Demon Dynasty

Agreed Mr Leg but i still think he halved many of those center bounces in the air before then competing as that handy extra mid at ground level. Prevented the opp hitting to advantage first (some of the time). He's doing less of the former and seems to be a fair way off the level he showed in the GF on the ground at the mo also. Not expecting him at GF levels either every week however he's been a fair way off that for about 5 weeks now (post Covid?). Slightlly improved around the ground the last few but not in the middle IMO.

6/7 days to train prep is plenty enough coach. They need at least 2 to 3 days off to recover & freshen up for a tough back half i would think.

Leaps way too early at the center bounces too often...cant see how we're going to win many hits to advantage or even neutralise the contest unless he corrects this.

Nothing is that bad or that good in all this. May back in makes us roughly a two goal better team defensively. A great general/Quarterback and makes the others around stand taller and their jobs a tad easier. A great intercept player and the team sets up further down the ground on his kick ins....making any losses/turnovers at those contests generally less damaging coming back in as they arent coming back in as deep as often. Then there's Macca up forward as our only genuine contested beast who can out mark opponents in a pack and/or.get the ball to ground much of the time if he doesn't. We have no replacement for Macca until/unless he returns and if he does.i doubt he'll be able to get back to the level he was prior to going down in time to inpact finals in a big way. But you never know eh. So the elephant in the room for the FD is .... how do we solve the Macca problem? Maybe we can't and just need to go smaller up forward and do a Richmond pre-Lynch arriving ie; just Riewoldt surrounded by a bunch of smalls and one medium-small in Fritta?

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This sums it up to a tee for mine. We have the same forward line coach though GY 🤷‍♂️

Both the KTs are too easliy pushed off the ball or kept out of the marking contest with even a slight bodying from an opponent. Without Macca we have no contested beasts in the air up forward aside from Max on occasions. Fritta one on one gets hold of opponents at times and that's about it.

Very very solid but.... he slow plays far too often for mine and often down the line when (sometimes) the better option would have been to move it quicker with a short pass inside or over the top (when options were clearly presenting..obviously you cant if there isnt) and keep moving the ball up the field before opp has time to call in the cavalry and get extras behind the ball. Nice but also a liability in this regard on occasions. Love the effort and the rest but would like to see a bit more quick ball movement and/or play on at times. Not doing so makes scoring on the counter that much harder

I watched BBB a fair bit today SPC and im sorry but he just aint working hard enough for his $$ as a key forward. He sits back way too deep for too long even when players are a good kick & a half out and you know they're probably going to drop it short around the 30 - 35 meter mark. He often starts from behind his opponent too without any body work and is waiting for the perfectly weighted pass to run onto. In a tight pressure encounter you aint gonna get that sort of service to often. As a KF you would expect multiple leads, or even one coming at the ball carrier early to offer him 'something' coming through the middle under heat. With BBB ... most of the time you get nada, zip... just the kick--it-to-me long option and i'll leap from behind and try and clunk the odd head banger. While BBB was slightly better today than previous 4 weeks, it wouldn't take much as he basically gave us nothing in that block of games. Then there was Mitch.... oh boy. Wheras Mihoceck was a big part of why they won today. Chalk & cheese Up forward IMHO.

Poor player management through those two rounds. Had we rested about half a dozen key players in those matches it may have at least given us a fair chance to win one of the last three coming into the buy. Along with the May saga and Macca going down, the lack of player management stands out for mine. Many were jogging on the spot for a fair part of the match. Their were hands on hips all round just after the warm up prior to the bounce as well. Did they come into a huddle and do the usual rev up? Might have missed that.

The rolling zone is a steaming pile of dung at the moment. We have no ability to close down space and shut a team down, even for 10 minutes of a quarter to wrestle the game back on out terms. Forward craft, play, lack of leads, lack of crumbing, kicking to the same spot far too often.... shizen houzen. Clarry's one extra handball or two through the middle instead of a quick kick inside 50 is killing this team. Teams have worked out the bang bang bang bringing someone off the square. You have to go over and inside 50 with the quick kick. A stack of work to do from here to get this slightly deerailed train back on track

The only good thing to come outta that (aside from a great cause) was the $$ i had on the Pies

Mitch to Mihoczeck

Barely touched the ball (vs his usual)

Did a couple of decent things that quarter but far too quiet and lacks intensity on his opponent. Pushed off the ball too easily. Still zero goals and thats what he's there for. Would need to kick a couple of goals this quarter or at least one plus a few asists to have any chance of holding his spot. Sparrow looks very shakey with the ball and too loose without at this stage. ANB far too quiet. Again unless they lift and do something pretty special it's Bedford time for one of those two pls.

Yep and this is the case in general around stoppages and in game play. A few too many handball receivers are flat footed but....this is also being brought about by one or two extra (unecessary) handballs to a nearby player drawing further pressure. Too me this is a structural adjustment thing. Get the outliers out a little further so they have a tad more time to change lanes after the receive & execute by foot or get the overlap going over the top by hand.

Put Harmes on DeGoey. Needs a cooler. Kozzie the invisible man so far. I'd be switching him on to Daicos as a hard lock and run off role if he wins the one on one....give him the challenge to win defensively first...then go go go to damage. He cant just be a forward crumb in a big game as he just doesnt get enough of it (at this point...might happen later as he gets stronger, tougher, more experience)

This bloke is such a big game white line player. Anyone who says Hibb is done & dusted well think again. Our best down back so far by the length of the Flemington straight

Amazing what happens when a couple of your key talls finally stand up... Dogga & BBB

Have a lager for me SW....where abouts?

Can you ask if she likes fried bananas drizzled in maple syrup?

Can someone tell Bin....top of the Ponsford's open! 😬

This bloke can play very nicely on the inside NS....i agree re bull at a gate. I remember when we were all screaming for Clarry to break out using some grunt (driving his legs on the burst) to the outside and kick more often. With enough training (probably full pre-season) i reckon it just might be possible for Dunstan as well. Take his game to another level.... what an asset he would be

Call me crazy and i'll no doubt cop some heat over this but.... Although he doesn't have the elusiveness & skills on his left side, nor the aerial acrobatics (yet). Is also more likely to be played as a small forward / occasional mid rather than an attacking HB. In the three matches i've seen Moniz he reminds me just a tad of something akin to a very very raw Gavin Wanganeen. While i'm in no way suggesting he will have the sort of career Wanganeen had, this kid might be heading towards something pretty special (in his own right). Very early days though of course.

Agree, he was shakey & flakey at the Pies PF. But having watched him a fair bit this year.... he's def playing the Linger's type role (maybe not exactly but alot of similarities?). Maybe worth limiting his impact a little i reckon. Something like how the Hawks limited Lingers by not allowing him the outside?