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Oliver: take first option
Petracca: see comment above
May: was not worst
Pickett: below average game 
Mcdonald: delivery didnt help
Gawn: not Max's best
Brayshaw: understand your limitations
Petty: Hopefully learns lessons
Rivers: Hard at it
Jackson: looked likely sometimes
Fritsch: zero physical impact
Langdon: not much influence  
Harmes:  hardly noticed him 
Salem: just a game
Lever: our best defender 
Spargo: not worst forward 
Hibberd: did he play
Jordon: no frills trier
Neal-bullen: he went missing 
Sparrow: reaction time slow
Weideman: OMG

 
17 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Thought May was actually decent. Shut down Elliot in the first half but then went on Mihocek and I think he kicked one on him. The other goals were on Petty.

Petty was poor, although Darcy Cameron was gifted two of them by the umpire.

I'll preface this by saying I like petty but he was destroyed yesterday.

Can mark pretty well but his decision making on when to mark and when to spoil is not yet there. Too often gets bodied out of the contest.

And when he gets the ball in a close situation his first thought is to grab the ball tight and fall to the ground, I guess attempting to force a stoppage.

I find it hard to know whether this is being coached into him or whether he is nervous about his place in the side or if he genuinely doesn't have an attacking mode.

He's young and the jury is still out but I would like to see more progress from him soon.

 

17 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Thought May was actually decent. Shut down Elliot in the first half but then went on Mihocek and I think he kicked one on him. The other goals were on Petty.

Petty was poor, although Darcy Cameron was gifted two of them by the umpire.

May didn't play on Elliott in the first half. He was on Cameron. 

Hibberd was on Elliott. 

May would never play on Elliott. 


2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Oliver poor kicking.

When the game was in the balance, quarters 1 and 4 he didn't lay a single tackle and had 7 possessions for those 2 quarters combined. hopeless. 

4 hours ago, jnrmac said:

I'll preface this by saying I like petty but he was destroyed yesterday.

Can mark pretty well but his decision making on when to mark and when to spoil is not yet there. Too often gets bodied out of the contest.

And when he gets the ball in a close situation his first thought is to grab the ball tight and fall to the ground, I guess attempting to force a stoppage.

I find it hard to know whether this is being coached into him or whether he is nervous about his place in the side or if he genuinely doesn't have an attacking mode.

He's young and the jury is still out but I would like to see more progress from him soon.

 

I'd like to see Petty having a couple of runs as a forward instead of 'you know who'. Some specialist coaching and experience might be very handy. There is quite a deal of skills and intellect in the forward's role, and perhaps, he might display these to good effect. 

 
4 hours ago, Dr.D said:

When the game was in the balance, quarters 1 and 4 he didn't lay a single tackle and had 7 possessions for those 2 quarters combined. hopeless. 

My parallel observer of the TV coverage of the game counted 10 hits to Oliver's head (most from behind as haymakers) before half time so I guess the effects were quietly carried across the rest of the game. As we know, Max  gets his unfair share of these head and neck clouts each match despite the failing, oblivious eyes/decision-making of the snot goblins. 


1 hour ago, Deemania since 56 said:

My parallel observer of the TV coverage of the game counted 10 hits to Oliver's head (most from behind as haymakers) before half time so I guess the effects were quietly carried across the rest of the game. As we know, Max  gets his unfair share of these head and neck clouts each match despite the failing, oblivious eyes/decision-making of the snot goblins. 

Gawn and Oliver are repeatedly assaulted during matches.

6 hours ago, Dr.D said:

May didn't play on Elliott in the first half. He was on Cameron. 

Hibberd was on Elliott. 

May would never play on Elliott. 

May was definitely standing Elliott when he was in front of us at the Randwick end. It was an obvious mismatch of size but Elliott was not able to use any speed advantage so it worked but May dropped a couple and fumbled uncharacteristically.

He did take the first grab in the mark thar Cameron was paid but he was not directly standing him. Elliott certainly got away from him in Third quarter.He stood Mihohek a few times. Our defence did seem to hold positions while Pies forwards rotated. The subsequent confusion created was responsible for the looseness that led to goals. But the defence did not lse the game. Our forwards lost it and their defence won it through better marking and distribution.

On 6/14/2021 at 6:29 PM, chook fowler said:

TMac - was fully dilated

Sparrow - caught too often

Petty - shades of OMac

Weed - over and out

JJ - a consistent performer

Kozzie - doesn’t do enough 

Goodwin - a wakeup call

Chook Fowler - seriously peed off

Need to play Petty Foward or he will turn into OMac

1 hour ago, Old Bear said:

Need to play Petty Foward or he will turn into OMac

I'd love Petty forward instead of Weideman. Petty has showed promise in his 1 game trialled as a forward. 

12 hours ago, dpositive said:

May was definitely standing Elliott when he was in front of us at the Randwick end. It was an obvious mismatch of size but Elliott was not able to use any speed advantage so it worked but May dropped a couple and fumbled uncharacteristically.

He did take the first grab in the mark thar Cameron was paid but he was not directly standing him. Elliott certainly got away from him in Third quarter.He stood Mihohek a few times. Our defence did seem to hold positions while Pies forwards rotated. The subsequent confusion created was responsible for the looseness that led to goals. But the defence did not lse the game. Our forwards lost it and their defence won it through better marking and distribution.

The accuracy and speed of delivery to their forwards by the pies was par excellence and our defenders were limited in stopping them.

Was a great performance and I hope we took notice. Our mids blew it as much as our forward line did imho.


On 6/14/2021 at 6:09 PM, Dr.D said:

Weideman: not 1 kick

-Built Like Tarzan

-Plays Like Jane

8 hours ago, chook fowler said:

I doubt Jane is very happy with that comparison 

Nor Tarzan, either. 

On 6/14/2021 at 8:54 PM, loges said:

Who was umpire no, 10 FMD

The [censored] who stuffed the May hands on the mark, paid htb against Sparrow who had kicked it away and a deliberate when it was hand balled to a Demon as well as the no htb on Blicavs which cost the lions the game. He is hopeless. Will probably get the GF. 


On 6/15/2021 at 5:59 PM, Deemania since 56 said:

I'd like to see Petty having a couple of runs as a forward instead of 'you know who'. Some specialist coaching and experience might be very handy. There is quite a deal of skills and intellect in the forward's role, and perhaps, he might display these to good effect. 

And who will take his rôle until Tomlinson returns to defence?  Majak?

On 6/15/2021 at 7:32 PM, bingers said:

Gawn and Oliver are repeatedly assaulted during matches.

But SHocking and Gil tell us repeatedly that  the head is sacrosanct, and if course Christian does too (when the commentators highlight it) ?

On 6/15/2021 at 6:06 PM, Deemania since 56 said:

My parallel observer of the TV coverage of the game counted 10 hits to Oliver's head (most from behind as haymakers) before half time so I guess the effects were quietly carried across the rest of the game. As we know, Max  gets his unfair share of these head and neck clouts each match despite the failing, oblivious eyes/decision-making of the snot goblins. 

AFL should be hammered for letting this happen:

- Mummy & Nankervis thugs, opponent beats me oh I’ll hit him in the head

- if DeGoey got sent off for a quarter would have a better effect (replay should be used on this type of crap)

On 6/16/2021 at 12:23 PM, chook fowler said:

I doubt Jane is very happy with that comparison 

In this modern world. Yes!

 
15 hours ago, Redleg said:

The [censored] who stuffed the May hands on the mark, paid htb against Sparrow who had kicked it away and a deliberate when it was hand balled to a Demon as well as the no htb on Blicavs which cost the lions the game. He is hopeless. Will probably get the GF. 

Nothing Surer. Will be the next Hayden Kennedy in 15 years..

Buckley outcoaches Goodwin


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