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WA side for tomorrow’s clash with VIC Country is up, JVRs younger brother Benji leading the ruck as an underage

Nothing is that simple You have to get the ball into F50 first I’m not sure a lot on here understand the impact of the Players Association, Strength and Conditioning with regards to load management etc and trying to fit in a number of areas of game craft across your line/position, strength and conditioning game review and opposition planning meetings and recovery sessions I also think a lot take an off the cuff comment by a player in an interview as gospel, not to mention second hand responses Posters on here will have you believe Gawny and others have a view of thinking I’ll just kick this and if it goes through great, if not ah well. In essence the world and especially the professional sporting environment is not black and white and a big variable is confidence/mindset

Please don’t ever say Gawn is unprofessional, he’s a poor kick for goal but god he does a hell of a lot well. The best ruckman of his generation and one who clearly gets his preparation and recovery spot on

It wasn’t working on the weekend but what about the previous weeks, we had players in unison with ball movement, I’m very careful of not throwing out the baby with the bathwater. I’m more looking towards the long term then KB Lever’s weaknesses are he’s not good 1v1 nor at ground level or moving laterally. I think he goes back to Casey, I’d look more to May, Tmac and Turner back and JVR/Petty forward as two talls, Melksham if fit to prevent Howe intercepting, Fritsch the higher up the ground conduit and Viney, Sparrow and a rotating mid in Kossie or Trac as the other forwards Tall rotation of Gawn, Petty, JVR & Melksham Small rotation Fritsch, Sparrow, Viney, Trac and Kossie with the last two spending the majority of the game in the middle B. Tmac May Mcvee HB.Salem Turner Bowey C.Langdon Rivers Langford HF. Sparrow JVR Fritsch F. Melksham Petty Chandler R. Gawn, Trac, Kossie I/C. Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney Sub. Sharp

Interesting watch as I predicted once we had another loss, several posters who’d been hiatus would be back straight away and there you have it. And what do they provide any insight into tactical moves, cutting off the source to the the run, or cause of turnover, loaded F50, lack of pressure being an obvious missing trait from the previous weeks Absolutely not- they are geniuses who would move magnets from D50 to F50 Comedy gold Here’s the thing Rebuild/Rejig whatever you want to call it happening on the run Game plan changes have been there to see, glimpses into, quarters into 3 quarters into some consistency. Younger players becoming more important to our ball movement, they will have poor games get closer attention and learn to adapt, it happens. AJ is a necessary stop gap, I suspect he won’t be part of the side when we start to step forward for a decent tilt, I suspect JVR still has time and not giving up on Jeffo just yet. Disco is a back man and going to be a very good one, aside from occasional swings forward that’s where he stays Clarrie showed the other day he still has a long way to go as does Kossie, because the Windhager tag is going to come more frequently. The change to the midfield is happening It’s still a bumpy road ahead but at least we’re committed to change

Exactly if the pressure is off it makes it difficult and as I said previously there will be bumps in the road, with us playing this way and opposition teams structuring up to prevent the run from half back and limit the impact of our stoppage game. We’ll learn to alter our method a bit, But we were our own worst enemy yesterday. Kossie wasn’t switched on yesterday from the get go, Windhager took his mind off the game. Goody did move Kozzie forward but Saints kept numbers behind the footy and with our really poor ground ball effort they started their transition chains As the game went on we lapsed at times and our drop in pressure allowed the Saints to move the ball. The big issue with yesterday which will happen is players like Oliver reverting back to bad habits such as the dump kick which allowed the intercepts from Wilkie and Caminiti. With the numbers back we needed to lower our eyes and/or switch the ball to create some hit up opportunities but if you’re off with your skill execution you run the risk of being burnt on turnover from the oppos launchpad. Quite simply poor mindset, effort and intensity down and that’s before the poor conversion rate which meant we also failed to apply scoreboard and perceived pressure

6.Gawn 5.Turner 4.May 3.Mcvee 2.Trac 1.Chandler

Big thanks to Ghostwriter and all the other track watchers

If you’ve coached you will be aware of the difficulties of implementing change and breaking players away from what they have done for years. How hard is it to run with the ball carrier and feed off @Sir Why You Little asks well if it were that simple, this falls back to previous complaints of why we had so many in at a contest only for an outside opponent to be hit up, now we back our teammate to win the contest and have the outside option. This isn’t easy to break into development kids let alone senior players who have had the previous plan embedded into them for 4 years. Windsor, Langdon, Langford, Lindsay, Bowey and McKee are huge with our style of play now along with the buy in from Trac, Oliver and Viney. We now use quick hands 2, 3,4 to get it out to space where we know we will have a runner and a second and third runner to create a chain or go lateral/45 with a kick and potentially another runner to receive. We are making the ground bigger and this is also benefitting our f50 entries with our players getting separation We didn’t have the runners before because we kicked long and got numbers into our F50. That transition has to be a group thing, believe in your team mate and provide the run from behind for the HB receive as opposed to kick long and press up as a defensive unit. There is still a lot when we move the ball forward of the team pressing up and settling up defensively which along with our lift in pressuring the ball carrier and corralling which is creating the forward half turnovers and repeat entries. For mine the transition took time for a few reasons Mcvee and Kossie with their foot skills and Kossie xfactor Viney, Oliver and Trac recalibrating to not always kick first option Lifting the pressure across the ground to cause turnovers and start the handball chains to create movement on the outside Belief Understand though we aren’t the finished article and we will transgress occasionally

We’re using it but we regularly change lanes with 45s, lateral handball and fwd handball to hit the outside player and then if available will hit another 45 or a player ar30-40m out inside F50

Just stop Swyl massive time and effort went into the changes from pre season they were disgraceful but the glimpses were there and we kept telling posters they were there, but you went with your standard I have higher expectations than others nonsense

Exactly what I was about to say the notion we turned this around in a flight back from Adelaide, a recovery session, 1 main session, a captain’s run and a few review and strategy meetings is laughable. There’s a lot who don’t understand the background work which goes in over a sustained period to implement a plan and break ingrained habits is huge

Oh you mean The learnings The journey It’s tiresome but at least it’s quietened down for a bit, although guaranteed it will be going again as soon as the siren sounds on our next loss or even team selection

They have a few who can cause problems if we aren’t mentally switched on. The group is going well and improving as we build, now we face a week where we go are going to go in as favourites The expectation is we will win, no we have to deal with that and the Saints are copping heat in the media with Ross Lyon well versed in setting up an us against the rest mentality also able to get his playing group out of Melbourne, desperate for a win and focussed on the job. Yes if we play the way we have been we will win, but we are going to get challenges thrown at us they will bring pressure and fight, Steel, Jones, Boxshall , Windhager are hard and honest, they have run with Hill and Wilson and as you mention Wanganeen-Milera who along with Sinclair can hurt you with the footy. Higgins, Sharman, Phillipou and Owen’s all talented in their forward half not to mention Marshall is in good form so they are more than capable Need to bring the same pressure game, effort, intensity and remain composed to deal with expectation and the challenge Danger game if we underestimate them

He’s making Olisik look like Einstein, concern for mental stability

That win was Optus, first time we played there and beat them. Think the last time we played them at Subiaco was when Tmac won the game for us almost at the death with the goal from top of the square whilst being tackled

Not uncommon some players take in too much Gatorade during breaks and when they start moving again the body reacts

Yeah I get where you’re coming from, just to clarify I’m positive love the build and transition we’re making. That post was more directed at those who will find a negative in any performance, whether they want to be correct about Goody being the wrong guy or team selection so it was literally to state we ticked almost every box the coaching group would have wanted going into the game. At the same time we’re getting more cohesive each week with the game plan, games into the younger players and the likes of Clarrie and Trac building back to their best but it not being if they don’t perform it impacts the outcome. We are building nicely, will still get the odd bump in the road but heading in a positive direction. That’s all without mentioning Kozzie who has entered serious A grade status in the last 5 weeks

Trac’s goal from the Salem chip pass just on 50m to the Punt Rd end I think it was, was almost identical to the opening goal of the 2021GF

It doesn’t matter what you watch or how many times you don’t know what you’re looking for it’s laughable that you continue to comment

6.Kozzie 5.Clarrie 4.Max 3.Trac 2.Salem 1.Langdon

Think Viney comes in for Spargo, AJ creates a lot of havoc in the forward line Does Tmac come back in Lever should be better with a game behind him but competition for places now

That’s a great team win, still building and still room for improvement but we’re heading in the right direction

Great overall pressure performance across the board Sydney constantly under pressure and turning it over trying to exit D50. F50entries much better with some obvious lowering of the eyes. As a group forwards did their job. Mids fantastic with clearance work and Turner getting better every week down back. Queue for next week and the usual suspects telling us the FD got it wrong again with their selection

Prevented Mccartin from intercepting and Melksham prevented Blakey from having any impact but if it’s not in the stats half of Demonland won’t pick it up