Rd 17 vs the Cheats

[dejavoodoo44]

All aboard!!

An AFL site article detailing the impressive record of Will Edwards.

- https://www.afl.com.au/news/1556438

Since his debut, he's only behind Harris Andrews for percentage of defensive contests won, and he's number one in the comp for spoils. And his 18 spoils against the Dogs was apparently a Swans record.

[Velour&Ruffles]

Have I mentioned that I'm on the Edwards bandwagon?

Hey, you’re in my seat buddy ….

[dejavoodoo44]

All fair enough and yes, Edwards deserved that tick

Have I mentioned that I'm on the Edwards bandwagon?

[imuninformedtwo]

Coaches votes for the game. Curnow and Grundy shared BOG, while I'm pleased Edwards got a vote.

9 Charlie Curnow (SYD)
9 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
5 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
4 Bailey Dale (WB)
2 James Jordon (SYD)
1 Will Edwards (SYD)

All fair enough and yes, Edwards deserved that tick

[dejavoodoo44]

Coaches votes for the game. Curnow and Grundy shared BOG, while I'm pleased Edwards got a vote.

9 Charlie Curnow (SYD)
9 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
5 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
4 Bailey Dale (WB)
2 James Jordon (SYD)
1 Will Edwards (SYD)

[UUaswan]

Has Phillipou registered a tackle this year?

He has had 14gls and 4 tackles in the last month in VFL

Tackles is hardly a pre requisite for the top side.

Cleary 7 Games 2 goals, 20 tackles

Rosas 13 games 16gls, 37 tackles

Hannily 3 games 1 Goal, 6 Tackles

[The Big Cat]

Watching Dattoli in the VFL yesterday he seems to have a habit of going to ground to easily and needs to eradicate this if he is to progress to the next level. Phillipou on the other hand looks to be a real talent and given that he virtually had no preseason because of injury, he is developing nicely. Not quite ready yet but look out for him next season

Has Phillipou registered a tackle this year?

[Hotpotato]

Greez, Coxy has trimmed up , is he planning
to be a playing coach ?

[BRS328]

Ladhams much more of a ruck than a forward unfortunately. Additionally I wanted to really like Dattoli but hes been very average in the reserves.

Also controversially, while I do think hanily and Corey Warner probably aren’t AFL level, I think Cleary is starting to show signs

Watching Dattoli in the VFL yesterday he seems to have a habit of going to ground to easily and needs to eradicate this if he is to progress to the next level. Phillipou on the other hand looks to be a real talent and given that he virtually had no preseason because of injury, he is developing nicely. Not quite ready yet but look out for him next season

[BRS328]

The forward pressure has been great, but I still have concerns about our backline.

The backline was superb against the Bulldogs and as long as McCartin, Edwards, Mills, Blakey and Rampe, with Wicks to come back I am confident with that lot.
Add Serong and Roberts playing on the wings who get back to assist I do not share your concerns.
I did watch a little of VFL game yesterday and Bice was outstanding and clearly above that level as noted by the commentators. He was dropped for a very good reason and as long as they do not allow him to take kick ins he still has a role to play.
we have depth in the backline with Cunningham, Melican, Haming and Kyle all contributing.

[Thunder Shaker]

MRO findings:
* Matthew Kennedy (WB) offered a 1-match ban for forceful front-on conduct.
* William Lewis (WB) fined for staging.
* Jordan Croft (WB) and Dane Rampe (Syd) fined for engaging in a melee.

[UUaswan]

Paps back is good

I just think Cleary and Hannily arent pure fwds
Rosas and Cootee seem to have more fwd craft, even if they aren't exceptional

A small fwd inside the 50 should be clean hands and a shot on goal in less then 5 steps, the ones we are playing now have zero goal sense.

[Industrial Fan]

Either the Bulldogs player has a very sensitive ribcage, or the Bulldogs player was staging. The latter is almost certain.

This was a very stupid action and was rightly punished on field with a free kick leading to an easy goal. This should be highlighted mercilessly in the match review with a replay on loop in front of the entire playing group until Gulden goes to the front of the room and apologises to all the players. He needs to apologise to Weightman as well if he hasn't already done so. Gulden needs to harden up and get the skin of a rhino quick smart because it shows that it's possible to put him off his game with niggle.

The incident should become a part of future training for new recruits showing what not to do.

At the same time, that doesn’t result in a free kick on a different player. That little grub made it look like he’d detonated a land mine.

[Thunder Shaker]

Western Bulldogs aren't a defence to measure yourself against.

Problem is when we go small against good teams they will take Curnow out if the mix.

We go long into the fwd line more often than not, need talls crashing packs like Mclean.

Still not convinced of Hannily or Cleary, both very fumbly.

Papley's likely to return next week. That will solve several of these problems at once while Papley feasts on crumbs.

Next week is Fremantle. They've turned into flying purple people eaters lately. I think they're due for a loss, but can we beat them?

[Thunder Shaker]

A great bounce back and win, however there were 2 really stupid incidents that could cost players time and money. 1. Blakey's tummy tap when it was totally unnecessary. Could easily have been reversed.

Either the Bulldogs player has a very sensitive ribcage, or the Bulldogs player was staging. The latter is almost certain.

2. Errol's very dumb act on Weightman, when Weightman was bending over and defenceless, for a 50 metre penalty. That's close to a week. Hell boys, we're playing Freo next week.

This was a very stupid action and was rightly punished on field with a free kick leading to an easy goal. This should be highlighted mercilessly in the match review with a replay on loop in front of the entire playing group until Gulden goes to the front of the room and apologises to all the players. He needs to apologise to Weightman as well if he hasn't already done so. Gulden needs to harden up and get the skin of a rhino quick smart because it shows that it's possible to put him off his game with niggle.

The incident should become a part of future training for new recruits showing what not to do.