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Well this was a **** weekend. 

 
4 hours ago, hardtack said:

I’d like to see Bedford come in for Kozzy this week… he’s earned his chance and Kozzy needs a break in the VFL; hopefully he’ll also take a break from believing the hype.

Not sure his earnt his chance? Hasn't kicked a goal in his past 2 VFL games and only had 9 disposal last week and was barely sighted. 

 

11 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Not sure his earnt his chance? Hasn't kicked a goal in his past 2 VFL games and only had 9 disposal last week and was barely sighted. 

 

Bowey is the man !

 
1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Bowey is the man !

I thought he was a defender


7 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

And Weideman is a high half forward, but you seem to have no problem with him being a Full Forward in the AFL side. 

Is this your thing now? Trying to troll me by misrepresenting things I've said?

Here's some facts for you slugger.

 

 
1 minute ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

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Ah ok, at least you're admitting to trolling now and I can just put you on ignore.

Have a good school holidays fella.


Just now, Lord Nev said:

Ah ok, at least you're admitting to trolling now and I can just put you on ignore.

Have a good school holidays fella.

Hahhaha. As opposed to facepalm emojing everyone’s posts and not really want to engage in constructive debate. I’m still waiting on the lesson on social media business marketing ??

1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Bowey could come in if the Match Committee decided to persist with Hunt in the forward line in Pickett's place. 

Not sure the Hunt forward experiment was a winner on the weekend tbh. I would think he goes back again this week IMO.

4 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Not sure the Hunt forward experiment was a winner on the weekend tbh. I would think he goes back again this week IMO.

Hunt’s the most accurate set shot for goal at the club.

He should stay forward and BBB and Melksham should come in to sort out our disastrous set shots for goal that have plagued us for most of the year.


1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Hunt’s the most accurate set shot for goal at the club.

He should stay forward and BBB and Melksham should come in to sort out our disastrous set shots for goal that have plagued us for most of the year.

Reckon his sample size is a bit small to be saying he's the best set shot, and his lack of awareness against GWS when forward will mean he'll go back to where he's found his niche IMO. I'm not totally against the idea, just for mine it doesn't seem that likely.

Definitely keen on Brown and Melksham coming in, but might not make a huge difference if we keep going slow around the boundary. That's the main tweak needed for me, centre clearances will help that potentially too.

What 3 forwards do you have coming out to have all of Hunt, Brown and Melksham in there?

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Hunt’s the most accurate set shot for goal at the club.

He should stay forward and BBB and Melksham should come in to sort out our disastrous set shots for goal that have plagued us for most of the year.

According to the stats I can find on Stats Insider, that's not actually correct. Not even in our top 5.

Stats Insider has data on all set shots from Round 1 2018 to Round 6 2021. I've gone through and here are all the players on our list who have a set shot accuracy of at least 50% (minimum 10 shots in the time period):

  1. Daw - 71% (14 set shots)
  2. TMac - 63% (104 shots)
  3. Jones - 63% (19 shots)
  4. B Brown - 61% (178 shots)
  5. M Brown - 60% (52 shots)
  6. ANB - 59% (32 shots)
  7. Hunt - 57% (35 shots)
  8. Weideman - 56% (55 shots)
  9. Petty - 55% (11 shots)
  10. Gawn - 52% (42 shots)
  11. Fritsch - 51% (92 shots)
  12. Melksham - 51% (65 shots)
  13. Tomlinson - 50% (18 shots)

And then below 50%:

  1. Brayshaw - 48% (27 set shots)
  2. Spargo - 44% (18 shots)
  3. Petracca - 42% (60 shots)
  4. Harmes - 41% (29 shots)
  5. Langdon - 36% (28 shots)
  6. Viney - 36% (11 shots)
  7. Pickett - 36% (14 shots)
  8. Oliver - 24% (25 shots)
15 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Bowey could come in if the Match Committee decided to persist with Hunt in the forward line in Pickett's place. 

Yep that is the thinking

16 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

According to the stats I can find on Stats Insider, that's not actually correct. Not even in our top 5.

Stats Insider has data on all set shots from Round 1 2018 to Round 6 2021. I've gone through and here are all the players on our list who have a set shot accuracy of at least 50% (minimum 10 shots in the time period):

  1. Daw - 71% (14 set shots)
  2. TMac - 63% (104 shots)
  3. Jones - 63% (19 shots)
  4. B Brown - 61% (178 shots)
  5. M Brown - 60% (52 shots)
  6. ANB - 59% (32 shots)
  7. Hunt - 57% (35 shots)
  8. Weideman - 56% (55 shots)
  9. Petty - 55% (11 shots)
  10. Gawn - 52% (42 shots)
  11. Fritsch - 51% (92 shots)
  12. Melksham - 51% (65 shots)
  13. Tomlinson - 50% (18 shots)

And then below 50%:

  1. Brayshaw - 48% (27 set shots)
  2. Spargo - 44% (18 shots)
  3. Petracca - 42% (60 shots)
  4. Harmes - 41% (29 shots)
  5. Langdon - 36% (28 shots)
  6. Viney - 36% (11 shots)
  7. Pickett - 36% (14 shots)
  8. Oliver - 24% (25 shots)

 Oliver, Pickett and Petracca kill us..Wow its like our whole midfield can't kick. Gawn is better than the lot of them

 

I thought Spargo was better than that. Didn't he kick 8g 1b last year?

 

50 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

 Oliver, Pickett and Petracca kill us..Wow its like our whole midfield can't kick. Gawn is better than the lot of them

 

I thought Spargo was better than that. Didn't he kick 8g 1b last year?

 

But all three have kicked well earlier in the year We need a refresh on the things that hit us to Top earlier in the year.

We have become defensive complacent and let our standards slip.


2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

 Oliver, Pickett and Petracca kill us..Wow its like our whole midfield can't kick. Gawn is better than the lot of them

I thought Spargo was better than that. Didn't he kick 8g 1b last year?

Spargo's 60% from snaps but only 44% from set shots. And the data does go back to 2018.

But you're right, last year he kicked 8.1, with the only miss being a set shot.

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