Preview R14: Changes vs. Sydney Swans

[Kane McGoodwin]

Could we see something like the following side by the end of the year...

B: Laird, Murray, Keane
HB Michalanney, Worrell, Hinge
C: Nankervis, Soligo, Curtin
HF: Pedlar, Fogarty, Rachele
F: Cook, Thilthorpe, Walker
R: Himmelberg, Dawson, Rankine
I: Ryan, Taylor, Edwards, Dowling
Sub: Schoenberg

 

[whitey_1975]

Could we see something like the following side by the end of the year...

B: Laird, Murray, Keane
HB Michalanney, Worrell, Hinge
C: Edwards, Soligo, Nankervis
HF: Pedlar, Fogarty, Rachele
F: Cook, Thilthorpe, Walker
R: Himmelberg, Dawson, Rankine
I: Ryan, Taylor, Dowling, Schoenberg
Sub: Berry

Need some Curtin

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Need some Curtin

Crap knew I would forget someone!

I'm as bad as the coaches lol.

Will edit.

 

[Brett Cummings]

If I'm trying to save my coaching career I'm trying everything.

Murphy would be out. Taylor to come in. I'd rotate him in the middle.

Laird out of the middle for good.

Flip of the coin between burgess and gollant. I'd prolly choose gollant.

Bring in curtin. See ye later smith. Winning is more important than your feelings

I wouldn't risk rankine unless his hammy is 100% right.

He wont do any of this though.

 

[Geoffa32]

Jay Boyle?






* Sorry I forgot he's only a top up that plays midfield ahead of midfielder draftees.

HF is the development spot.....

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[Kane McGoodwin]

If I'm trying to save my coachibg career I'm trying everything.

Murphy would be out. Taylor to come in. I'd rotate him in the middle.

Laird out of the middle for good.

Flip of the coin between burgess and gollant. I'd prolly choose gollant.

Bring in curtin. See ye later smith. Winning is more important than your feelings

I wouldn't risk rankine unless his hammy is 100% right.

He wont do any of this though.

You just know they are going to rush Rankine, Tex, N Murray & Cook this week... whilst we are a mathematical chance.

 

[Gtowncrow]

You just know they are going to rush Rankine, Tex, N Murray & Cook this week... whilst we are a mathematical chance.

My ladder predictor says 13.5 wins needed for finals. That means we need to win 9 of our last 10 games, Lose this week and the "mathematical possibility" line is crossed.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

My ladder predictor says 13.5 wins needed for finals. That means we need to win 9 of our last 10 games, Lose this week and the "mathematical possibility" line is crossed.

The mathematical probability was we couldn't make it after the 1st 4 games... but the club is hanging on to a miracle...

 

[Slime Roy]

If we can do better than ROB I'm fine with it, Strachan is not that player unfortunately. He was tonguing it well before he got injured, if he hasn't got an AFL tank now he isn't ever going to. If Strachan is as good as you think why hasn't any other AFL club come after him because he'd sure as hell jump at the chance and be an easy get. I'll tell you why not, he's AFL depth at best wherever he plays.

Haha, So like the Sweet & Soldo situation?

 

[crowholder]

So which players currently playing the sanfl do we hope should be playing 1st round of 2024?

Curtin
Taylor
Edwards
Ryan
(N Murray)

Need to get some games into them this year!

I presume you mean 2025? I would say all of them. We should at least give them a chance to prove what they have for a sustained period in the AFL (although Murray is already proven). Ryan has gone a little quiet the last couple of weeks, but did well earlier on. Curtin has great skills too, and will do well if he has a licence to attack. Edwards had a pretty good game last week and showed some great promise. Taylor has progressed rather well, his only quiet game was the week before last, when he was injured at training before the game. He will add class to the AFL side, like Cook, hopefully they get a lot of the ball to utilise it. Murray has been great the last 2 weeks he has played, and was the best player last week.

 

[Samcro24]

Sounds silly but I suspect they spend very little time on their technical skills

Lots on fitness, game plan/positioning, contested ball

I remember being at Auskick with my kid a couple of years ago. The bloke running it said it was crucial the kids learned how to kick at that stage because “they don’t have time to teach skills once they reach under 9s”.


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[latinoheat]

Could we see something like the following side by the end of the year...

B: Laird, Murray, Keane
HB Michalanney, Worrell, Hinge
C: Nankervis, Soligo, Curtin
HF: Pedlar, Fogarty, Rachele
F: Cook, Thilthorpe, Walker
R: Himmelberg, Dawson, Rankine
I: Ryan, Taylor, Edwards, Dowling
Sub: Schoenberg

Id like to see that !

 

[Sanders]

Darren Burgess makes this call, not Nicks. If there’s a chance of further injury then he won’t be passed fit, an extra couple of weeks isn’t changing that risk.

Does he? Wouldn’t that be a call for the team doctor

 

[Sanders]

Yep. Same same but different. We're getting into a complex world here but...

It's not uncommon for an individual who does one handed activities (throwing, tennis, writing etc) with their dominant hand but then do two handed activities the opposite way around. Josh Hazelwood, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke and Matthew Hayden are examples just from our test teams. There's no doubt more.

I think Ben Hogan is in this category and to the best of my knowledge, never played golf left handed.

In football, it becomes even more perplexing as opposite footedness (no sure about that being a word) has a strong correlation to the odd bod brigade mentioned above. All players can kick on the opposite, it's just variable as to how well they do it.

I don't think this is relevant to ROB however, as his dynamic balance (transference of weight to produce full body power. Think shot put where the full body is used to generate maximum force) is all wrong and well explained earlier by another poster. His kicking technique is quite flawed and he is genuinely uncoordinated which limits his football when competing against those who don't have similar limitations. He's a good aerobic athlete which is a positive but it doesn't hide his kicking or the time it takes for him to get the ball onto his boot.

ROB's probably a fantastic guy and as friendly as anyone you could meet. I just wish he'd shown an early interest in rowing. His physique (long levers), power and stamina would have caught the attention of AIS talent spotters. But it wouldn't have paid as well as his footy does. Good luck to him.

Tua Tagovailoa is the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and plays left handed

He is known for great touch and accuracy on his passes.

He is right handed

 

[El Doederino]

Id like to see:

In:
Tex
Rankine
Cook
Peds
ROB
Taylor
Murray, N

Out:
Borlase (not a forward, out for Murray)
Strachan (poor lad)
Berry (give Taylor his midfield minutes)
Murphy (taking Peds and Cooks positions)
Keays (same as above)
Smith (don’t have a direct replacement. Don’t care)
Jones (see above)

 

[BACCS]

Id like to see:

In:
Tex
Rankine
Cook
Peds
ROB
Taylor
Murray, N

Out:
Borlase (not a forward, out for Murray)
Strachan (poor lad)
Berry (give Taylor his midfield minutes)
Murphy (taking Peds and Cooks positions)
Keays (same as above)
Smith (don’t have a direct replacement. Don’t care)
Jones (see above)

Ah huh... Borlase is our best player against the Hawks as a KPD, is then shifted forward and has 13 touches, 8 score involvements, 4 marks (2 contested and 2 I5) and kicks 1.1, yet he goes out instead of Burgess?

McHenry did play as the sub btw, so he's still playing again ahead of Jones?

 

[Gtowncrow]

Tua Tagovailoa is the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and plays left handed

He is known for great touch and accuracy on his passes.

He is right handed

It's very rare but not impossible to find someone who uses one hand for fine motor skills like writing and the opposite for gross motor skills like throwing.
The research is not conclusive but when this happens, it can often be connected with "strong" effort of adults to place the pencil or utensil grip in certain hands. Once the kid picks up the habit of this, they often continue on.
Gross motor requires power and whole of body movements and is therefore usually much more difficult to artificially manipulate.

 

[BACCS]

Does he? Wouldn’t that be a call for the team doctor

Since when do you go to a doctor to treat a hamstring? What do you think Burgess does at the club?

 

[BACCS]

The mathematical probability was we couldn't make it after the 1st 4 games... but the club is hanging on to a miracle...

Do you know how maths works?

 

[El Doederino]

Ah huh... Borlase is our best player against the Hawks as a KPD, is then shifted forward and has 13 touches, 8 score involvements, 4 marks (2 contested and 2 I5) and kicks 1.1, yet he goes out instead of Burgess?

McHenry did play as the sub btw, so he's still playing again ahead of Jones?

See I forgot Burgess. He can go.

I don’t recognize McHenry.

 

[Sanders]

It's very rare but not impossible to find someone who uses one hand for fine motor skills like writing and the opposite for gross motor skills like throwing.
The research is not conclusive but when this happens, it can often be connected with "strong" effort of adults to place the pencil or utensil grip in certain hands. Once the kid picks up the habit of this, they often continue on.
Gross motor requires power and whole of body movements and is therefore usually much more difficult to artificially manipulate.

That’s actually really interesting

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

I have said for more than a year that Zac Taylor should be given a chance in the AFL. I rate him a greater chance to develop into a best 22 player than Dowling or Cook but it would be great if all three stepped up.

Next in line, imho, is Toby Murray and then Ryan (even though he was quiet on Saturday). Curtin will be a great player but needs to regain some confidence before we throw him in the deep end.

 

[Doctor B]

It's very rare but not impossible to find someone who uses one hand for fine motor skills like writing and the opposite for gross motor skills like throwing.
The research is not conclusive but when this happens, it can often be connected with "strong" effort of adults to place the pencil or utensil grip in certain hands. Once the kid picks up the habit of this, they often continue on.
Gross motor requires power and whole of body movements and is therefore usually much more difficult to artificially manipulate.

I'm fairly certain that Sachin Tendulkar and Kane Richardson both write left handed but bat and throw right handed

A bit different but Stuart Broad bowls/throws right handed but bats left handed. Maybe Stokes too.

 

[MRB37]

It's very rare but not impossible to find someone who uses one hand for fine motor skills like writing and the opposite for gross motor skills like throwing.
The research is not conclusive but when this happens, it can often be connected with "strong" effort of adults to place the pencil or utensil grip in certain hands. Once the kid picks up the habit of this, they often continue on.
Gross motor requires power and whole of body movements and is therefore usually much more difficult to artificially manipulate.

I'm sorta like that. I'm right handed, but any sport involving a bat like cricket, baseball or golf I do left handed.

 

[Crow_68]

Darren Burgess makes this call, not Nicks. If there’s a chance of further injury then he won’t be passed fit, an extra couple of weeks isn’t changing that risk.

Judging by the narrative coming out of the club this week, Rankine will be 100% responsible if he reinjures himself.