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How cooked was Jab towards end of the Anzac game ? I don't recall.

Quite an interesting take on it. Thanks Bin

I made mention days ago the 'plan B' of sorts was to go quick up front but present present PRESENT ..lose your minder and negate the height difference. Means every mark has to be HELD It can be done

Speaking of such( faces...mums ) ...espied Jacko last night at our local. A dark alley, him and I .....should never occur. Looked tired

Plow into Belly at first bounce. ( Suitably disguised ) Stand on/over ( not fussed ) and whisper an encouragement to stay there Other than that. Stay upright, compete give a hand up front. A golden opportunity.

That result.... I'll personally buy you a beer. Happy just to win. I often get a gut feeling....nothing .( Neither for or against) We've lacked some match winning leadership. Sorry Chunk, Sorry Viney, neither of you are that yet. I can recall the likes of Voss, Buckley , Brown, Roo. Players who could take a game at death's throws by it neck and turn it around. Players like Lewis have this. Pig might be the recruit of the year if he keeps doing what he is. These types will possibly be that difference come Sunday. Not game to call it yet, but go Dees ( From whatever crappy seat ive got lol )

I remember that game. Sat glued watching it( thinking id fallen down the rabbit hole ) So much is about belief. A few good bounces...etc...funny things happen.

Id agree. Enough players to kick us a winning score. I feel it's more about our mids negating Ess from providing a chance to kick one. Even bigger game for Pig coming up.

No less selective than comparing two very different roles id suggest. I wonder why Hibberd was among best on ground..off half back ? Probably because he beat his opponent(s) hands down. As OD rightly acknowledges...HE had the ball , they didn't. Supposed to tackle himself ?

Shows how carefully stats need be applied. JKH had plenty of tackles and didnt scare the scoreboard once didnt even get close to his av 1/2 goal haul. Hibberd is renown as an intercept defender , in passing.

We wont win 4 on the trot this year. Its a nice idea.

In all fairness. When we win 5-6 on the trot it will be a DIFFERENT reality. The current one precludes me from gazing past Sunday

Sometimes

You raise an interesting item. Cos i love stats Im not arguing against that observation but there needs to be a qualifier to i50's Jones would be up there. The proprietary of that number ....as anyone's though is the result. Personally i think you can have both instances here. A player with highish i50 count and also be a fav. It can happen.

and doughnuts !! just saying.. Thats not a good result for a forward. I mentioned elsewhere ..tackles are grand..but if half are because you're late to the ball..well..Not much good either.. If he sparked..that'd be great.. I just dont see it personally. only mho ..granted

would be my thinking but with Pedersen taking the most of the workload and Jack and Frosty lending a hand Pedersen could play front or back whilst "resting" I mean...he can.

Pedersen has to surely...aroubd 60% of game.. You'd think ?

That might equate to a Jetta, Hibberd, Frost, oMac Vince Hunt down back ?

We can manufacture goals provided we win the clearances. You can still do this if only able to compete at the ruck. Dont HAVE to win them ( ruck ) just get the ball. As my eldest suggests the danger for the Bombers ( who he follows ) is theyve struggled with their inside game. Big day coming up for Clarry and Viney. Jones needs to lower eyes and kick to whoever presents. Forwards need to negate their minders by constant presentation. Got to cut interference at contests. We'll know by qtr time.

Somehow i still favour a fwd who scores....than one who doesn't. Many of of JKH tackles simply resulted from being second to the contest. Im not against Keny playing. Shove a rocket up him with a clear message but his upside is far greater than Jays. Just is.

I think the issue with the Ruck stocks is there's now NO immediate fillip ( npi ) If it had been staged so that another lad was able to step up, if ill-experienced but at least capable at AFL level then this discussion would be moot. But theres a gap...a big one ( again npi ) Thats the problem

I've a sneaking suspicion even the club does't right now !!

Sometimes you have to put the hard word on people to perform to their ability...not always simply about reward.

As any team prepares to do battle they invariably study the opposition and consider likely scenarios or who plays...and where. They'll then consider various setups to counter. Indeed often the training prior to a particular game may emphasise certain 'plays' etc . This or that player is poorer left or right...Counter theyre preference to run here or there..watch for these guys linking etc etc on and on.. An old ploy and one thats now thrust upon us is to possibly field line ups etc which they simply wont be looking for. It doesnt necessarily mean you gain much but it might create ( for a while ) some mismatches. Yes some is given away at team announcements, but now that we're dropping like flies Id like to see us throw a little caution to the wind and be daring.

do we simply have to lower the heightboard a tad here and go with an overall smaller but 'quicker' forward line Bring Kent in. We have to get inventive now