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    3 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Their 50’s look fairly open. Why does our always look so congested?

    Yep it’s a real puzzle, Champion Data measures us as the second fastest ball movers in the competition, yet we when we enter our F50, everyone else is already there?

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    28 minutes ago, Unqualified opinion said:

    Gawn would love these umpires. Grundy did the exact same thing against him for no frees.

    Yes obviously the umpires had a forensic session on blocking in the ruck during the week and rediscovered the rule, although I must admit I couldn’t see what Grundy was doing that he and others haven’t been doing all season. But it’s cost him 3 blocking frees against in centre bounces.

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    12 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Yeah well where to start???

    My son was over the other day and we spoke about the Dees, now here is my Imprimatur, my son is a very learned man and better than me at at Footy analysis I won't go into details but he said several things

    May to Full Forward and play Jeffo alongside, Petty goes BACK FOR GOOD!

    Windsor BACK TO THE WING!

    JVR hnmm Jury is out but kicked 2 and then Rucked ??

    Petty backline or bust... Not a Forwards Bootlace

    ANYWAY my 2 cents worth...

    JVR..For Caaaaaryst sake Goody u are Killing him! Still kicked 2 !

    Petty,: ???????? Plays defence or not at all

    Windsor: Goody u have killed him playing HB

    Salem: Lucky to be still getting a game!

    Viney: Better have a Blinder!

    T. Mac Surely better than some?

    But well done Jeffo, Deserved a game so hope he does well!!

    I agree with much of this, especially now that the season is done. Let’s do some experimenting.

    May goes forward to provide someone who can use his body to get the advantage and take a grab and I believe he can kick straight at goal. And could going forward extend May’s career for a season or two? Petty back or bring TMac back in as a KPB (and back up ruck). He was in good form then dropped for what reason?

    Yes Windsor to the wing, move Langford to the midfield, Viney to play as a defensive forward. Fingers crossed that Jeffo clicks up forward and we can run with Jeffo, May, Fritsch as targets, Viney, Chandler, Pickett at ground level.

    Of course no matter who you have up forward is irrelevant if the ball movement stays predictable with long bombs to the same spot. Rule 1 - Oliver to handball at all costs, not kick. Rule 2 Max to handball at all costs when forward of centre, especially if he is within goal kicking distance.

    Tracc, at a loss, any suggestions?

    Test run JVR as a KPB at Casey for a few games. Give Seston a run at it when he is back fit and has played a few at Casey.

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    3 hours ago, layzie said:

    This is why I don't even bother with the 'they need to do more goal kicking practice' line. I reckon I've seen Max nail 3 set shots in a row in the training sessions I've been to, with head over the ball and no sideways running out as well.

    Psychological is a huge part of it but also the fact that our list doesn't have enough of the natural kicking technique to begin with. I honestly just want to see 50% conversion on a regular basis, we can improve a little but we aren't going to shoot the lights out like Adelaide. Look at Darcy Fogarty for example, that guy came into the league as one of the best set shots in that draft.

    I just want to be comfortable in the knowledge that if we generate X amount of scoring chances, we can convert somewhat of a winning score.

    You are sounding a lot like Simon there. If we win contested footy, generate more inside 50’s than them, on percentages we should win, so don’t sweat too much on the small stuff, like goal kicking, forwards leading at the ball carrier etc.

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    1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Talking about psychologists Trac desperately needs one so he can realise going back with the flight for a mark isn't a death sentence. He had a freak accident last year, it is almost zero chance something like that will ever happen again.

    Except I don’t believe it was an accident. But yes it won’t likely happen again.

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    He'll see out his contract.

    I've wanted him gone since the Gold Coast game but after realising the cost if the club sacked him would be enormous.

    This club is due for a fresh and new voice.

    It’s a given, we can’t afford to sack him early but is there anything in his contract that stipulates that he has to be the main man who calls the shots? In any other workplace he would be moved on, the same failures occurring for 3 seasons with hardly a recognition they should be rectified. I suspect he just doesn’t really believe that the game has moved on, that far. By that I mean I believe Simon begrudgingly accepts changes are needed but believes his basic 2021 formula will still work, that is backline presses up, win contested ball, bang it forward, get a stoppage, hold it in, conjure a score, rinse & repeat over and over. However yes this season ball movement has definitely sped up and we are sharing the ball around more until we get to the F60+ but then it’s often just bang it forward.

    To us outsiders there seems to be zero emphasis on goal kicking accuracy, no demand that we develop a forward line strategy where forwards lead toward the ball carrier, forwards that try to get separation from their opponents, just some fr**king movement, FFS ahead of a ball carrier. Particularly that there are No penalties applied to the old guard when they repeatedly just bang the ball mindlessly forward, burning team mates in better positions. Oliver, Viney and Tracc are repeat offenders.

    During our run of wins (5 out of 6) recently, Oliver was almost exclusively handballing to a player on the outside, not kicking, ball carriers were looking for short targets in the F50. For some reason in the last 2 weeks, Oliver is dump kicking and ball carriers are dumping long kicks into the F50?

    A restructure and some new faces might be a possible answer to get a fresh approach. Some new assistant coaches and maybe the football operations manager actually calls the shots on game strategy and has a greater say in selection.

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    2 minutes ago, BDA said:

    would be good to see one of forwards lead towards the ball carrier for a chnage

    Yep no movement in the F50 so ball carriers are just kicking long to defenders and it looks like we are really missing a defensive small to stop them cleaning the loose ball up so easily in our full forward line.

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    2 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    The inconsistency on the insufficient intent only makes the rules even more farcical

    In the last 5 minutes two identical spoils go out of bounds. One, by Hawks, trow in. The next by Crows - penalised.

    Get rid of it.

    That last insufficient attempt free was ludicrous and set up the winning goal. Another umpire decided result.

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    3 minutes ago, Big Col said:

    In the second quarter, Chin (I think it was him, it was the other side of the ground to me) was spun in a tackle and his release handball ended up goijg out of bounds.
    Decision: Insufficient Intent and free to Collingwood

    About 10 minutes later, N Daicos was spun in a tackle and handballed it directly out of bounds.
    Decision: Throw in.

    IMHO they should both be throw-ins, but the inconsistency was glaring.

    Yes I saw that and went ape****! It’s hard to reconcile this rubbish with so called semi professional umpires.

    And then we had the phenomenon of the distant whistle. Several times it came from one extreme end of the ground, calling a holding free amongst a pack of players grappling for the ball around the centre of the ground. You know what would the 2 closest umpires know?

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    6 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

    I want the umpire to explain how that was a free kick against Campbell.

    After the game, please

    Did Campbell go past the demarcation line between the ruckman before the bounce? Hard to tell from the telecast. If he didn’t it was his free not the Pies ruck. The umpiring has been appalling!

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    Gee our kicking for goal isn’t that bad maybe after watching Brisbane kick 8 behinds and 2 out of bounds in the last! That last 5 minutes was crazy dumb footy, the Lions dominating with the last 11 inside 50’s but just kicking points and the Crows just kept kicking it back out long to contests and watching it come straight back.

    2 hours ago, bing181 said:

    "Everyone's trying to crack the code in terms of goalkicking," Goodwin said ahead of the King's Birthday blockbuster against Collingwood.

    "There's certainly a skill to it and there's a mindset to it.

    "We believe that we've done the work to get the skill set.

    "It's now making sure that mentally we believe that we're capable and we finish the plays."

    “We believe that we’ve done the work to get the skill set”

    And yet nearly everyone here has noted the obvious flaws in the techniques of the 2 serial offenders, Max and Tracc? There are zero signs that there has been improvements to technique/skill. A poor technique will always struggle under pressure, no matter what sport you are playing. And a poor technique soon affects the mindset, they are both linked.

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    1 hour ago, KozzyCan said:

    I'm sure goalkicking could be improved but it's simply not what happens in the modern game. Players have more time off than ever before and we've gone the extra step to let them do their own thing at training half the time. Players simply don't spend hours on end fixing up their techniques anymore, the high performance managers probably won't even let them even if they wanted to. There is simply no world where I can see guys like Gawn, Oliver or Petracca improve their goalkicking.

    If we want to get more accurate the simplest way is to generate higher percentage shots at goal.

    I can remember going out to watch training at Casey (from outside the fence) a couple of times several years ago and noticed on both occasions that Ben Brown just repeatedly taking set shots at goal from about 40m out. With his long run up that meant he was starting from behind the centre line.

    He must have been in rehab or something because everyone else was doing ball movement stuff. So if players do have so called voluntary training sessions, some of them should be just practicing set shots and under the supervision of someone who knows about kicking technique.

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    25 minutes ago, Demonised said:

    1. Stop spinning the ball in hands as part of your set shop run up.

    2. Shorten your run up.

    I am sure the spinning of the ball is to do with some advice he must have got about not tightening up and clutching at the ball that would affect the ball drop. So it makes some sense. So the ball drop might be ok but the rest of his action is flawed. The long run up, the late shuffle to the right, the kicking leg comes across the body and does he lean back on the kick, not following through properly? It looks like it and he nearly always fades it to the left, like a left handed golfer with a slice swing.

    Golfers have swing coaches who know their swing and are employed to detect flaws, if there are any but importantly to flag any changes. We need someone similar at the club, desperately.

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    Footy Classified just discussed this. They showed Goodwin Press Conferences where he repeatedly talks about the problem and they are working on it, then they showed about 5 of Max’s set shot misses. As I suspected, every miss is the same, the ball trajectory starts straight then veers off to the left. Why hasn’t this been addressed, seriously? It’s like having a golf swing that always veers off in the same direction, it’s more fixable than if you just always spray balls randomly. Matthew Lloyd was of a similar opinion and wondered why Max hasn’t changed how he holds the ball. He also was critical of Petracca’s high ball drop. Demonlanders have been screaming about these things for ages but nothing has been done. And the FC panel said this chronic inaccuracy keeps costing us games and finals.

    It is just another one of those mind boggling, reoccurring problems (like the poor midfield to forward connection) that seem to be fixable but keeps costing us games, year after year!

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