buck_nekkid

4 matches.

It was not intentional, but it was a really bad outcome for the kid. Whipped into the ground at force, unable to protect his head. Concussed and out for the game. If it was my kid playing the game I would seek a strong penalty for that. 4 weeks sets a benchmark. The outcome definitely impacted the decision. Notice that Pickett whips players to the turf - he needs to be careful that the ‘dangerous tackle’ free kicks dont escalate if he bangs the head. It’s great to be tough, but not so great to be agricultural in how you do it.

Not much apart from the fact that Nibber is not a ‘superstar’ so is expendable for their value-signalling. Not a bog player at a big club so his ticket is already punched.

Needy or what? 28 minutes after not getting an answer you add a follow up? (LOL). If he catches the eye of the judges for his game this week and no ‘favourite’ has a good game, then he could win a nomination. He had a very impressive game, so I think his chances are good. No crows players would be in front of him, anyway..... I think regardless of a nomination, he has shown that there are many years of great games in front of him...

I think the crows came out to be ‘tough guys’. We responded in kind (and got in the umpires bad books). Some of their he-man efforts were poor. I loved May looking out for Lockhart - shows what a leader and a champ he is. So many of their off the ball shenanigans not penalised until the last. When Oliver wasn’t being held, he just cut them apart. I think the crows ran out of angry-juice and that was essentially all they had. They are an absolute rabble. Pulled us down to their level for the first three quarters (not all that hard to do) but we had enough to break it open and turn the last into a training drill.

Echoing Goody: In: proper protection for Max. Out: cheap shots on Max stopping him getting to the contests. I thought they gave Max a lot more forward/bench time in the last. He finished the game on the pine. Might be part of the management strategy?

ANB - agricultural all round

Nibbler is agricultural. We are panicking all over the ground. Skills are awful. Umpiring is abysmal. If you didnt see the score, you would think we were being flogged

From the nekkid coaching box: Play Max at full forward - can take a contested mark and doesnt get any shorter. This will really stretch them. Jacko to take the centre bounces with Tommo as chop out. It will force Crows to shift a swing an back to cover, giving balance to our backline. I think we are one small forward short. Bedford of C Wagner needs to be at the feet of the forwards. Dees to win by 37 points.

Weather forecast as fine, so no reason to play small down back. Maybe we didn’t expect them to play all the talls? 8 changes is a heck of a lot. we Will will this if we win the contest and dominate forward half time. The midfield should be one of the best in the comp, but they too often play panicked and slow under pressure. watch out for Max to ruck then play back half, ie Chb. Tommo to do midfield ruck, Jacko forward 50. Let’s see which side turns up.

No one needs a rest, they only had a light run last Thursday...

After our insipid performance, i looked at a few other midfields over the weekend. We seem to crash forward every time. Other successful midfields would often play laterally, bringing up a winger or half back to provide outside run. We get the tap from Max, then barge forward handballing furiously to each other before dumping the ‘chaos ball’ inside 50. When we could run the extra off the back of the square this had potential. The midfield mix is less relevant than their method. Against a well drilled and strong midfield, we get shown up every time. However, on topic, I would play Viney at half forward a lot more, use Harmes as a Tagger, and rely on Oliver, Trac, Brayshaw, Swallow and occasionally Melksham to work with the wings to create a more systematic exit, rather than just a chaotic one.

This is a season when almost all teams are dropping their pants at some point. we just dropped ours. If we can bag a few wins in the next little stretch, we could even make finals. It might be papering over the cracks, but it would be seen as a pass.... If the calculations are true, then we have had the hardest run so far and the easiest run to the finish line.

This is a season when almost all teams are dropping their pants at some point. we just dropped ours. If we can bag a few wins in the next little stretch, we could even make finals. It might be papering over the cracks, but it would be seen as a pass.... If the calculations are true, then we have had the hardest run so far and the easiest run to the finish line. Now to see what they do with the rocket they just copped.

I think the term ‘Catharsis’ comes to mind if we fall next week

Why didnt you post this after the hawks game? I disagree with about 80% of your commentary

Elgit, his pregame videos are absolute mockers - he interviews Stafford about goal kicking and we miss everything against the Lions. He interviews Plopp about forward structure and it sucks a big one against the Power. Seems to have the kiss of death!

How about this: Lockhart, May, Rivers OMac, Lever, Hibbard Langdon, Sparrow, Jordan AVB, Jackson, ANB Frisch, Weideman, Viney Gawn, Petracca, Oliver Bench: Melksham, Salem, Brayshaw, Tomlinson

We got first hands on it from max so many times, but proceeded to a) fumble, b) be pre-tackled, or c) rush a dump-disposal and turn it over. Max needs confident, strong and capable midfielders at his feet. The midfielders are the issue. They just dont know how to do more than the one thing (get ball, get rid of ball). When we come up against poor, slow or weak midfields, we look a million bucks. It is so rushed that good teams take advantage. We need smarter midfielders who make time and find valuable exits according to a range of plans, not just get ball dump ball.

Best team on the park each week. Win as many as we can. No favourites - out of form, no game. Work on midfield process. More options when things aren’t working. Last night was terrible, but hopefully it was a slip and not a new standard.

Drop without question: TMAC Drop also: Harmes, Brayshaw. Question: Fritta, Hannan, Salem, Jones Ins: Tommo for TMAc Can run a wing and still gives us mobile size. Sparrow stays in. AVB in if ready. Rivers, Jordon and even Brown to get a look in. Spargo maybe for balance. Keep Kosi and Jackson.

Wow. he had an absolute Barry Crocker. Not only no value, a dead set liability on the night. Kicked 4 in the praccy match. What to make of it all? Would almost be the fist dropped for mine for next week. Is he ‘done’? Not writing him off yet, but he is not a shadow on what he needs to be. Can we swap him for that Georgiadis kid?

I haven’t seen a performance that poor in ages. lazy, weak tackles, second to the ball, not covering the outlets properly, not honouring player with the ball. Midfield as a unit were disgraceful. TMAC was so far off the pace it was not funny. Several of the young guys tried hard, but they should all hang their heads in shame. We had a chance to make a statement and they served up that dross. If Goody sugar coats that in the presser (“no question”...something or other) I will spew. Suck [censored] demons. That was woeful. Break my damned spirit with that one.

Gawn -oppositions best weapon Sparrow - did ok’ Lockhart - better than many May - pass mark Midfield - NFI Fritsch - just nup TMAC - that was disgraceful Viney - put in effort Salem- fumbles and failures Others - lazy, sloppy, disinterested

We are being destroyed through better coaching again. Port get it to the outside and go fast. We get sucked to the inside and watch as the ball flies away. Second to contests, lazy tackles, no vision, not running for each other. As 2019 as any game this year.