Everything posted by bing181
- POSTGAME: Rd 11 vs Walyalup
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Let's try and pin point the actual issue.
Whatever the issues are, the idea that the solutions are running round in the VFL is delusional. For mine though, really missing: - key forward. Has been Tom Mac and BB, but both are pretty horribly out of form/past it, which leaves JVR (tries hard but pushed aside too easily), Schache (there's a reason he's onto his 3rd club) or I don't know who (Smith?). - second KPD. Our fearless backline was built around May, Petty and Lever ... in that order. Taking Petty out means that Lever is forced to play to his weaknesses (1 on 1) while at the same time we get no benefit from his strengths (intercepts) which is a double whammy.
- POSTGAME: Rd 11 vs Walyalup
- PREGAME: Rd 11 vs Walyalup
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David King First Crack
We're just not. Having to put Petty forward to shore up our KPF stocks has only unbalanced our backline - neither Lever nor May will be AA this year. Now with Petty out we're losing at both ends - undermanned backline and forward line without a reliable KPF target.
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CASEY: Rd 09 vs North Melbourne
We already have a very good third tall defender - Lever. What we've lost is the second tall defender, ex. Petty, and Turner has shown that for the moment at least, he's not big enough for that role. Rather Tomlinson for 2nd tall, and yes I know.
- POSTGAME: Rd 10 vs Yartapuulti
- JvR Free!!!
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WELCOME TO DEMONLAND: DANIEL TURNER
Just needs another pre-season and some time in the gym. Still young.
- JvR Free!!!
- JvR Free!!!
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Why are we continuously being beaten in clearances?
As has been mentioned in a few places, in (large?) part because we're resting/rotating our big 3 clearance specialists: Oliver, Viney, Petracca, the latter 2 in particular. If you look at the stats for this year, Petracca and Viney are only attending just over 60% of centre bounces. Of course, there are other stoppages ...
- JvR Free!!!
- PREGAME: Rd 09 vs Hawthorn
- GAMEDAY: Rd 08 vs Gold Coast
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CASEY: Rd 06 vs Box Hill Hawks
Perhaps, but might be worth trying to get him to 100 games. He has kids and you never know.
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PREGAME: Rd 07 vs North Melbourne
Perhaps, but seemed to have worked in our favour the previous year. Problem was though that in 2022 we'd come off a long, gruelling 2021 with not much turnaround. In 2021 we'd come off the shortened 2020 season (and shorter games). We carried a level of fatigue into 2022 that we just didn't have in 2021, and when you add niggles and minor injuries on top of that ...
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PREGAME: Rd 07 vs North Melbourne
Lever wasn't referring to resting players, but to injury management: "It was something that we addressed last year. We thought that we let ourselves down and we let our injuries get too much of us. By the back half of the year we were all running on the spot basically. Lever said injury management had "absolutely" been a key focus heading into 2023 ... https://www.sheppnews.com.au/afl/lever-tips-demons-to-reap-rewards-from-new-injury-plan/
- PREGAME: Rd 07 vs North Melbourne
- GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
- PREGAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond
- POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
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GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Essendon
Tomlinson being found out against big forwards/rucks, Petty just really down on form/confidence (not to mention, having hardly played back this year), Lever missing and Grundy doesn't really know how to play as a defender. Always going to struggle, need Gawn and Lever badly, maybe Turner in for Petty for a while.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Essendon
- GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Essendon