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Agree with most of that so won't quote the whole thing again. But after I read this article in today's Sun-Herald, I couldn't help thinking that the reason why we've apparently fallen into a heap is because of a lack of mental, rather than physical, skill:
I think it's a bit more complex than just looking for players who have talent, what we need is players who can perform under pressure."The skill level of our elite athletes has reached a point where there is no longer a differentiation," says Freeman, whose cutting-edge ideas and methods have helped Australia earn Olympic gold medals.
"The difference in skill levels has almost diminished. Take shooting a free throw: many AIS basketballers are as skilled at shooting free throws as Andrew Gaze. The difference is that Andrew is able to do it consistently under pressure."Comment
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What? Did crouch play last night?!
Agree with most of the sentiments in this thread so won't elaborate on my thoughts.
Just wondering how it was possible for basically ALL of our players to have such a Barry Crocker? Usually you expect at least four or five blokes to have decent enough games, even if the rest of the side is woeful. But it seemed like everyone was terrible last night, save for maybe Goodes and O'Keefe.Comment
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I wonder if Barry Hall's form could be an unsettling influence on the team.
It's been mentioned in other threads that St Kilda kicked long against WCE today. Admittedly Kosi and Reiwoldt were marking well, but perhaps we should just try it against Geelong. We couldn't do much worse.Comment
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That night thing is really interesting. I have said for the last few seasons that we really struggle if there is one drop of rain or dew on the ground. Did you notice how we constantly slipped over last night, did the same against the Dons.
I wonder if it has dawned on the coaching panel that we have such opposite day/night records.
Talking about coaching, how much is the loss of Jonas affecting us?Comment
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As Bill Clinton would say..."it's the midfield stupid."
We have been beaten in the midfield in nearly every game this year....and yet we stiull have conceded the least points in the whole comp! ie defence no too bad.
We have won games with less forward sevice than any team in recorded history...so I don't think you can actually blame the forwards.
It's the midfield....we....just....lack...talent (and pace)"I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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I agree for the most part, but I think if you are looking for "swings and roundabouts" type players, Barry, O'Loughlin and Everitt are definitely in that camp. O'Loughlin frequently has games where he has under 10 touches and no goals, Barry has been carved up repeatedly this season and Everitt only spends half the game on the ground.
Kirk, however, would be in the category of our best players. His disposal is questionable at times, but his possession count is always high and is work rate can never be doubted.
I think the biggest problem is that we have too many Kirks - ie. defensiive inside midfielders, as opposed to the running outside midfielders. We've never replaced Williams and Maxfield with like players, instead promoting more defensive players like Ablett and Bevan. Kennelly and Davis are the only half forward to wing players to provide the spark, and guess who was missing on the weekend?Comment
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It's not our defence....
It's our fwd line.
If Mick O wasn't been having a cracker of a season, we would have been humiliated and looking at something more like 3-9.
Hall is being heavily tagged but that's no excuse for him dropping chest marks, the ball and missing set shots he's paid to kick. Absolutely woeful.Comment
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Well we have 5 day games and 5 night games left, so assuming we beat some underdone tanking side at night once as in the first half of the season, we should win another 6 games and finish on 12 wins and probably finish 7th or 8th.
Lets hope the first elimination final isnt at night!Comment
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