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My 3 word player analysis V Sydney

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16 hours ago, DEE fence said:

Chin's delivery inside 50 was superb:

Hard Flat Passes

Maybe he could teach a few others to do the same, switching the ball would be so much easier.

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    4 hours ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Spargo - Does his job

    Time he was given some credit for what he does week in week out.

    Spargo......lots of guts.

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    20 hours ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

    Am I missing something with May? Every week multiple people come on here and give him a bake. He’s not the AFL’s premier defender anymore but he’s still easily one of the first picked.

    20 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

    May - marked too harshly

    Maybe . But he doesn't seem to be the player that would destroy opponents when he would take ten marks a game and mostly contested. And over the last three years or so has fumbled below his knees more.

    But time and tide and even after several off games by May warrants selection in most teams. So while some criticism is justified, generally, I concur that he gets too much flack. Like Salem does as well. These two defenders along with Lever firing were the reason we won a flag and made finals so consistently.

    But you just can't keep performing at those high standard at their ages. Injuries come and sideline you making it harder to maintain those levels.

    Having said that Salem looked like he was in his form of five years ago.

    And Tmac if Lucky probably only has two more years.

    But it's no real concern for alarm given we have Disco, Bowser and Petts around. And Mcvee. As for young man Rivers, I like having him in the middle.

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    5 hours ago, demon3165 said:

    Guess you missed the turnover ones then.

    Must’ve misunderstood me mate - free as in; he turned the ball over the majority of the time yesterday. He once was an elite kick, but those days are just about done.

    Have loved Salo & credit to him for getting as much of the pill as he did, but his disposal was not to standard yesterday & has been for quite sometime unfortunately.

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    8 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

    Must’ve misunderstood me mate - free as in; he turned the ball over the majority of the time yesterday. He once was an elite kick, but those days are just about done.

    Have loved Salo & credit to him for getting as much of the pill as he did, but his disposal was not to standard yesterday & has been for quite sometime unfortunately.

    And he can't kick over 40 metres even Viney can kick 45....but I totally agree with you on him.

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    1 hour ago, demon3165 said:

    And he can't kick over 40 metres even Viney can kick 45....but I totally agree with you on him.

    He went at 71% yesterday 3 turnovers, twelve score assists and over 400m gained, he was our highest rated player, I had him in my top four.

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    2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    He went at 71% yesterday 3 turnovers, twelve score assists and over 400m gained, he was our highest rated player, I had him in my top four.

    Oh good. I thought I would have to re-watch the game and focus on him. I thought it was a very good game from Salem. Glad I'm not the only one.

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    Lever - is he injured?

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    On 25/05/2025 at 23:12, DEE fence said:

    Chin's delivery inside 50 was superb:

    Hard Flat Passes

    Its interesting you should note that.

    It's clearly something they have been working on, ie low, flat passes inside 50 -often from near the boundary and kicked into the corridor on the 45.

    Langdon does several each game, ditto melk.

    And its more than just kicking back into the corridor - the kicks are being kept deliberately low, are often scrappy (particularly langdons) and often bounce before getting to the target.

    I'm guessing the idea is four fold:

    • Get it to the hotspot quickly, ie not floaters to reduce the time for the oppo to get numbers to the target and by doing

    • Ideally hit a target dead in front of the goal, 20-25 metres out.

    • But if not marked, either because it's spoiled or because it bounces, it becomes a predictable ground ball which we fight to win or tackle the oppo if they win it.

    • Reducing intercept marks

    In regard to the last point, all teams look to reduce oppo intercept marks inside D50, but we look hyper focused on doing so.

    Watching petty on Sunday from ground level in the pocket you could see his sole focus was blunting mcartin. Barely left his side or looked to get separation.

    AJ was similarly defensive. Even Friiter was pretty defensive- am I right in thinking he waxed with melksham to defend Blakley?

    Ironically, of our medium and tall forwards, Melksham who has been playing the defensive forward role, was probably our most offensive forward (McCartin too big fir melk I reckon).

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    14 hours ago, DeeZone said:


    He went at 71% yesterday 3 turnovers, twelve score assists and over 400m gained, he was our highest rated player, I had him in my top four.

    Not a fan of his these days. He is good when everything is one way, but when the going gets tough, he has a habit of panicking and makes terrible decisions by hand and foot, but in every discussion, you have your view; I have mine, and that's ok.

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