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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
Both L.Young's, West, Roberts, Lynch, Hayes and maybe Jong and Gowers
Lynch played lazt 5 games last year and raised his game as VFL - AFL players must. Maybe time for another end of season cameo from him. He has the skills and I hope the maturity.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Cordy kicks on left cos coach told him to, he's showing he's following instructions, showing a token of his respect but if you miss with your left more than your right save the left for practice.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
1. Didn’t see the game ( taped it so I won’t torture myself to watch it ) Just not mature enough to play finals and got some holes to fill
2. Nice to see Bailey Dale do well
3. It’s time to play Lewis Young
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
1 - Bailey Dale is far from a spent force. Way too many people writing him off at just 23, He has talent which we are short of
2 - I didn't think Tory Dickson still had it in him. I got it wrong
Can you play both in the same forward line? Great finishers, good marks for their size and get in the right spots, but neither are quick (Dickson has lost a yard) and Dale certainly doesn't tackle.
It's a shame Cavarra has had such an injury-interrupted year. I'd really like to see whether he can help that forward half pressure.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
lemmon
Can you play both in the same forward line? Great finishers, good marks for their size and get in the right spots, but neither are quick (Dickson has lost a yard) and Dale certainly doesn't tackle.
It's a shame Cavarra has had such an injury-interrupted year. I'd really like to see whether he can help that forward half pressure.
Add Lloyd to that argument as well.
I really don't know how viable that is
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
lemmon
Can you play both in the same forward line? Great finishers, good marks for their size and get in the right spots, but neither are quick (Dickson has lost a yard) and Dale certainly doesn't tackle.
It's a shame Cavarra has had such an injury-interrupted year. I'd really like to see whether he can help that forward half pressure.
The answer is no.
Dickson played well but he shouldn’t go on beyond this year. Has been a terrific player for the club though.
Jury still out on Dale - has some tricks but I’d argue we can’t play him and Lloyd going forward. Both are slow and neither apply pressure.
Our forward half is a long way off being a finished product. We need to copy Richmond and Geelong’s model; both have quick medium/smalls who can compete on the air but more importantly are deadly at ground level both offensively and defensively. The game won’t change from this anytime soon - not until/if some serious zoning is enforced.
The good thing is it’s typically easy to fix - both Geelong and Richmond has a targeted approach and fixed it quickly. No reason we can’t should we want to go down that path.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
We really lack a quick crumbing forward. The ball was swept away so easily whenever it hit the deck.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
The bulldog tragician
We really lack a quick crumbing forward. The ball was swept away so easily whenever it hit the deck.
This has been the case for too long and we've done little to remedy it.
Short of any new recruits there's a bit hinging on Cavarra panning out.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
BornInDroopSt'54
Cordy kicks on left cos coach told him to, he's showing he's following instructions, showing a token of his respect but if you miss with your left more than your right save the left for practice.
I heard Buckley the other day saying that Malthouse hates players kicking on their non-preferred side. He considers it to be lazy and if you find yourself constantly on your non-preferred side he considers you as a dumb footballer and he doesn't have a spot for you in his team! He's an interesting guy...
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
Twodogs
I heard Buckley the other day saying that Malthouse hates players kicking on their non-preferred side. He considers it to be lazy and if you find yourself constantly on your non-preferred side he considers you as a dumb footballer and he doesn't have a spot for you in his team! He's an interesting guy...
Ha Malthouse yes things are black and white for him. Bevo said the opposite that all need to learn to kick on opposite foot, I would have thought only as last option so you can if needed seems sensible.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
BornInDroopSt'54
Ha Malthouse yes things are black and white for him. Bevo said the opposite that all need to learn to kick on opposite foot, I would have thought only as last option so you can if needed seems sensible.
Wish Cordy would forget about his left foot.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Wish Cordy would forget about his left foot.
I reckon its quite rare that Cordy makes an error on his left. It stood out when it happened on the weekend - but he is generally quite reliable with ball in hand.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
Ozza
I reckon its quite rare that Cordy makes an error on his left. It stood out when it happened on the weekend - but he is generally quite reliable with ball in hand.
I like Cordy with the ball in hand when he runs straight forward and takes a couple of bounces and kicks long- like he did in Q3. Reminded me of Williams.
I did see him try to short pass into the pocket from the goal square but he couldn’t bring the ball around enough and a goal resulted. (Why did he choose there? why was the target so deep? why wasn’t the target moving around for the pass?)
But we are most likely to see him jog in to stand the mark after his opponent has taken a mark. And that has been an ongoing problem all year and cost heaps of goals. By comparison I couldn’t see daylight between Naughton and his opponent all day.
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
The bulldog tragician
We really lack a quick crumbing forward. The ball was swept away so easily whenever it hit the deck.
We lack leg speed all over the ground leading to far to many hand balls rather than moving the ball quicker by foot
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Re: Three things you have learned-round 18 v St Kilda 2019
Originally Posted by
Danjul
I like Cordy with the ball in hand when he runs straight forward and takes a couple of bounces and kicks long- like he did in Q3. Reminded me of Williams.
I did see him try to short pass into the pocket from the goal square but he couldn’t bring the ball around enough and a goal resulted. (Why did he choose there? why was the target so deep? why wasn’t the target moving around for the pass?)
But we are most likely to see him jog in to stand the mark after his opponent has taken a mark. And that has been an ongoing problem all year and cost heaps of goals. By comparison I couldn’t see daylight between Naughton and his opponent all day.
I think this scenario occurs when we make a huge midfield turnover and our defenders are out of position. Its those turnovers that kill you. I also think that our defenders have been positioned more conservatively to counteract this in recent weeks - but this wasn't the case on Sunday.
I'm more disappointed when Cordy loses position and gives away a free kick in a contest - than being the one closest to someone marking uncontested - which is more likely the end result of a horrendous turnover.