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Based on the match thread, he was too handball happy. We got enough issues with the current players being too handball happy. Don't need another.
An interesting point but when I've watched him he is the extractor that wins the ball and sets up others to run and kick the ball. It wouldn't surprise me to find that he has been caught up in these fruitless handball exchanges our current "game style" seems to encourage. For that I blame the coaches not the players.
 
Wasn’t the issue yesterday. Got 6 goals from georgiades and lord. Allir and Esava were fine.

Two things for me:
1) midfield: JHF outstanding, butters decent for a first game back, sweet battled hard but we got nothing out of Drew, wines and rozee.
2) small forwards all decided to have a day off at the same time. Didn’t hit the scoreboard but I thought Richards was the only one that wasn’t shit. SPP could’ve had a great game but his errors were costly. Not sure if Rioli or dbj would’ve even needed a shower after the game.
Rioli has been playing on ball in the last few games, for some reason we didn’t go with it against the saints. I was calling it during the game when we couldn’t win a clearance and being non cited up forward. A good coach should and would have made that move.
 
Not sure it will make any difference as I have lost faith in him but if your ever going to give Finlayson another go it would be as a forward this week.

I fear only two key forwards against Barass, Battle and Sicily will get intercept marked into oblivion. This still may be the case with Finlayson as he could just look for cheapies out the back but I doubt SPP will be able to negate Sicily.

The stark difference between his form when he kicked 5 against them in 2023 and now is astonishing. Understand he has a lot going on, not sure he will ever get back to that purple patch.
 

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Not sure it will make any difference as I have lost faith in him but if your ever going to give Finlayson another go it would be as a forward this week.

I fear only two key forwards against Barass, Battle and Sicily will get intercept marked into oblivion. This still may be the case with Finlayson as he could just look for cheapies out the back but I doubt SPP will be able to negate Sicily.

The stark difference between his form when he kicked 5 against them in 2023 and now is astonishing. Understand he has a lot going on, not sure he will ever get back to that purple patch.
Debut Whitlock and make him play a defensive role on either Battle or Sicily.
 
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