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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Quote from: Professer E – on
To all the Konstas boosters, he still hasn't fixed his technical issue against the off cutter.  Not good enough.

Greens issue - just not good enough, full stop.
I've never really understood the hype surrounding some players, I don't see it much like I never got the hype surrounding Marsh. I suspect some of them have a CA angel boosting their stock.

In the past we've had quite a few who played a chaotic style like Konstas, Maxwell being the most obvious and he was kyboshed, what the difference between Maxwell and Konstas? Blokes like Maxwell, Walters before him, use to be the razzle dazzle in a rock solid list, now the squad is overloaded with pinch hitters and on a bad day they all strike out! It reminds me of that Billy Joel song, "Goodnight Saigon, We said we'd all go down together!"

Control and consistency have made way for peak performance. It seems the 1 in 3 or 4 good games when a player dominates is now enough to plaster over the in-between rubbish.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Eventually Pavlov's Dog will develop a prey mindset, fear of being a victim can be crippling.

The fans and media that pile on the players after a loss, they are part of the problem not part of the solution.

There is a difference between a technical or tactical debate, and blatant abuse.

For example, Mathieson's comments are destructive not constructive. In effect he spit in the face of players like Ollie Hollands, Lachlan Cowan and Jagga Smith. Ollie Hollands in particular is starting his career off better than a previous 300 gamer like Kade Simpson, yet Mathieson gave OH a drive by at the first opportunity.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
I think one of our biggest problems, and also our most predictable weakness, is finding a role for Saad that leaves him free to make use of his heavily one-sided run.

It's just too easy for him to be corralled by the opposition, and that forces him into a soft disposal that often is a pre-cursor to the turnover.

Don't get me wrong, I love his ability and attack on the footy, he does the sacrificial things as well as anybody. But it's no good fans clapping his intercepts and attack at the footy if his next disposal puts a team-mate in the hospital zone.

Opposition actively create these scenarios, our MC needs to solve the puzzle.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 15 2025 Post-Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Quote from: PaulP – on
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1349527/match-review-blue-slapped-with-huge-fine-for-strike-five-others-cited

Not sure if this has been reported already.
It's a proper joke, and Xerri being the target makes it an even bigger joke given his mode of operation is targeting opponents in this very manner with borderline sling tackles and massive bumps off the ball.

How does Xerri get through a game without penalty for throwing TDK into the fence?
The AFL media are beating up on Cripps and other players for not flying the flag when Xerri did what he did, which apparently was nothing according to the MRP! And who is the main protagonist in the AFL media, a former Norp legend?

I have to wonder what Cook thinks of all this, when he sees the way our club gets treated compared to his experience at the Geelong!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 15 2025 Post-Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Quote from: Micky0 – on
I missed the first quarter too - apparently we missed two goals right in front and not far? How does that happen? Sure crap happens but the same crap seems to happen with us every week.
It's all headspace issues @Micky0 , I'd be sacking the club psychologist Monday morning because our lot isn't coping, they aren't resilient. I've stated this before, it's like we have a play safe mentality in the middle of a war zone. Under pressure limbs turn to jelly, disposal skills suffer, it was fully on show with that post siren kick from McGovern last season.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 15 2025 Post-Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Quote from: Micky0 – on
On that why was Motlop the sub? And why did we sub Lord for him?
Lord had a shocker, barely touched the pill for 1/2 a game.

That's the problem with fans calling for us to play the kids, they get better through learning but they aren't going to help the squad get better, and the same people that call for the kids to be played will be calling for them to be axed a minute after the final siren.