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Could our clearances be too predictable

Triple Jack
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On Sunday we smashed Adelaide in the Clearances, which was mainly due to Jamar and Moloney. Moloney got a world record 19 clearances and clearly was in the top couple of players. But it was clear at nearly every stoppage that Jamar would try and tap it to Moloney. In this game it worked but i feel that games against sides like collingwood, who are very well drilled at stoppages, will easily read this and not allow Moloney easy access of the ball. I personally think that Jamar must change it up a little bit more and feed other players in order for us to have a high level of clearances EVERY week.

But keep up the good work you two clearly top two in the B&F to this point

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    On Sunday we smashed Adelaide in the Clearances, which was mainly due to Jamar and Moloney. Moloney got a world record 19 clearances and clearly was in the top couple of players. But it was clear at nearly every stoppage that Jamar would try and tap it to Moloney. In this game it worked but i feel that games against sides like collingwood, who are very well drilled at stoppages, will easily read this and not allow Moloney easy access of the ball. I personally think that Jamar must change it up a little bit more and feed other players in order for us to have a high level of clearances EVERY week.

    But keep up the good work you two clearly top two in the B&F to this point

    They've been doing it for awhile (the stat being that they were the #1 ruck-midfielder combo last season) and clearly it still works. I'm cool with it.

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    If all efforts are put into stopping Moloney, then Sylvia, Jones, Trengove etc.. need to step up and keep pumping it out, it's that simple.

    I did have a bit of a smirk when Neil Craig said he tried 4 blokes on Moloney, he is in some red hot form.

    I just hope we get that many clearances this week, the ball will go even deeper at Etihad and we have contesting power up forward and some good players on the ground, half the battle will be won.

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    Some sides clearly do read Jamar's taps and shark them. You will see that there are three opposing players against one Melbourne player trying to win the clearance. Adelaide was not one of them, but you can't count on that every week.

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    If Beamer plays predictable every week like that he can relieve himself on every bar in Melbourne and I'll be OK with it!!!

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    the thing with beamer is, sometimes jamar does a tap to somebody else and it will get mis-directed but somehow beamer gets it. watch the game again and you'll notice that beamer got a heckload lot of clearances when it wasnt intended for him.

    either way as deanox said, it wont be an issue for the next month

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    Some sides clearly do read Jamar's taps and shark them. You will see that there are three opposing players against one Melbourne player trying to win the clearance. Adelaide was not one of them, but you can't count on that every week.

    Roos stated on On the Couch tonight virtually the opposite. He said Jamar is a very difficult ruckman to read with his deft different angle taps (ie. behind, in front, to the side, down below, etc) , he is one of the top 3 ruckmen in the AFL and quite rightly so because he is hard to read. Granted, some may read him better than many others.

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    how does Beamer go now without the big man tapping it to him? BM is probably spewing about this more than anyone

    Stef Martin your club needs you to lift right now

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    Interesting to see what you all think. Against the top sides i feel they position themselves so well at clearances that they shark jamar more than we get it! Plus at the moment, I know Jamar is now gone, Moloney is in amazing form so everything is going right and he seems to be positioning himself perfectly but lets be honest he is unlikely going to keep it up for the next 16 odd rounds.

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    wont be a problem this week :S

    Beat me to it ;) !!!

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