Too kind LN, compared to coaches and experts I'm a dumb ass, but I would have planned and would have put in a truckload of work into ensuring Keays and Walker had minimal impact. Watching the replay, gee we dropped a lot of marks. And we had our chances to to either hold onto to the 16 pt lead or seal it when they came back. Owies stubs a toe, Charlie drops a marks, Zac W dropped spilled the ball which resulted in Mudguts (dead set Fogarty is fatter than me) picking it up and drilling a pass to the top of the square, Adelaide goal. As Vossy said, we have got a lot right in the dyeing minutes if the first 4 weeks, we farked up the last few minutes this week. C'est la vie.
That’s it in a nutshell. If you drop marks, miss targets and fumble, any coach or game plan will struggle to get you over the line. It’s certainly not panic stations it’s a learning opportunity.
This week's line-up: Backs: Brodie Kemp Jacob Weitering Nic Newman Half-backs: Adam Saad Mitch McGovern Adam Saad Centreline: Ollie Hollands Patrick Cripps Blake Acres Half-forwards: Elijah Hollands Harry McKay Matthew Kennedy Forwards: Orazio Fantasia Charlie Curnow Matthew Owies Followers: Tom De Koning Adam Cerra George Hewett Interchange: Jordan Boyd Jack Carroll Matthew Cottrell Corey Durdin Sam Walsh
Emergencies: Jaxon Binns Lachlan Cowan Marc Pittonet
I would have played Pittonet: he has a good record against O'Brien; TdK doesn't. Ollie Hollands is pretty lucky. He hasn't been playing that well, even though he has contributed. Last week Sharpe killed him. Fantasia is also more than a little lucky. He did OK as sub, but otherwise hasn't done much. Corey Durdin as well, but he had 8 tackles last week. Walsh on the bench: is hat trying to tell us that he'll be a late out?
No Cincotta as sub? Amazing! He was much better than both Binns and Cowan against North.
Yes, for a certain type of player. Kemp could play on a wider variety of players and do better on some players compared to marchbank.
If your contention is true and he was brought in for a specific player, fair enough....but with no exposed match form to go by, I wouldn't have risked it.
I can't help but think there is something we don't know about with Kemp. He seems to be first one dropped and it can't be just about form.
I think you’re correct about him being the first dropped, however I’ve no idea why…
Got quite a few on the team already. Considering we do have some blokes who would be getting a game of fit, you might have heard of them... Sam Walsh Sam Docherty Jack Martin
Oh and next year we'll have 2 camporeales to add to Billy Wilson, jaxon binns and an injured Matt Carroll. I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple as well.
Kinda my point… Though waiting for who gets booted…
How many young mids do you want in the 2’s and though I’m reluctant to ask, who should be gone (mid season mind you…) to create room for these potential Brownlow medalists ? Asking for a friend…
He does a few little things that show his aptitude as a player. For me the important hole he fills is a leadership one for the younger small forwards. Durdin and motlop might learn a bit off him. It's intangible. We'll see how he goes, but im not writing him off yet.
Noticed him doing all the talking in the forwards huddle a few times, so l think he’s there for more than “just” possessions.
Problem with Young playing alongside Wieters is that we lose run and creativity big time. Young’s best is dour, do you really want to drop McGovern or Kemp ? In modern football EVERYONE must be willing and able to create and run one failure and the whole team starts to flounder.
Yeah, if Young was our main man you’d be nervous but he’s designed to be a stand in or accomplice for Weiters, he’s doing ok in Weiters absence. Will he hold his place when Weiters is fit…?
