Astute observation. Looks like that have decided to wear the mistakes to give him games down deep. Maybe it pays off in the end. I think he has more to offer offensively once he gets enough games into him
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Astute observation. Looks like that have decided to wear the mistakes to give him games down deep. Maybe it pays off in the end. I think he has more to offer offensively once he gets enough games into him
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Yeah, he's going to have to earn it now, he's had enough opportunities to show something and hasn't shown enough. Good attributes but needs to put in the VFL work.
SDK was my favorite of the day, I know many hate him in the ruck, but he looks happier in the middle. Knevitt, Smith looked good too.
This needs to be pinned somewhere.
After the third, it could have gone either way. Thankfully it went our way in an avalanche.
Thought our mids for most were good, however the third we were abysmal. I take that as a matchup issue. Of note, SDK went right into his shell unfortunately.
Gladly we got back into it. To win by such an amount without large input from Jez, Stengle, Henry, Danger, is pretty impressive.
Loved Axe’s effort around the stoppage. 12 tackles. Knevitt 11 tackles.
To do what we did outside of a poor 3rd quarter and not much from Cameron and Stewart, can’t complain really.
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Thought our mids for most were good, however the third we were abysmal. I take that as a matchup issue. Of note, SDK went right into his shell unfortunately.
Gladly we got back into it. To win by such an amount without large input from Jez, Stengle, Henry, Danger, is pretty impressive.
Loved Axe’s effort around the stoppage. 12 tackles. Knevitt 11 tackles.
To do what we did outside of a poor 3rd quarter and not much from Cameron and Stewart, can’t complain really.
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We quite literally have nearly finished our rebuild already, lol. I did a visual representation on the main board:
"8/10 of our best on ground players, 26 and under.
Or for a visual effect of our whole side (bolded are all 26 and under):
B: J. Henry, Blicavs, Zuthrie
HB: Stewart, C. O'Sullivan, L. Humphries
C: Dempsey, Holmes, B. Smith
FO: SDK, Knevitt, Bowes
HF: O. Henry, J. Cameron, Miers
F: Stengle, S. Neale, Danger
INT: Close, T. Atkins, O'Connor, Mullin, Clark
17 out of 23, 26 or under. Atkins and O'Connor 27 and 29, with only 4 players in Danger, Stewart, Cameron and Blicavs, being over 30."
Replace Atkins with Bruhn, and it'll be 18 out of 23, aged 26 or under. Raise the age to 27 and replace Danger with Mannagh and keep O'Connor in, it becomes 20 out of 23 players. Replace Blics with Kolo and Stewart with Bowes (via Atkins to the mids) and it becomes 22 out of 23 under 30. A gun athlete in Jez at 31 is all that remains for at least another 3 years, while we complete the rebuild. Stewart and Blics will still be here too, but they won't be relied on as much.
Make no mistake, this is list management that is unheard of in professional sports. Visual representation of possible complete list turnover by 2027 (only using players we have now):
B: J. Henry, SDK, Z. Guthrie
HB. L. Humphries, C. O'Sullivan, Bowes
C: Dempsey, Bruhn, Knevitt
FO: Conway, B. Smith, Holmes
HF: Miers, O. Henry, Mannagh
F: Stengle, S. Neale, Close
INT: O'Connor, Clark, Mullin, Clohesy
No player above 27 or over - all have played at least 1 AFL game. Stewart and Jez still likely playing, at the expense of Clohesy and Mullin.
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Rd 1 1982 was pretty cool over the PF nemesis of the previous year, 146-58 over the Pies. Pity about the rest of that season
But today was pretty good. Quite a few newer (or at least less regular) faces in the team, and were very good bar the 3rd quarter when that young bloke probably played the best 10 minutes of his entire footy career. The last quarter to put the nose to the grindstone and turn what could have been a horrid upset or a narrow and perhaps shaky win, into a 78 point whipping showed a great return to the killer instinct that Geelong sides over many years are known for.
Reckon SDK could be the ruck answer, seems reinvigorated this season (early I know) but maybe seeing his brother playing the same role at the Blues makes him think, well why can't I do this too? He's tall, mobile and quite strong too. Not having Stanley or the sadly regularly injured Conway for the time being, I know it's only one game but I don't mind SDK being the ruckman.
Pretty happy with the result to be frank!
SDK was bloody brilliant. A real presence in there today.
No signs of being timid. At 1 stage he even dove head first into a contest.
Very mature game from him.
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Chuck in a Rowell , Butters , JUH and we could be very strong for another few years
Neales improvement is incremental. Slowly slowly he is looking like he believes he belongs. He is coltish atm..he has spring to burn and sooner or later he is going to pull down two or three for gimme goals..
A bit like Neale ..I think he will have up and down efforts. I could imagine him just losing concentration once he gets a bit tired. I would have tried Neale in the ruck for 5 in the 3rd..give Sam just a bit of break…but it worked out in the end.
Liked Knevitts pressure ..his kicking is a weakness
COS had a few moments …but all good. He will learn form those
Really obvious what BSmith will mean for us
Overall I wouldnt be too critical or too pumped up with anyone today..lets see when we are a couple of games in against a club a couple of games in … playing in something a little cooler.
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Neale with 4 goal assist 1 goal from 9 disposals. I think he's got great decision making in terms of when to move it forward, his kick to Jez in the last was sublime
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So i missed the first half because i was getting my house ready for an inspection, then got to watch only about half the 3rd quarter, then had to head back to pack up so missed most of the last quarter.
As a result most of what i watched was us getting run over by Fremantle.
I feel like my experience may not be typical
As a result most of what i watched was us getting run over by Fremantle.
I feel like my experience may not be typical
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I believe we now have the 30 disposal a game mid we were lacking all last year
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RagretOnly downside is we beat Freo so badly Collingwood got off the bottom of the ladder
Our midfield can still look vulnerable at times
Smith what a good game, contested and uncontested. Good tackling too.
Danger playing 3 quarters forward then guts in the last could be an exciting thing if they do it all year. It's like another sub.
SDK will develop a lot this year. Liked his game, but am really worried about him burning out. Needs more help.
Neale very good.
O Henry v good too.
Smith what a good game, contested and uncontested. Good tackling too.
Danger playing 3 quarters forward then guts in the last could be an exciting thing if they do it all year. It's like another sub.
SDK will develop a lot this year. Liked his game, but am really worried about him burning out. Needs more help.
Neale very good.
O Henry v good too.
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Cataholic, in response to your game day post about what happened in the 3rd quarter, my impres is that we were definitely slow out of the blocks, our defenders looked a little lazy & possibly complacent at times especially early on when they kicked they few quick goals to start the quarter
Then, whether it was by design or just something that happened across the quarter with the players taking it upon themselves, we structured up differently at centre bounces than we did in the other quarters and that's where I raise the idea of experimentation
Across 3 quarters today our game seemed to be built around pressure at the contest and then spread as we bring the ball forward. We packed that pressure in the third and it did seem to start with our structuring
We weren't playing a more standard man up option at centre bounces, instead each team played with a spare and we never addressed it during the quarter:
We get to the last quarter, and it's back to everything being really tight, manning up in the guts etc. And the positives of that pressure around the ball can then be seen with how our defenders stood up in the last and the scoreboard impact of our forwards
So it just feels that Scott & co were wanting to get a bit of a different look at things with our set up in the third, but clearly it wasn't working - so either it's something we totally scrap or spend more time on at training
Then, whether it was by design or just something that happened across the quarter with the players taking it upon themselves, we structured up differently at centre bounces than we did in the other quarters and that's where I raise the idea of experimentation
Across 3 quarters today our game seemed to be built around pressure at the contest and then spread as we bring the ball forward. We packed that pressure in the third and it did seem to start with our structuring
We weren't playing a more standard man up option at centre bounces, instead each team played with a spare and we never addressed it during the quarter:
- at one bounce, Atkins was 5m off his opponent who had clear space to their 50m arc in which to run when they got the clearance
- at the next, the two guys lined up wing sides of the circle were manned up, but we had Holmes on his own defensive side and his opponent was on his own their defensive side. It was an easy tap over the back for Jackson and plenty of space for the Freo player to work in
We get to the last quarter, and it's back to everything being really tight, manning up in the guts etc. And the positives of that pressure around the ball can then be seen with how our defenders stood up in the last and the scoreboard impact of our forwards
So it just feels that Scott & co were wanting to get a bit of a different look at things with our set up in the third, but clearly it wasn't working - so either it's something we totally scrap or spend more time on at training
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Harley Reid is not beyond comprehension either.
Agree.
Geez we won by 70+ but I felt dubious; I think first half particularly they just were very very sloppy.
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Thank you. Great analysis.
I had regular interruptions throughout the game so couldn't watch closely enough through the third to understand what was happening, and why.
How did Mullin go today? I was busy and watching on/off but looked like he got a few goals kicked on him
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I think the cost would be way too high I just can’t see how it gets done especially working with WCE who would be difficult to work with regarding recent history
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Not good.
Some good defensive efforts in the 1st half. Got torched badly in the 3rd quarter. Unsighted in the final quarter because the ball basically didn't leave our F50.
I think people really overreacted to that. Everyone got beaten in the third, not just Mullin. Reid was on Miers for his first goal. Another goal was roving off a massive pack, another was a 2 on 1 where O'Sullivan was closer, and then one of those goals was a 1 on 1 he lost.
His other three quarters though - particularly his first half decision making, pressure and kicking - were very good, I thought. Lot to work on, but by no means a bust in any sense. As others have said, think his eventual position should be different - maybe as a defensive mid with pace, rather than a small defender.
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He's a footballer that's underbaked and needs at least half a season in a role in the VFL to master it.
We're doing him no favours picking him to be a passenger most weeks.
He may turn out okay longterm but right now not up to the standard needed.
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