Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

[GVGjr]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

I interpret it as the best coach in the league being deliberately vague after 1 genuine game under the new rules & umpiring interpretations as he's still working out how best to attack the problem. Definitely not anchor worthy.

Thanks, that's a reasonable explanation and I didn't read his response that way.

[GVGjr]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

GVGjr, I appreciate our ruck stocks are a bit of a hobby horse of yours, but what did you want from the coach in the face of the questions asked Friday night?

Ruck and key position stocks to be accurate.
I'd rather hear Bevo say that he it was a work in progress rather than trot out something that most of us don't appear to understand.

It's just an anchor that I thought I'd mention but I could have easily called Stringer out for missing set shots but some don't like it when I do that as well

[GVGjr]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

Freo smashed Geelong in the hitouts/hitouts to advantage, clearances and inside 50's tonight but they were obliterated, and all this after Geelong dropped their best ruckman Zac Smith and brought in a mid for team balance. The ruck situation and the impact of the 3rd man up rule change is still very much an unknown quantity, which is what Bevo was trying to articulate in his presser.

I'm wasn't challenging about the experiment or the approach just the explanation. Yours is a pretty good one.

Your concerns may well be borne out but the sample size is too small for a definitive trend to be identified with regard to the ruck/stoppage area in 2017.

I think you have preempted my reasons for mentioning it. It has nothing to do with my views on our ruck approach and I agree that the sample size is way too small.

[always right]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

We need players who can do the non-conventional. Its called a taking a risk. No risk non reward

I think the issue with Suckling is deciding when to go for broke and when not to. Thought he was excellent on Friday night but there were many occasions last year when his kicking was off yet he continued to be too adventurous. He needs to be more conservative when his kicking is off....when it's on then he should be given licence to go for it.

[Mantis]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

Bankers -

- JJ - is there anything better in footy than watching JJ put on the after-burners?
- Macrae - an MCG specialist, runs the width of the ground as well as anyone.
- Hunter - how you were awarded the free kick for your 3rd goal I'll never know, but well done on that and also kicking a ball on your right foot.

Anchors -

- Stringer - it's ok to kick the freakish goals, but set shots need to be your bread & butter, and if you are going to spend to spend extended periods in the midfield try and impact the game rather than being a witches hat.
- Biggs - poor defensively and with ball in hand, needs to be better.
- Jong - I'm a fan, but you need to be better than that.

[SlimPickens]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

Bankers -

- Hunter - how you were awarded the free kick for your 3rd goal I'll never know, but well done on that and also kicking a ball on your right foot.

Crammers was spewing about that. Quite funny really, maybe worth a rascal nomination.

[GVGjr]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

We need players who can do the non-conventional. Its called a taking a risk. No risk non reward

All players take risks but I question why a player with Sucklings skills by foot takes low % risks. He played well but needs to minimise a couple of errors for mine.

[Axe Man]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

Good point M, not family friendly at all. By the time the game finished, and the struggle to get on a train and get home it was after 11.30. Then I stayed up and watched the 1st and 3rd quarters.

Poor you. My train was delayed and turned up just before 11:30. Got home at 1:20! I would love to be able to get home that early.

I already leave work early to get to Friday night games, starting much earlier would be an issue for many of us in the country. Of course the game time is all about TV anyway so there's no point in complaining about it, it's not going to change.

[Bornadog]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

I only had to go one stop, I should have walked from Richmond to South Yarra.

[josie]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

Poor you. My train was delayed and turned up just before 11:30. Got home at 1:20! I would love to be able to get home that early.

I already leave work early to get to Friday night games, starting much earlier would be an issue for many of us in the country. Of course the game time is all about TV anyway so there's no point in complaining about it, it's not going to change.

Geez, that's dedication. I love to hear stories of how much effort our fans put in to barrack for our Club.

[1eyedog]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

Geez, that's dedication. I love to hear stories of how much effort our fans put in to barrack for our Club.

My Uncle gets home at 1:30am if a match starts after 7:30pm. Lives in the Otways.

[GVGjr]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 1 2017 vs Collingwood

BAD and I were at a function when we played North last season in a Saturday night game for top of the table honors and one of the guys we met lived in Swan Hill. I think that is a 4.5 hour drive home. He didn't think he would get home until around 3.30am