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Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - PassIt2Carrots - 04-23-2016
(04-23-2016, 06:29 AM)Peter Brady link Wrote:Yes, but forget about our weak leaders and our forward line, apart from that we are a chance arent we.
Hey yeah!
Seriously, let's not kid ourselves with we're we are at. Our highest paid players are Murphy, Thomas, Gibbs and Kreuzer. Theirs are Fyfe, Mundy. Ballantyne, Pavlich et al. We will play them right back into form with zero pressure being applied, it will be their season renaissance.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - crashlander - 04-23-2016
(04-23-2016, 09:21 AM)PassIt2Carrots link Wrote:Hey yeah!If it isn't, then Freo are royally Screwed. Last year we were good at playing teams back into form; firstly as we played without hope, late in the season because we had not enough fit players to reasonably compete. With the massive changes to the list and the relative inexperience of our side, Freo should POUND us. If they can't, then their 'era' is over and no flag to show for it. That sounds like a good reason for us to cause a 'shock'.
Seriously, let's not kid ourselves with we're we are at. Our highest paid players are Murphy, Thomas, Gibbs and Kreuzer. Theirs are Fyfe, Mundy. Ballantyne, Pavlich et al. We will play them right back into form with zero pressure being applied, it will be their season renaissance.
besides, in most of our games this year one bad quarter has been our downfall. If we can eliminate that for a week, then we could surprise a number of sides that disrespect us. I'm not expecting miracles, but there are a lot of inflated egos out there I would like to see deflated.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - cimm1979 - 04-23-2016
Freo still have too many guns for us I think.
This is still the team that finished top last year.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - PassIt2Carrots - 04-23-2016
We will not beat accountable teams like Freo with our unaccountable senior players. EOS.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - Bear - 04-23-2016
(04-23-2016, 06:29 AM)Peter Brady link Wrote:Yes, but forget about our weak leaders and our forward line, apart from that we are a chance arent we.
... and the whole "playing in Perth" thing.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - crashlander - 04-23-2016
(04-23-2016, 09:53 AM)cimm1979 link Wrote:Freo still have too many guns for us I think.Highly probable. But their heads are not saying that at the moment. I hope we can keep it that way. You're right, they should win. But Freo have not shown the same resilience that Hawthorn has this year. Hawthorn should be 1 and 4. Instead they are 4 and 1. Not because they have played all that well, but because they have the BELIEF that gets them over the line.
This is still the team that finished top last year.
We lack that sort of self belief terribly and have since the mid '90's. But strange things can happen.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - LoveNavy - 04-23-2016
Going to be warm tomorrow in Perth 27 at bounce down
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - PassIt2Carrots - 04-23-2016
(04-23-2016, 09:58 AM)crashlander link Wrote:But strange things can happen.
Not that strange no I disagree.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - cimm1979 - 04-23-2016
(04-23-2016, 09:59 AM)LoveNavy link Wrote:Going to be warm tomorrow in Perth 27 at bounce down
Bloody warm today.
Re: Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers - DJC - 04-23-2016
The preview of the game on the Freo website is quite different to some of the discussion we've had:
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The clash pits the league’s second most experienced side against the competition's third least, with Freo holding an advantage of 22 games per player over the Blues.
Freo’s disposal efficiency of 71 percent is below what they’d be aiming for and, when compared with Carlton’s 75 per cent.
The upside to these numbers is that Fremantle is just under the league average of 74 percent.
Despite fielding a very raw forward line, the Blues are averaging 11 marks inside 50 so far in 2016 – only one behind the league average of 12.
Levi Casboult is averaging two-and-a-half marks inside 50 – equal with the likes of Nick Riewoldt, Kurt Tippett and Drew Petrie – and presents a real challenge for Freo’s defence.
Zac Dawson has started the year well, averaging 10 spoils and smothers each time he’s taken the field, and will link up with Michael Johnson and Alex Pearce to subdue the Blues attacking forays.
Jon Griffin and Zac Clarke will be battling against the Carlton ruck pair Matthew Kreuzer and Andrew Phillips, who have been averaging 40 hitouts between them in the first four rounds.
Their tandem rucking has helped the clearance work of Patrick Cripps, with the rising midfield star working his way to the top of the clearance and contested possession lists.