Got to fix those 2nd Quarters

If Useless AFL Stats keep this up, they’ll have to drop the first word of their name.

For the last two seasons now we’ve played poorly in second quarters. 
You can’t be at 100% for 4 quarters. So it’s just a matter of minimizing the damage. So far we haven’t been blown apart in second quarters other than against the Dogs who piled on 7 goals. 
 

Not worried about last quarters. We’ve had games just about won in the last and have been parking the bus to conserve energy. 
We can go for 4 quarters if we need to. 

Edited April 20, 20224 yr by Jaded No More

Interesting to see when we play Freo if they come home with a wet sail. Haven't been watching them, but maybe they've upped their fitness to run out games.

1 hour ago, Nasher said:

If Useless AFL Stats keep this up, they’ll have to drop the first word of their name.

Unfortunately tge afl dropped the only bloody thing I liked about their stats - AFL StatsPro, the video program that counts stats and shows (showed) every involvement of every player for every game.

Spewing.

Carlton zero wins and a % of 33 in the third Quarter! 

whay does Vossy do to them at half time??!!

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

Carlton zero wins and a % of 33 in the third Quarter! 

whay does Vossy do to them at half time??!!

David King has pointed out that they have 5 mids who dominate the time in the middle. So that may be a depth issue or a ‘hardening’ and ‘resilience’ tactic but it means that fatigue from Walsh, Cripps, Kennedy, Hewett, pittonet, and Cerra will arrive more than most teams - especially when not used to that workload. We have 3 that have played 80% or more in the middle which I would guess to be CP5, CO13, and JV7 - hardened stars.

28 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Carlton zero wins and a % of 33 in the third Quarter! 

whay does Vossy do to them at half time??!!

Despite this glaringly bad statistic Vossy & the Blues are the media’s darlings. 

You never want to bomb in any quarter but if there is one where I don't mind a slight drop off it's the second. Our 3rd quarters in recent times have just blown the league away. 

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Interesting to see when we play Freo if they come home with a wet sail. Haven't been watching them, but maybe they've upped their fitness to run out games.

They've beaten Crows by 1pt, Lost to Saints by 10, smashed Eagles by 55, easily the Giants by 34 and the Bombers by 48. Very easy draw so far, Blues and Cats the next 2 will show where they're at.

Stats, stats, stats, Rising Stars, Norm Smith, AA - only one stat interests me and the way our boys, playing “Team First” footy it seems they too, seek only one stat

14 🏆 

1 hour ago, binman said:

Unfortunately tge afl dropped the only bloody thing I liked about their stats - AFL StatsPro, the video program that counts stats and shows (showed) every involvement of every player for every game.

Spewing.

More dumbing down of the AFL website which I find shallow in content and almost unusable 

We only like kicking 1 way then aha