2 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

 

Oscar McDonald - opponent gave grief

 

Which one? He played on both Schache and Cordy.

Neither gave him much if any grief i wouldn't have thought.

Neither of Shache's goals were down to Omac and Omac only had two contested marks taken on him all day - one by  Shache and one by Cordy. 

And if you referring to Schache he was completely ineffectual in the second half (in the interests of transparency, given my affection for Omac, it should be noted Omac spent more time on Cordy than Schache in the second half. But Cordy was equally ineffectual!) . 

On 7/16/2018 at 3:18 PM, juzzk1d said:

Our team mates really need to help Frost out when it comes to his disposal. I noticed on several occasions, Frost will kick it to the player who is declaring for him to pass the ball. He doesn't anticipate or notice who is around that team mate, he will just do as asked.

This is what Gawn did on the wing, lead up and declared for the ball, only to be surrounded by 3 doggie players at ground level. When the ball is in Frosts hands, his team mates should only be declaring and screaming for him to pass it if it's completely safe to do so.

Otherwise point and tell him to go long to the boundary.

Correction - unless you're Fritschkrieg or Clarry in which case kick to them even if surrounded by all oppo players because...

https://youtu.be/Ul_hcxlA5KU?t=1m8s

 

On 7/16/2018 at 3:48 PM, daisycutter said:

except that dogs had 5 more inside 50's

just saying

My first impression is that Hogan is instructed to roam too far forward and that, in combination with forward 50 entries, is wasted in  so doing. The space left in our games as a result of this 'roaming' role is excessive; the forward line is a wasted area where so much could happen and is not possible.

This is when we elect to change direction; this is where we elect to swing the play, laterally. I am seldom happy with that process. 

It is not good enough because as Hogan moves back to 'home' territory he is followed closely by opposition defenders and in that process, is left unsupported by our runners/crumbers, and this leads in general terms to rebounds and loss of possession. At the same time, TMac's role is to get back there, too. He seldom has time to cover the ground - a vacuous wasteland - already flooded by opposition prime movers. We see a vanishing of the good work from our defenders and midfielders in the first place, and limited options for scoring. 

One kick might change this tendency and add to our score from the residual arsenal that does exist for the Dees.

It would exist if Hogan was not instructed to lead and roam so far forward.

We have the targets and the individuals to look after midfield clearances but it is being ignored if Hogan and his entourage are not present; TMac is the alleged substitute but TMac is doing other things, so kcuf them - let them crowd their own backline and midfield. The ball under normal circumstances and the possession of the ball remains in Demon hands so often in this regard. One loose possession loses that possession, time and again. One good pass to Hogan to take or to bring the ball to the ground to ground with his support team results in a goal. 

Forward brilliance, one-o-one (101). 

The only real option at the moment is to have one residual crumber/sharpie in place, deep forward, such as Garlett or Spargo. Not an acreage of space unoccupied by anticipating optimists. The ball bounces differently and the umpires crotch teams deliberately to keep both sides 'in the game'. For example, we should have been 10 goals ahead at half time against the Bulldogs. 

 

 

19 hours ago, binman said:

Which one? He played on both Schache and Cordy.

Neither gave him much if any grief i wouldn't have thought.

Neither of Shache's goals were down to Omac and Omac only had two contested marks taken on him all day - one by  Shache and one by Cordy. 

And if you referring to Schache he was completely ineffectual in the second half (in the interests of transparency, given my affection for Omac, it should be noted Omac spent more time on Cordy than Schache in the second half. But Cordy was equally ineffectual!) . 

Binnie, keeping strictly in the spirit of Joeboy's 3 word player analysis there is little opportunity for flexibility or balance in a 3 word comment. In general it is either probably going to be a bouquets or brickbats. My perception of Oscar's performance was he was under some duress from young Schache in the first half, who was providing the bullies with a target going forward, as evident by the number of his positive play involvements. Agree, in the second half Sam Frost appeared to be his minder and his influence on the game waned as it did for a number of players in the bullies team. Was the switch of Schache's opponent in the second half orchestrated from the coach's box? Perhaps the coach should be applauded for this move and other tactics that turned the game in the Dees favour!

To be fair Oscar did make a positive contribution to the team performance as he does most weeks, but given the constrictions of this format perhaps his Ying needed greater Yang.

1 hour ago, Tarax Club said:

Binnie, keeping strictly in the spirit of Joeboy's 3 word player analysis there is little opportunity for flexibility or balance in a 3 word comment. In general it is either probably going to be a bouquets or brickbats. My perception of Oscar's performance was he was under some duress from young Schache in the first half, who was providing the bullies with a target going forward, as evident by the number of his positive play involvements. Agree, in the second half Sam Frost appeared to be his minder and his influence on the game waned as it did for a number of players in the bullies team. Was the switch of Schache's opponent in the second half orchestrated from the coach's box? Perhaps the coach should be applauded for this move and other tactics that turned the game in the Dees favour!

To be fair Oscar did make a positive contribution to the team performance as he does most weeks, but given the constrictions of this format perhaps his Ying needed greater Yang.

How about: Omac - another positive contribution

(by the by: he played on Cordy and Schache at different times right throughout the game. I reckon it was probably a 40-60 split, with Cordy being the 40.

Omac wasn't moved off Schache as such and played on him at times in the 3rd and 4th qs, but in any case i don't think was particularly influential given where he got the ball).