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Would be better if we played GWS or kangas. We could market it as our home game and not fall for the old 2 card trick of selling a game and having the crowd so far against us.

This is an important observation. Good to console the kid, but how about leading him to a better outcome beforehand?

Oscar has been the ‘whipping boy’ for all of this year. Most of the time he was exposed because the midfield defence was third rate. He had some good games, but was overwhelmed. In Darwin he was simply not good enough. Whether he is hearing May’s foot-steps, or whatever, but he was poor, panicked, gave up position, gave up free kicks and was generally looked spooked being out there. He has busted his guts for the club, and I will not call him a ‘spud’ or whatever. He has played some good roles and good games in his time. For that we should all appreciate him. However, with May available and dominating at Casey, I suspect OMAC should go back to Casey and get himself sorted out. He actually is a good disposer of the ball, and perhaps if he has a third man up role from the flank he could add real value. I see Frost acting as a rebounding half back or even winger, with his run, whereas OMac is challenging Lever and Hore for perhaps that role. Either way, I wish him well, and hope he puts massive pressure on top 22.

My recollection of OMAC - gave away some cheap frees early. Got caught in places he couldn’t compete for the ball too many times. Couldn’t stick tackles. Got run off too easily - the crows would get 10-20 m separation way too often in 1:1 contests. Some cheap distribution kicks, but should be called spinach - he wilted with any heat. I think he knows May is on his way in, and Frost has more value than OMAC atm.

Presser nearest to the pin: ”Lots of improvement”, “they are a good team, Adelaide”, “No excuses”, “better connection”, “our brand of footy”,.. blah blah blah. Vomit, spew cry Hard team to support. Collingwood will tear us a new one after dropping one to the dockers this week.

If that is supposed to be our home game, it didnt come with the crowd. They were against us all night.

I am not a hater, but OMAC cost us 5 goals tonight. He was abysmal. Our set shot kicking is little league standard.

Omac out, May in

The crows always take 2 m over the mark with no consequence, we consistently hang 5-10m back from the mark.

Spargo turnover - sheesh!

And the drinks cart!

Please DO NOT run option B. Simply not worth it. I am hoping that the three inclusions have a big impact, and that Mr hyphen leading their points who played out of the box goes back to normal bog ordinary. Might smooth things out a bit. Charlie Spargo - Mr 1.45. Rush him straight in.

A team takes contested marks and they win. Lesson for the demons in that....

Thanks Tarax. At least they were working on their kicking, and even if they are just capturing video they can review it, work out what has to change, and get on with it. Hopefully Todd cab see what is going on and advise, rather than needing to be a expert himself. How many of Tiger Wood’s coaches have won a masters?

A Michael Sparrow in the comments to this FB post says ‘get well soon’- suspect there is an injury or op that we have not been told about with Tom.

Lots to like in this. Some great ‘welcome back’s’ and one important ‘welcome’! Looking forward to them all getting through safely, and pushing for senior selection.

Three really good additions. Hopefully they add some experience, polish and skill in their three respective roles. We might see up to 11 changes from round 8-9 to round 12-13.

Woo hoo! Top of the ladder....huh? DAMN! Wrong ladder!

Considering our skills, I think we rarely get the chance to use them with our current ‘rush at all costs’ philosophy. Right now, we rush TOO MUCH. We hit opposition players, kick to the non-advantage side of contests and miss moving targets. The rush at all costs mantra looks great when we pull it off, but most of the time we could use the 1/2 a second more to improve our outcome without negative consequences. Salem is #1 in skills for mine. I think Lever is also very good, and down forward TMAC has been good as a set shot, and Fritsch has shown some serious quality. If they were told to slow it down a bit more, we might get a different perspective on some of these guys.

Some thoughts: Play TMAC back, put Frost on the wing, and bring in Weids to partner smith in the 50. TMac out if he cant run (looked like he really struggled against the giants) Trac and Brayshaw to play High HF roles, to deliver inside 50. Mids of Max, Viney Oliver Harmes and Jones (as relief/burst rotating with Brayshaw). Harmes to run with as needed. I would have said Lewis back in, but he is rubbed out. We could use Lever in this role to cut his teeth back in the seniors until he is ready to become the focal defender. Would be a good balance with Hore and Lever intercept marking, and TMAC and OMac locking down. Salem straight back in. Garlett under the pump. Gotta stop the cute kicks, and just do the basics well (drop punts). Hunt and maybe ANB close to goal. Petty and probably spargo straight out. Stretch - either play on fast, or go back to Casey. You are killing is by slowing the game every time you get the ball.

Maybe he was ‘sticking up for Max’ or something similar. Now you bag him for it????

So true. It felt like we really regressed, and I bet our numbers will show this. We were poor by hand and foot, struggled to take a contested mark, and showed no defensive system that connected to anything forward of the ball. Complete turn around from the Eagles game. Without Max in the first half, and Viney willing himself to every contest in the second and third, we would have been smashed - worse than we were. Nothing learned, nothing executed.

Thanks for running that, Rusty. At 3 quarter time, version A was on the money. We were nowhere good enough for version B, but it showed the influence of the blues game.

Sheesh! The kid hasn’t even pulled on a jumper for a photo and you guys are all over him like STD on a flight attendant. He does something that we haven’t done this year - kick goals from 50 and hit up inside 50 targets to advantage. Slow? Says who? Give the kid a break.

I heard we had 5 players with less than 15 games on the park.