3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

[Bullies]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

1. We are so Jekyll & Hyde atm can?t be convinced we make top 8 yet.
2. Need to put Richards more in the midfield rotations every week.
3. Dureya at 33 looks far from cooked at this point.

Duryea is very much under rated. He is certainly the leader down back and he is always at Khamis with encouragement and advise.

[azabob]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

*what we are capable of and should be consistently;
* we can move the ball off half back like a laser to a leading fwd who kicks straight;
*Treloar is so professional.

I'm disappointed you didn't quote me.

Nets

[HOSE B ROMERO]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

I?m interested in some peoples constant calls for Clarke. From what I?ve seen of him this year, he seems to have improved his fitness and game involvement, but still seems a bit off AFL level especially if we want him to play a high half forward role which I don?t think he?s suited for at this point. I?m just not sure who he comes in for.

I've watched the vfl this year and he still seems a way off.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

Ritchie Smith (Min Woo Lee?s coach) has been helping with Freo?s goal kicking for a few years.

Imagine coming across a golf group with English and Lobb in it, two giraffes.
At Box Hil GC I crossed fairways with Rocket, Aker and Mattie Boyd. Great blokes on a golf course.

[Dry Rot]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

1. We are a better team with Garcia in it, maybe Harmes too

2. Dropping players out of form and promoting players in form isn't a bad policy

3. West is rapidly becoming a very, very good HFF

[FrediKanoute]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

1. Ed Richards is heir apparent to the Bont - a tallish, big bodied midfielder who can use the ball well and is quick

2. When we play players in natural positions they perform (looking at you Jacko and Dale)

3. It's not jsut a matter of being quick, you also need to be smart and use the ball well - Garcia and West have this in spades

[jeemak]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

How good was West's flat kick into space in the third where Naughton got a slight block and some distance on his opponent.

It was another sign that West is actually a thinking footballer.

[Happy Days]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

How good was West's flat kick into space in the third where Naughton got a slight block and some distance on his opponent.

It was another sign that West is actually a thinking footballer.

Yeah that was unreal. It was so clean that it was also the exact moment that the commentary decided to stop talking up St Kilda and start calling the game.

[jeemak]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

Yeah that was unreal. It was so clean that it was also the exact moment that the commentary decided to stop talking up St Kilda and start calling the game.

It took them a lot of convincing on the night.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

How good was West's flat kick into space in the third where Naughton got a slight block and some distance on his opponent.

It was another sign that West is actually a thinking footballer.

Agree. It was sublime. But wasn't it also great to see Naughton actually leadning and also leading in good patterns against the Saints. Rather than just asking for it to be kicked long.

[azabob]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

Yeah that was unreal. It was so clean that it was also the exact moment that the commentary decided to stop talking up St Kilda and start calling the game.

Im watching the replay now and even when Dale kicked his goal they special comments was how bad saints defending of the mark was… not the fact Dale played on from 60 and drilled a goal on the run from 50 which didn’t look like missing. I was up that end behind the goals… it was a glorious goal which was reminiscent of his 2021 & 2022 season.

Im not gonna lie, every time the say Daisy and the Dale ‘fckn’ Thomas speaks I die a little inside as I forget it’s him and not Daisy Pearce.

[Happy Days]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

Im watching the replay now and even when Dale kicked his goal they special comments was how bad saints defending of the mark was… not the fact Dale played on from 60 and drilled a goal on the run from 50 which didn’t look like missing. I was up that end behind the goals… it was a glorious goal which was reminiscent of his 2021 & 2022 season.

Im not gonna lie, every time the say Daisy and the Dale ‘fckn’ Thomas speaks I die a little inside as I forget it’s him and not Daisy Pearce.

I actually really like Daisyman, he does this novel thing where he tries to talk about the game and why things are happening in it. Much prefer him that Joel Selwood tripping over his words and getting a free kick for it somehow.

[westdog54]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

Im watching the replay now and even when Dale kicked his goal they special comments was how bad saints defending of the mark was… not the fact Dale played on from 60 and drilled a goal on the run from 50 which didn’t look like missing. I was up that end behind the goals… it was a glorious goal which was reminiscent of his 2021 & 2022 season.

Im not gonna lie, every time the say Daisy and the Dale ‘fckn’ Thomas speaks I die a little inside as I forget it’s him and not Daisy Pearce.

I actually don't mind Dale Thomas as an analyst. Thought he handled BT's loaded question about the Marra/Lobb selection dilemma with a bit of class, despite BT's cringeworthy efforts to put words in his mouth.

[SquirrelGrip]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

1. Everyone on the board who said Richards can only play back has gone very quiet.

2. A kick up the backside can still be an effective coaching technique to get a player back into form.

3. JJ, Doc and Jones are great experience in the back line.

[Flamethrower]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 6 vs StKilda 2024

1 Teams are so even that all it takes is a handful of players to be off 0.1% to lose.

2. If you play a team that has been in the media spotlight all week, you had better bring a finals like intensity or you will lose.

3. Playing 300 games for Port Adelaide doesn't not stop you from being a brain dead moron. The SA fire department dodged a bullet.