Everything posted by jnrmac
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Cool light of day
This has been my argument for bringing Grundy back in. We won't lose much at centre clearance and it will force oppositions to adjust. All year I thought Gawn would take the tap and go back to defence while Grundy would ruck around the ground but we never tried that. And I still reckon thommo could play as a defensive fwd. Goody it seems has to be pushed into making changes
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Cool light of day
You are probably right but I am trying to reconcile the freewheeling way we played in the pre-season and early rounds when we scored easily, cleanly and through the corridor. We tried doing that in the second half against coll and carlton We cut angles and kicked into the corridor and were the most accurate team in the comp up until about round 7. It was less predictable and way more open.
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Cool light of day
I have said numerous times our game plan is a) very taxing, b) keeps oppositions in the game and c) very predictable. Our fwd half issues are at least 5 years old and we have an old ruckman as our fwd coach. Really? The game plan to beat Melbourne us well known but most teams are unable to compete for longer. Its patently obvious that good teams can compete for long enough as the do in finals. We do about 90% right but the 10% sees us lose. We made some changes around the edges this year but its time to completely re-design how we play.
- POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
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POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
We supposedly built a team that is primed for finals footy. We have lost 4 in a row. We consistently shoot ourselves in the foot with accuracy , bombing the ball into the fwd50. We have been doing this for 5 years. We do dumb things and keep repeating them Our selection policy is a shambles. We are unbelievably predictable Two finals we should have won and yet here we are. How is it the Kingsley takes a team thats 3 and 7 and wins a final as well as winning at 11 separate venues? How is it that Voss was in the gun to be sacked and here we are The mistakes are all our own. And we keep repeating them And you don't understand calls for him to be replaced? At this point we will have another 5 years of this and then we'll say what a wasted era
- POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
- POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
- POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
- GAMEDAY: SF vs Carlton
- GAMEDAY: SF vs Carlton
- GAMEDAY: SF vs Carlton
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GAMEDAY: SF vs Carlton
McRae and Voss learned their footy under Mathews and in finals early territory is vital. Collingwood didn't bend down to pick up the ball at first they simply knocked, kicked, handballed it forward and the put huge pressure on the demon defence that started very slowly We were down 3 goals before you could think. Expect similar from Carlton and we have to stop it. Come out breathing fire and get the ball fwd at all costs. But no long bombs. I'd be happier with scrubbier ground balls that put real pressure on their defence. We have got this. Go Dees
- GAMEDAY: SF vs Carlton
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GAMEDAY: SF vs Carlton
- PREGAME: SF vs Carlton
- Maynard must get at least four weeks
100% correct- Maynard must get at least four weeks
As a hypothetical, Brayshaw could have determined to continue playing because the AFL had made the head sacrosanct and changed rules and suspensions to support this view to protect all players including of course himself. The Maynard incident is essentially unprecedented (possibly the closest is the Cripps incident) in that Maynard ran at full pace before jumping into Brayshaw. HIs intentions are probably irrelevant for this. There is no way Brayshaw would expect that front on contact as it is illegal, the contact was also late, and it was also high. It was also at a force that no one would have conceived. I think he would have a good case against the AFL and yet again they have made a rod for their own back in order to appease a big club/name player/finals aspirant etc The number of exceptions to the AFLs rulings (including Cripps, Vlastuin among others) may well mean that the AFL is not really serious about protecting the head. The spurious argument from Cornes about high marks where a players knee hits another's head is a furphy and totally different to a player being attacked head on as was Brayshaw. I hope he sues the AFL for millions.- PREGAME: SF vs Carlton
- PREGAME: SF vs Carlton
- PREGAME: SF vs Carlton
- PREGAME: SF vs Carlton
- PREGAME: SF vs Carlton
- Maynard must get at least four weeks
So he has form and has learned nothing. Imagine May or Kozzi doing something again that they had been suspended for....- Maynard must get at least four weeks
So long as you are consistent on this because theres a lot that gets through- Maynard must get at least four weeks
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