Wasn't it yourself implying that we haven't targeted players who can kick as their main strength ?
I was more stating that if you are selected to play AFL that you should be able to kick to a pretty high standard.
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I was more stating that if you are selected to play AFL that you should be able to kick to a pretty high standard.
I'm not sure that its the stand rule that makes that much difference as much as other teams refusing to kick long to contests against us. Collingwood won the 2018 Prelim and the first meeting between us in 2019 by playing keepings off and switching play. Almost all clubs plan to do that against us now.
Combine that with how poor we are at centre clearance and stoppage (including locking down on opposition ball winners) and we now get a wave of ball moving into our defensive 50. Two things stood out for me from yesterday's game - when we created pressure (albeit inconsistently), we caused turnover and could move the ball. Secondly we looked far better in the second half when we went one on one and played a more contested game. That has to be the blueprint moving forward - allowing opposition spares behind the ball kills us both ways.
At the G this year we are 3 wins 6 losses with a percentage of 78%. Can we ask to play our home games at Marvel?I've lost count of how many games we've lost on the wide open spaces of the MCG this year now.
What used to be our fortress has become our handicap & I'm sure we all know why that is.
yeah for alot of our guys kicking isn't elite but it's not U12 standard as you stated. So how do players win 3 flags if kicking isn't up to AFL standard?
I didn't say it was under 12's standard. I never mentioned our side at all.
I more meant if kids can hit targets in under 12's , then guys at AFL elite level should have good kicking skills.
It was more in reference to you saying we haven't targeted decent kicks. Everyone in the AFL should be a decent kick, you shouldn't be on an AFL list if you aren't .
teams tried to do that last year and in 2019. sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.
we are currently missing 3 of our top 4 intercept players. that makes a huge difference to trying to win the ball back.
That would be "The Handbaggery" I do believe its now known as ........ (Thank DragaTheCro for that one)
Can we con Brisbane into swapping Short for Rich? Anyone got compromising photos of Fagan?
How good was it when the commentators dropped out during the telecast. I didn’t even notice for 30 odd seconds.
