Review Round 5, 2024 vs Fremantle
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We'll struggle against any team that either deny us the ball or slow down our transition. Doesn't mean we'll lose but increases the likelihood of losing.
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"We must rub this thug out of Saturday's game against Collingwood, just in case he tries to do something similar to one of their midfielders."
In retrospect, yes. But given the class gap between him and McEntee, there is no way you could justify picking McEntee over a rusty SPP, someone the selectors rate lower than McEntee over a rusty SPP.
I was staggered to read criticisms of Soldo on here.
Was in my top 3. Comprehensively won the ruck, was handy around the ground and had two or three excellent goal saving efforts supporting team mates. Few really gutsy efforts as well.
We lost the clearances last night, if he didn't play, we would have had GWS in a final level of lost clearances and in turn lost the game by 5+ goals.
Outside of being monstered by Gawn, which he isn't the first or last ruckman to have that happen to, he's been a great pick up for us and is a huge upgrade on Lycett.
Was in my top 3. Comprehensively won the ruck, was handy around the ground and had two or three excellent goal saving efforts supporting team mates. Few really gutsy efforts as well.
We lost the clearances last night, if he didn't play, we would have had GWS in a final level of lost clearances and in turn lost the game by 5+ goals.
Outside of being monstered by Gawn, which he isn't the first or last ruckman to have that happen to, he's been a great pick up for us and is a huge upgrade on Lycett.
If there season is dead the fun and games will come out, some teams start earlier than others.
Players will start going into surgery to have things fixed up that they would normally play with if the season was still alive.
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Good to win like that I reckon. Usually we don't. They choked us, came with a plan to stop us and we still got over the line. Very good win.
Freo's midfield is every bit as good as ours so for us to get over the line and for Butters, JHF and Wines to all stand up and have good last quarters when it matters was huge. Burgoyne was great, Bergman had his best game for the year and thought Farrell was massive in the second half. Just about his best game for the club.
Freo's midfield is every bit as good as ours so for us to get over the line and for Butters, JHF and Wines to all stand up and have good last quarters when it matters was huge. Burgoyne was great, Bergman had his best game for the year and thought Farrell was massive in the second half. Just about his best game for the club.
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Collingwood not exactly a powerhouse this season.
Jon Ralph said at half time it will be announced tonight, but unlikely to get done, but M Crouch will be offered 1 (if you care)
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I’ll freely admit that I severely underestimated Fremantle going into this season. With the departures of Schultz & Henry in the off season I just couldn’t see where the improvement would come from. But after watching them over the past fortnight, I’m confident they have the game plan & personnel that will hold up well in Finals.
They did an excellent job in denying us the corridor, which pressured us into making poor decisions time & time again. People can criticise Freo’s dour, defensive game style all they want, but when the big boys come out to play in September they aren’t going to offer us the red carpet through the middle of the ground.
I believe we now have the personnel to mount a serious challenge, but the system certainly isn’t there at the moment. Freo were more disciplined & better set up around the ball, & our forward entries are lamentable at best.
A good coach is adaptable & quick to change course when something isn’t working, if Ken has learned anything, Dixon should not be in the side. For every little cameo he offers, we lose ten fold in structure & forward entry efficiency. In fact, I’m sure he’s inadvertently the major contributing factor to Marshall’s poor form. I’d like to see a more mobile forward set up, that prioritises leading patterns over repeated chaos entries.
Finally, I don’t want to keep picking on the kid, but can we finally put a line through Jed. He was terribly exposed last night, which mirrored both his Finals appearances last year. He just has to go.
They did an excellent job in denying us the corridor, which pressured us into making poor decisions time & time again. People can criticise Freo’s dour, defensive game style all they want, but when the big boys come out to play in September they aren’t going to offer us the red carpet through the middle of the ground.
I believe we now have the personnel to mount a serious challenge, but the system certainly isn’t there at the moment. Freo were more disciplined & better set up around the ball, & our forward entries are lamentable at best.
A good coach is adaptable & quick to change course when something isn’t working, if Ken has learned anything, Dixon should not be in the side. For every little cameo he offers, we lose ten fold in structure & forward entry efficiency. In fact, I’m sure he’s inadvertently the major contributing factor to Marshall’s poor form. I’d like to see a more mobile forward set up, that prioritises leading patterns over repeated chaos entries.
Finally, I don’t want to keep picking on the kid, but can we finally put a line through Jed. He was terribly exposed last night, which mirrored both his Finals appearances last year. He just has to go.
I believe the drop off in Marshall has a lot to do with the concussions he’s had over time.
I’ve never been a big fan of his but the lad was starting to look good in 22 before he had a bad run with head knocks.
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Why?
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What I don’t get is normally former players stick up for the guy going for the ball in a legitimate way, the way we are taught, it’s normally the media gooses that carry on and want people rubbed out.."We must rub this thug out of Saturday's game against Collingwood, just in case he tries to do something similar to one of their midfielders."
Dixon is a flog however Johnson was disappointing with his comments.
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Because we have other options up forward and aren't solely relying on him kicking a winning score each week. Usually what we see is that when one of them is having a down day, someone else stands up and kicks a few. So long as they don't all have a down day at the same time then it isn't really a problem.
I'll happilly take 30-35 goals from all 4 of Todd, Dixon, MG and Fin.
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If they're all kicking 35 then happy days, but you wouldn't want him being the leading goal kicker.
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Concussion or not, he drops some of the easiest marks that he shouldn’t at least 2 times a week he gets his hands to a ball only to drop, until he takes those marks hes never going to be what we need him to be.
We’re has this idea that Todd has “dropped” off come from? Or that concussions are limiting him?
Referring to Todd’s 2022, where Dixon missed half the year? There’s the problem.
Anyone expecting Todd to kick 40-60 goals a year while we go to Dixon 20x more is being unrealistic.
He’s doing much more with far fewer opportunities than Dixon.
Also of note is that he’s far more effective the further away from Dixon he gets. Anytime he’s near Dixon he’s competing against his opponent, Charlie’s opponent , often a 3rd man up and Charlie himself.
It’s a catch 22.
Todd’s best football is away from Dixon, but we always kick it to Dixon.
Dixon also clearly got in Georgiades way last night.
Referring to Todd’s 2022, where Dixon missed half the year? There’s the problem.
Anyone expecting Todd to kick 40-60 goals a year while we go to Dixon 20x more is being unrealistic.
He’s doing much more with far fewer opportunities than Dixon.
Also of note is that he’s far more effective the further away from Dixon he gets. Anytime he’s near Dixon he’s competing against his opponent, Charlie’s opponent , often a 3rd man up and Charlie himself.
It’s a catch 22.
Todd’s best football is away from Dixon, but we always kick it to Dixon.
Dixon also clearly got in Georgiades way last night.
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Have you watched him this year. He’s been ordinary and was ordinary last night.
His finish last year was the same(albeit he was injured).
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