Earl Hood

Anyone know if we have engaged a specialist goal kicking coach yet? You know someone who might be able to improve technique and develop routines (that allow players to replicate that technique in all circumstances)for set shots! Goal kicking has cost us 3 games this season. Petracca is a classic case study, his ball drop on a set shot inside 45m can do anything with him often spinning the ball in his hands just prior, to stay loose I suppose?

6 Gawn 5 Oliver 4 Brayshaw 3 Jones 2 Viney 1 Frost

Can’t kick goals end of story

JKH first game this year after extended injury, love your empathySam.

Had 2.3 kicked on him, yes that was the difference, NOT.

Jenkins is big unit but I am sure you would have brought him down. We lost it in front of our own goal.

Oscar had 2 goals kicked on him, not a great game but really. We lost it up forward, set shots missed, Max, Hunt, Smith, Weid, then dropped chest marks, Jeffy, the list goes on. The Crows had half the opportunities but nailed most of them. If you can’t finish you can’t win, it is that simple.

If you can’t kick set shots from inside 40m what about 5 times in a match you cannot win!

Umpires nearly gifted qCrows a goal there, not 15, play on for no reason leads to turn over.

Looks like the Viney of Old so far.

I was thinking Stretch was playing a role in defence and on the wing rather well. But there you go.

How many so called holding frees can the crows be given?

Razor keeping the Tigers in the game I see. Is he a club member? Push in the back by Dusty, not paid, goal. Not Late bump paid for a goal, incorrect disposal on Cochin, not paid. Go Ray!

We cant win a free but still goal

Throw and goal to WC why bother with rules?

That was nearly a goal to the umpire

Umpires making things difficult so far with separate interpretations of holding the ball for each team!

Scrapping the barrel here I fear. Neither Oscar or Harrison have done enough consistently at VFL level to warrant a call up. But these are desperate times so let’s hope they put in blinders or at least contribute.

It was a jumping head shepherd two weeks in a row. Similar to jumping up a goal post. Nothing reportable here.

Apparently God told him to do it! Can’t see how any of us can argue against what he did now that now.

Odd strategy to rest him when he needs game time to build his confidence and touch?

My wife, a hawks supporter attended the match and said they refused to chase or tackle hard enough, allowing the Hawks to possess the ball. They were looking for the easy ball and made no attempt to change their game plan. Thought they would just walk away with an easy win. Hard to know where the Giants are at.

Except Weid didn’t play, he is injured I think.

Yes had a look at it twice. He jumped off the ground to put two arms across the players face running past. An almost exact replication of last week’s assault on Shiels, so it must be unintentional again and low impact so we move on?! Oh and his exemplary record will stay intact I suspect.

Can’t kick straight for goal from set shots or snaps cant kick to a target inside 50 cant kick to the advantage of a leading forward Ball carrier tends to just bomb long from outside 50m very few forwards lead toward the ball carrier and when they do we kick it over their head no crumbing forwards who make position or have goal sense Melksham doing time in the midfield Jeffy dropping easy overhead marks need two key targets who separate in the forward 50. Where is Pruess? Other than that I can’t workout why we are crap! By the way: Where did Keilty play, he seemed to be in the ruck or on the bench?