Argue against us winning the flag.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Argue against us winning the flag.

... and then the prelim.
Selwood is past his best though, and I'm not sure Hodge won a final at Brisbane either?

I think we do have the ability, based on Libba's sacrificial job on JPK in the 2016 Grand Final. JPK was miles in front of anyone else for the normie at halftime.
Not sure, if the same scenario occurs, we turn to do stop an opposition run on. Send in Dunks and tell him they said nasty things about Treloar?

Was McLean being used in that type of role (lock-down mid) before his injury? I've got a vague feeling he was.

[Bornadog]

Re: Argue against us winning the flag.

Selwood is past his best though

Just announced he will play a new role this year - up forward - will be dangerous there I reckon.

[comrade]

Re: Argue against us winning the flag.

Selwood was instrumental in the final minute in their win against us. We’ve also been Geelong’s bitch throughout his captaincy, so I wouldn’t be discounting his leadership abilities.

[Bornadog]

Re: Argue against us winning the flag.

Selwood was instrumental in the final minute in their win against us. We’ve also been Geelong’s bitch throughout his captaincy, so I wouldn’t be discounting his leadership abilities.

Should have got time for the two dirty acts in that last 2 minutes - but is untouchable according to AFL

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Argue against us winning the flag.

Had this chat with some friends who have a bit of coaching experience. They were speculating you may be able to drop your wings deep to the back of the square with a mindset to run back into defence and your half forwards do the same to cover the centre.

Thought it had some merit, particularly if there's a fumbled mark or ground ball from the clearance.

Wonder if it's something we will see happen? Might just not be possible. As i've stated before on here I like watching amazing defence as much as I like scoring. 666 really just has one purpose and that's more goals which seems strange to me.

More goals = more TV ad breaks = more money in the AFL's coffers

If that had happened in an Home and away game I might have been sympathetic to the argument that we didn't know what to do or we froze, but given the rule has been in play for a while we needed to have a plan to combat this. Whilst the 3 goal minute burst our bubble it in no way should have precipitated the 70 loss that followed.

Why wont we win the flag? Mainly because winning flag's doesn't just happen. Just because you made the GF last year doesn't mean you are a walk up start this year. We have to have a LOT of things go right from injuries to player development to the ball bouncing our way in a critical 50-50. Top 4 is a minimum pass this year - it should make winning a flag easier.