Analyse this......

[hujsh]

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To be fair

He did say it was hard to think of players who were important last year who improved this year and then worked through the B&F top 10.

The likes of Dale, Williams, Jong and Mclean (though he was good in the GWS game) were not exactly our most important players last year

[soupman]

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It's a fairly accurate article to be fair. Sure it doesn't mention our improvers but as it states none of our key players from our successful 2016 qualify. All the players that have noticeably improved were fringe types last year and they are overwhelmingly outnumbered by underperforming senior players.

We deserve to be bagged out for this year, we have been crap. If there is an article about who has improved I would expect to see the likes of Mclean, Dale, Cordy all given attention but if it's an article about how we have failed to live up to expectations then none of them have been so good as to warrant mention.

Edit. Hujsh I think we are in agreeance.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Analyse this......

To be fair

He did say it was hard to think of players who were important last year who improved this year and then worked through the B&F top 10.

The likes of Dale, Williams, Jong and Mclean (though he was good in the GWS game) were not exactly our most important players last year

Yes agree hjush.

[Ozza]

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Its very easy to nitpick at the one or two players not mentioned in the article - but not overly productive for the conversation.

I think it is a pretty solid comparison of the difference between last season's performances and this seasons - from both an individual and team perspective.

The scores conceded is of particular interest to me. Are we conceding more points now because the backline has been unsettled & inexperienced at times and less able to intercept mark with Wood being given different roles due to lack of personnel? Or is it that our midfield and team defence is not as fanatical this season - thereby giving the opposition better quality entries?

At the other end of the ground - I would like to know how often the opposition are marking the ball inside our 50 compared to last year. Although we have generally been taller, I doubt that Cloke and Redpath (when they have played) have necessarily been better at creating ground balls by competing in the air, then perhaps Cordy and Boyd were able to late in the year.

[Twodogs]

Re: Analyse this......

Its very easy to nitpick at the one or two players not mentioned in the article - but not overly productive for the conversation.

I think it is a pretty solid comparison of the difference between last season's performances and this seasons - from both an individual and team perspective.

The scores conceded is of particular interest to me. Are we conceding more points now because the backline has been unsettled & inexperienced at times and less able to intercept mark with Wood being given different roles due to lack of personnel? Or is it that our midfield and team defence is not as fanatical this season - thereby giving the opposition better quality entries?

At the other end of the ground - I would like to know how often the opposition are marking the ball inside our 50 compared to last year. Although we have generally been taller, I doubt that Cloke and Redpath (when they have played) have necessarily been better at creating ground balls by competing in the air, then perhaps Cordy and Boyd were able to late in the year.

We've missed Cordy's tackling and attack on the ball in attack too.

Not so much the moustache though

[Sedat]

Re: Analyse this......

Its very easy to nitpick at the one or two players not mentioned in the article - but not overly productive for the conversation.

I think it is a pretty solid comparison of the difference between last season's performances and this seasons - from both an individual and team perspective.

The scores conceded is of particular interest to me. Are we conceding more points now because the backline has been unsettled & inexperienced at times and less able to intercept mark with Wood being given different roles due to lack of personnel? Or is it that our midfield and team defence is not as fanatical this season - thereby giving the opposition better quality entries?

Bit of column A and column B. Our defensive stocks have been depleted all season but our inability to provide defensive cover from our mids by way of winning clearances, CP's and the territorial battle has contributed to our points conceded blowing out this season.