Bankers and Anchors - Round 2

[ratsmac]

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BANKERS

Morris - I thought he was brilliant again. Always plays on players much bigger than himself and beats them.

Picken - best game I seen him play in a while. Totally Dominated Thomas.

Minson - battled hard all day with no one to give him a chop out.

Libba - like Minson he battled hard and used the ball better than most.

ANCHORS

JJ - sorry pal, your not as quick as you think you are. Gets caught too often. Needs to work on his skills. But he's not alone.

Stringer - needs to impact the game more. Just goes missing.

Jones - he can jump but someone has to tell him that he has to catch the ball. If he marked half of what he dropped he would of been having 5 shots for goal.

Brendan McCartney - why did you wait so so long to activate the sub.

[Bornadog]

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One belated nomination for an anchor is the racist homophobic prick siting behind me with his unfortunate sons. The fact that he was a bulldogs supporter made it even worse.

You should have called security, that is not on.

[Remi Moses]

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Bankers- Pickens game on Thomas ( got under his skin)
Morris - you're a champ
Macrae - poise skill and decision making ( we need more)
Wallis - shut wells out
Murphy- see macrae( all but that awful kickout)
Minson - battled manfully
Hunter - football smarts
Anchors - ball use was woeful( same players each week)
J.J's awareness and missing that goal. Poor game
Wood'sdecision making and execution were again found wanting
Jones, Stringer, and Crameri's lack of work rate, smarts ( come on lads that was awful)
The coach - activated the sub way to late( spark was needed)
The non tagging of Harvey late was critical.
The non playing of Talia ( I just don't get it) although he had a crack at a few backs in the VFL
We're carrying to many of the same types( poor decision makers and disposal

[jeemak]

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You should have called security, that is not on.

Get used to it, he probably thought it was part of artistic and or public political debate!

*Mods, feel free to delete that if you think it's too political.....

[LostDoggy]

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That whole game gets an anchor. Done.

[Ozza]

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Bankers:

Morris - was tremendous - saved our skin over and over again.
Picken - gave Thomas a bath. Whatever role he is given- just absolutely applies himself 100% to it.
Macrae - showing others how its done. Really dug in when he was spent late in the game.

Anchors:

Crameri - apart from being innefectual for most of the game. 2 absolutely pitiful efforts right in front of me - where his chase of Greenwood was poor, then after Greenwood disposed of the ball Crameri gave up - and Greenwood marked inside 50 and kicked a goal. For a bloke who is supposedly an elite runner - he has some pretty poor habits in his game.

Johannisen - It wasn't just the miss that changed the momentum of the game. He had no impact prior to that. Got caught a couple of times holding the ball due to lack of awareness. Kicked poorly - and at this point in the year is way, way off being in our best 22.

Dahlhaus - as much as its a big plus for him that he stayed involved all day. His misses really hurt us. And he needed to do much better the time he ran inside 50 and got smothered.

[Mofra]

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Bankers:
- On my lonesome, but I was pleased with Jones' efforts. Laying bumps and providing and option that we sorely lacked last week. He is miles ahead of Campbell as a forward.
- Draft class of 2012. We are wooden spooners without them. Macrae is already one of our best midfielders.
- Dahlhaus. He coudl barely stand at teh end of the game, pushed himself beyond exhaustion.

Anchors:
- We play the dumbest style of football in the AFL. Releasing backwards by hand constantly when it's not necessary, often to stationary players. Dumb dumb dumb.
- JJ has gone backwards. Needs a spell. Play Picken BP and bring in Young or Talia so Wood isn't giving up 5 inches & 10kgs every week (another puzzling choice)
- If Koby Stevens had half of Hunter's vision and football brain, he could be an A grader. Frustrating to see a player with so much potential fall so far short of it

[Ozza]

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Bankers:
- On my lonesome, but I was pleased with Jones' efforts. Laying bumps and providing and option that we sorely lacked last week. He is miles ahead of Campbell as a forward.
- Draft class of 2012. We are wooden spooners without them. Macrae is already one of our best midfielders.
- Dahlhaus. He coudl barely stand at teh end of the game, pushed himself beyond exhaustion.

Anchors:
- We play the dumbest style of football in the AFL. Releasing backwards by hand constantly when it's not necessary, often to stationary players. Dumb dumb dumb.
- JJ has gone backwards. Needs a spell. Play Picken BP and bring in Young or Talia so Wood isn't giving up 5 inches & 10kgs every week (another puzzling choice)
- If Koby Stevens had half of Hunter's vision and football brain, he could be an A grader. Frustrating to see a player with so much potential fall so far short of it

Not on your lonesome Mofra. I agree. His defensive pressure was good, work rate was the best I've seen from him since his Geelong game last year. He just needs to learn to be able to get 3 or 4 easy marks per game.

Other side of the coin, on your 'anchoring' of Stevens. I can't agree on that one today. Thought Koby was pretty good. He's a real power runner, and we didn't have many in the last half who continued to provide options and take the game on. Agree that if he had Hunter's smarts he'd be a gun.

[Ghost Dog]

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On Jones, every time he goes for a mark, I expect it to go through his hands. He has to develop some hand strength.

[always right]

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Not on your lonesome Mofra. I agree. His defensive pressure was good, work rate was the best I've seen from him since his Geelong game last year. He just needs to learn to be able to get 3 or 4 easy marks per game.

Other side of the coin, on your 'anchoring' of Stevens. I can't agree on that one today. Thought Koby was pretty good. He's a real power runner, and we didn't have many in the last half who continued to provide options and take the game on. Agree that if he had Hunter's smarts he'd be a gun.

Agree with all of that but waht I don't understand is why Stevens continually handballs at the feet of teammates. Is it simply a technique thing or in his head? Shame because he has some great attributes.

[comrade]

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Agree with all of that but waht I don't understand is why Stevens continually handballs at the feet of teammates. Is it simply a technique thing or in his head? Shame because he has some great attributes.

It's maddening. He would have been a star at tunnel ball.

[LostDoggy]

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Anchors

Game set-up. It looked like Little league. All players in the vicinity charging in for the ball. No outriders to give the ball to.

No pace in the forward line. In fact no pace elsewhere.

Crameri is a replica of Stringer - neither big nor small and no pace

Bankers

Talia, Williams and Tutt are hopefully available

[Mofra]

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Other side of the coin, on your 'anchoring' of Stevens. I can't agree on that one today. Thought Koby was pretty good. He's a real power runner, and we didn't have many in the last half who continued to provide options and take the game on. Agree that if he had Hunter's smarts he'd be a gun.

I thought Koby was maybe a 6 out of 10 - a pass mark, but he is capable of so much more.

Does anyone know if he is particularly coachable? He does handball low and try to do too much at times, but I can live with that. I even think his decision making isn't particularly bad, it's a by product of the fact that he has very little vision on the field. Contrast that with Lachie Hunter who arguably has the best on field vision on our entire list already - just a naturally smart football with fantastic situational awareness.

Koby really could be a special player, he has that much potential.

[always right]

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Anchors

Game set-up. It looked like Little league. All players in the vicinity charging in for the ball. No outriders to give the ball to.

No pace in the forward line. In fact no pace elsewhere.

Crameri is a replica of Stringer - neither big nor small and no pace
Bankers

Talia, Williams and Tutt are hopefully available

Pace is not an issue...work rate is. He seems to choose when he wants to go. I watched him almost run down a North player yesterday when he started 15 meters behind him. On other occasions he made little effort. Both he and Jones have great pace which makes it even more surprising why Jones in particular struggles to get separation from his opponent.

[Happy Days]

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- We play the dumbest style of football in the AFL. Releasing backwards by hand constantly when it's not necessary, often to stationary players. Dumb dumb dumb.

Yep. It's an attempt at switching to open up the game by carrying down the open side right? Coz that doesn't work when it takes you a literal minute to kick it twice. And it's uncontested so they're not even cracking in!

It's what I used to love so much about Hargrave's game, he was excellent at executing the switch kick.