RalphiusMaximus

Agree with this. We're terrible when we're favorites and play well when we should lose.

It wouldn't surprise me at all.

We don't have one.

Northy and Danniher get a pass. Both took us to a GF.

Nope.

So you know how I keep pointing out how we play like little kids, and everyone always tries to win the ball instead of one person getting the ball while the others create room for them, and how we get torn apart when we bomb the ball to the hot spot, and how in marking contests everyone tries to mark the ball and nobody stays down for the crumb? All of that. Again. Can we admit that there's a problem with the coaching panel now?

It's not dead. We see other teams doing it frequently. It's just another thing that none of OUR players do, largely because they have been told to all dive in and try to win the ball themselves.

Nev not getting suspended for a head high bump on Brown.

This has been Goodwin's tactic (and my complaint) from the moment he took over. I suspect that they are working on the theory that they will either take the mark or one of our small forwards will crumb after Hogan/McDonald/Pedersen/Gawn crash the pack. Unfortunately there are a couple of glaring issues with this plan. Firstly, our forward line coach as yet to teach our forwards to work together. When the high ball comes in we invariably see every forward in the vicinity try to mark it, often spoiling each other and winding up with most of them falling over. With nobody staying down it is a simple matter for the opposition to crumb and run the ball out of the 50. Secondly, because we are so very predictable in this tactic, defences are setting up specifically to counter this play and generally getting their structure in place before ours. I think a great illustration of this came last year when the Weed was playing. In one of his games he twice took a mark just outside 50 on the boundary. Both times he looked around for options before deciding to follow the team rule and hit up the Hot Spot. Unfortunately on one occasion the only people there were from the opposition and on another we had a single forward against three or four. To me it looked like he had clearly been told that that was what he had to do after taking a mark at HF, and sadly he did as he was told instead of making a smart football decision.

Fourth on the ladder.

It's a pretty good case to make. With the development of mobile rucks like Nic Nat, Matin, Grundy and Ryder along with giants like Sandilands and Gawn there are some very good players running around.

Nev's Wrecking Ball moment.

I think Frost was actually pretty good after quarter time. He took some very nice intercept marks, took them on and nailed some very nice attacking kicks. I'm all for keeping him in the side.

Jetta - Flattened Big Ben!

Wow that was a diabolical call. Terrible umpiring.

Judd won the Brownlow in his third year. Will Oliver?

But most of their draft picks come from their own academy.

The Doggies just can't win a clearance and WC are killing them with accurate kicks.

I did say May.

We may have good player development, but we don't have match day coaches and our gameplan has some serious deficiencies.

Clarry is a completely different player to Judd. He has an appetite for contested ball and tackling that Judd never had, while Judd had that explosive burst to carry him into space and kick goals. I rate Judd a little ahead for impact on games, but it's not a big margin.

I suspect Fritter may be rested after that knock. I'd like to see Lewis dropped for giving two half-assed performances in two matches. If Fritsch doesn't come up then hannan is probably the like for like replacement. I'd actually bring Brayshaw in for Lewis. He can play that half-back role and he's bigger, quicker and more accountable. Frost would be the other option, but he's just not a great ball-player for all his athleticism. I don't buy the line that we need him to stand Brown. Oscar did a solid job on him in the pre-season and has the height needed.

Oscar can take Ben Brown. He did a pretty good job on his a few weeks ago. That was certainly a regrettable lapse in concentration from the side tonight, but it was still a win. You have to be happy that the side got their [censored] together and pulled away again. I think Lewis has to be on very shaky ground right now. His poor discipline is costing us and I don't see much in the way of on-field leadership from him.

Lewis - Lazy and undisciplined.

6. Hogan - 22 disposals, 9 marks, 5 goals and 4 tackles. You can't ask for more than that from a key forward. A complete game. 5. Oliver - When the rest of the team fall asleep he just gets better. Led disposals and Contested Possessions. Only Zorko had more tackles. 4. Garlett - Back to his best after last week. Four goals, 17 touches and even took contested marks. 3. Jones - turned into a really well rounded midfielders game. Second for disposals, two goals and five tackles. Well rounded game. 2. Petracca - The kid is a beast. He impacts the contest, has explosive burst pace and can hit a target at 60m. 1. Tyson - His class was noteworthy, in particular early on. Created scoring opportunities for us where last week we were just resorting to the long bomb.