Adam The God

Poor handball from Gus but gee Fritsch is a pathetic.

Shocking from Viney again. Meanwhile May and Lever choking.

So that first half. Loved our forward work. Outstanding almost every time we went in there. Things to tidy up. Making a few too many mistakes in our defensive 50. Lever a couple of times and Tomlinson has been sloppy too. Around sceptre stoppage we're being sucked in to the ball too.much, leaving us vulnerable on the outside. Viney a clear culprit. And on Viney, he seemed to be playing off the back of the stoppage in the second d half of the second quarter. Interesting. If be doesn't impact the contest and get it going out way, we'll get done from stoppage every time. Oliver really good in that first half. Petracca needs to tidy up things, but made one or two good decisions late. Spargo and Kozzie getting to really dangerous areas and Weid, Tom and Preuss competing well to bring the ball to the ground. It's very Richmond. We also seem to be playing one behind the ball quite a bit, which is really helping us propel Collingwood attacks. Preuss needs to jump into Grundy a little more. Grundy taking care of him at this stage.

Langdon really exploiting Phillips' lack of defensive game. Has been terrific. Langdon is just as damaging as Sidebottom, albeit with a different influence. Sidebottom is a score involvement king and Langdon is a transition king. Interesting to see how we come out in the third.

Tomlinson has really struggled with his cleanness and ball use back there.

Charlie boy!!! Where are you @picket fence!!!

Can't carry Viney in midfield. Such a dumb player.

Viney at fault for this scoring shot too. Tackle, don't bump. Dumb play again.

Good decision Trac. Much better.

Bad from Lever but should be in our hands at the other end, Jack hadn't kicked it straight to Moore. Turned the game that.

You're shocking Viney. He turned it over by hand and then by foot

Petracca has been hopeless with his ball use and decision making the first half.

Langdonwas the spare at that stoppage and won the free kick

I reckon we'll keep going head to head at stoppages.

Viney murdered that stoppage and then almost pinged inside 50. Got sucked in when we already had one at the ball and then got done on the outside. Dumb play.

Some Hollywood on display that quarter from Trac. Needs to get back to making the right decision as quickly as possible, rather than trying to be a hero.

You're a disgrace, Tom McDonald and Nathan Jones lost in transition. Fritsch is worthless if he can't kick simple set shots. That passage inside 50 before was utterly soft, lazy and pathetic from McDonald.

Great accompanying video content too. Well done, Nev.

We absolutely needed to play two tall forwards, but I reckon Sam earning his spot will be better for him in the long run.

In short, Weideman had to improve his one-on-one work and positioning – "I was probably still really weak in contests" – and he was double-grabbing at marks too often.

I wonder if we're utilising Langdon a bit like Alexander-Arnold and Robertson, in that he sweeps at one end and offers us width across half forward at the other. It'll be interesting to see what Collingwood do when we get the ball from a stationary position in the middle of the ground or across half forward. And our forward leading patterns will be vital for opening up space for others, as well as taking pressure off the mids under the pump from stoppage. Looking forward to it, but you're right. The lack of analytical data available to the public is strange, I reckon. Why wouldn't you release the data? After all, much of the football economy is money just floating backwards and forwards between clubs and the AFL.

Viney playing a tagging role will definitely help him to reduce the see ball, get ball at stoppages and will bring team mates into the game I reckon. Good post.

Do you have these sorts of posts queued up ready to go every week, mate? ? I really admire how you change it up.

We'll agree to disagree then mate. I rate Brayshaw far higher than Florent.

I love the bit where he bursts through a contest at half back against GWS and then hits a leading Melbourne high forward on the wing. It was that last game against of 2015 at Etihad, from memory. He needs to do this more often from half back.