Earl Hood

46 minutes ago, Deedubs said:

Agree with most of it.

My notables:

Brayshaw: Overrates his left
Lever: Slow, fumble, frazzled.
Fritsch: costly forward turnover
Oliver: Didn't ice game
Petracca: Ben Simmons (of) goal-kicking.
 

 

Agree with most of that. Gee did Lever actually have a clean possession all day? Tracc and some others need to go back to Chocco’s goal kicking school. 

6 Gawn

5 Petracca

4 Oliver

3 Viney

2 Brayshaw

1 Bowey 

28 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Gave up an early goal by punching the ball indiscriminately down back and had his usual number of half hearted attempts to defend or contest.

Had some better moments too and I like they way they used him. But not enough to really be convincing.

Yes can’t replace ANB defensively and didn’t do enough offensively. We missed Kosi and ANB’s forward pressure I thought. Hawks moved the ball out of their backline too easily. 

6 Oliver

5 Gawn

4 Langdon

3 May

2 Brayshaw

1 Bowie

6 Gawn

5 Petracca

4 May

3 Oliver

2 Viney

1 Spargo

4 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Joel Smith - rested??

I thought he must have Covid issues, close contact or something? 

I was sure the push in the back rule was adopted to protect the man in front from just being pushed forward out of a marking contest so the man behind can just take a chest mark. Had that one wrong on tonight’s interpretation anyway.  No it seems it’s more for when some guy has already fallen forward to the ground with the ball and the tackler falls into his back. 

6 Gawn

5 May

4 Harmes

3 Jordan

2 Brayshaw

1 Langdon

3 minutes ago, Big Col said:

Rd 1 2013 they killed us and set us up for a horror season resulting in the sacking of our coach.

It's about time we returned the favour.

Yes I was there. I remember commenting to my friend at I think it was the 12 minute mark of the first quarter that “ gee have you noticed we haven’t had a possession yet?” And I think by then Wines ( who we didn’t draft against everybody’s thinking) had already kicked 2 goals! Have I got the right game? 

6 Oliver

5 Brayshaw

4 Langdon

3 Weideman

2 Bowie

1 Harmes

39 minutes ago, Thehardtackler said:

Would definitely play Brown against his old club. Nothing will motivate him to kick a bag at AFL level more!

The few times I have seen Brown he has always looked like a natural forward. Tall agile, knows where to run and good hands. He has been inaccurate at times and hasn’t been given a second chance unlike others. 

1 hour ago, The Chief said:

There was a moment in the second quarter when Weid lost another marking contest and then couldn’t be bothered to raise his arms on the mark. Looked very poor and just sums up his lazy approach to the game in general, zero intensity. Should have shipped him off to the Pies when Eddie was there. . 

Get him down back and tell him he is accountable for an opposition forward! Let’s see how he goes. if he refuses to be accountable in the backline then it’s time to end the relationship. 

At least we might learn something not just repeating the same thing over and over. 

3 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Why do we need to make concessions to an already brilliant and established backline, just to fit Weid into the team? 

I am saying to trial him at CHB at Casey, if it works then you have a selection option. At the moment he is not a selection option at all. And I just don’t see him making it as a forward but he definitely has size, mobility and clean hands (if there isn’t a fist coming through of course). At this stage he won’t be at the club next year. 

46 minutes ago, ding said:

Weideman is not going to make it. Just doesnt have enough mongerel in him to mix it with the big dogs. This contract should be his last.

Been saying for 2 years throw him to CHB and let’s see what he has. If it worked Petty could return forward. Weid appears to have the tools to play off half back, and it’s easier to play there and build some confidence than be a key forward with limited opportunities and someone sitting off your left shoulder all day. 

6 Tracc

5 Oliver

4 Bowey

3 Jackson

2 May

1 ANB

Been saying for 2 years Weideman should be trialled as a CHB for periods at Casey to see whether he is a natural defender and build his confidence, he would appear to have the attributes. Petty forward, Weideman back might be a good combo. Now with injuries we need the option of another tall back. 

Who was the comedian who tossed the coin? Quite funny I thought. 

Just now, Seraph said:

50m penalty for shaking your head while looking at the ground

 

Looks like it’s mandatory to smile when you get a decision against you! Ludicrous that’s about four 50’s for head shaking. 

2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

five of our premiership back six out but our entire starting midfield not defending doesn't help

That’s a big part of the poor play. The midfield dominance that underpinned our big wins last year just isn’t there tonight. Viney is MIA, Max, Oliver, Harmes and Tracc getting possessions but not working together and not getting back defensively and an undermanned backline is being exposed. LJ, Kossie, Spargo, Hunt really struggling. Hope this is the shocker we needed. 

The team must have missed all the AFL memos this week about the focus on time wasting, umpire abuse etc! 

1 minute ago, Daily Dose of Demons said:

Am I watching the same game as you blokes we had almost double the inside 50s and got unlucky a few times they aren’t even close to on top. 

Except on the score board but that doesn’t really count in the wash up. 

18 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Anyone Kayo showing absolute pox blurry vision..

Yes thought it must be my eyes.

6 hours ago, Its Time for Back to Back said:

Earl can you tell how they have been able to increase the size of the oval. Have they removed trees or have they just moved the old fence 

Doesn’t look like they had to remove any mature trees that I can see although I haven’t had a look at the Punt Rd side. 

Gosch’s Paddock update. I guess the drainage & irrigation piping has been laid since my last inspection, now they have laid down a heap of sand and the surveyors were out this morning checking the levels. Seems like a heap of sand, so what’s next, a layer of soil or do we go straight to laying instant turf? Anyway things are certainly moving toward the May completion target date. Hanging out for training to return home. Casey is too far away for me and with the ground gates closed why would you bother to make the pilgrimage? 

14 hours ago, rjay said:

It used to be that a ground needed 12 months to settle after being re surfaced.

That would mean we are not on it until May 2023.

New technology might have improved the settling time but I still couldn't see it being used this year apart from community dog walking perhaps...

Good point I hadn’t taken that issue into account. However I remember they stripped back the other playing surfaces outside AAMI, about 3 years ago, did some levelling and then recovered with new turf. This is the training ground for Melbourne Storm and the Rebels. From vague memory they were back training on it within a month or so?