This has been a huge issue for us over recent years. Today seemed like a much more complete, team performance. Still had a few passengers (especially in the front half) but the 22(23) was good as a collective. With some important troops to return, I hope we trouble some sides this year
What is our "style" because its shit hard to figure out or im just an idiot
Looks the best field kick in the comp atm. He is gonna start to cop some serious attention tho
Few blokes who are using it exceptionally well at the moment..
You can see what scott is trying to do with martin by watching how dangerous NWM is.
I couldnt tell at the ground but did we put someone on NWM to take him out of the game or did saints just not use him as much as last week.
Our 2nd half was very good. Out pressured the Saints who are very good in this area.
You know Quasimodo predicted all of this
Ross came across pretty smug in the pre game interview. Chucked a reference to the Essendon Edge in there saying all clubs have a version… inferring the saints might give us a lesson.
We have no solid style. We are trying to build something which is why it is hard to figure out what it is. Our previous style has been flat track bully.
FFS, you’ll start a whole round of Hobbs is sh1t, should have taken Wanganeen-Milera posts… I can see the follow ups already:
Passengers or slow reactors ? I think right now pretty much all of them are giving it 100% but our bad habit is drop in concentration and transition time. or actually over cooking the effort and trying to push to a contest we can not get to or should not go to.
I completely forgot about the match sim from 6 weeks ago. Those hard melts were foolish in hindsight.Okay. Have had a couple of looks at the replay now.
The Jake Stringer free for a push was bollocks. I have heard Razor Ray explain several times on SEN say that you can use your hands in a marking contest to protect the drop zone if the defender is backing into it. That is what Stringer did. It was not a push.
Saints only goal in the last quarter was also rubbish from the umpires. You can not blow the whistle twice and then call advantage when all our blokes stop and then Jack Steele runs almost 22 meters through the middle.
Yes they missed some goals and you could say we where a little lucky but missing goals is poor kicking and it was no different to us stuffing up several chances inside 50 with poor skills before we had a shot. Skill errors are skill errors. We ended up with 2 more inside 50's but worse efficiency.
This week showed the Moorabbin match sim was exactly that. A managed match sim and not a game.
I know a lot will line up with Kelly out but he has to be replaced with someone who can play the role. His offensive output may have been limited but his defensive running and work around the stoppage as the bloke going body on body was very good. His ability to play the more defensive role allowed Duursma a bit more freedom to attack more. If someone replaces him they have to have that defensive mindset.
Short sighted snap judgment. If Jones keeps up similar form or Caddy is good enough to make his way in then I am only playing two of Draper / Goldstein / Wright. I say this because we just looked way more mobile .
11 tackles inside 50.
Defensive press very good from midway through the second quarter.
Sadly for Gresham it just didn't bounce his way.
Our defensive issues are not always through lack of effort. Sometimes it is through too much effort and trying to get to contests we can not get to. There are other times when we just have moments where we ball watch for a couple of seconds which allows players to escape behind us.
Need to sharpen up the short one step kicks. There are no excuses for turnovers when there is no pressure. It is just lazy and a lack of concentration.
Big tick for Heppell. Only a couple of mistakes and plenty of big saves for us.
Big tick for the side staying with a team that is known for its running over the whole game and we used 9 less interchanges.
I know most want Martin on the wing but I am glad they are trying something different to try and get the drive from half back. May not be the long term answer but we need to look at this stuff. So what if he had a lot of possessions that had limited impact. Fact is if he has 30 plus he is still going to have a lot that do.
Nick Cox is coming along okay. There are a lot less moments when you think he should have gone harder there. Still lacks the strength to body the stronger guys but is playing better footy when he can have long stints in defense .
Midfield had a battle early but ended up well on top.
Nothing better than being at a game when you run them down and hold in in a close finish.
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Not with Stringer and a second ruck.
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Good write upOkay. Have had a couple of looks at the replay now.
The Jake Stringer free for a push was bollocks. I have heard Razor Ray explain several times on SEN say that you can use your hands in a marking contest to protect the drop zone if the defender is backing into it. That is what Stringer did. It was not a push.
Saints only goal in the last quarter was also rubbish from the umpires. You can not blow the whistle twice and then call advantage when all our blokes stop and then Jack Steele runs almost 22 meters through the middle.
Yes they missed some goals and you could say we where a little lucky but missing goals is poor kicking and it was no different to us stuffing up several chances inside 50 with poor skills before we had a shot. Skill errors are skill errors. We ended up with 2 more inside 50's but worse efficiency.
This week showed the Moorabbin match sim was exactly that. A managed match sim and not a game.
I know a lot will line up with Kelly out but he has to be replaced with someone who can play the role. His offensive output may have been limited but his defensive running and work around the stoppage as the bloke going body on body was very good. His ability to play the more defensive role allowed Duursma a bit more freedom to attack more. If someone replaces him they have to have that defensive mindset.
Short sighted snap judgment. If Jones keeps up similar form or Caddy is good enough to make his way in then I am only playing two of Draper / Goldstein / Wright. I say this because we just looked way more mobile .
11 tackles inside 50.
Defensive press very good from midway through the second quarter.
Sadly for Gresham it just didn't bounce his way.
Our defensive issues are not always through lack of effort. Sometimes it is through too much effort and trying to get to contests we can not get to. There are other times when we just have moments where we ball watch for a couple of seconds which allows players to escape behind us.
Need to sharpen up the short one step kicks. There are no excuses for turnovers when there is no pressure. It is just lazy and a lack of concentration.
Big tick for Heppell. Only a couple of mistakes and plenty of big saves for us.
Big tick for the side staying with a team that is known for its running over the whole game and we used 9 less interchanges.
I know most want Martin on the wing but I am glad they are trying something different to try and get the drive from half back. May not be the long term answer but we need to look at this stuff. So what if he had a lot of possessions that had limited impact. Fact is if he has 30 plus he is still going to have a lot that do.
Nick Cox is coming along okay. There are a lot less moments when you think he should have gone harder there. Still lacks the strength to body the stronger guys but is playing better footy when he can have long stints in defense .
Midfield had a battle early but ended up well on top.
Nothing better than being at a game when you run them down and hold in in a close finish.
Agree.
