Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement!
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At least Rob Harvey is doing his job...still. Adam Kingsley, what? Yeah nah just kick it to Roo its totally worked the last few years right. Screw it.
Perhaps a bit harsh, it all started with the team selection - there was noone but Roo in the positive side of the 50 and simply, that is why we lost. Disapointing effort from the coaching staff, especially Ross since I consider myself one of his biggest fans, terrible team to start with, and terrible alteration (if there was even any) to the game plan.
I just don't understand how the paid professionals don't get that the we'll never win the big thing with the likes of Clarke, Peake and McQualter running around being carried week in week out - although admittably they were hardly alone at being sh#thouse tonight.
Perhaps a bit harsh, it all started with the team selection - there was noone but Roo in the positive side of the 50 and simply, that is why we lost. Disapointing effort from the coaching staff, especially Ross since I consider myself one of his biggest fans, terrible team to start with, and terrible alteration (if there was even any) to the game plan.
I just don't understand how the paid professionals don't get that the we'll never win the big thing with the likes of Clarke, Peake and McQualter running around being carried week in week out - although admittably they were hardly alone at being sh#thouse tonight.
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What was wrong with Raph? Good game IMO.SaintBot wrote:I just don't understand how the paid professionals don't get that the we'll never win the big thing with the likes of Clarke, Peake and McQualter running around being carried week in week out - although admittably they were hardly alone at being sh#thouse tonight.
He's certainly practised his hospital handpasses over the summer, he looks even more natural at putting his teammates in danger and making them look shtty when they lose the ball...as per usual, nothing's changed.degruch wrote:What was wrong with Raph? Good game IMO.SaintBot wrote:I just don't understand how the paid professionals don't get that the we'll never win the big thing with the likes of Clarke, Peake and McQualter running around being carried week in week out - although admittably they were hardly alone at being sh#thouse tonight.
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If he repeats his game next week, I'll be happy.SaintBot wrote:He's certainly practised his hospital handpasses over the summer, he looks even more natural at putting his teammates in danger and making them look shtty when they lose the ball...as per usual, nothing's changed.degruch wrote:What was wrong with Raph? Good game IMO.SaintBot wrote:I just don't understand how the paid professionals don't get that the we'll never win the big thing with the likes of Clarke, Peake and McQualter running around being carried week in week out - although admittably they were hardly alone at being sh#thouse tonight.
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Yep but we tend to turn it over nowadays more due to inept kicking skills.wasaintsfan wrote:in 09 we drew the flood out so well... when they went forward we went back... and they followed
We dont have the speed to create so we need to protect those with the ball to give them the best chance to kick to another team mate without error. Mind you on tonights performance and late last year kicking was so bad at times that rebound goals from turnovers in the midfiled were the biggest source of scoring for the opposition.
Midfield clearances and clear winners are needed to make an effective forward line.
You need to protect the ball handler to increase posession efficiency
You need to protect the ball handler to increase posession efficiency
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
love ur positivity.SainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
except geelong aint good anymore. ablett, chappy, selwood ling out. they are mediocre now at best. and the amount of 3 on 1's in our fwd line was just appalling. undermines the inside 50 stats. made them meaningless.
Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
Yes, but 3 on one in our forward line can be addressed though.Con Gorozidis wrote:the amount of 3 on 1's in our fwd line was just appalling. undermines the inside 50 stats. made them meaningless.SainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
The ball continues to go in that often, with Roo Kosi Milne Schneider...one of Gilbert/Gamble....and Ben continuing to rest forward.
If we were playing our normal forward structure last night, I'd be very concerned, but we weren't.
For some strange reason we basically went in with the one tall.
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Inside 50's = 52. 2009 early average = 53. Tick.
Inside 50's against = 54. 2009 early average = 38. Cross.
Inside 50's per goal = 8.7. 2009 early average = 3.3. Cross.
Kaboom.
Inside 50's against = 54. 2009 early average = 38. Cross.
Inside 50's per goal = 8.7. 2009 early average = 3.3. Cross.
Kaboom.
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
You're a glass smashed against the wall type guy.barks4eva wrote:Crack open the champagne, I'm now jumping for joy, thanks for that, really not sure why I got pissed off at allSainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
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Time to celebrate, 52 inside 50's woohoooo
might mean something if we had a forwardline
Would definitely mean something if some numbnut had not draft Armitage instead of Jack Riewoldt
that's what's sinking in with this club
it's run by incompetent fools and surrender monkeys
one monumental **** up after another
but hey who cares
we had 52 inside 50's so lets party
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Hope we have a 100 inside fifties next week.
Seems to be the new measure.
Dont worry about the fact that we are slow, poorly skilled, innacurate and predictable, lets go the inside 50's
Most overhyped stat in the game.
We really looked less than ordinary last night.
Seems to be the new measure.
Dont worry about the fact that we are slow, poorly skilled, innacurate and predictable, lets go the inside 50's
Most overhyped stat in the game.
We really looked less than ordinary last night.
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
Visionary, perspicacious, perspicuous were the word I'm sure you were looking for!satchmo wrote:You're a glass smashed against the wall type guy.barks4eva wrote:Crack open the champagne, I'm now jumping for joy, thanks for that, really not sure why I got pissed off at allSainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
FAN F****** TASTIC
Time to celebrate, 52 inside 50's woohoooo
might mean something if we had a forwardline
Would definitely mean something if some numbnut had not draft Armitage instead of Jack Riewoldt
that's what's sinking in with this club
it's run by incompetent fools and surrender monkeys
one monumental **** up after another
but hey who cares
we had 52 inside 50's so lets party
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
Nuh!barks4eva wrote:Visionary, perspicacious, perspicuous were the word I'm sure you were looking for!satchmo wrote:You're a glass smashed against the wall type guy.barks4eva wrote:Crack open the champagne, I'm now jumping for joy, thanks for that, really not sure why I got pissed off at allSainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
FAN F****** TASTIC
Time to celebrate, 52 inside 50's woohoooo
might mean something if we had a forwardline
Would definitely mean something if some numbnut had not draft Armitage instead of Jack Riewoldt
that's what's sinking in with this club
it's run by incompetent fools and surrender monkeys
one monumental **** up after another
but hey who cares
we had 52 inside 50's so lets party
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At least it's a different bunch of "incompetent fools and surrender monkeys" than when you last projectile vomited a thesaurus!
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
One saving grace, at least we have a great coach this time, not the buffoon who drafted Ball ahead of Judd amongst the the multitude of stuff ups that up until now have cost us anywhere between four to five premierships!satchmo wrote:Nuh!barks4eva wrote:Visionary, perspicacious, perspicuous were the word I'm sure you were looking for!satchmo wrote:You're a glass smashed against the wall type guy.barks4eva wrote:Crack open the champagne, I'm now jumping for joy, thanks for that, really not sure why I got pissed off at allSainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
FAN F****** TASTIC
Time to celebrate, 52 inside 50's woohoooo
might mean something if we had a forwardline
Would definitely mean something if some numbnut had not draft Armitage instead of Jack Riewoldt
that's what's sinking in with this club
it's run by incompetent fools and surrender monkeys
one monumental **** up after another
but hey who cares
we had 52 inside 50's so lets party![]()
At least it's a different bunch of "incompetent fools and surrender monkeys" than when you last projectile vomited a thesaurus!
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
At least Grant Thomas' game style was worth watching.barks4eva wrote: One saving grace, at least we have a great coach this time, not the buffoon who drafted Ball ahead of Judd amongst the the multitude of stuff ups that up until now have cost us anywhere between four to five premierships!
I find myself largely going to watch us out of habit now, not because we're remotely enjoyable to watch, most of the time. I'm usually just glad the games are over now, whereas I used to leave wanting more.
Last night, for example, was just about the longest 3 weeks of my life. I went there because I heard there was a game of footy on, but I don't know what the hell it was I ended up watching.
Thomas was far from perfect and I was so happy it wasn't funny when he was given the ass, but he did get us awfully close on two occasions and in at least one of those years (2005), we had about 6 of our most important injured during the finals. Imagine if that happened to us now?
If we were missing that many of our best now we'd be FARKED, yet in 2005 for example, we were still leading the Prelim at 3/4 time, even with that many missing, or playing on one leg.
I was reading through some old sports liftouts from back then recently and our injury list was incredible, leading into those finals. We were being written off in about round 20 because we were missing so many. The likes of Penny, Goose, Hamill, Kosi, Gehrig, etc, all injured around or in finals time. Then Kosi and someone else got injured during the game in that Prelim!
If he'd had the same relative lack of injuries in those two years that we've had in the past two it would be hard to imagine that we wouldn't have won both.
So aside from injuries, I don't think there's very much between them.
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Forget about the Grand Final Replay.SainterK wrote:Reality is we got pumped in the GF replay.saint66au wrote:Bless your optimism SainterK, but Id have preferred 30 inside 50s that were delivered cleanly, accurately and resulted in either a mark or a score
For such a close game, the difference in how the two sides moved the ball into their forward line was very stark
Something has to give, Ross told us we were going to kick it long, so I don't know why we're overly surprised.
I trust him that it will work out in the long run, but I think he truly knows that 30 odd inside 50's will ever be enough.
The mids were having a crack tonight, that was more my point, it was stunted...overthought....generally awful.
But how else do you improve on an area without trying?
It's irrelevant, we trained to play ONE Grand Final not TWO!
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Dont let facts get in the way of a good story.....
Wasnt gt the worse coach we have had, worse than tim......didnt he cost us three flags?
Dont list the key injuries.....it was the coach
On lyon
I wouldnt mind if our disgusting gp was going to ultimately be successful....who in their right mind thinks it will....seriously.....having at least two fwds whose job it is to stifle defenders, whilst being offensively useless and bizarre
We are the worst team in the afl to watch......which naturally gifted players like
Goddard, dal, joey, gwilt, lenny, milne, schnieder, riewoldt, s.fisher, kosi...
Why is it so.....good coach r.lyon.....perhaps great....but he is not coaching sydney.....
Great coaches utilise the strength of their list to construct a gp.....not make their list play a gp regardless....
Dont let facts get in the way of a good story.....
Wasnt gt the worse coach we have had, worse than tim......didnt he cost us three flags?
Dont list the key injuries.....it was the coach
On lyon
I wouldnt mind if our disgusting gp was going to ultimately be successful....who in their right mind thinks it will....seriously.....having at least two fwds whose job it is to stifle defenders, whilst being offensively useless and bizarre
We are the worst team in the afl to watch......which naturally gifted players like
Goddard, dal, joey, gwilt, lenny, milne, schnieder, riewoldt, s.fisher, kosi...
Why is it so.....good coach r.lyon.....perhaps great....but he is not coaching sydney.....
Great coaches utilise the strength of their list to construct a gp.....not make their list play a gp regardless....
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very good coach is Ross - but nfi about how to attack.
We blame the players, but for gawd sake look at our game plan - how about we adapt it to the list we have.
We've got worse as players have had their natural attacking instincts curtailed.
we've also been poor at developing players - this will hurt as our champs age.
Look at what malthouse has done in adapting our game plan (sudney's game plan). He has attacking nous. We need it.
I'm afraid we've come very very close - but may have wasted our supremely talented list. If we don't get there this year we'll realize that appointing Ross to the team we had was a mistake.
Give him one more year - if we fall short again it's time for a change. If we make it then all praise the genius - it's a fine line between success and failure. If a flag is success, then unfortunately we fall on the other side of the line.
We blame the players, but for gawd sake look at our game plan - how about we adapt it to the list we have.
We've got worse as players have had their natural attacking instincts curtailed.
we've also been poor at developing players - this will hurt as our champs age.
Look at what malthouse has done in adapting our game plan (sudney's game plan). He has attacking nous. We need it.
I'm afraid we've come very very close - but may have wasted our supremely talented list. If we don't get there this year we'll realize that appointing Ross to the team we had was a mistake.
Give him one more year - if we fall short again it's time for a change. If we make it then all praise the genius - it's a fine line between success and failure. If a flag is success, then unfortunately we fall on the other side of the line.
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As I said earlier in the thread, we clearly have made changes to our game plan and were more attacking, but it's clearly going to take them some time to adjust to this new way of playing and to making decisions and executing on the run.
If we're patient and they don't give up on it before it starts to take effect, we'll most likely improve on how we played last year.:
If we're patient and they don't give up on it before it starts to take effect, we'll most likely improve on how we played last year.:
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ummm barks hinesite is a great thing but i do remember at the time of that draft asking the forum do they believe if Jack was available at pick 9 should we take him ... overwhelming responce from even you was that we shouldnt draft Jack because it was only his last name that people were getting worked up about and we should be focused on the best midfeilder for that first pick ... considering at the time we had a cupboard full of tall forwards yet were running low on mids ....barks4eva wrote:Yes because we all know KOSI is the answer!SainterK wrote:I think it's hugely significant.
Keeping in mind the forward line is missing Kosi and Schnieder.
The thing that's significant is we overlooked Jack Riewoldt and drafted Armitage instead
Which buffoon was responsible for that premiership costing decision?
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I really must be missing something given the panic on here. We had no forward line, but it's certainly nothing that can't be rectified. In fact by elevating Archer, they obviously realised it could potentially be a problem, but held off for whatever reason.
If you asked me what problem I'd rather have between.
A forward line of Roo/Kosi/Milne/Schneider but quite often struggling to get the ball in there, and mids not even having a go.
or
A night where for some bizzare reason we had a forward line (if we to be perfectly honest) of soley Roo. But heaps of ball being pumped in there...
Which one is harder to fix?
If you asked me what problem I'd rather have between.
A forward line of Roo/Kosi/Milne/Schneider but quite often struggling to get the ball in there, and mids not even having a go.
or
A night where for some bizzare reason we had a forward line (if we to be perfectly honest) of soley Roo. But heaps of ball being pumped in there...
Which one is harder to fix?
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Re: Such a great thing happened tonight, massive improvement
they still have 12 guys with two premiership medals in the side ... yes they were weaker then the geelong of old hence why Scott went defensive against us instead of the normal geelong run and gun approch ...Con Gorozidis wrote:love ur positivity.SainterK wrote:Inside 50's
We had 52 of them, 52
Let that sink in, even with McEvoy/Blake in the ruck.
52 inside 50's, as opposed to multiple 30 somethings in the finals series last year.
One of our major problems last year was inside 50's and midfielders pushing forward and having shots on goal.
10 midfielders had shots on goals, we went inside 50+ times.
Roo of course had no chance to make the most of the entries, but that is a seperate issue and one that will need to be rectified.
This is so significant, especially against a good side against Geelong.
except geelong aint good anymore. ablett, chappy, selwood ling out. they are mediocre now at best. and the amount of 3 on 1's in our fwd line was just appalling. undermines the inside 50 stats. made them meaningless.
dont discount Geelong are still a very strong side ...
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Ok I apologize for any perceived rudeness, I didn't mean for you to take it personally, but surely you cannot be serious?SainterK wrote:The word that came to mind is rude, people offer a perspective and get personal and attacking replies.
We play like that for the rest of the year, we won't make top four and it will be yet again another wasted year regardless of how many inside 50's we rack up!