So what’s the reason it keeps happening? Bad delivery inside 50 kicking to the oppo Lack of defensive accountability from forwards Poor leading patterns from forwards leading to turnover Lack of blocking for forwards to get clear Poor aerial contest work ??? How do we fix the problem? Them trying t...

B.M wrote: ↑Sat 08 Jun 2024 11:08pm I don’t understand

Because it’s a ridiculous suggestion

Open your mind.

George27 wrote: ↑Sat 08 Jun 2024 11:05pm Out Howard
In Cordy

This too. Or Shoenmakers and have Battle play taller.

Doesn't win them the game.

In fact when they were racking up cheap possessions was when we were well on top.

Take an A Grader out of the ruck and bring in a D Grader And put Marshall forward where he’s average at best Next Wouldn't expect you to understand. Campbell is a great match up for the Big O. Our forward line is struggling to win 1 on 1 marking contests. If it isn't working you sub Campbell off an...

Would be my change next week.

Marshall to spend more time forward and let Campbell go h2h with the Big O.

Takes heat of King. He was best when he had Ryder/Marshall there too.

North would be my guess.

Crouch has probably dared to question one of Ross's decisions which we know is enough to see you shown the door. Yes men only down at Moorabbin. Absolutely no selection integrity shown, form in the seconds not worth anything. I can only hope that the decision is to tank to improve our draft positio...

Crouch has probably dared to question one of Ross's decisions which we know is enough to see you shown the door. Yes men only down at Moorabbin. Absolutely no selection integrity shown, form in the seconds not worth anything. I can only hope that the decision is to tank to improve our draft positio...

The problem with Ross Lyon is that he doesn't listen to his own rhetoric. He wants to micro manage and he wants control over areas that aren't his domain E.g. player development Took him a while to listen to what people were telling him about Phillipou Let's hope he listens to the advice from DC, L...

Worked out brilliantly for us with BJ, Dal and McEvoy. Looking forward to replacing a consistent top 10 B&F player with the next Tom Lee. I love Battle but to put him in the same category as the 3 above is ridiculous. Also this is about free agency which wasnt really a thing. We don't want to l...

A good win in the west for us, but let's not get too carried away. WCE were undermanned in their forward half with Waterman out, who is a consistent goal kicker for them this season, and we only won by a couple of goals after playing an ordinary first half. I think this is what Enright was saying a...

This narrative that he is going to leave for less money is a classic saintsational.net story. No chance of that happening. I think you misunderstood me. I did not mean less money than St Kilda, but he may not take the biggest offer from another club. ie North are evidently the highest bidders, then...

Worked out brilliantly for us with BJ, Dal and McEvoy. Looking forward to replacing a consistent top 10 B&F player with the next Tom Lee. I love Battle but to put him in the same category as the 3 above is ridiculous. Also this is about free agency which wasnt really a thing. We don't want to l...

Confused. We have a big war chest but are currently at our cap limit? And as an outsider, I wouldn't say Battle is having poor form. Sure, he's not looking as composed as normal, but neither are Owens Pou Wilkie Sincs NAS Skunk Butler Higgo Caminiti Sharman Byrnes Limit of what we value him at, not...

It only makes sense IF he generates Band 1 Compo, and that is not at all certain. If not, we gain a pick that may or may not be as good as Battle and who will be raw. Whomever Battle plays for you know he will play very well for many years. There is a huge assumption that Battle will go only tilla ...

Just watched the replay of the last qtr (jet lag interrupted sleep) Sharman looked a class above that qtr. His last goal was also a credit to work rate- he started the transition defensive side of the wing and then followed up to ultimately finish the play too. He is the exact sort of player you don...

Scollop wrote: ↑Sun 02 Jun 2024 7:19pm My bad. Got that terribly wrong

Takes a good (wo)man to acknowledge that. (Didn't want to assume)

Also of note is the midfielders each side has delivering the footy. Even if they swapped game plans.

Jack Steele was on Reid in the first quarter and kept him quiet. Steele was released in the second quarter and Dow went to Reid. Worked alright most of the time until WC had a dominant period at the centre bounce and Reid, being untagged and alone on the defensive side of the ball up, capitalised. ...

We should have learned by now with the examples of Acres, Hind and others that the issue of players' development stagnating comes down to a lack of real player development. I put it down to Sandy - I mean come on, they were lucky to beat the Dolphins last night, seriously. End this bullsh1t alignme...

Jack Steele was on Reid in the first quarter and kept him quiet. Steele was released in the second quarter and Dow went to Reid. Worked alright most of the time until WC had a dominant period at the centre bounce and Reid, being untagged and alone on the defensive side of the ball up, capitalised. ...

Just because they're twins doesn't mean they are the same.

I played with identical twins who were very different.

Midfield midfield midfield It's why it might be time for Ross to be ruthless and bold and look at a possible King trade, a straight swap for a gun mid. King is built like a pretzel and I think his shoulder injury has robbed him of his aerial ability and why he struggles with aerial contests and bri...

Thought Hunts was a bit slow and fumbly with the ball Will be better for the run Often inside players can look like that. One passage I loved- he stuffed up a play (smothered kick), went back to where the ball was, stopped it with his foot, picked it up and delivered to a team mate. Only a few play...