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(06-16-2019, 04:27 AM)Micky0 link Wrote:Also, Weiters was widely constantly criticised on here in the past, and last night he was the one I wanted to have the ball, I wanted him to be the one to mark. As good as Casbolt was and i"m happy for him that he's doing well, I still close my eyes when he has to kick it, hoping for the best! He took great marks last night but I don't have the level of faith in him that I absolutely have for Weiters now. Weiters is a beast (a slow beast, tho!)
Yes, I thought that was a win for the Dogs, probably a sign of our rookie coaching panel.
Even so the defence played OK and problems with opposition goals last night were again the Mids and HFF getting the balance right!
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(06-16-2019, 04:25 AM)Micky0 link Wrote:Are those bagging SPS and Fish and Dow, watching any of the games live?
I don't know, seeing them live I see a great future but as has been said a trillion times on here, they are just kids who have been thrust into roles that ideally they would work towards, have time in the 2's, etc, but we don't have any cover for them.
SPS and Fish are two of the smartest footballers I've seen for a long time, there's rarely stupid long bombs, they're considered and accurate. Defensively they're too small to take anyone down, does that come in time? I assume so but I don't know if their physical development is complete.
And Dow will be something special, he has something. He is 19.
I think that the problem with Fisher, Dow and Samo is that they are usually under enormous pressure. The emergence of Setterfield should help but we desperately need another inside mid and a mindset focused on looking after teammates with blocks, shepherds and team-oriented stuff generally.
When Ed was moved on to Bontompelli, Liberatore immediately began bumping and blocking Ed, making his task harder and life easier for the Bont. The last time I saw one of our players do that it was the Chief dealing with Judd’s tagger.
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(06-16-2019, 06:10 AM)DJC link Wrote:When Ed was moved on to Bontompelli, Liberatore immediately began bumping and blocking Ed, making his task harder and life easier for the Bont. The last time I saw one of our players do that it was the Chief dealing with Judd’s tagger.
It's just not part of our culture or game plan, and it's been absent for a dozen years or more!
We have it back to front, we have Cripps and Judd types sacrificing themselves for the B-Graders!
Even last night, watch those couple of Cripps fast breaks in the last quarter, a couple of our blokes nearby stand watching as he fights off opponents!
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(06-16-2019, 05:31 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:O’Brien again yesterday showed why he will be very handy for us as we surge forward. Players are gaining confidence in sending the ball to him, knowing the high percentage of his decision making is very good. Again last night he was involved in some of our most exciting passages of play.
I must have been watching a different game..be more handy in the twos learning how to kick and hit a target...16 kicks @59% Disposal efficiency including a shocker out on the full at a critical time.
The Dogs wingman in Lipinksi has about 27 @86% plus 2 goals.....not a bad afternoons work for a 20 gamer...
LOB for a pick 10 has a long way to go and is lucky we dont bat deep in the two's, he wont be looking forward to Deluca getting fit either.
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Yep, that's glaring to me too. There is very rarely any sheparding or blocking by our players. I don't know why, I would think this would be one of the easiest things to implement, when you give off the ball to a player, help them move forward by blocking your opponent and/or his from going after him! Really, a no brainer. Saw that too many times last night where we gave it off then stood there, job done apparently : 
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(06-16-2019, 06:10 AM)DJC link Wrote:I think that the problem with Fisher, Dow and Samo is that they are usually under enormous pressure. The emergence of Setterfield should help but we desperately need another inside mid and a mindset focused on looking after teammates with blocks, shepherds and team-oriented stuff generally.
When Ed was moved on to Bontompelli, Liberatore immediately began bumping and blocking Ed, making his task harder and life easier for the Bont. The last time I saw one of our players do that it was the Chief dealing with Judd’s tagger.
I think so too. Those kids have had to be front and centre of our midfield right from the start and they weren't ready for it. It's enormous pressure for young kids. Can't all be Sam Walsh's unfortunately. That's where being down the bottom doesn't help couldn't get those couple of topline 24-27yos to be the big bodies and take the pressure off the young players. Plenty of depth at both ends of the ground but not yet in the guts. They'll all be good players, be even better players with big bodied help where they can get on the outside and run.
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(06-16-2019, 06:42 AM)Micky0 link Wrote:Yep, that's glaring to me too. There is very rarely any sheparding or blocking by our players. I don't know why, I would think this would be one of the easiest things to implement, when you give off the ball to a player, help them move forward by blocking your opponent and/or his from going after him! Really, a no brainer. Saw that too many times last night where we gave it off then stood there, job done apparently :
I did see a couple of good give and shepherds though. I con't remember who it was but I'm pretty sure our youngsters were involved.
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(06-15-2019, 10:11 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:In the immediate term? DeLuca..
Didn't notice Deluca in the 2's.
Has he played yet?
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Harry McKay and McGovern had a shocker last night.
Harry is a massive worry in that he has absolutely zero game awareness. When a teammate is running down the ground and is about to be run down and needs a target to kick to Harry just keeps running away from him hoping for a 75m kick over the top. Happened in the last quarter with Dow glaringly and quite a few other times in the one match.
Hopefully he can work his way through it but I don't know how many coaches we employ - but even if you had 1 coach surely this is something you'd be able to fix.
How they dropped SOS and left Gov in the team I'll never know. He has lost form completely now.
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(06-16-2019, 10:03 AM)LoveNavy link Wrote:Didn't notice Deluca in the 2's.
Has he played yet?
I don't think he has. After the bye I believe. This was written on May 29th :
Deluca suffered a grade one hamstring tear at training last Monday night and won’t be available for selection for at least another week or two. With Carlton having their mid-season bye in Round 14, he might not be in the frame for a senior game in the next month.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/how-mid...2fc32d1f1a
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