Three things you've learned. Round seventeen 2021 v Swans of Sydney

[bornadog]

1. Surprisingly given how it felt on the day, we won contested possessions.

If you look at the stats, we had 20 more clearances including smashing them in the centre 15 to 3.

We wasted our opportunities going forward by not delivering the ball well.

If Naughton played he would have snagged 10 marks.

[Bullies]

I think there's certainly fatigue settling in with the group. Despite 2 wins, our last 2 VFL games have been fairly ordinary as well, especially from AFL-listed players.

Is that because they are going through a heavy training load leading up to the finals maybe? A lot of the top teams are dropping games they are expected to win this time of year.

[comrade]

Is that because they are going through a heavy training load leading up to the finals maybe? A lot of the top teams are dropping games they are expected to win this time of year.

I think it's just a long season and injuries caught up with us. We still should have beaten Sydney at home regardless, but if you're off 5-10%, you're cooked against even a decent side.

[Mantis]

I think it's just a long season and injuries caught up with us. We still should have beaten Sydney at home regardless, but if you're off 5-10%, you're cooked against even a decent side.

You can clearly see our mids are fatigued. Bont, Macrae & Libba have carried a big load over the past 5-6 weeks with little support and it's starting to show... Dunks & Treloar can't come back quick enough.

[GVGjr]

You can clearly see our mids are fatigued. Bont, Macrae & Libba have carried a big load over the past 5-6 weeks with little support and it's starting to show... Dunks & Treloar can't come back quick enough.

I wonder if it might have been worth sticking with Lipinski and playing West to see if they could have helped share the load a bit better.

[Mantis]

I wonder if it might have been worth sticking with Lipinski and playing West to see if they could have helped share the load a bit better.

Every time Lipinski has been thrown the challenge to feature in our centre square rotation he has failed to take it. Bevo gave him chances and as soon as he faltered he was removed... maybe he needs to show faith, but Bevo has shown if certain players fail to grasp their opportunity they struggle to get many more.

Not sure West has many qualities that make him a viable AFL midfielder either.

[meenies]

with so many of the finals-bound teams losing this weekend, are we seeing these teams in a peak training phase to set new performance levels before tapering and freshening up for the finals? Anyone got insight to what we are doing at training - number of days, drills, time on track? Or is this not done anymore?

[jeemak]

with so many of the finals-bound teams losing this weekend, are we seeing these teams in a peak training phase to set new performance levels before tapering and freshening up for the finals? Anyone got insight to what we are doing at training - number of days, drills, time on track? Or is this not done anymore?

I was thinking about this the other day, remembering Aker shat the bed and told everyone we were tapering off when he shouldn't have and that was pretty much the moment that triggered the entire club's hate at him.

So in light of that, it might be happening and nobody will dare admit it if it is!

From what I watched we didn't work hard enough to run in transition and we zoned narrowly and allowed easy wide possession. We did it the week before as well. We can talk all we like about winning centre clearances etc. and whatever else, but when you get doubled in uncontested marks and match it with shitty defence you're *!*!*!*!ed.

[boydogs]

1. Garcia is Dahlhaus mach II
2. Our forward line looks impotent sans Naughton
3. Sydney's older brigade have still got it

[FrediKanoute]

1. On any given day if you are not on, you are beatable - we weren't on
2. If you have a forward line with a lot of passengers then sometimes the bus will leave without them - our passengers missed the bus on Sunday
3. JUH has what it takes to be a star.....it will take some time to shine