trash.

 

[stallon]

I think we are really missing Oscar in the forward half today. We are lacking someone leading up providing a target, its never really been Darlings game, and Waterman/Maric arent providing.

Add Hewett/Ginbey into the guts and they hopefully remove the need to throw Petch around the ball.

I think we should run Jamo with BW in the ruck this year, as much as BW tries, he is very all or nothing in the ruck, with a lot more nothing. Jamo seemed to be reducing the losses in the hitouts.
To be fair we wont have to deal with a ruck as competent at hitouts as ROB every week, so might not be a huge deal to just run BW with chop out from whoever.

Our backline has been reasonably good I think considering the amount of ball coming in, but not surprised, we have some pretty good defenders

 

[Dylan82]

39 first half tackles in dry conditions of a practice match.

Can't deny that the players are trying out there.

Getting hurt by poor decisions and disposal execution in the forward half.


I feel this Adelaide team is much better than many are currently suggesting.

 

[Cuzz09]

I'm at the game and NO SH*T the Crows had the wind in the 1st and 2nd qtrs as is our luck

On SM-S908E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[ziad]

Tackling improvement is good to see. Plenty of hard work, run etc is a talent issue as much as anything. All in all good signs as long as we keep it up and the forwards offer options.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Harley Ried is seriously strong for an 18 year old ....... And it's natural strength which is the best kind of strength

Take that Steve Rogers.

 

[15yearmember]

We have no crumbers at all.

This. And our forward line is like a trampoline, the ball hits in there and bounces back at with increased pace. Zero lock in.

 

[mitchzz]

We need to try feed Reid. He's more composed and creative with the ball than the majority of our squad who love the panic bomb

 

[Ghossein]

Harley being managed? Stats showing he's only played 60% TOG

 

[RookiePick]

This. And our forward line is like a trampoline, the ball hits in there and bounces back at with increased pace. Zero lock in.

I reckon I could get a better outcome simply by telling the smalls and mids they have licence to shoot if they are in range and they get 1000 bucks a goal.

No one seems to want the footy when we go forward.

 

[random260]

Harley being managed? Stats showing he's only played 60% TOG

We want to keep it simple for him. He's only playing mid. I think it's alright atm.

He's not getting a secondary position

 

[Ghossein]

We want to keep it simple for him. He's only playing mid. I think it's alright atm.

He's not getting a secondary position

Stats are pretty impressive for a kid whos only played a little over a quarter

 

[Matera92]

We are a training drill.

 

[squashface]

In constant awe of Long’s skills, decision making and vision.

 

[Bender_]

Difference in the teams fitness levels obvious.

 

[InTheWings]

Thing that worries me about Duggan as a captain is that players are more likely to give the ball to him when he calls for it...

 

[Ghossein]

Our biggest weakness by far has to be our defensive running and pressure in the midfield

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Our forward line pressure is rubbish.

 

[InTheWings]

Cripps attacking the ball at about 50% by the looks.

 

[RookiePick]

We are a training drill.

It has to be coaching. Otherwise the ugly truth is we are, once again, several degrees of magnitude short of AFL standard for fitness and even more worryingly, athletic profile across the ground.

 

[Rivoroo17]

That's more like it williams needs to take front position in throw ins

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Livingstone offering less than nothing, which isn’t an indictment, he’s a super young big man, but I think our presenting will be a hell of a lot better when we’ve got someone alongside Darling who can move or lead.

 

[Shuestar13]

Nice work Petch