9 hours ago, rpfc said:

And that’s what performance is; execution under pressure.

@DubDee - another T-shirt…

I’d buy it.

The wife has talked to me about this topic but not concerning my kicking ability

14 minutes ago, Adina88 said:

I genuinely worry how Viney's going to fit back into the side when he's fit... we need his work and grunt, absolutely, but not his kicking.

14 minutes ago, Adina88 said:

I genuinely worry how Viney's going to fit back into the side when he's fit... we need his work and grunt, absolutely, but not his kicking.

There will definitely be a spot for Viney.

Guys like Windsor, Langford, Tholstrup will start to get tired as the season goes on.

Nothing to do with fitness or anything, just the fact that they are still young and inexperienced and with the game being played at frenetic pace, I can see a world where Vines can come in and give these guys a chop out being a hardened and experienced campaigner.

Viney and Steele together will give us some really good coverage for these kids as we start to hit towards the back end of the year.

19 hours ago, rpfc said:

He’s neat. The only elite kick we have is Kozzy. And Fritsch when he cares.

Fritta is an elite field kick.

His field kicking is laser like.

Also an elite finisher.

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If kingy can keep this up he’ll be getting a contract extension for sure. He’s been a revelation.

4 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Fritta is an elite field kick.

His field kicking is laser like.

Also an elite finisher.

He is also lazy and selfish.

Again, elite requires almost universal execution. Fritsch is not an elite kick because of?

Anyone? Anyone?

… decision making.

Been impressed with Langdon’s set shot for goal accuracy.

Need to do overtime with CJ though.

9 hours ago, Allen Jakovich said:

I think this is due to mindset. With less fear and stress over outcome comes more relaxed and effective kicking. This suggests great belief in what the coaching group is teaching versus the old regime where so many almost had "failure scarring" and were so tense when trying to execute. Think of all those sprayed shots at goal in final quarters over the last few years when games were there for the taking. Let's hope it continues to improve.

Nailed it. This is where the answer lies.

As far as I can see there’s no huge increase in goal-kicking practice and this is where most Dees fans thought the problem was.

Technically Chappy is the goal-kicking coach but as you say, the players have great belief in the coaches as a group. The players are buying what the coaching group is selling.

Credit also to Checkers. He’s had a marked impact on Roo, in particular. His presence in the forward line makes all the difference.

20 hours ago, rpfc said:

He’s neat. The only elite kick we have is Kozzy. And Fritsch when he cares.

20 hours ago, AB10 said:

I would add Bowey when fit to this list

And Melksham when he plays.

I am not sure our skills have improved that much - our first half showed under pressure we still can fumble and fail to execute on basic disposals. But what we have done is use our speed to spread and create clear, simple options that clearly chain together. At our best, we look to have a clear process of moving the ball through the wings from d50 and moving the ball from centre bounce forward to create cleaner clearances.