Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

[Ozza]

Re: Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

1/ In playing 5 key defenders in defence one would hope that they could help out one another in aerial contests, but that must be a hard task.

2/ Mitch Honeychurch is on WR pace for most kicks smothered in a AFL season.

3/ Lachie Hunter had the most irrelevant 35 touch game ever.

Haha - I think I yelled something along those lines at the TV in the third quarter.

Also agree on Lachie's game. Thought he was ordinary.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

1/ In playing 5 key defenders in defence one would hope that they could help out one another in aerial contests, but that must be a hard task.

2/ Mitch Honeychurch is on WR pace for most kicks smothered in a AFL season.

3/ Lachie Hunter had the most irrelevant 35 touch game ever.

I'd like to add that we have no players who understand not only how to take a mark, but how to launch themselves to take a mark. They seem to think that once the ball has been kicked in the air, you have to watch the opposition either mark it or spoil themselves before being able to get the ball

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

Haha - I think I yelled something along those lines at the TV in the third quarter.

Also agree on Lachie's game. Thought he was ordinary.

I had zero faith on anything effective coming from any of his possessions. And sure enough nothing effective ever did eventuate

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

I had zero faith on anything effective coming from any of his possessions. And sure enough nothing effective ever did eventuate

I asked this question on this point a while back. He’s been poor with the footy all year. Either he won’t change or the coaches aren’t developing this side of his game? Which one is it and what needs to happen to player/coach?

[Rocket Science]

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Agreed given Hunter's now one of our prime movers he simply must extract better value from his touches, but I'm confident a big part of his stop-prop-and dish back habit is looking upfield and seeing mismatches or tumbleweeds.

[jeemak]

Re: Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

I can appreciate why Hunter stops and props, and then goes backwards with hands. What I can't get my head around is why he (and others) think they can snap the ball around a corner with more penetration and accuracy than they would get with a drop punt. Newsflash, it can't be done, it never could be - so stop *!*!*!*!ing doing it.

Crozier had two shots at goal from 40-45m out heading to the left of screen yesterday, which he willingly decided to snap rather than drop punt with very ordinary penetration and accuracy.

My question is, who is allowing this constant bullshit to become so prevalent in the way we use the football? It's getting worse, it's almost like we're not being coached in how to kick a bloody football.

[Bornadog]

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Agreed given Hunter's now one of our prime movers he simply must extract better value from his touches, but I'm confident a big part of his stop-prop-and dish back habit is looking upfield and seeing mismatches or tumbleweeds.

you can see the look on his face when he looks up, and there is no one there.

[Bornadog]

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My question is, who is allowing this constant bullshit to become so prevalent in the way we use the football? It's getting worse, it's almost like we're not being coached in how to kick a bloody football.

Should professional footballers be coached how to kick a ball? Surely they are the elite playing at AFL level and that is just a basic.

[Sedat]

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Either he won’t change or the coaches aren’t developing this side of his game?

Just unlucky. It will sort itself out.

[GVGjr]

Re: Three things I've learned, edition XIX 2018 v Port Adelaide at Mars stadium in Ballarat

Agreed given Hunter's now one of our prime movers he simply must extract better value from his touches, but I'm confident a big part of his stop-prop-and dish back habit is looking upfield and seeing mismatches or tumbleweeds.

There is a bit to that but he does appear to be hesitant. He might be playing exactly to what the coaches are expecting of him and that could be to not kick the ball to contests.

[merantau]

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Hunter cops a lot of flak but at least he can get the ball which is more than can be said for some of our players at the moment. I can't remember a season when we've had so many goalless quarters and super low scores. I am seriously over this year. Only thing to cheer about was the win over Geelong. Season 2019 - come on down. I've put the cue in the rack re my expectations for the remainder of the year. We might beat Carlton but that's it. I'm gutted at what has happened these last two years. We've gone from truffles to tripe in two years. Injuries have killed us. But there's more that's gone wrong. Players have stagnated or gone backwards. The game plan is non-existent and the players lack the fitness needed to pressure the opposition into mistakes.
Oh, and we can't mark or kick the ball.
Apart from that we're travelling ok. We've just been a bit unlucky for two years. Rant over.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

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Should professional footballers be coached how to kick a ball? Surely they are the elite playing at AFL level and that is just a basic.

Follow Clarkson’s theory would help. The first requirement when recruiting players is they need to be able to dispose of the ball correctly. It isn’t rocket science. If they are not taught it at junior level then very few are capable of changing bad habits at senior level.

[Twodogs]

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Follow Clarkson’s theory would help. The first requirement when recruiting players is they need to be able to dispose of the ball correctly. It isn’t rocket science. If they are not taught it at junior level then very few are capable of changing bad habits at senior level.

Agreed. We can't afford to recruit any more players that are iffy by foot.