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Blah-Blah Bar / RIP - Ken Judge
Hawks Premiership player, Coach of Hawthorn and West Coast and Prominent ABC commentator. Been sick for a while.
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Robert Heatley Stand / View Beyond the Shades - Analysis
My in to frequent post about certain points in the game which cause me frustration is back.

This first post in this series is Andrew Walker. Now he has played forward with some success and OK down back, but to often his kicks out of defence put us in more trouble than good.

We are crying our for tall running Midfielders, why have we not tried that again?

Anyway one perfect example of this is in the Third Quarter. (AFL Match Replay, Harry Cunningham Behind if you want to see the footage.)





Here we have a Kick out and set up pretty well - we have left plenty of space on the wing, with two waves of players making there way to that side. Sydney have defended OK, but we have Andrew Walker in close as the get out option.



Walker gets the kick, Yarran and Thomas move towards the line to provide an option, and create space behind them, with the next wave ready to fill that space and provide an option or create a contest (they are trailing there men, which is a sign of workrate). Guess where Walker Kicks it?? He runs onto his non preferred side and kicks it smack bang into the middle of the Swans players (the Target).



I have seperated where the corridor probably starts. I don't mind kicks comiung back through there, but the have to be short, sharp and hit targets. Walker kicks a wobbler on his non preferred, with players having to now change directions.



Result: Easy pickings for the Swans and a simple mark to Buddy. he moves it on into the space for Cunningham who luckily misses from in front. notice we have half the side (9 players) in one area, so we worked to that side all to be undone by a very poor decision and even poorer kick.

Walker tends to not kick into the corridor or the boundary, hedges his bets and kicks indiscriminately to a very dangerous area. He does this time and time again. Time to play him as a midfielder or back as a high half forward when he regains full fitness.
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Robert Heatley Stand / We were Up by HOW MUCH?
Last year I showed in the past 3 years how we often skip away to a lead and then let the team back in the contest. Sometimes we win (Adelaide) most of the time we lose. This thread will monitor this pattern and hopefully we can see an improvement!

Round 1 (vs Richmond): Leading by 23, Lost by 27 - 50 point turnaround.
Round 6 (vs Brisbane); Leading by 15, Lost by 9 - 24 point turnaround.
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Robert Heatley Stand / NAB Challenge 2015
New pre-season format again  - Why don't they just start the season and get more games in? could play half the teams twice, which would make it fairer again (maybe based on your area?) Clubs play enough intraclub and if they wanted to organise a competitive practice (friendly) against other opposition they could.

Anyway, thought I would start the thread here as the Blues play West Coast on February 27th at Rushton Park in Mandurah (an hour south of Perth - think Geelong from Melbourne). Nice stadium and surface so no worries there. I have bought tickets to take my 4 year old son to his first ever Carlton game, where he can sit on the hill and watch in a relaxed atmosphere. Pretty happy, the indoctrination is nearly complete.. need to get him sort before he starts school!
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Robert Heatley Stand / The Season Over Thread
Its taken a few weeks, but its time this thread got a run on the New Look Forum.

2 games out of the 8 with 4 game left, 3 Against Top 8 Teams. Bombers limping, but Bulldogs Improving, Tigers going well and Port hard to beat at home.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Rd 19 - Carlton vs Fremantle (Pre Contest Conundrums)
7.40pm Next Saturday at Etihad

Dockers are not in great form and just getting it done. Pac one more week and Mcpharlin no chance.

No excuses for us, huge chance to knock a top 4 contender and we should.

Need to be smart with ball use as they just flood numbers back and tackle with intent, but we get enough chances we should kick a big enough score.