WERRIDEE 5,641 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 Just now, loges said: If Weid gets picked next week we are going backwards Brown will play and Melksham will be sub. I don't think form in the VFL will mean a lot with the short turn around 1 Quote
loges 6,767 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, Northern Summer said: Half time and Brown apparently barely had a kick... if this continues all game, who do we bring in next week? Brown! Quote
Lord Nev 13,512 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 Brown and Melksham on the bench for the start of the 3rd. 2 Quote
Demon Dynasty 17,169 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Lord Nev said: Prepping for a bike ride to Adelaide oval? Edited July 3, 2021 by Rusty Nails 2 Quote
Earl Hood 6,167 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said: Brown and Melksham on the bench for the start of the 3rd. Holding over for Thursday game? 1 1 Quote
monoccular 17,760 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, loges said: If Weid gets picked next week we are going backwards Someone in another thread suggested JSmith, which would be a backwards leap - Weed would depend on what he does and how he does it tonight. Anyine know if the opposition are any good? 1 Quote
Lord Nev 13,512 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Earl Hood said: Holding over for Thursday game? Seems like it. Quote
loges 6,767 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 1 minute ago, monoccular said: Someone in another thread suggested JSmith, which would be a backwards leap - Weed would depend on what he does and how he does it tonight. Anyine know if the opposition are any good? Can't replicate VFL form in the AFL Quote
Swooper1987 3,322 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 Just got home - lasted the first half. It's bloody freezing at Casey Fields. On the first half Brown is no chance. Didn't get near it. Weidemann was solid - took some nice grabs. Vandenberg playing well but he's more of the same really. I think Weid offers us more versatility. Brown does nothing when he doesn't have the ball and gets it so rarely that his impact with it is negligible. 2 1 Quote
Demon Dynasty 17,169 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said: Just got home - lasted the first half. It's bloody freezing at Casey Fields. On the first half Brown is no chance. Didn't get near it. Weidemann was solid - took some nice grabs. Vandenberg playing well but he's more of the same really. I think Weid offers us more versatility. Brown does nothing when he doesn't have the ball and gets it so rarely that his impact with it is negligible. Half the problem might be the quality of supply Swooper. The MFC don't have a history of playing with a genuine Key Tall on the lead and i doubt our VFL squad (tonight), Melk maybe an exception, would have the foot skills to even place the ball in the right spots out in front (softly) let alone lower their vision and look for him on the lead very often. I suspect most will just play their usual run and gun style and hope someone takes a clunker or a small starts crumbing off the spillages (deeper vs on the lead). Hopefully the likes of Rosman & DeClase will learn a bit of this and have the skills to do so more often in the next few years. Would we even have this skill set as a desired / key objective within our senior FD teachings given Stafford was a ruckman? P.S. i did see Rosman spot up BB last week doubling back and managed to kick it over the heads of the defenders allowing BB to run onto it and goal....so he already has the potential / brains here. Edited July 3, 2021 by Rusty Nails 2 Quote
hardtack 11,107 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 GWS get their first goal for the quarter 15 points the difference 1 Quote
Swooper1987 3,322 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Rusty Nails said: Half the problem might be the quality of supply Swooper. The MFC don't have a history of playing with a genuine Key Tall on the lead and i doubt our VFL squad (tonight), Melk maybe an exception, would have the foot skills to even place the ball in the right spots out in front (softly) let alone lower their vision and look for him on the lead very often. I suspect most will just play their usual run and gun style and hope someone takes a clunker or a small starts crumbing off the spillages (deeper vs on the lead). Hopefully the likes of Rosman & DeClase will learn a bit of this and have the skills to do so more often in the next few years. Would we even have this skill set as a desired / key objective within our senior FD teachings given Stafford was a ruckman? You are possibly, no probably ,right about our delivery. The truth is that won't change in the next two months, which makes Brown redundant. He can't really offer anything than a straight hard lead, which the mids will invariably miss. Perhaps he brings the odd ball to ground but I'd prefer Weidemann to have more impact given the way our side move the ball. I know it sounds counter intuitive based on Weid's recent output. 1 Quote
KC from Casey 7,213 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 3/4 T Casey lead by 15 points Demons 7.9.51 to Giants 5.6.36 Goals Weideman 3 Grey Melksham, Munro White Disposals Bowey 22 vandenBerg 19 Jetta 16 Declase 15 2 Quote
Diamond_Jim 12,778 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 not many understand what the modern VFL is all about It's a training session with simualted match conditions GWS are playing top up players and we are ... well I hope we know what we are doing. On a sunny day it's a lovely watch.. when it's 4 degrees dark and an hour minimum drive home I'll get back to a decent movie 1 1 Quote
Demon Dynasty 17,169 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said: You are possibly, no probably ,right about our delivery. The truth is that won't change in the next two months, which makes Brown redundant. He can't really offer anything than a straight hard lead, which the mids will invariably miss. Perhaps he brings the odd ball to ground but I'd prefer Weidemann to have more impact given the way our side move the ball. I know it sounds counter intuitive based on Weid's recent output. I know he is probably out again with a suspect hammy Swooper but would have been a perfect fit to land Cameron, albeit he was never coming i realise. Personally i think we have to give BB a decent block and run at it from here to test the waters otherwise we probably don't make a PF this season let alone a GF. 2 Quote
loges 6,767 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 People who keep advocating for Weid are like the punter who keeps backing a horse in the city that they saw win a maiden at Moe and can't work out why it keeps running last. 8 4 1 Quote
Earl Hood 6,167 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said: Just got home - lasted the first half. It's bloody freezing at Casey Fields. On the first half Brown is no chance. Didn't get near it. Weidemann was solid - took some nice grabs. Vandenberg playing well but he's more of the same really. I think Weid offers us more versatility. Brown does nothing when he doesn't have the ball and gets it so rarely that his impact with it is negligible. From what I saw last Sunday, Weid looked good playing the high half forward/wing role. Problem is that is where TMac is killing them, especially today he was brilliant but he is commanding the ball between wing and half forward and then kicking into a forward void of Spargo, ANB and Fritsch. 3 Quote
Swooper1987 3,322 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 Just now, Earl Hood said: From what I saw last Sunday, Weid looked good playing the high half forward/wing role. Problem is that is where TMac is killing them, especially today he was brilliant but he is commanding the ball between wing and half forward and then kicking into a forward void of Spargo, ANB and Fritsch. Yep, would agree with that, although Weid has hit the scoreboard tonight. I think they (Macca and Weid) are both lead up half forwards. 1 Quote
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