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Surfer Dee

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  1. 1. Health. 2. The game evolved to become more offensive. Teams comfortable 3 goals behind in the last quarter. We didn't adapt. 3. Poor efficiency. Sapped our energy regularly. 4. Drop off from key running role players. Spargo, ANB, Harmes, Sparrow,JJ,etc...
  2. Not saying this is the ideal forward line. I honestly don't know... just that I think there's reason to believe we'll be looking to get him. Also he can really fly, has sticky hands. Could be repurposed as a defender if needed too.
  3. I think we're going to be looking at Georgiades. Remember the behind the scenes on draft night when JT was shocked that port took him? He was high on our list and JT thought he wasn't on other team's radar and we'd get him with the pick we ended up using on Rivers. As we've seen with Lever, when JT misses one he really likes he tends to try and get them in a trade. Not saying it will happen or there's anything to it, just that I bet we're into him. I also think we should try for Ollie Henry. Can play, and is a tough matchup. Also I'm just keen to stop Geelong from constantly topping up with talent like him!
  4. Salem has never played well once his season gets interrupted with injury. Remember his start in round one before hurting his knee? He was on fire. anyway, he'll have a huge off-season and be good next year. I'd love for him to find consistency up the ground say on a wing but it's been tried and never quite works out... I think a lockdown defender is critical. I think an upgrade on the non-Langdon wing is important too. Tmac + JVR will improve forward line. would love another spark in the forward line along with Kozi. for me that's Bedford. Happy for it to be someone else but I think Bedford has done an apprenticeship and deserves the spot. Liam Henry is intriguing here. Need to move away from intercept marking defence. Yes it's a great strength but full ground pressure needs to be the first line. A slight shift in offensive ball movement and we'll be rolling. Don't forget for a second that Gawn, Oliver, Trac, Viney, Brayshaw is a dominant, brutal and damaging midfield. It's daylight between us and anyone else. A few tweaks to the game plan to capitalise and their contest work and we'll be laughing.
  5. I think you'd be surprised. If it's the only way to get Jackson, and freo decide he's worth more to their future than young... then he'll come home.
  6. Nothing I've seen of Jackson so far tells me that he wasn't worth pick 3. The fact that he's proved it means he's worth more on the open market. Pick one or two. Or two top ten picks. Or a proven top 5 player such as Hayden Young and a future pick. Of course that will be hard to extract. But that's what he's worth and the club will be asking for something in that range.
  7. I'm as gutted as everyone else but we finished 2nd and we have the list to finish top 4 for the next 5 years. No need for wholesale changes, just a rejig of game plan aka Geelong this year. Few fresh players, we'll be better next year. - more offensive game plan. The game became more offensive this year. Need to have the capacity to win a shootout not just shut down the opposition. - insert JVR and Bedford into forward line. Lose BB, Melk & Spargo. I love Spargo but until he can spark the game with some X factor and put fear into opposition then he needs to go. - Howes to the wing. two legit wingers with Langdon on the other side. been a weakness all year. - Bowey in. Find a quality small defender to lock down on opposition small. All of this is very achievable. most important thing imo is to get a sizeable return for Jackson. Hayden Young or two top 10 picks. Maybe try and entice Papley to come back to VIC. Forget Grundy, second ruck only worked because Jackson was so mobile.
  8. It's a game of small percentages for the Dees at the moment. - improve goal kicking accuracy - increase pressure through the middle of the ground as teams transition forward. That's enough to put us back in contention. If the pies don't have a 1 in 100 day of goal kicking then we win that game.
  9. 6 year deals are fine for players in their prime like Gus. By year six I sincerely hope we're trying to figure out how to deal with the contract of this 4 time premiership star who is past his best.
  10. They were very lucky in the first half. Everything went through for them and we were sloppy despite dominating. We hung on and defended well on the second half despite them throwing absolutely everything at us. A few missed opportunities, a few bad decisions and some skill errors in the last. Honestly, May doesn't have that turnover and we win against a team that when they're on (they were on tonight) is one of the best. Port showed they're no joke tonight against Geelong. The main issue for me has been the same thing all year, and that's our cleanliness once we get first possession in the contest. We almost always get hands on the footy first and give our worst turnovers when it looks like we have the clearance, everyone runs forwards and then the first handball is sloppy or we're a little slow and pressure comes. Everyone is out of position.
  11. Absolutely perfect outcome. We were lazy and over confident. Coaches will [censored] them for the arrogance. We’ll adjust. Get it out of the system before the season even starts. Beautiful.
  12. Clayton Oliver was incredible yesterday. Some of his ball handling and clearances were absolutely ridiculous. If it wasn’t for Gawn and Trac being distractingly phenomenal we’d be talking about Clarry. Jet.
  13. Pretty spot on to me. Our game plan was solid when it was new in 2018. Teams adapted and we were underdone. We have a powerful inside mid team, so we need a game plan to take advantage of that. 2020 game plan looks to me to be something like 70% of the contest focus of 2018, and then a 30% shift to controlling the ball on the outside. It’s a solid plan with our list. No game plan will ever work if players are second guessing themselves like we did in the second half on the weekend. I’m not saying this gameplan will work. Just that on paper, it makes sense. I mostly just think that in general we’re not comfortable being the hunted. We’re good when we’re behind or early in the game but once we’re the favourites and have expectations to win we crumble. That’s what Goodwin needs to address.
  14. In: Weid & Kozi Out: Jacko & ANB Unlucky: Vanders No need to panic. Jacko looks promising but he’s had a taste, now needs some continuity in the 2s. Bad luck for ANB but Kozi is just so dangerous that even after 1 game he needs to come back in and stay there. Melksham has so many runs on the board it’s not funny. Arguably our most important player when on form so he’s not going anywhere. Jones was poor but I’d back him to bounce back. Actually think smith had some great moments just had two shockers that resulted in goals. I reckon persist with him, could be great if he figures that role out.
  15. Panic about us is completely out of control. Should have beaten Adelaide, Westcoast, North, Essendon and Bulldogs if it wasn’t for poor kicking for goal. Outrageously young team with serious injuries. The game got faster this year and our runners were injured. That will be addressed. Game fundamentals addressed. Fitness improved. Draft #3. Draw easier. I see us getting 10 wins easily. Hopefully improved polish and some grit will get us into the finals.
  16. It’s all about execution. First 3 quarters against west coast we took it on and looked good. The rest of the year we’ve been a fumbling mess. No game plan works when you fumble and miss your targets. Simple as that.
  17. Considering the injury, gotta be more than Bugg, right? I’d have no issue with 10 weeks. I’m expecting 8.
  18. The main thing is our spread I think. The ball isn’t getting stuck in the contest. We’re winning the contest and immediately moving the ball quickly is n the outside. The balance was wrong in the first 4 rounds and has gradually improved since. Against Adelaide is was damn near perfect.
  19. Thought Tyson was our worst yesterday. He’s been steadily improving and seemed to have some urgency in his game. But yesterday regressed badly. Almost every turnover could be traced back to him. Not taking the first option, trying to break tackles, putting teammates under pressure, missing targets... I struggle to see him in our side in 12 months time unless he improves. This sucks because I genuinely like the guy. His first season for us was quality, especially when we were so rubbish.
  20. Great win. I thought we smashed them. Tyson drives me crazy, he appears to play in slow motion sometimes and gets caught or misses the first option. So often turnovers can be traced back to him. Wouldn’t be surprised if he comes out for Viney. Hogan was huge. Gawn is AA again. Clarry was phenomenal and maybe a few too many handballs but he’s probably the best handballer in the game so the issue with his handball/kick ratio is way overblown. Gus is playing like a number 3 draft pick. Looks like a jet. good times! ps. Reasonably satisfying seeing the talent that St Kilda took struggling so much. I don’t wish poor fortune on any team but some teams just have to be worse than us.
  21. Could not disagree more. Expecting continued improvement this week.
  22. Carey writes the same article every year. Ignore.
  23. uurrrggghhh. I don't completely disagree but also, Brayshaw definitely didn't pick himself on pre season form. Hunt is and was out of form. I kind of thought Stretch came in for Bugg. I thought Pedo being dropping was called for given his performance. The replacements for our problem players aren't super obvious in my opinion. Also, I'd be tempted to give Brayshaw a bit more mid time if it means that Petracca can get more time forward.
  24. Weideman has to stay. Needs games and was promising on Tuesday. He hasn't been setting the world on fire, but Fritsch just feels like he has the cleanness we need. Maybe Maynard comes in to allow Petracca more time forward? Garlett and Stretch get one more chance for me. I know the veil (of negativity) is well and truly down, but I think we're a chance to destroy Essendon this week. They are lost. We played hard footy on Tuesday and lost to a better team. Contain Stringer, Merrett, Daniher and we're set. Tmac comes in if ready and we play three talls. I'm sick of Pedo. Plays a great game and is then useless for the next 3. Goes back to the twos and plays good footy prompting everyone to demand he needs to come back. He went back for a reason. I'm over it and would rather we get games into Weid.
  25. One thing I'll add is that I want to see some of our players with X factor back themselves a bit more. I loved Clarry's shot from the boundary line from outside 50. Nearly nailed it. Trac needs to take some shots from 50 when he gets even a bit of space. Hunt tried to bring his speed but was well shut down. Salem can hit a dime at 50 metres so should be looking to hit the goals more often. And Bernie used to to kick a 50m bomb goal every game. I'd rather these guys were backing themselves and missing than hesitating. When someone does something like what these guys are capable of, it lifts the whole team.
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