MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 16

[dl4e 5,604]

That is a better looking side. Whose 2nd ruck ?  I hope thay get the structures right with Hogan at ff and TMAC at chf and Frost at hb.

[Roost It 1,434]

Whatever happens it’ll be faster

jeff playing well makes us a better side

the other 3 have work to do

[Demon Dynasty 15,652]

Best balanced team (on paper) all year by a country mile!

Better late than never.........Goody has finally woken up to the need for speed in all 3 sectors of the ground!

Frost, certainly no Lever once he gets the ball, but easily the next best intercept option (Lever was only just ahead before going down) and speeds us up.  Will need backing from the coach to gain confidence early though.  Hope he's told him he's in for a block of games (subject to getting the basics right).  Whether he works out or not who knows.  But the die has to be rolled or season over given the fragility and lack of height (support for O-Mac / Hibb & Lewis) and speed down back IMO.  Also needs to tell him to offload to runners lateral or behind more often so we max his intercepts.  KISS principle for Frost on the disposals pls!

But wait, hold your horses folks!!!  In order to have maximum effect and max our winning opportunity IMHO Goody has to ensure we don't play Viney/Jones/Clarry in the starting 3 through the middle (or at worst for lengthy periods) and certainly no shut down roles by any of those 3 if starting or in together.  Maybe Harmes / ANB sharing such a role for periods of a game on the absolute gun mid fielders but only IF they get off the hook and momentum needs halting/changing.

Goody must BACK and let OUR mid field loose (and the rotations going through there) to join with arguably THE best ruckman in the comp and MAX (yes that's a pun!) our mid field advantage.  No lock downs, subject to an ugly run on needing to be shut down as mentioned.  As soon as it's halted and we are back in the game or a few goals up again, bang....let em loose!  Let the opp chase and try and shut us down once we are in the game or ahead.  Catch us if you can MOFOS!!!   Easily equal to or the best clearance / first use mid field line up in the AFL when we are not tagging and we are on.  Delivery i50 obviously NQR and needing a stack of work.  Would be focusing on this aspect from here if i were Goody along with the work rate/two way running from all (which goes without saying after last week).  Lastly, don't let the press get sucked so high from here on the bigger grounds!

Goody's learned a few hard lessons.  Now he just needs to fine tune in between weeks and have the entire team turn up on game day.  If they do we will barnstorm our way into the finals!

Go Demons!

Edited July 5, 2018 by Rusty Nails

[D4Life 2,307]

3 minutes ago, dl4e said:

That is a better looking side. Whose 2nd ruck ?  I hope thay get the structures right with Hogan at ff and TMAC at chf and Frost at hb.

Not TMac after the coughing up blood against Port.

Frost, Harmes or maybe even Petracca!

[dl4e 5,604]

2 minutes ago, D4Life said:

Not TMac after the coughing up blood against Port.

Frost, Harmes or maybe even Petracca!

I would think Frost but he no real ruckman. I agre with you about TMAC.

[binman 38,653]

I can't understand how jeffy gets a game on the back of his vfl form. Watched tge second half last week and his effort was sub standard.

Squibbed at least two contests big time as well. 

Sends a strange message to players like bugg who bust a gut week in wdek out.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 5,876]

I think Goodwin has realised that he cant reinvent the wheel after the Lever injury. Garlett and spargs should have been back in from the Port game. 

Welcome back Frosty, Goodwin has finally woken up and common sense has prevailed. Seems to be a better balance all over the ground.

[Diamond_Jim 11,902]

1 minute ago, binman said:

I can't understand how jeffy gets a game on the back of his vfl form. Watched tge second half last week and his effort was sub standard.

Squibbed at least two contests big time as well. 

Sends a strange message to players like bugg who bust a gut week in wdek out.

Must say other than his brain fades I like Bugg. People lament his accuracy but kicking 1:4 shows he at least gets the ball.

Frankly the ins do nothing for me in the sense we have had many weeks over recent years where the same merry go round of players go in and out. We should win this weekend but it says nothing about where we are going.

[Demon Dynasty 15,652]

14 minutes ago, dl4e said:

That is a better looking side. Whose 2nd ruck ?  I hope thay get the structures right with Hogan at ff and TMAC at chf and Frost at hb.

 

9 minutes ago, D4Life said:

Not TMac after the coughing up blood against Port.

Frost, Harmes or maybe even Petracca!

No need for a ruck when Max is resting.  Just play an extra fleet footed (for us!) mid for the crumbs/contesting/tackling eg., Tracc, Brayshaw or ANB.   They don't have Sandi and probably no decent relief ruckman anyway when their main replacement follows Maxy to the bench.  Just need to halve the contests and prevent a run on during the down time.  Back up ruckman are severely overrated and have little if any impact IMO.  Problem solved.

[wizardinoz 2,048]

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13 minutes ago, binman said:

I can't understand how jeffy gets a game on the back of his vfl form. Watched tge second half last week and his effort was sub standard.

Squibbed at least two contests big time as well. 

Sends a strange message to players like bugg who bust a gut week in wdek out.

We are saving Bugg for the Sydney game.?

Edited July 5, 2018 by wizardinoz
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[D4Life 2,307]

3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Must say other than his brain fades I like Bugg. People lament his accuracy but kicking 1:4 shows he at least gets the ball.

Frankly the ins do nothing for me in the sense we have had many weeks over recent years where the same merry go round of players go in and out. We should win this weekend but it says nothing about where we are going.

Frost adds strength, height & speed to the backline, his decision making has looked better in the VFL.

Spargo, Stretch & Garlett add speed and crumbing capability.

Garlett not perfect but has kicked 40 goals last three years, yes he has the odd really bad day, but most FPS do across the season!

Stretch has speed, playing really well in VFL, just needs some confidence and be told go for it, give him 4 weeks.

Spargo has done pretty well in his 7 games for a first year player, particularly stepping up at important times.

[Satyriconhome 9,986]

1 hour ago, SFebey said:

At least he’ll be able to play his role at Casey ?

 

1 hour ago, stevethemanjordan said:

Tyson @Satyriconhome

I guess those 17 others were super lucky hey? 

M8. No idea. 

Kings of Hindsight appear from the mist, didn't play well so not surprised.

Same with other 3 omitted, surprised Melksham survived

No idea, click, no idea, click Warning Warning ????

[DeleteUser 638]

Really would like to understand on the ground conditions at 7pm CST mid winter . Based on my basic understanding of the weather it does not look humid nor greasy/dewy

[grey wolf 226]

How does Trac get a game?

[Skuit 9,282]

Frost will spectacularly [censored] up on numerous occasions.

Stretch struggles to make the transition to the AFL.

Garlett will have little impact if it's slippery under foot.

And Spargo is just about due for another rest . . . 

But I desperately hope they now lock down this team. 

Pedo, Vince, Hannan or Kent in the case of emergency.

Tyson only if it's to replace an injured inside role.  

Hunt to be worked back into the team on his return. 

 

[Earl Hood 5,789]

14 minutes ago, binman said:

I can't understand how jeffy gets a game on the back of his vfl form. Watched tge second half last week and his effort was sub standard.

Squibbed at least two contests big time as well. 

Sends a strange message to players like bugg who bust a gut week in wdek out.

I think we just have to go with Jeffy to get him back in form. Waiting for him to get into form in the VFL won’t happen. As for squibbing contests not sure about that I didn’t see those. He adds X factor up forward that we need and hopefully he stays down and crumbs the ball. 

[shorty 233]

2 minutes ago, timbo said:

Really would like to understand on the ground conditions at 7pm CST mid winter . Based on my basic understanding of the weather it does not look humid nor greasy/dewy

Dewy in Brisbane, Sydney, Darwin more to do with  mild evening temps in Winter makes the grass extremely greasy when the wind is calm.

[doc roet 1,210]

Goodwin pleasing the masses to take the spotlight of him I'm afraid.

[titan_uranus 22,546]

13 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Must say other than his brain fades I like Bugg. People lament his accuracy but kicking 1:4 shows he at least gets the ball.

Frankly the ins do nothing for me in the sense we have had many weeks over recent years where the same merry go round of players go in and out. We should win this weekend but it says nothing about where we are going.

People lament a lot more than just his goal-kicking accuracy.

He's hesitant with the ball, he makes critical mistakes, so when you add that inaccuracy in, you have a small forward who blows up our scoring chains either by turning it over or missing.

I will say though that his strengths are in running, tackling and pressure, so if we continue to struggle with the defensive side of things then I wouldn't be surprised to see him get another chance soon.

1 minute ago, Skuit said:

Frost will spectacularly [censored] up on numerous occasions.

Stretch struggles to make the transition to the AFL.

Garlett will have little impact if it's slippery under foot.

And Spargo is just about due for another rest . . . 

But I desperately hope they now lock down this team. 

Pedo, Vince, Hannan or Kent in the case of emergency.

Tyson only if it's to replace an injured inside role.  

Hunt to be worked back into the team on his return. 

I'm not a fan of Frost, nor of Stretch. Frost will turn it over or get caught holding the ball, and Stretch may well struggle with the contested side of the game. But I'm content to accept that those things will happen and back them in to fix us up in areas we know we need to be fixed in (run, carry, pace).

Agree re: Tyson - he plays as an inside midfielder playing a high proportion of his game time in the middle four, or he doesn't play at all.

[Earl Hood 5,789]

3 minutes ago, grey wolf said:

How does Trac get a game?

I wonder if the published side sends a message for Tracc? A lot of the selected 18 are out of position and is Tracc in the interchange club speak for you are on notice? 

[Deestroy All 14,262]

Only 2 weeks too late I suppose. 

[DeleteUser 638]

12 minutes ago, shorty said:

Dewy in Brisbane, Sydney, Darwin more to do with  mild evening temps in Winter makes the grass extremely greasy when the wind is calm.

Brisbane and Sydney are not even close to the same climate. Sydney especially so

 

not trying to be argumentative

forecast - wind light onshore, temp 22-24, RH27% (dry), dew point 11C, heat index 72 (low). No rain. 

Edited July 5, 2018 by timbo

[shorty 233]

Well tonight , Sydney is 19 it was 25 there today.

 As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets.

lived in Darwin for ten years and unless you have an evening breeze which in the dry season is rare the grass is  always greasy.

 Gets Greasy at the Gabba too .

 

[Demon17 4,617]

1 hour ago, McQueen said:

The way the ball is bombed into our forward line I’m surprised that Goodwin didn’t go with a couple of smalls weeks ago.

It’s just a band aid solution to our real issues of inefficient inside 50’s in my opinion but I hope it works. Need our big forwards clunking and converting.

And those delivering from outside 50 to hit targets and lower eyes.  Like jack Watts used, and not like Jack Viney Nathan Jones do  now.

 

[Demon Jack 6,333]

1 hour ago, timbo said:

Don't you mean his 252nd H&A game?

254th this week. Played his 250th against the Dogs. We've since played Collingwood, Port and the Bulldogs.