POSTGAME: Practice Match vs Fremantle

[Deemania since 56 6,797]

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

Disco played like he was at a Disco and was largely MIA!

 The midline doesn't seem to suit Disco, I reckon...due most probably to his height not duplicating that of more successful forwards and so, he has considerable need to move his body to the fall of the ball as it comes in, at varying speeds. I think that his best work is on the flanks from deep in the fwd line to the wing; he does have accelerating pace, is capably agile, directionally on the run and on a timed lead (a real strength of his), can take a few  'beauties' with the strong mits. Did I mention that he has a great eye to set up some fine goals? 

[Deemania since 56 6,797]

47 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Windsor but more dangerous and effective when he pushed higher up the ground.  Back to the wing for mine. 

Blud oath!

[Wizard of Koz 1,182]

3 hours ago, picket fence said:

And yet ok to pot shot Jeffo ( for perceived weaknesses) but not Fritsch? I'd drop Fritsch on last nights effort but they wont! Chandler also has done nothing for a long while and should spend time at Casey! I don't give a fat rats clacker if he provides more pressure than a thousand jet tyres going through a bees diaphram... KICK SOME GOALS for a change!

Dont forget he does have the credits of being a 6 goal GF Premiership Legend of the club

[Demon Dynasty 17,143]

52 minutes ago, stinga said:

It's hard to know with Bowey  Even though he got a bit of the ball he butchered it and was ineffective against their smalls who created havoc. He is small and not very aggressive but usually highly skilled.   Maybe with TMac and Petty back in the backline, it becomes more contested and strong, less reliant on him contributing to that, so it doesn't show up so much in his game and he then has more time to deliver properly.   We won't know until they all play together.  Windsor also becomes a better player with those two back.  A strong suggestion by others is that Rivers needs to take Bowey's defence spot now that Langford will hold down a midfield place, Langdon has gone to the midfield and Sparrow is going well.  Especially when Kossie comes back.  That is 7 major midfielders.

I'd rather see Rivers in the middle and Lingers back to his wing for Billings Stinga.

Rivers has show something through there in patches last season.  Need to persevere.  His upside is bigger than Lingers through there imho.

Bowey hasn't been the same since his return from the LTI problem but certainly deserves a fair stab at getting his mojo back.  He may need to try and find that mojo again at Casey however.

[Demon Dynasty 17,143]

1 hour ago, Demon Dynasty said:

FWIW after one praccy and noting that it's just one pre-season warm up so not casting anyone in the bin at this point.  Comments purely relate to this game in isolation...

POSITIVES:

Clarry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tracc ⭐️⭐️⭐

Salem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Big M  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Windsor but more dangerous and effective when he pushed higher up the ground.  Back to the wing for mine.  ⭐️⭐️⭐️

AJ - Early jitters but improved as the match went on.  I like ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kozzy - only one quarter to go by but electrifying from the get go.  Needs to play 80 / 20 Small Forward / CBAs (or thereabouts) once he returns though imo.  We need his goal kicking smarts and ability to convert.  Our constant inaccuracy is a momentum / coach killer.

Sparrow ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - has shown VG early pre-season and in-seaaon form before though.  Needs to bring this level or so most weeks.

PASS MARK

Langdon but like others i feel he needs to get back to the wing pronto for Billings

NQRS THAT WEREN'T AT THE LEVEL

Billings

Howes

Bowey

Chandler

Woe - albeit with limited TOG.  Needs a bigger hit out to see where he's really at.  Looks slow both across the ground and with decision making though and will need to start showing off other assets this season if he's to gain some traction and a regular spot in the 22.

Edit:  Forgot to add Salem as one of the positives.  Thought he was solid for the majority.

Edited 10 hours ago by Demon Dynasty

[Earl Hood 6,162]

35 minutes ago, DeeBlood said:

Yes, is but not when it is used incorrectly.

"whence" means "from where" so "from whence" is a tautology. "From" in that instance was redundant.

Money: Whence it came, where it went! Actually the title of a book by JK Galbraith! 

[kev martin 10,820]

There is a replay of the praccy match in Mandurah on the AFL site https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7183

[buck_nekkid 6,090]

Biggest issue was how we got cut up by their pace and method off their hb line, leading to easy shots on goal.  Do we have plans on how to defend it, apart from dominating clearance and not turning it over in space??

[Demon Dynasty 17,143]

43 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

Biggest issue was how we got cut up by their pace and method off their hb line, leading to easy shots on goal.  Do we have plans on how to defend it, apart from dominating clearance and not turning it over in space??

BN i felt a fair chunk of that was to do with a combo of...

> Some poor / mostly shallow entries i50.  Many of our attacking forays inside were kicks from mid field falling in the 40 - 50 meter zones.  To me that's a groundhog issue from recent years that was on show yet again in the praccy.  Old habbits die hard it seems.

> Lack of pressure on the ball carrier i50.  This is also an issue due to a lack of pace in general amongst most of our forwards, bar Kozzy (when played there) and to a lessor degree Chin.  Chin also having little to no impact in any facet of the game last night was disappointing.

Sharp might be able to add something here and i'd be seriously looking to progress him into the 22 as a mid who pushes up into a medium - small forward role at times to add some zest and pressure when Kozzy is spending time at CBs (in preference to Chandler).

This is another reason i am all for Kozzy playing the bulk of time in a small forward goal sneak / pressure role.  He's our best pressure & small forward and by a fair margin.  Take him out for big chunks of time and you are robbing Peter.

> Some absolute butchering of the ball coming inside by both hand and foot.  In some cases with little to no pressure at all.  Some horrid turnovers that left everyone out of position forward of the ball, exposing us to the sling shot.

Regardless of whether it was Freo, most teams would've punished us here.

Yes Kozzy coming out of the middle to help curb the inside 50 delivery prob is handy, but surely we can find at least two others to bring some sort of return here.  Or maybe not!  But if we could this would  allow us the luxury of playing Kozzy in a mostly small forward / pressure role where his assets should have more impact in terms of scores from turnover inside our forward half.

> Lastly a lack of genuine contested or big marking options up forward with JVR out.  AJ was admirable but we look all at sea here without Roo and there ain't alot of danger elsewhere in the short term unless Disco has a pretty big year or AJ finds some serious mojo.

Edited 8 hours ago by Demon Dynasty

[Diamond_Jim 12,736]

2 hours ago, DeeBlood said:

Whence, Hence and Thence 🤣🤣

Forever thus