Preview Round 20 - Geelong V Hawthorn - Sat Aug 15 MCG 7:20pm

[FredLeDeux]

ok...you keep playing stokes....he is spent...

Are you giving me permission to pick the side from now on?

 

[Stan The Caddy]

why is that...just because l am using a mobile...and its easy to press the wrong key....or your so educated

*?

 

[buck 05]

wow

 

[buck 05]

if you want us to go backwards....for sure.

 

[Cronin]

Is there any chance of us playing an almighty tight tag on Mitchell?
I can't remember the last time he didn't have an influence on these games

 

[David the Cat]

He has an influence on every game….tagged or otherwise. Whether you like him or not, Mitchell is class.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

if you want us to go backwards....for sure.

He's got you there Fred!

 

[FredLeDeux]

He's got you there Fred!

Yes, I know. At that stage I decided the dialogue was just getting out of my class.

 

[Strangled Cat]

For those bagging the GHS omission. He had 4 possessions on the weekend. His final one was a wild handball that didnt hit any of the 3 team mates he had near by. He was under minimal pressure. The truth is - and the coaching staff see this daily on the track - his decision making and also his disposal is not good enough right now. He lacks leg speed. He doesnt have a big bull body like Caddy or Selwood. So what you have, is a slow midfielder who often sprays it. Against a RED HOT fierce tackling, very quick side in Hawthorn - a side that you need to be super quick and full on against due to their amazing foot skills and their pace all over the ground -on a huge ground like the MCG - you cant carry a plodding smaller bodied midfielder who doesnt absolutely hurt you with his disposal. Thats why he's not in the side. But heck - maybe highly paid and experienced coaching staff who see his abilities and skills every day dont actually know what theyre doing...

He played how many minutes?

 

[Stan The Caddy]

Yes, I know. At that stage I decided the dialogue was just getting out of my class.

What took you so long?

 

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

Caddy & Motlop will need to play the games of their life

 

[Teriyakicat]

I think the **** will be shafted...




















For the coloured vest

Lol
Nah, I reckon there's a little fella who'd be just stoked to get it- because it means that he gets a game.

 

[FredLeDeux]

What took you so long?

I've always been crap at word puzzles.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

He played how many minutes?

I'm not sure how many minutes but it was 14% game time.

 

[Strangled Cat]

Ok great.

Then going into next year Cockatoo has 5 games under his belt and no real experience in high pressure matches instead of having 10 or so games with some big matches and perhaps a final or two. We've also got the freedom to teach him a few things about his game like giving him some experience in defence knowing that it's not going to cost us a premiership. Next year he works his way into the team in a year where we think we can win it (hello Dangerfield, Henderson, etc). Early in the year he fumbles in some big moments costing us a game.

Is he more likely or less likely to make those fumbles during game 6 or game 15? Will he be better off next time he's 1 on 1 in defence for his experience last week (when you can guarantee a few players would've talked to him about it at half time and during the game about how he approached the contest with Heeney).

All we're doing right now is fast-tracking development of our youngest players so they're up to speed when we're competing again. GHS has already had a few years to learn those things and there's much less to be gained by giving him games now than Cockatoo.

I understand your logic, but at some point there's got to be a limit where you just have to play the guy who's clearly in better form than the other. Perhaps you don't agree that GHS has been that much better than, say, Cockatoo or even Stokes to warrant playing him. I say he has been performing well enough in the VFL that he deserves more than a 15 minute run as a sub before he's dropped. What mire can the guy do? I don't think he deserves to be the sacrificial lamb, at least on this occasion.

 

[noclashjumpers]

Is there any chance of us playing an almighty tight tag on Mitchell?
I can't remember the last time he didn't have an influence on these games

It's possible that GHS could do this. I seem to remember he did a reasonable job on Kennedy against Sydney a year or two back. He could at least keep up with Mitchell.
Plus I feel that GHS is a little direcectionless ATM. Perhaps run-with could be his go?

 

[Teriyakicat]

My feeling is that it can't be too serious. He was named in the side on Thursday evening, so at that point he was still a chance. So it's quite likely that he was close but didn't quite come up.
Alternatively, he could have done something today....

I was wondering why they didn't leave him into the 'late change' tomorrow. What difference would it make- well, apart from releasing the news early gives Clucko another 24 hours to get his homework done.

 

[FredLeDeux]

I'm not sure how many minutes but it was 14% game time.

I reckon that stat's a bit dodgy, that wouldn't have been long enough for him to get from the bench to the centre square.

 

[Teriyakicat]

He has an influence on every game….tagged or otherwise. Whether you like him or not, Mitchell is class.

Congratulations on being able to use the words 'class' and 'Mitchell' in the same sentence. I never thought I'd see the day.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

I reckon that stat's a bit dodgy, that wouldn't have been long enough for him to get from the bench to the centre square.

Who says that he got to the centre square?

 

[manboob]

I'm not sure how many minutes but it was 14% game time.

Came on midway through the 4th for Shane... but I still have no idea how many minutes that is.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I'm not sure how many minutes but it was 14% game time.

Thanks Stan. It's good to put those 4 possessions into perspective, isn't it? I think he was credited with about 8 pressure acts in that time as well. Not bad for 14% game time.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

I understand your logic, but at some point there's got to be a limit where you just have to play the guy who's clearly in better form than the other. Perhaps you don't agree that GHS has been that much better than, say, Cockatoo or even Stokes to warrant playing him. I say he has been performing well enough in the VFL that he deserves more than a 15 minute run as a sub before he's dropped. What mire can the guy do? I don't think he deserves to be the sacrificial lamb, at least on this occasion.

You may or may not be aware of this SC, but H-S is now in the team to play the Hawks on Saturday night.

 

[Strangled Cat]

I'm not sure how many minutes but it was 14% game time.

Okay. Multiply that percentage of game time by six, you get 84 percent. If you multiply his four posessions by six you get 24 posessions. If he played 84 percent game time, which I'd guess would be average for an AFL mid, with an output of mid-20s then people would be saying that he had a reasonable match.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Came on midway through the 4th for Shane... but I still have no idea how many minutes that is.

If the game's about 120 minutes long- 4x30min quarters, he'd have played about 15-20 minutes.