Gawndy the Great

Umps doing their thing

It was a replica game in terms of dominance when we played the Lions. We at least held them at bay wrt scoring.

That is an interesting take. We can walk him straight to the pre-season draft if that's the go and watch Norf who are in desperate need of KPD's snap him up.

.Our dna is contested footy. Our list is built on this. Whilst I said what i said, I highly doubt our contested, forward half game is just being tossed out. That’s the recipe to win finals. Our ball movement and scoring were the areas of concern in past years and moving it faster from back half intercepts is a great source of turnover potential. Also gives our forwards a chance as the old bomb it in and hope for the best doesn’t work. Clearances and stoppage dominance may not be the honeypot we want but it does give you territory, which is a key part of our dna.

Cam will be rusty and no guarantees for Stewart. Their midfield and ball movement will make it really hard work for us - if we put up anything like the last 3 weeks of footy we are in a lot of trouble. Hopefully they are a bit bruised up after playing the Blues.

Shot. Makes the loss even more painful to bare. The only other team they have beaten is Norf. It’s not good company to keep for the time being.

What’s special about this ground?

First time watching Callaghan play. Would be great if we could get him to our club.

It feels like we are no good, you yourself admitted to as much in the previous post. I’ll park it here for now and see how the next two weeks unfold.

I think I’m trying to find the stats that help put facts behind feelings. And what I can see is that we are way off on the game we used to play. I’ll give Goody the benefit in that we have had double straight set exits and he has recognised the need to change. Our contested and clearance dominance is significantly off and that for a large parts explains what feels like a huge drop off in our stoppage dominance. Is this a lull? A design change ? Who knows but it’s what our list was built on. Our pressure numbers are also really poor with another 150 quarter this year which is deplorable. Top 4 teams are undone largely through pressure and whilst we are only at round 7, you cannot just flick a switch and expect it to come back. I don’t expect to win every week but the last 3-4 weeks we haven’t played good footy and are lucky walking away with 3-1. I’ll eat my hat if we win even 1 out of our next 2. A lot will need to go right I think.

Checking some of the champion data stats pretty much shows what a lot of the doomsdayers on here feel (including me) - bottom 4 disposal eff - below AFL avg contested possessions ( yes that’s right) we are bottom 6 so far - bottom 4 handball efficiency - bottom 4 centre clearances ( yes my eyes don’t deceive me) - below afl avg inside 50s There’s a bunch of stats and it’s not all bad - leading intercept matks - top 2 expected scores

Anyone have the pressure numbers from last night?

No HTB against Daicos despite incorrect disposal

I’d give my left ….. for Peter wright. He is exactly what we need.

And he clearly has a bone to pick with MFC - never heard him say anything positive since he has been in radio.

6 Gawn 5 Lever 4 Disco 3 May 2 Kozzy 1 Rivers

Right now Oliver is a liability. Tag Trac and our midfield is all but worked out. i know he is trying, but he is so far from his best it’s not funny.

Give Hugh what ever he wants. We need some offensive midfielders who can hit a target.

Sorry but that was the most insipid performance - one I couldn’t have even predicted. Our midfield is seriously underperforming.

And what about Mini for the tigers? Can he offer up anything? Not an excuse IMO, we are bog ordinary.

Looks like the Lions was not an aberration. Something wrong with this team.

I’m this close to going home

Petty donuts again. Not good signs at all. How much more time do we give him before we swap with TMac?

Do we look as putrid on telly as we do at the ground. Where is our pressure? Our skills?

Yep the cold front that was earlier predicted to come through later today/afternoon has already swept through. Plenty of time for the sun and wind to dry out the deck for tonight.