Demon Dynasty
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We do but i don't see anyone who has genuine mid field cred that will also bring the rest at this stage. There's only so much Tracc, Max and Viney can do. Viney and Max decent extractors but no toe, Tracc the receiver/clearance player with some break away power. Clarry has usually been handy to VG here when he drives out of stoppage but at the moment that aspect appears to have dropped away somewhat vs 2021/22 levels. He was also a decent extractor but even that appears to have left him a tad in the last 3 to 4 weeks? We lack an Anderson, Day or N Daicos type (ok so everyone wants Daicos) classy ball user with burst speed over 10 to 20 meters who can clear congestion and hit targets coming inside or direct it to advantage. That should technically be Kozzy on occasions but he just rarely does and his forward craft also appears to be suffering as a result of the dual role being asked or am i imagining things? Asking Kozzy to play both but no good at one and dropping off on his usual small pressure crumbing role. That has to be sending signals to the Coach / FD surely that this is now a fail. Get him back to doing what he does best ASAP and only bring into the mid field for minor minutes if he isnt getting his hands on it up forward. -
With all due respect there's no way any of them wouldve paid another 50 Neitz Handed them 3 questionable shots at goal from frees inside 50 and a payed a dropped mark that clearly hit the deck. One of those questionable frees was clearly incorrect disposal but instead was paid HTM. They made up the interpretation of the rules as they went along to ensure Port were given every opportunity to win the match Their mission was successful. Kenny's jump for joy at the end should've instead seen him running up to each of the umps and giving them each a huge hug and kiss on the cheek for a job well done!
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The missed front on contact forearm to the face of Max trying to mark in the middle was worse IMO Equally the most blatant biased umpiring of the year bar the last quarter of the Collingwood match against Adelaide over there as well. Theyre turning into the new version of West Coast's venue of corruption fortress they had going for 15 years under Marghets and his mate.
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That was complete rubbish speak tonight. We were smashed in clearances to half time and allowed their two main play makers to run free all night. In addition not one mention of the fact that 5 of their last 6 shots on goal came from 4 free kicks inside 50, three of those questionable, and one dropped mark. At least raise it as they don't win without that last quarter perfomance from the umps! WTF was that!????
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Very much. It's another fail as a result of too much mid field tinkering by Goody & co imv. He's no longer specialising as a defensive small forward. He's being asked to play dual roles (part of this as a pressure / clearance mid) and for a young player who's an instinctive opportunist, this probably doesn't work and so far doesn't appear to be. Jack of all trades imv. I don't mind a few of the boys running through 666 bounces but we've gone too far with giving too many fringe players too much CB attendance that really just aren't up to it. Im not sure what this achieves. Other than conserving/resting the main group it just ends up playing them out of form im afraid. No point having rested players if their best, once they're back there, is no lomger as effective as it once was. You then get a complete [censored] fest like we saw in the 2nd quarter where most are out of form, even the core group.... clearances 10 - zip!! By tinkering with the core set up too much, Goody & Co. have effectively taken away one of our biggest assets and handed that straight over to any mediocre mid field line up or better You can mask it againat the lessor lights on the outside ground ball / contested work as well as rebounds off HB, turnover pressure & scores that result from those turmovers. However, against top liners like tonight.... we stand no chance if this experimenting continues as they will simply outscore us by going forward far too easily too often. Just as we witnessed tonight.
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It's raining now i get that but even earlier when there wasn't so much.... Grundy ok around the ground sort of.... but boy he makes a meal of a fair number of contests and disposals. He's a big man yes and you expect some fumbles and clumsiness but gotta say he just lacks clean hands alot of the time and gets caught a fair bit. Does he use grippo as many of the other boys do i wonder? Hopefully he can keep things a bit cleaner frol here albeit not expecting much now that its pissing down. Nice goal from the Traccstar there
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'Bogged down Clarry' seems to have lost his leg drive out of congestion this season. After quarter time or so anyway. Might be why he's back to the dinky panic short handballs and lollipop kicks selling us into trouble quite often and giving the oppo plenty of nice looks. Good dominant Clarry gets on his bike and works his way out of congestion a little before either finding a receiver by hand or kicking long towards targets. He's still getting from contest to contest but the other 'running/leg drive' bit is missing after the first quarter or so. He's also lost any zip at middle bounces and not really giving us much at 666 of late. This leaves too much to too little... usually Max, Viney & Tracc.
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Correct. It also resulted in a neutral outcome even though the Hawks won the tap. Not bad! The other somewhat out-of-the-norm set ups (vs 2022) included... Tracc, Sparrow & Gus Viney, Sparrow & Gus Clarry, Kozzy & Sparrow x 3 Viney, Gus & Jordon I have the outcomes on these but won't bore you with the details
