Has played 150 games. Until last season he was very durable Injuries happen to players during their careers- his is just happening now. Is Ollie Hotton or Angus McLennen or Nick Coffield or Jack Hayes finished because the can’t get on the park. Robert Harvey played less than 50% of games from 2000-...

Numbers Jack Billings Career Average in AFL 21poss (14 kicks) 0.7 goals 0.7 goal assists 0.35 contested marks 2.7 tackles Phillipou season to date - and I think he’s going to be a great 14 poss (5 kicks) 0.65 goals 0.45 goal assists 0.45 contested marks 2.0 tackles Yes, Phillipou’s numbers will get...

B.M wrote: ↑Wed 31 May 2023 6:19pm They matter

Just not as much as everyone thinks

And quality of team is far more important

I tend to agree. Quality of team is the most important.

A good coaching system does make a difference though.

Umm 🤔 Sicily? Umm 🤔 non selection of proven players? Use of Gresham Nah… he didn’t have a good day Sharman placed on Sicily, ok in 3rd, beaten in 4th. What/who do you suggest would have stopped Sicily? Hawks have specific tactics to isolate him. Non selection of who? Use of Gresham - ?? A missed ch...

A role player is defined as a player who lacks certain tools but has good concentration, generally excellent resilience and can stick to a task, this type of personality is also willing to please. Generally at the elite level most coaches believe you can only carry about 4-6 of these types of playe...

Lol half the sites saying we are no better than last year and you’re saying move on?? I think you’re “reserving judgement” might be just hedging your bets so you can say “I told you so” if drop Get off the fence mate I think it's you!! who actually took an each way bet at the start of the year ...a...

Hard to attack if you haven’t got the ball. It all starts in the midfield. Which is why I suggested trying the likes of Sinclair in the midfield! Sinclair did play mainly in the midfield vs Hawks. All of the 2nd half anyway. Result - lowest possession tally by some margin for the season, and involv...

It's hypocrisy to say that Windy and Bytel need 'development' at VFL level but Mattaes gets to play 11 full games in a row. If you count the 2 practice games against Melbourne and Essendon that's 13 in a row!! I like Pou, but surely we can't be playing favourites if we want to be a successful AFL c...

Forward line - Tick. Doesn't need Membrey in it. Backline - Tick. Wings - (NWM, Wood, Hill) - Tick Midfield - No good. Part of this is players like Higgins, Butler, Gresham, Paton, Byrnes, Stocker, Phillipou - not really mids and can't fit them all forward and back. Philippou and Stocker probably t...

Crouch is certainly a ball magnet, but I don’t rate 30 or35 touches if it means you’re handing back the footy to your opponents a third of the time. Most pundits here (and also the Saints official media team) were claiming Crouch would get a podium finish in the Trevor Barker Medal in 2022. He ende...

As scollop I think pointed out in another thread, Marshall also averages something like 5 clearances, himself, which I reckon trump hitouts to advantage - as there is only a chance with those ending up as clearances. I'd prefer hitouts to advantage, especially Ryder hitouts to advantage. Not really...

What effect will this have on the Hawks? None, or some? The Age is reporting that a Hawks Chief Exec (not sure if CEO, COO CFO) Justin Reeves has resigned 'amid the racist investigation' OMG typical of the Age to conflate the 2 things, or link the quitting to the inquiry. Anyway... That is why he r...

We don't set up well and we often have three in-and-under players (Steele, Ross, Crouch) at the bounce, giving us no run and no spread. Our opposition seem to always have an outlier and quickly create space. In my opinion, Sinclair needs to play as a full time mid. We can't continue with both Ross ...

Great having King back, and we sure need him, but the media overhype is ridiculous. So much attention on him, may help Caminiti, Membrey.

Scolops, I know you've been champing at the bit to get into RTB all season , but 7-3 makes it difficult, no? I had been supportive from basically the start of the year and weeks before even Round 1 had started. I'll be wanting to embrace Ross and give him a cuddle even ...if he can get us back to b...

We don't set up well and we often have three in-and-under players (Steele, Ross, Crouch) at the bounce, giving us no run and no spread. Our opposition seem to always have an outlier and quickly create space. In my opinion, Sinclair needs to play as a full time mid. We can't continue with both Ross ...

5 Sinclair 4 Steele 3 Stocker 2 King 1 Gresham (nowhere near his best, but he kept us in it when we were really struggling). Howard (apart from one dreadful mistake), Webster, Wilkie, Hill, Caminiti, Higgins and Butler all did a bit too. I agree NWM did many wonderful things, but he also stuffed up...

B.M wrote: ↑Mon 22 May 2023 8:41am Thought Wilkie/Battle on Toby in the first half was incorrect

Tom Green was a problem- esp in the first half

Otherwise pretty good

I agree. Trouble with the Green(e)s. I thought Webster would go to Toby.

Battle not agile enough, and Wilkie on Greene wasting his intercepting ability.

I don't know why posters want Sinclair shifted permanently to the midfield. He is very dangerous (AA) from half back, where he can use his superb ability to read the play and launch attacks, also intercept plenty of threatening moves forward by the opposition. That would be negated somewhat in the m...

So the questions remain unanswered How did our highly rated senior coach go against the rank novice in Kinsley? What aspects did our coaching group get right today? Kingsley? The senior assistant with years of experience who finally got the top job? Other than you, who in the football world is deni...

Am I missing something? Still not being selected despite being a great user. Hitting targets seems to be an issue at the moment and his ball use is usually excellent. Has his VFL form been that bad? Who's getting the nod ahead of him? Batchelor's VFL review (see other thread), gives some insight. P...

So you are saying that all players have off days. I get that... Wouldn't it be wise when a player has an off week to make them Sub the week after and bring in someone fresh and in good form? Isn't that part of the art of good coaching and good management and maximising the team's chances of winning...

So you are saying that all players have off days. I get that... Wouldn't it be wise when a player has an off week to make them Sub the week after and bring in someone fresh and in good form? Isn't that part of the art of good coaching and good management and maximising the team's chances of winning...

bigcarl wrote: ↑Thu 18 May 2023 12:43pm

WellardSaint wrote: ↑Thu 18 May 2023 12:39pm

bigcarl wrote: ↑Thu 18 May 2023 12:37pm Who gets the job on Greene?

Marcus

Yes, maybe he gets first crack at it. Sort of ease him back to senior football with a soft kill

Jimmy Webster.

That's it! Having a personal dig at me is what you're good at It comes down to one thing and 1 thing Only when I criticise a player or rate a player the club has brought in (instead of developing and giving opportunity to the talent already on your list) Has the midfield performed better since Crou...