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How was the team shorter than last week?
We dropped Jack Darling
Darling, Waterman, Allen and one of the Williams is too many guys who play "tall" all in one fwd line at the same time
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How was the team shorter than last week?
JWill was the sub last week tho right? Him being sub very strange tho.We dropped Jack Darling
Darling, Waterman, Allen and one of the Williams is too many guys who play "tall" all in one fwd line at the same time
People were down on LEdwards because he was terrible at start of the year. Great today tho.Hough and Flyin' were immense. Kelly good late, dunno why everyone was so down on LEdwards' inclusion, thought he was good and used it well.
Tom Cole can **** right off.
JWill was the sub last week tho right? Him being sub very strange tho.
His output as an inside mid has been great this year for a second year mid.I think it’s time to drop Ginbey, some shocking tackling efforts. He’s not defensive enough to be a defender. Doesn’t get enough ball in the middle nor know how to get into positions. Touted as a bull. What a crock of shit that is. Needs a circuit breaker.
Yeah you're right there
I'd wiped that bit of genius from my memory
Not a footballers arseh*leFor someone that has plenty of acceleration and athleticism Ginbey looks so God dam slow. Is this due to his inability to read the play? Lack of intensity?
I'm just not seeing it with him yet.
Good news for Harley - Windhager is injured and won’t be available to tag himPositives +
- Great effort from the team. Noticed improved tactics that wasn't there with Simmo.
- Final term.
- Reid showing flashes of his awesomeness as always. Hopefully we can help him against Windhager next week coz Lyon will 110% have him tagging Reid from the very first bounce.
- Yeo and Kelly our best two mids.
- Hough helped rebound the ball AND completely shut down Charlie Cameron whenever he was on him. Cameron's two goals was from Reid's brain fade and Cole was on him when he kicked his second.
- Barrass and H.Edwards were solid with the latter doing a decent job against Hipwood in Gov's absence.
- Ryan moving a lot better and got involved more especially up the ground. Impacted the scoreboard too.
- Waterman got involved up the ground and made the most of his chances.
- Hutch was ok and showed glimpses on being the best available MSD. Was really happy when he kicked his first goal.
- Prime delist candidates Trew and L.Edwards thriving well under a new system built by Schoey. They seemed suppressed with Simmo. If they keep this up then they could potentially get a new contract (one year only).
- Brockman finally kicking his first AFL goal for West Coast. He looked better in the limited time he's played.
- J.Williams starting to improve and show some consistency.
- Hunt seemed to have gotten over his foot issues as he was moving nicely.
- Maric seemed to be better playing on the wing and chopping out as a third tall to support H.Edwards and Barrass. Used the ball well.
Meh=
= B.Williams ok in the ruck, however got smashed by Big O and as a result it helped Brisbane get on top of the clearance. Flynn if fit probably was the better matchup against the Big O.
= Allen got shutdown by Harris Andrews in the first three terms but made a comeback in the final term making the most of his chances.
= Cripps was solid but burnt better options.
= Ginbey solid as always wherever he played. But some of those missed tackles made my blood boil.
Negatives -
- Smashed in clearances in the first three terms.
- Jones being invisible and not providing enough defensive coverage. I reckon he be better off tagging imo as he's got pace and is a strong tackler).
- Brockman's injury after activated as a sub.
- Duggan getting concussed again.
- Smashed in contested possessions and ground ball gets. Looked like we were second to the ball at times in the first three terms.
- Cole seemed to burn best options and turn breakaways into momentum crushing tackles.
Final thoughts.
Much better from the team. I noticed that we kept our forwards in play and played a more tighter zone which reduces chip kicks which would've broken the zone as shown in the final matches in Simmo's tenure when the team was smashed -100 in uncontested possession and this week it was +4 in uncontested possessions. Already the team structure looked better without Darling as the team would've been top heavy. With the forwards holding their space, the team was able to score of transitions unlike in previous weeks where they would get sucked up and when the team was ready for a transition, there's no one forward to take advantage of. It looked clear that Schoey had ideas but Simmo refused to implement which would help the club so it was time for him to go. But we got to see Simmo cheering the boys one last time and thank you for the memories with that 2018 flag.
If prime delist candidates Trew and L.Edwards play like this then it'll be a hard decision on who to delist and if Jones keeps playing like that then he becomes more likely to be delisted. I think Jones should be developed as a tagger to help save his career as he's fast and is a strong tackler.
If things go right and the team implements meta tactics that takes advantage of STAND and 666 plus nails it's draft in 2024-26 then the club will contend sooner rather than later.
Reid 30+ disposal 5 goal first half confirmed.Good news for Harley - Windhager is injured and won’t be available to tag him
Windhager out injured, all clear on that front
- Reid showing flashes of his awesomeness as always. Hopefully we can help him against Windhager next week coz Lyon will 110% have him tagging Reid from the very first bounce.
It was so close to being the best day ever!Good thing nothing else eventfull happened today.
Lots of unfortunate misses today. Oh well, better luck next time.Good thing nothing else eventfull happened today.
He’s mostly been played inside as a mid or on the wing since we drafted him. Today we left him in his drafted spot and he did well.Ginbey played as a back flanker last week.
It was so close to being the best day ever!
He played a lot off the back flank last week hahaha. I suggest a rewatch. He has had better games as an inside mid this year than his game today.He’s mostly been played inside as a mid or on the wing since we drafted him. Today we left him in his drafted spot and he did well.
I know! The Knicks nearly beat the Hornets in summer leagueIt was so close to being the best day ever!
He completely let Rayner do what he wanted.He’s mostly been played inside as a mid or on the wing since we drafted him. Today we left him in his drafted spot and he did well.