Diamond_Jim

Line of the night by the blog writer ... Jacob van Rooyen is not asked if his name is Jacob van Rooyen. Bugger.

Close loses......one week

David Neitz on the jury for Close I suspect he won't be on the JVR jury

it does sound counter intuitive but there is logic. Traditionally teams have packed our forward line and used it to slingshot forward. We stopped that by playing a backstop backman. Collingwood and others then perfected the swarm forward which overwhelmed the backstop. This is a tactic but if it becomes a habit like the bomb to the forward pocket we become too predictable. Must say when watching the continued loss of centre clearances is depressing. I'll start to watch the ensuing possessions more closely

in about four weeks after two or three games at Casey that is how I would play him for a couple of weeks. Offers a chance to give reduced duties to Hibberd or another smaller backman in the run home. You could use the same approach with Joel Smith and Lever

and then we'll probably rest him 😅

Like the DRS in cricket the review in AFL was originally introduced to protect from the "howling errors" occasionally made by umpires. Now we've taken it to the n'th degree with lousy technology Using a review to determine if it has hit the padding on the behind post when a boundary umpire is standing next to the behind post as occurred on one game over the weekend has to be the most ridiculous thing ever.

agree with the touch post= goal etc .. if it goes through Too much time wasted on review... If snicko uses an immediate light alarm I would re-consider Touched by players should be umpires call and favour the scoring team if in doubt

Agree. If not for some free kicks his day at Casey would have been sub par. Once again though delivery was terrible Not sure that Joel Smith is the answer. He's an opportunistic high flyer not a strong bodied bring to ground type forward

Woey okay but could have done better Not our worst I recall Stretch and JKH. Often excelled at VFL level but couldn't crack the big time. Woey is not at the VFL level that JKH and Stretch reached but it's only his second year

we're the Pies in reverse it would seem This has been a terrible display

following the dees can be stressful

well well

our boundary line game means we are easier to squeeze. Needs some centre corridor play to break up the pattern. At least with Hunter we should not be falling into the trap of always playing the Langdon wing

a minor train wreck Could have won if we kicked straight but the forward set up was dysfunctional. As usual too much forward pocket delivery. Attacking players not willing to cut back to the centre hot spot 35 out. Forwards rarely on the lead Laurie and Spargo had decent games

starting to lose count of the inside 50 marks by the Suns Joel Smith might be better down back

a forward 50 mark would be useful

suns starting to dominate...... need to take some risks up the middle forward line for casey is woeful

casey can't buy a goal and Suns.. well you know the answer

"the coach killer" and Schache's first Good chain by Casey

the first "peppering" reference

Fascinating commentary... "Let's not confuse coincidence with causation" Cerebral by comparison to BT

a bird's eye view with this camera angle not bad for giving an overall view of play

Would not mind seeing Woewodin playing the small forward role today for a half or so to see how he goes. Similarly play Laurie on the HBF for a while. IMO fringe players are wise to develop in say two positions to maximise their chances of a senior game. I wonder where we will see Joel S play today? Is he the Lever understudy or the secret weapon forward ?

I stand corrected