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The Backyard Charizard
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After watching the first half of the game today against the Bulldogs, it is blatently obvious that we are not in the same class as other AFL teams when it comes to decision making!

I realise it is wet at the 'G.... And that gives some excuse for poor skills (not all of them), but the problem is not so much the skill level (although it is far from great), but the decisions that the players make when in posession of the football....

Our choice of handball coming out of the backline is disgusting! And the high kicks to a 1 on 3 contest going into the forward-line is just as bad... And those short, dinky little kicks that are directed to a bloke who is not even moving towards the ball....

These things are an important part of moving the football from the backline down to the F50.... It is not something we are even remotely good at!

Any suggestions on how decision making skills can be improved? And don't just say "Delist the players!"

A positive I can see in the first half is the fact that if the decision making was better, we would play a pretty good running game out of the backline....

Buckley is [censored] me to tears, but I'm sure if we all collected our tears then a life without water restrictions would remove one less thing to be upset about! :)

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    Unfortunately players are either naturally good decision makers or they aren't.

    It's pretty hard to coach to any great extent. Best way I can think of is to run match simulation at training and everytime someone makes the wrong decision stop the drill/match and pull them up on it.

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    I like the idea of simulations and I think this will only get better when we move away from Junction Oval....

    Being able to use the centre of the ground should help!

    It just happens every time! I have never seen a group of players struggle so much to find each other in good positions and talk to each other on the field....

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    Speaking of decisions, is there any reason why I saw a current Melbourne listed player at Box Hill city oval as todays game was beginning?

    Shouldn't they be at the game :huh:

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      Eastie Boyz said:
    Speaking of decisions, is there any reason why I saw a current Melbourne listed player at Box Hill city oval as todays game was beginning?

    Shouldn't they be at the game :huh:

    Wanted to see a good game of footy??

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