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Though Weid was great on the weekend in combination with Jackson and think he could be downright dangerous as the season progresses and he builds more confidence and form.  If he had have kicked just a little straighter, I thought he could have kicked 4 or 5 goals against Hawthorn.

Anyway, good little article on him in the Fairfax online.

'She sometimes is in the COVID ward': Why Weideman's partner won't be joining AFL hub

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/she-sometimes-is-in-the-covid-ward-why-weideman-s-partner-won-t-be-joining-afl-hub-20200720-p55dq7.html

After the headline part about his partners nursing, there is also a pretty good write up about his football struggles over the past 18 months and the support he got off team mates and the club.

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17 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Though Weid was great on the weekend in combination with Jackson and think he could be downright dangerous as the season progresses and he builds more confidence and form.  If he had have kicked just a little straighter, I thought he could have kicked 4 or 5 goals against Hawthorn.

 

Was unlucky not to have 4 goals, as he did hit the post on one shot.

 A breakout game is coming...  soon he will be the Petracca of KPF's.

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Still 2 grabs almost every mark over his head, but a couple of his marks on the lead were true power-forward efforts.

His aggression in the air was fantastic, and he looked tough as nails in the contest. We've been crying out for that since Neita.

Start single grabbing overhead and we have something that is a major piece of the finals puzzle. Harris Andrews a huge test to see if he has turned a corner, or was a flash in the pan.

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10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Gave at least 1 away...

Yeah, but to be fair, I think I recall he was on the end of a few easy over the top type hand balls and/or kicks to him loose in the goal square as well.

All in all, I think this kind of play is a great sign for how the team played to be creating the loose players up the ground through hard running, then a willingness to use team mates in a better position, the skills/confidence to pull it off and the resulting high percentage shots on goal.   It's something which has been missing from our game and present in our opponents for a lot of last season and is just starting to find it's way back into our game again now.

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1 minute ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Yeah, but to be fair, I think I recall he was on the end of a few easy over the top type hand balls and/or kicks to him loose in the goal square as well.

All in all, I think this kind of play is a great sign for how the team played to be creating the loose players up the ground through hard running, then a willingness to use team mates in a better position, the skills/confidence to pull it off and the resulting high percentage shots on goal.   It's something which has been missing from our game and present in our opponents for a lot of last season and is just starting to find it's way back into our game again now.

Breaking from your opponent at the right time to get the easy over-the-top is something that our forwards have been too lazy to do the past 18 months or so.

His work in the contest has improved, and I certainly wont begrudge a couple of easy ones when he is doing the hard stuff.

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4 minutes ago, faultydet said:

Start single grabbing overhead and we have something that is a major piece of the finals puzzle. Harris Andrews a huge test to see if he has turned a corner, or was a flash in the pan.

Took a great clean grab drifting across the front of the pack in the last quarter and then proceeded to miss the goal which I had expected him to kick based on his simple, confident, reliable goal kicking up until that point.

Hopefully T Mac is there also to take some of the Harris Andrews heat off the Weid.

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8 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Yeah, but to be fair, I think I recall he was on the end of a few easy over the top type hand balls and/or kicks to him loose in the goal square as well.

All in all, I think this kind of play is a great sign for how the team played to be creating the loose players up the ground through hard running, then a willingness to use team mates in a better position, the skills/confidence to pull it off and the resulting high percentage shots on goal.   It's something which has been missing from our game and present in our opponents for a lot of last season and is just starting to find it's way back into our game again now.

Better than having an empty Fwd Line to kick to. 
Weid has a lot of improvement in him, no doubt. But he earnt his spot yesterday. 
Hit many packs up fwd and some further up the ground

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4 minutes ago, faultydet said:

Breaking from your opponent at the right time to get the easy over-the-top is something that our forwards have been too lazy to do the past 18 months or so.

His work in the contest has improved, and I certainly wont begrudge a couple of easy ones when he is doing the hard stuff.

I think it's also been a function of playing in a congested forward line where the ball is just bombed in long to frequently as well.  What I saw a lot of against Hawthorn was backman being forced into leaving their forwards to pressure the ball carrier running into an otherwise fairly open forward line.  It's amazing what quick clean ball movement up the ground can do.

Probably also helps when our forwards have the smarts to hang back for longer and not get sucked too far up the ground.

Will be interesting to see if we can still achieve that well and hold our structures and two way run against Brisbane.

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4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Better than having an empty Fwd Line to kick to. 
Weid has a lot of improvement in him, no doubt. But he earnt his spot yesterday. 
Hit many packs up fwd and some further up the ground

Absolutely.

And don't get me wrong, I thought Weid was great.

I just thought it has also been a really good sign for the side over the past two weeks and particularly against the Hawks how they have been unselfish in sharing the ball between themselves to distribute the ball to a player in a better position in front of goal.  Fritsch, Hannan, Kosi, Bennel, Trac and Weid have all been great for each other in this respects I've thought and it seems to have really clicked.

Also agree that some of Weid's crashing of packs and bringing the ball has been great and really impactful to our forward play.

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7 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Absolutely.

And don't get me wrong, I thought Weid was great.

I just thought it has also been a really good sign for the side over the past two weeks and particularly against the Hawks how they have been unselfish in sharing the ball between themselves to distribute the ball to a player in a better position in front of goal.  Fritsch, Hannan, Kosi, Bennel, Trac and Weid have all been great for each other in this respects I've thought and it seems to have really clicked.

Also agree that some of Weid's crashing of packs and bringing the ball has been great and really impactful to our forward play.

A lot has changed in the last 2 games. 
Players are running hard. The options open up. Confidence rises


 

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I thought Weid was, like the rest of the side great.

I would like to see photographic evidence of him from training over the last 18 months.

Just looking on the TV Sunday i thought he has really developed some muscle structure in his arms.

Like Jackson and others these are still young developing bodies, their muscle profiles allows them the flexibility and speed that they display. As they get stronger with muscle development their other physical attributes will alter.

I reckon Weid is comin alone well.

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12 hours ago, faultydet said:

Harris Andrews a huge test to see if he has turned a corner, or was a flash in the pan.

Agree. Weid has been great to see him back as we all screamed out for his inclusion. However this week is pivotal as Andrews is now in the top bracket of key defenders. Gives nothing away and plays tight and tough.
True test for Weideman this week. He has lifted his input. In Suns match, I say he went hard at the pack 60%. Against the Hawks, it was 80%. I’m not saying he has to crash or compete in every aerial contest but still needs to be more physical and strong in the mark. He was not running “under the ball”  as much as in 2019. 

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