Review Round 12, 2023 vs Hawthorn
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Back in 02 and 03 we were guilty of putting the cue in the rack. I honestly believe it was a factor to us choking in those finals series.
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First half was outstanding, second half yuck
First half is scintillating. worth playing on repeat! Third qrt, a bit meh, then the last qtr ... I suggest give that a miss!
It looked more of a we absolutely ran ourselves into the ground first half rather than just not trying or being awful by coaching design in the second half.
We ran and pressured so ****ing much in the first half, yes we probably over cooked it (very evidently actually looking at the players unable to keep up with the Hawks in the second half) but do you go slower to conserve energy and be up 30 odd less at half time… or do you put absolutely everything in and be up by 80 odd knowing the games done?
Given the choice of the two I put them away in the first half even if it does mean it’ll cook your players energy wise in the second half..which it clearly did to anyone watching the game.
We ran and pressured so ****ing much in the first half, yes we probably over cooked it (very evidently actually looking at the players unable to keep up with the Hawks in the second half) but do you go slower to conserve energy and be up 30 odd less at half time… or do you put absolutely everything in and be up by 80 odd knowing the games done?
Given the choice of the two I put them away in the first half even if it does mean it’ll cook your players energy wise in the second half..which it clearly did to anyone watching the game.
- May 16, 2019
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Would have happily taken a 10 goal win before the start, but walked away from that game feeling pissed off..
watched our % drop from over 121 to 116, just careless footy In the last half.. Hollywood style footy.
realised lord can’t ruck and neither can finalyson.
Not sure about sinn either. Only 50 mins of footy but didn’t like what I saw.
who would have thought lycett would become our most important player
must play Hayes full time ruck tomorrow, black line through his name or not, just give him the reins tomorrow we need him in some sort of rucking form, give him a mini preseason, whatever it takes we need a backup plan.
watched our % drop from over 121 to 116, just careless footy In the last half.. Hollywood style footy.
realised lord can’t ruck and neither can finalyson.
Not sure about sinn either. Only 50 mins of footy but didn’t like what I saw.
who would have thought lycett would become our most important player
must play Hayes full time ruck tomorrow, black line through his name or not, just give him the reins tomorrow we need him in some sort of rucking form, give him a mini preseason, whatever it takes we need a backup plan.
- Sep 29, 2012
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I'm trying to watch the 1st half. Nah but the Suns game starts soon so it's killing time.
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Yep, it’s amazing ya win 9 on the trot but its the small things like our second half that prevents me from being a full believer again.
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Who tf was Nash “running with”?
With only 4 kicks… did he run with Lycett off to the bench?
What an athlete!
With only 4 kicks… did he run with Lycett off to the bench?
What an athlete!
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You only get 100+ point wins when the other side is completely uncompetitive. Hawthorn is not an uncompetitive side - that first half was more about how ruthless our pressure was. If you seriously thought we would keep that up in a game that we had already won by half time then you're being unrealistic...especially when after the game Houston was saying that a number of the players were cramping due to the heat etc.
We improved our goals per inside 50 from 22.47% to 23.5%. Always a good thing.
Need Dixon and Boak back.
We improved our goals per inside 50 from 22.47% to 23.5%. Always a good thing.
Need Dixon and Boak back.
Radio commentary were talking about all the players looking completely gassed and cramping all over the field in the last qtr?
Honestly if they're managing Lycett to best prepare for the bulldogs game its understandable.
Meanwhile west coast within 15 points of collingwood in the third quarter
Honestly if they're managing Lycett to best prepare for the bulldogs game its understandable.
Meanwhile west coast within 15 points of collingwood in the third quarter
That was a great game by McEntee today - His best for the club IMO. Hi miraculous goal on the goal line would be played a thousand times next week if he was a high profile Victorian.
Second half was not much, but then the ball very rarely made it to our forward area.
Second half was not much, but then the ball very rarely made it to our forward area.
According to the presser he was being managed. He’s not injured but we know to be effective he needs to be fresh.
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He's still carrying a back injury I think. Missed games for it, and was clearly getting work done on it after suplexing some hawks player he looked to have tweaked it.
Mate it was clearly Carr in charge for the first half and Ken in the second.
I was pissed with the second half & still have slight concerns over our fitness, but simmering down after the game we have been up for two months and winning tight games it might have just caught up with us a bit.
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Hinkley has been fellated by all and sundry in the media, at the club and by a part of the supporter base for the turn around in form from his team's terrible season start. He is paid north of $500,000 per year for his position. He can cop some blame for a poor performance.
If it's all too unfair for dear Hinky he can duly **** off.
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It’s quite likely we will be 11-4 and we have been there before and I haven’t forgotten what happened
Several times when Port were running hot, the flat battery sign went up from our bench. And Port seemed to bottle it up.
Does anyone know what that sign means?
There is no doubt that the second half relapse was not planned. But something tells me that the coaching bench were not at all keen for us to keep the foot flat to metal for a huge % win.
Keeping some powder in the barrel for tough games coming up against Bulldogs, Collingwood and the away showdown?
Wishful thinking perhaps. But I reckon we take the big win and focus on what's ahead.
Does anyone know what that sign means?
There is no doubt that the second half relapse was not planned. But something tells me that the coaching bench were not at all keen for us to keep the foot flat to metal for a huge % win.
Keeping some powder in the barrel for tough games coming up against Bulldogs, Collingwood and the away showdown?
Wishful thinking perhaps. But I reckon we take the big win and focus on what's ahead.
Even if we had today as a game that jumped us up to 125%, Brisbane still have games against Hawthorn and West Coast to come.
The only way we stay ahead of Brisbane and Melbourne is winning more games than them.
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