While getting smashed in the clearances, struggling to take a mark around the ground and having our key forwards double-teamed 🤔
That's the point isn't it. Same as it's always been.... It's never a case of one setup gives you a greater advantage every occasion. That comes down to individual circumstances, strengths and weaknesses and match-ups in individual games.
In these situations you will gain in one area but you will lose in another. That's the balance that the coaches have to determine.
I missed the game. I'd just like folks opinions.... Walsh racks up possessions and it's noticable. He's everywhere. He's influencing the game.
One of the things I've noticed watching VFL games when Binns is involved is... that I don't 'notice' him. It surprises me when I look up the stat sheet at the end of the game and see he's had it so many times.
I'm guessing part of that is the coverage of games with less camera angles and the commentators not always calling the player in possession on long shots.
Was Binns 'noticable' last night? Did he have a big influence on the game.
Just on Ollie Hollands, caught a couple of times last night...he's only in his second season, still young , still very slight, and still probably adjusting to the speed of the game. When he gets a bit more experience and a bit more bulk (he may never be super big, but he can add a bit of muscle and strength) he'll be a valuable long term player for us.
We've had three tough games in a row. Our players looked pretty stuffed (although, happily smiling) at the end of last night's game. This fourth will be really difficult.
We need to up our pressure which still seems to be well short of last year at times. Heeney is a worry in a similar fashion to Petracca. Can play a few roles and be hard to match up on.
Voss seemed quite upbeat at the press conference and on reflection you can kind of see why. There's a lot of good to highlight this week as well as there is bad in a ten minute lapse at the end. We went too defensive and our own scoring dried up, but... for most of the night we've broke even or even beaten most of their dangerous players and prime movers...except one.
Had Petracca not got off the leash it wouldn't have been close...possibly over by half-time. He not only had influence in his own scoring but brought other players into the game and lifted the side. We need to find an answer when we next play them. Kennedy went well at the start but once Petracca moved forward he switched to marking Viney.
For mine small Durds put himself on the line when required. Got caught by a fingernail a couple of times but I thought he was up and about.
yep If he was just a fraction quicker he'd be quite valuable...but when Motlop is ready for a return he probably goes out as Owies is good for a couple of goals most games.
Just an aside for a minute... 41 members and a 1000 guests (probably a fair few Bots-some of the topics being viewed are pretty dated) online at present...not a bad effort. We still have a pulse (Despite what our football team is putting us through )
Good start, poor finish These type of games have a cumulative effect and we've played three tough ones in a row, 'undermanned', so it's not surprising we faded at the end. A couple of players are short a gallop after returning from injury We may be in a bit of strife next game. (Sydney in Sydney)
Melbourne on the other hand are having very good last quarters this year. I reckon their fitness levels are pretty high at present. It will be interesting to see if they can maintain that level.
(If a certain biased commentator makes an appearance and asks to walk around our rooms at any stage this year I hope we show him the door. That was just about his worst performance.)
Well, at the risk of seeming like a smarty pants, I suspected Hewett or Cerra. Balance. Plus Hewett was a little slow last week and would be a good replacement for a tired (or injured) mid when some of the early heat has gone out of the game.
Yep There is a method in the madness. Whether it comes off or not we'll see. I'm guessing the thinking is that later in the game even the fittest of the Melbourne mids will tire to some extent bringing them back closer to Hewett in terms of pace. His role might be to negate that 'late game' effectiveness.
Of course, the game may be over by then. Blues by 30 (in the first quarter )
Issac Humphries in the NBL who is a prominent player also came out and that news was received well by the majority who play and follow the game. Given Clarko, Finlayson and now Powell of Gold Coasts slurs i reckon it might be a while before we see a AFL player brave enough to come out...
It would take courage, but wouldn't it be a 'statement' at this point of time. It might, in a bizarre way, be exactly what the game needs to happen.
...and one you knock back is one you don't get. 
