Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

[ledge]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

1 pies have a great midfield but nothing else. Why they got rid of Cloke is beyond me.
2 We missed Dickson and Roughead tonight.
3 Hunter is great as an outside receiving runner . Not a knock at all, he knows when to run forward, he reads it very well.

[Greystache]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

1. We might have to grind out some early wins until we find out best form. I think we can do it.

2. We'll need to do some work to on our stoppages with the new rules. We can't afford to give away midfield advantage to good teams like we did last night.

3. You can sense this team knows it can turn it on and take the game away from the opposition in rapid time.

[comrade]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

3. You can sense this team knows it can turn it on and take the game away from the opposition in rapid time.

It's like when Neo finally learns how to control the Matrix.

[Greystache]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

It's like when Neo finally learns how to control the Matrix.

It's funny we lamented how we'd control games for long stretches for no scoreboard return under BMac, now we can be outplayed for larges patches and punish the opposition with a brief stint in control.

[Eastdog]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

1. 5 wins in a row against Collingwood, something we haven't done since the 50's

2. We won the premiership in 1954 and then won the opening in 1955 against Collingwood. History repeats.

3. Few guys needed the run and will get better.

Regarding point 2 this time will be different

[Bullies]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

1. Our 'Ins' will be as good as we've hoped for. Murphy, Suckling, Crameri & Cloke all showed good signs first up.
2. Fletcher Roberts is raising his game. Good on him, I've had my doubts, but very good on him.
3. We need to play a first string ruckman, with Boyd helping out.

Without the third man up we have no choice but to play a ruckman. We will get killed at the stoppages/centre bounces as we did last night.

[comrade]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

It's funny we lamented how we'd control games for long stretches for no scoreboard return under BMac, now we can be outplayed for larges patches and punish the opposition with a brief stint in control.

It was definitely a trend throughout the JLT series & it continued last night. Is it by design or circumstance?

[Daughter of the West]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

1. Being in bed sick when your team, the reigning premiers, are playing their first game on the season on a Friday night at the MCG is balls.

2. The TV commentary floating up the stairs all sounds the same until Bruce says "Strrrrriiiiiiinnnnnnggggeeeerrrrr!"

3. Winning is still fun, even if I didn't get to see it.

And bonus

4. The clip of Clokey nailing that goal set to the music of Titanic is hilarious

[Eastdog]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

1. Being in bed sick when your team, the reigning premiers, are playing their first game on the season on a Friday night at the MCG is balls.

2. The TV commentary floating up the stairs all sounds the same until Bruce says "Strrrrriiiiiiinnnnnnggggeeeerrrrr!"

3. Winning is still fun, even if I didn't get to see it.

And bonus

4. The clip of Clokey nailing that goal set to the music of Titanic is hilarious

Need to recover quick DOTW for our first home game when we unfurl our premiership flag.

[SonofScray]

Re: Three things I have learned-round 1 v Collingwood.

It was definitely a trend throughout the JLT series & it continued last night. Is it by design or circumstance?

I think there is something at play here, it is being manufactured to some extent by the way we are rotating players through the midfield and interchange. Feels a bit like ice hockey tactics. For people who don't follow the sport the players have incredibly short stints on the ice in designated lines (3 forwards to a line, and multiple defensive pairs). The top line is usually the most productive and you put them out there knowing that they'll win most head to head battles. Sometimes you hold them back and let the 2nd, 3rd and if you are a Champion team, often a forth line grind down the clock and absorb the pressure of the contest. Keeps your guns fresh, ready to punch when the mismatch gets created by a penalty or poor change up from the opposition.

Adams, Treloar, Sidebottom were the Pies top line last night. They were in the middle almost exclusively.
We rotated so many payers through, I gather it'd be hard to define who was intended to be our top line.

Point being, I think we are carefully managing workloads in game and creating match ups that are favourable to us at certain points.