Everything posted by bing181
- POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
- POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
- POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
- POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
- POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
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POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Execution, execution, execution. That Oliver turnover in the last minutes summed it all up. Nothing to do with Goodwin or the coaches, nothing to do with the system, everything to do with the players' failure to be able to execute even simple kicks/handballs, yet alone under pressure. Petracca one of the few exceptions.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Richmond
- GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Richmond
- GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Richmond
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TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Yet.
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TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Easy. The players aren't executing what they're being asked to do BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CAPABLE. (At least not for a whole match. See Carlton first quarter, Geelong last quarter.)
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TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Of course you didn't. Because like the rest of us, you have no information on how players not in the firsts are tracking.
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TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Find this aspect of it interesting: so many here [censored] and moan about how devoid of content the interviews with Goodwin, Mahoney etc. are - when in reality they provide a good insight into the rational and context for player choice. No surprises in the selections - if you've been paying attention.
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TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond
They played him round 2 - even though he had to be nursed through it on just over 50% game time - because the players he's competing against for a place, VDB, Hannan, Spargo and Pickett were either unfit or unavailable. Now they all are he needs to step up. Made clear by Goodwin in his recent interview. Once again, not complicated.
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TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Bennell isn't fully fit. Not complicated.
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CHANGES: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Jesus.
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CHANGES: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Confirmation bias. (Also hindsight bias in any case.)
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CLARKSON RATES US
This is where it all goes wrong. Stop kidding yourself. Especially once you get past the first-picked dozen or so, it's only OK at best. With the players we have, at the stage they're at, if we finish mid-table, we'll have done well.
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Scratch Match vs Geelong
“Oscar McDonald was outstanding – he was clearly best on ground for us."
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Scratch Match vs Geelong
Also about game time. Both Hannan and VDB only played around 60% of game time, and Bennell was even lower than that against Carlton. There are only so many players you can carry in a match.
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CHANGES: Rd 05 vs Richmond
(i) Goodwin is but one member of a committee that picks the team (ii) if it's an illustration of anything, it is that outsiders (including Demonlanders) do not have access to the full range of criteria used for making selections. Or in short, "form" means something different to someone sitting on a couch watching the footy on telly than it does to a member of the match committee or football department.
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CHANGES: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Also is our chop-out ruck, not to mention, had more "metres gained" than any other player on the field (both teams).
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CHANGES: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Agree on continuity. Hannan probably did enough, especially on reduced game time, but VDB looks underdone. Bennell for VDB? Other changes determined by matchups, though one smokey might be Salem out. Only 9 possessions? Not like him.
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CHANGES: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Fantasyland. You have no idea what either Clarkson or Goodwin say to their players behind closed doors.
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How many games has he played this year? I'll wait.