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The dees aint no ferrari The dees are one of the 1970s Mazda cars with a rotary engine, perhaps the 1972 RX-3. Great fun to drive, fast and great speed to weight ratio. Can perform remarkably well. When on are super exciting. But break down way too often, are temperamental and unpredictable and parts are all but impossible to find. As are mechanics who know their way around a rotary engine.

This. I thought the report looked fine. But one i started watching pre game and they were talking about the strength of the wind i had a sinking feeling. And that's because we simply have two fey decent kicks and too may sub AFL standard kicks. Wirh no exaggeration rhey had a kid who kicked his first goal in afl footy wo has a better technique and is a better kick that close on to 35 blokes on our list.

Omac was way beyond poor. Nothing to do with smith.

Yep. That will do me.

Been meaning to say Deanox have been using the player tracker on the AFL site when watching games. Terrific for seeing the set up and positioning . Striking to see how many players are in one relatively small area - or when the ball is one end of the ground there almost never a single player past halfway at the opposite end

No sorry, skuit. It is not available live or in replay. Apologies for the confusion I mentioned replay because i'd love to watch a replay of our games just with the behind the goals angle, which apparently they record and provide to the AFL teams so they use for their analysis and reviews. So if they have the vision why not provide it to customers (with or without commentary) . Live would also be a great option actually as if it was option i could imagine i'd toggle between shots so i could see what is ahead of the ball or to check out match ups or structures.

Sorry sue. Just saw this. Its not an option. I wish it was. I hope it will be I've asked demonland to use his social media clout to start a viral, online campaign to convince kayo to include it as a replay option.

Its not an option. I wish it was. I hope it will be I've asked demonland to use his social media clout to start a viral, online campaign to convince kayo to include it as a replay option. Crickets so far, so i thought i'd try out a hash tag. Too long?

The demonland podcast live audience numbers might give it a nudge. I for one will be watching it live. Cant wait. My weekend will be a lot more peaceful not sweating on a match. And we only have to wait till Monday night for the next game! #have a down the ground camera viewing option on kayo

Agree. And so does goody. That is why tbey picked Omac.

Rusty I reckon parley is a perfect assignment for Smith, assuming the instruction is to wear him like a glove all game. Tag him effectively. Parley will take him to tbe ball and he doesn't have to worry about structure, zoning off or intercepting. Papley is a excellent mark and one on one. Which is parly why he so often torches players of similar height (who usually get the gig). As an example he would destroy lockhart. Smith's height adavanatege will help negate papley aerial strength and he is strong enough to hold his own in a physical contest. He has the speed to go with papley and is an excellent tackle. He also has tbe mongrel to bury him into tbe turf when he gets the chance. They will be happy to give papley 2 goals. Ane I reckon Smith can do that job. I get the knocks on him but unlike many i think smith has a bright future. I reckon he will go to papley but I like him as a forward so won't be disappointed if thst is where he lines up.

FND you are all of us. Have a great day

Another excellent analysis article on abc by Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-03/what-makes-afl-fremantle-dockers-captain-nat-fyfe-so-good/12620266?utm_source=abc_news&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=abc_news Love their data tables (which I'm pretty sure they have developed) and use of giphs to explain things. I'm going to have to learn how to do that as nothing beats a combination of visuals and text to make a point about some aspects of the game.

Fear not. He will be back. I will bet London to a brick he's back for the must win gws game and stays in the team from that point on.

Agree. Brilliant insight from a poster with a great feel for the game and a rare ability to use symbols to highlight key elements of his assessment of particular player's skill set. Sure some might say using potatoe emojis is a a child like and peurile method to rate a player, but they probably are the types who don't get modern art or impro jazz. Really I find it amazing a senior AFL coach could diverge so far from sons opinions.

I reckon he'll play on papley

Simple i reckon. They didn't work hard enough to spread, cover and set their zone. This was particular the case in the third Goody said as much after the game. And players were dropped as result. Our game plan will always be exposed if that work rate is not there. A team like the dogs is super well placed to take advantage of the work rate even being off a few percent (perhaps such a minimal drop off that individual players don't realise they are not working hard enough) because they have the kicking skills and leg speed to take full advantage of any gas or holes in the zone. It is worth noting they torched the cats the next week in the first quarter, jumping to a 6 goal lead, because the cast were not working hard enough. Like us the Cats fixed that work rate problem. The difference was the Cats had 3 quarters to reel the deficit in. We worked harder in the last quarter than we had in the first three quarters but simply didn't have enough time (or composure) to peg them back. The tigers have a similar but not identical game plan. The key similarity is that they too rely on all team effort and work rate. The difference between us though is they have more skill across the team, more experienced players and have been developing their system over a much longer period so no it inside out. This means if their work rate is little off, like it has been tonight against Freo they are not as vulnerable to us and will win more games where they are not plating at their peak. As goody has said a number of times our game plan is built for finals, when every player is usually totally switched on and ready to work. Maintaining that work rate week in, week out during the home and away rounds is no doubt a challenge, particularly for a young team

Smith is not a tall and will take Papley

Smith might get papley after all titan

I don't think our defenders did anything wrong, or at least not our bigs. As you say both Omac and may had to go to the contest. It was 2 on 2. If there was an issue it was that a Hibberd (who might have been off the ground?) or Wagner was not there to crumb, though that it is a bit tough given the speed it came out of the square. Ironically i think our biggest defensive issue is stopping the medium and small forwards, who score by far most of the opposition's goals not their bigs. I say ironic because it was Marshall (or maybe Ryder?) who crumbed that not a small, but it a typical small or medium forwards goal.

Good points. On the first point, as you say if Dougal had done his job not only would he have saved what might have been the match winning goal he could have launched an attack that MAY have resulted in a goal (so potentially a two goal turn around, a possibly they win the game). Yet Eade was the only persons anywhere i read or heard criticize Dougal. Which highlights how little people understand about the importance of structure and role (which is in large part down to the boneheaded coverage of the game - but that's another topic!.) The second point relates to this lack of understanding = you are spot on , mots fans and paid football commemorators and journalist simply don't get the importance of playing the assigned role, structure, discipline to not break teams rules (eg 3 players to the tracc contest) etc etc. And part of the problem is related the points you have made in a number of post about the how rubbish most of the stats are and that most people assess performance though the lens of those rubbish stats. A problem exacerbated by Supercoach and Fantasy football. As an example of discipline and playing a role in the structure Oscar took a mark on the last line in i think the last quarter. He was all by himself, so dead easy mark. He then kicked short to a free dees player and we cleared their 50. Most would not give him any credit for that play, given how easy it was to mark and hit a free target. But most would not credit him for doing the job Dougal failed to do. If he did not keep his assigned shape (a role he plays really well as there are times where has to go to the contest, like the one AF highlighted with Sinclair, or push forward) that goes though for point, they set up defensive wall and try and get a repeat inside 50. And maybe in doing score goal. A goal that would have been Omacs fault. Though ironically few would blame him for it. The third point is particular relevant for Omac. His deficiencies are pretty evident, and really seem to drive some people nuts hence the dear in the highlights comments that are at odds with the composure he showed in that critical last quarter. But he plays his role. A role Tomlinson clearly couldn't, which is no knock on Thomo i'll hasted to add. The ability to know when to move forward or go to contest or push back an play the goal keeper role takes skill and judgement. And no small measure of courage because mistakes are exposed and costly.

Flashbacks?

Interestingly I just listened to the Max gawn interview on rsn yesterday and asked about rhe swans game he said they play a similar style to the digs and saints - look to go through the corridor and switch and run (which is half consistent wirh my comments above) I also listended to Rodney eade on rsn, also yesterday, and he said that goal to trac was the fault of Dougal who failed to maintain the defensive structure. Dougal should have been on the last line as the goal keeper, the role omac plays, which is where he started when the ball came in but got sucked to the trac contest (which is why there was 3 saints at that contest - like bees to a honeymoon he said - a familiar refrain for dees fans in the past). If he had stayed where should have, he would have stopped the goal (and my additional comment would have gathered under no pressure and cleared the area). Instead he got caught in no man's land and couldn't touch the ball. I hadn't picked that up. It highlights how important roles and structure are. Telling that Eade as a coach zeroed in on that aspect of the goal. Didn't even mention the video controversy. Can't seem to put the links up from my phone. Will try later from a pc. But they can be found on the rsn website under the program pages (the breakfast club).

I did not realise that was a free kick at the time. Assumed it was on tbe full. What was it for?

And further to my post i reckon ANB is big chance to come in (i hadn't even consider him)