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10 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I heard it was a 9.3% drop off.

Gee I was told it was a 3.67% increase in fitness levels. 

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On 9/8/2022 at 11:16 PM, KingDingAling said:

We could be twice as fit as last year and wouldn’t matter. Basic execution of skills are vital in this game, but more importantly - execution inside 50. The aim of the game is to hammer those goals through the big sticks. We got a former ruck as our forward coach, and we’re selling our hopes on Gawn and/or Grundy being forwards next year when their previous history says otherwise. I don’t understand why anyone would get on the back of Griffith. We’re being outplayed due to a rigid game plan. If we are made look like witches hats in the last quarter it’s because opposing teams take risks and play with flair, and last year that wasn’t the case. Teams have worked us out. I think Griffith is doing a tremendous job. On the injury front we’ve once again been blessed. A result largely attributed to Griffith. Fantastic effort.

Good call.

Watching live all year you could see the game plan issues and the 'down the line' to the pocket continuosly yielded poor results.

St. Kilda was a great example.  Absolutely brilliant play, Saints then change approach at half time and we folded - winning on the back on 2o mintes of sublime football.

Happened week after week in the 10 - 0 period.

Lethargic coaching and lack of deep analysis of on-field issues IMO. Constant re-fresh needed in this caper or your'e behind the pack before you know it. Darcy Moore, Howe, McCartins etc.  would have loved facing the Dees this year.

 

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I think the players were mentally fatigued, not physically. Look at the last 5 minutes of the SF - we were all over Brisbane because the sniff of a victory refreshed the players mentally. They were certainly physically fit enough!!

 

But it Points to the need to manage players during the year, to keep their mental freshness.

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Does anyone have access to the total number of players we used compared to other clubs? Number of debutants (we had one)? Games missed through injury?

I seem to remember these data being mentioned in previous years. 
And I acknowledge that there are very different reasons that clubs use more (developing lists, struggling on field) or fewer (settled contenders). 

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On 9/16/2022 at 2:36 PM, monoccular said:

Does anyone have access to the total number of players we used compared to other clubs? Number of debutants (we had one)? Games missed through injury?

For total number of players used in a season, click here and sort by number of players used (3rd column). West Coast used the most last season with 47; Melbourne the least with 33; AFL average was 38.

For number of debutants, click here (not sure how reliable the data is). West Coast had the most with 10; Melbourne the least with 1.

For games missed through injury, the AFL usually publishes an annual injury report in May of the following year

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And does anyone know who the coaches working under Griffith are?

Am I correct in thinking AFL clubs now have a "High Performance Manager" (e.g. the role Griffith is in) and a separate "Strength and Conditioning Coach"?

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5 hours ago, dice said:

For total number of players used in a season, click here and sort by number of players used (3rd column). West Coast used the most last season with 47; Melbourne the least with 33; AFL average was 38.

Interesting. WC had all those problems with Covid and had to bring in players from their top-up list, which skews the figures somewhat (AFL average).

Also interesting that there's a kind of trend for the teams up the top of the ladder to use fewer players, presumably because of having more settled lists. Would be interested to see the Players Used lined up against games lost to injury.


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