I know we love to blame Hocking but he has nothing to do with the crap we've served up over the last 2 weeks. Until midway through the last quarter agaent the Coasters things were actually panning out pretty well this year.
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Welcome to Richmond - Jayden Short
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No matter who takes them, our kick outs are just about league-worst.
Agree. Player x takes ball. Runs to the members wing (if at the G) and kicks long to a contest. Rinse and repeat. So damn predictable.
We refuse to get creative. Safe as house but boring as you can get. It was comical at one stage last night when Astbury took it, panicked, kicked it 5 metres to Vlastuin, another errant handball, out of bounce.
Scary thought for you spook, there’s a hell of a lot of the team that hasn’t played all season , could we see J Short go back to back ?
Thought he had a crack a few times last night , however definitely not impacting at all , I’ll say it again , I’d try him on a wing opposite KMac , let him play as attacking winger , just see what happens as I’m not liking him down back , playing with zero flare and dare
It's really hurt not having Nankervis fit in this regard plus an injured Lynch. Hopefully improves soon in that regard.
Nank is proving that he is clearly our most important player , irreplaceable
By that logic, previous top 5 B&F placings and winners were incorrect as well.
my biggest fear was Nank going out with Soldo out for the year
I’d say your having a nightmare then Harry , Soldo is no Nank , however wed love him out there atm
Definitely in 2019 , was a great combo , Id definitely give Soldo the nod in ruck contests, however around the ground I think Nanks as good as there is, both bloody aggressive and tough which we are missing , actually our last 2 rucks have been the complete opposite
Shorty voted BnF by the assistants that we have since lost & are now coveting
Reckon Short is a bit hard done by here.
Last year he played a role - and that was to complement a fully functioning system with his own particular skillset.
Overall the system worked and he added his bit - and probably for a whole bunch of reasons - his game simply attracted votes in the B&F.
That system is clearly not functioning this season and he's no longer able to play that add-on role. But he's not on his Pat either.
Last year he played a role - and that was to complement a fully functioning system with his own particular skillset.
Overall the system worked and he added his bit - and probably for a whole bunch of reasons - his game simply attracted votes in the B&F.
That system is clearly not functioning this season and he's no longer able to play that add-on role. But he's not on his Pat either.
It's the system, mate. Every player gets a score out of 5 in every game. So two average games of 3 each where you might be the 18th-best player in easy wins puts you ahead of a bloke who was BOG in the first win and misses the second. Rewards consistency more than excellence; B&Fs should be about excellence. If Dusty's best game can only get 5 votes, no one else should ever get more than 4.
Have an old school Most Consistent award if you want.
And they clearly grade on expectation/role, otherwise we would have seen a result like the most accurate and coveted award in footy - the PRE player of the year, which Dusty won, with Vlastuin second, Shai third, Cotch 4th, Balta and Baker equal 5th and Short 7th. The Wisdom of Crowds - it's a real thing. Don't turn the Jack Dyer Medal into a McDonald's Award.
Or even put him on the oppo's most dangerous small forward to shut him down?
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1. Steve hocking
2. Nank out
3. An aging list
4. Gameplan changes
5. Jake Aarts
6. Jason Castagna
7. A forward line that only has two goal kickers in it
8. Our two way runners constantly missing (Lambert and Prestia)
9. A backline that's had players missing all year.
10. Cotchy's form
11. Astbury's form
12. The rest of the competition improving.
13. Soldo out
14. Ross at half back
15. Pickett in the backline
16. RCD and Naish in the side
17. Shorty's form
18. Houli's form
19. Stack not in the side
I could probably go on.
Not sure if Shorty getting ahead of himself, or if oppo teams putting way more work into him.
Either way, he's had a poor season
Either way, he's had a poor season
