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Goody's pre-game address is sending them to sleep probably
Would explain Joel Smith's behaviour as a sort of counter-balance.
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Goody's pre-game address is sending them to sleep probably
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I'll call Tim Lamb - it's time to Bring Padlock HomeWatching "Padlock" Jordan (yes, that is his new nickname at the Swans) do a number on Walsh was very upsetting, I'd love him back at the Dees.
That's how bad we're going.
There is no coming back from trading Padlock. He needs to be fired, unacceptable.I'll call Tim Lamb - it's time to Bring Padlock Home![]()
Agree with all this too. Spot on. We don't pay enough respect to opposition mids who can wreck a game, too busy sniffing our own farts.Our midfield has gone to the dogs - time to rejig things. First off I want us to run a tagger. We are mid table at the moment, stop pretending we are the best in it with everyone trying to get proactive off Max's taps.
Tell Viney you're following Daicos around all day. Don't care how many kicks you get you're the VC and it's time to play a role for the team and shut down arguably the best player in it.
Give Max more license to grab the ball out of the ruck/pound it forward. Keep it simple and stop trying to hit perfect taps to players on the fly - it ain't working.
Nibs/Kozzy getting more midfield time has been good, keep that going as they give us some genuine leg speed out of congestion and both don't mind tackling.
Trac up forward 80/20 midfield. Hopefully JVR is in and they keep Tmac forward with Petty going back. We need match winners up forward and Trac is one.
I agree with all your points bar one - TMac. I'm not sold on him suddenly being a good forward again. It's either him or Petty back (I still think Petty is our long term full back with life after May) and the other out of the team for now. Let actual forwards be forwards - Fritsch, JVR, Trac, Koz, McAdam and blood Jeffo (week after KB).Our midfield has gone to the dogs - time to rejig things. First off I want us to run a tagger. We are mid table at the moment, stop pretending we are the best in it with everyone trying to get proactive off Max's taps.
Tell Viney you're following Daicos around all day. Don't care how many kicks you get you're the VC and it's time to play a role for the team and shut down arguably the best player in it.
Give Max more license to grab the ball out of the ruck/pound it forward. Keep it simple and stop trying to hit perfect taps to players on the fly - it ain't working.
Nibs/Kozzy getting more midfield time has been good, keep that going as they give us some genuine leg speed out of congestion and both don't mind tackling.
Trac up forward 80/20 midfield. Hopefully JVR is in and they keep Tmac forward with Petty going back. We need match winners up forward and Trac is one.
70 inside 50s for 8.14 comingFrom today's presser: we want to be vulnerable, clarity, contest & defense.
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Dying a slow death, should be ready to bottom out by the time Tassie come in, Goody will **** off to Adelaide then and leave someone else to clean up his mess ala Hardwick with Richmond.70 inside 50s for 8.14 coming
Annoyingly, Oliver, Trac and Viney will probably all get 30+ against Collingwood's VFL midfield and it'll reaffirm to Goodwin that we need to go back to the boring AF territory game that'll see us creep into the finals and get bundled out again when we can't score on the big stage.From today's presser: we want to be vulnerable, clarity, contest & defense.
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And this dumbass fanbase will get sucked in again by ugly wins and less than 3 goal losses "but we were so close to winning both our finals!! " "We won on predicated scores" etc etc . Well some will, I think quite a few have woken up to the fact that it's not going to work in September and all we are doing is trying to pointlessly stay afloat.Annoyingly, Oliver, Trac and Viney will probably all get 30+ against Collingwood's VFL midfield and it'll reaffirm to Goodwin that we need to go back to the boring AF territory game that'll see us creep into the finals and get bundled out again when we can't score on the big stage.
Predictable as you like.
I'd be fine with us going back to a stoppage heavy, contested ball game provided we started defending from the back half and asked Kozzy, ANB, and Trac to cheat forward from the clearance. Then if we lose the stoppage we can just back our defenders to halve the contest and we're not overly exposed because our players are already in the back half anyway.Annoyingly, Oliver, Trac and Viney will probably all get 30+ against Collingwood's VFL midfield and it'll reaffirm to Goodwin that we need to go back to the boring AF territory game that'll see us creep into the finals and get bundled out again when we can't score on the big stage.
Predictable as you like.
Sounds delightful in theory, but you just know we're going to cram as many players as possible around stoppages this week to gain the upper hand. It's where Collingwood struggles at the moment with their injuries.I'd be fine with us going back to a stoppage heavy, contested ball game provided we started defending from the back half and asked Kozzy, ANB, and Trac to cheat forward from the clearance. Then if we lose the stoppage we can just back our defenders to halve the contest and we're not overly exposed because our players are already in the back half anyway.
Get rid of the slow chip kick crap and don't bring back the high forward press and slow long down the line ball movement.
It's fine to play the outnumber game at stoppages it's about how you do it. We've done it for most of Goodwin's tenure but back in 2017-18 we would charge forward from the stoppage to create scoring opportunities wheras the last couple of years we did it to protect our exits.Sounds delightful in theory, but you just know we're going to cram as many players as possible around stoppages this week to gain the upper hand. It's where Collingwood struggles at the moment with their injuries.
Realistically, you should be able to rely on Oliver/Trac/Viney/ANB to win bulk clearances against Lachie Sullivan, Jack Crisp, Nick Daicos and Beau McCreery in an even-numbered contest, which would allow us to theoretically maintain our shape outside of the clearance, but I can envision Monday's match taking on the form of an Under 9's game where as many players as possible will be sucked into the stoppage.
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What's the vulnerable and clarity rubbish? What does it actually mean?From today's presser: we want to be vulnerable, clarity, contest & defense.
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