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@ Cookie and Crash

What if for one game we went MAN on MAN and made everyone accountable, you'd be given a guy for the whole game and you must stop him.
Reminds me of that game Brittain made it 1 on 1 around the ground for the whole match against the Bummers and we got over the line.
Just saying it might make them start thinking about running the other way.(At least Jog on that direction )

@ Cookie and Crash

What if for one game we went MAN on MAN and made everyone accountable, you'd be given a guy for the whole game and you must stop him.
Reminds me of that game Brittain made it 1 on 1 around the ground for the whole match against the Bummers and we got over the line.
Just saying it might make them start thinking about running the other way.(At least Jog on that direction )

Quote from: cookie2 on April 08, 2014, 12:31:45 pm

@Crash

Interesting post that made me think that a lot of our problems both forward and back are down to our weak midfield and their age old sins. This is putting our defence under a lot more pressure and it's giving our forwards little chance to do anything. That is the area we should be really focussed on fixing up first IMO.

Cookie, in many ways it is. Our mids have not been known for some time as being particularly hard working and they also have the reputation of being one way players.
That is pretty unfair, but that is how they are perceived.
In the past we have been able to get over this by having Carrots, one of the hardest working players there is, take out their best mid, and by having Juddy really make a substantial difference in the way we get the ball out.
We haven't had these 2 guys in and at their best for some time now and it shows.
Murphy has had a lot on his shoulders, but he has been able to ganged up on, as opposition teams do not fear our other mids.

The other thing is the ruck: our ruckmen have not developed as we had hoped, around the ground or in the centre square. Ignoring Warnock for a moment, who has different problems, we lost Jacobs just when he was turning into a star. He directs the ball well. Hampson wasn't bad, but he got less taps and less ruck time than others. Kreuzer did not direct his taps well and has developed least of the 4 young rucks we had at that time.
Of our 2nd stringers, none of them really directs their taps to advantage.
Wood doesn't either.
Secondly, our mids lack that someone explosive who can not just get the ball but deliver it dangerously to forwards. Our opponents, especially the Hawthorn's and Geelongs of this world, do that very well. This is something we need to address more than anything else, as we just don't get a whole lot of value from our clearances.

Secondly, our mids lack that someone explosive who can not just get the ball but deliver it dangerously to forwards. Our opponents, especially the Hawthorn's and Geelongs of this world, do that very well. This is something we need to address more than anything else, as we just don't get a whole lot of value from our clearances.

Does this mean Capuano is reason for the mess we find ourselves in?
Rucks can't tap to advantage?

Quote from: BluePhantom on April 08, 2014, 01:01:12 pm

Does this mean Capuano is reason for the mess we find ourselves in?
Rucks can't tap to advantage?

I have been saying this for several years now.

The spectacular failure to develop the ruck stock we have is because we must have a dud ruck coach. When they leave our club and walk into the No.1 role at other clubs, that is a tell, you know we have a problem not the players.

Capuano must be Teflon to our MC and Admin!

There's only one Mr Teflon LP

This will be as crape a game of football as you are likely to see

Quote from: ItsOurTime on April 08, 2014, 01:30:59 pm

This will be as crape a game of football as you are likely to see

I am not going to see it, I am over it!

If we win kicking 300 points, it would be as empty and valueless as a 100 point loss!

We know what will happen here. Carlton will fire up from the criticism and simply murder Melbourne. It's what happens in the weeks after that will tell the tale.

Quote from: laj on April 08, 2014, 01:35:22 pm

We know what will happen here. Carlton will fire up from the criticism and simply murder Melbourne. It's what happens in the weeks after that will tell the tale.

Jimbo, you've been way off lately please don't jinx us!!