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Someone might have some stats on this to back this up (or disprove it) but I feel like we play such a disciplined way that we rarely have shots for goal around 50m out unless under immense pressure or from a set shot.  Our strategy is to bomb long to Brown (or whoever) hoping they will mark or create a contest and the smaller players crumb.

Many other teams seem to be prepared to handball off to a designated kicker in this position or even have a go from general play.  I'd like to see us try a bit of this - if nothing else it makes us a bit less predictable as the opposition know we're going to kick it long to our forward target EVERY time currently.

Makes me wonder though... who would be the player you would want to receive the ball outside 50 to have a shot off a couple of steps?  There isn't a standout for mine... Petracca is hit and miss, does Salem have the distance?  Rivers? Hibberd?  Sparrow?  May?  Harmes?

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Gawns set shots outside 50 have a good strike rate. 

Trac and Sparrow bombing from outside 50 in play are good. Hunt also, though he’s usually running inside 50 if he gets shots these days. 

Would love for a tall forward to own this and start sinking shots from outside 50 like other teams talls seem to do.

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In fairness though, it's very rare we seem them do it.  I don't think its necessarily that we don't have players with the skills to execute it.  Hibberd used to in his AA year.  Bernie Vince used to do it when we were sh!te.

I think this is an area we could easily develop.  You get one or two of these per game and it makes a big difference.

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Maxy from a set shot.  Sparrow in general play or a set shot.  If sparrow is in it might be worth pushing him forward a little more in the next few matches to see what he can offer in this regard.  Not much else happening around the 50 outside of these two.

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Dunno what the stats are but Tracs goal kicking in general is atrocious for an A Lister IMO.
Gawn's ok if he can get to 50 with his little cheat.
But we haven't got any as far as I'm concerned.
The odd players that do have a crack mostly hook 'em looking for the extra distance.

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7 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Jack Watts.

Not even a pisstake. You appreciate how many clutch goals he kicked with us when he was just inside 50 or outside.

He's exactly the type of player we need right now.

Yeah, cos all our blokes are sticking tackles and running hard to space ATM. 

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