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  • goswannie14
    Leadership Group
    • Sep 2005
    • 11166

    One percenters

    I don't know if this has been mentioned after Saturday nights win, but there were a couple of "one percenter" plays (or possibly keep the ball alive at all costs) in the last qrtr that assisted greatly in the win.

    Play 1. Kirk is tackled and about to be taken to ground, Luke Ablett rips the ball out of Kirrks hands, kicks it long, results in a goal.

    Play 2. Goodes can't grab the ball that is heading boundary wise so punches it back into the path of the Eski who goals.

    It was fantastic stuff, and it is this sort of thing that wins matches.

    FWIW I reckon this was almost the best win we have had in Roosy's reign as coach.
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  • Go Swannies
    Veterans List
    • Sep 2003
    • 5697

    #2
    Originally posted by goswannie14
    I don't know if this has been mentioned after Saturday nights win, but there were a couple of "one percenter" plays (or possibly keep the ball alive at all costs) in the last qrtr that assisted greatly in the win.

    Play 1. Kirk is tackled and about to be taken to ground, Luke Ablett rips the ball out of Kirrks hands, kicks it long, results in a goal.

    Play 2. Goodes can't grab the ball that is heading boundary wise so punches it back into the path of the Eski who goals.

    It was fantastic stuff, and it is this sort of thing that wins matches.

    FWIW I reckon this was almost the best win we have had in Roosy's reign as coach.
    I watched the second half again last night and NOG's desperation throughout was great. Sure he missed a goal but so did Amon and Eski but he was everywhere trying to get the ball and just move it forward.

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    • BeeEmmAre
      Commentary Team Captain
      • Aug 2005
      • 2509

      #3
      Originally posted by goswannie14
      I don't know if this has been mentioned after Saturday nights win, but there were a couple of "one percenter" plays (or possibly keep the ball alive at all costs) in the last qrtr that assisted greatly in the win.

      Play 1. Kirk is tackled and about to be taken to ground, Luke Ablett rips the ball out of Kirrks hands, kicks it long, results in a goal.

      Play 2. Goodes can't grab the ball that is heading boundary wise so punches it back into the path of the Eski who goals.

      It was fantastic stuff, and it is this sort of thing that wins matches.

      FWIW I reckon this was almost the best win we have had in Roosy's reign as coach.

      Play 3. Spida did exactly the same thing as Goodes to set up a goal to McVeigh in the second? quarter.

      Loved seeing it. Brains switched on after a poor start.
      "It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.

      YOU BETCHA!!!!!!

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      • TheHood
        On the Rookie List
        • Jan 2003
        • 1938

        #4
        WCE came out to play in the first half and Sydney did not. The combination was nearly terminal.

        When we stepped up, WCE were belted. If those team 1%ers were there in the first half, it would have been shut up shop by half time.

        Some fantastic stuff mentioned above, but I really loved the space that Spida and Goodesy created for themselves to take telling marks. Some of those defensive marks were game saving.
        The Pain of Discipline is Nothing Like The Pain of Disappointment

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        • RogueSwan
          McVeigh for Brownlow
          • Apr 2003
          • 4602

          #5
          Originally posted by goswannie14
          Play 2. Goodes can't grab the ball that is heading boundary wise so punches it back into the path of the Eski who goals.
          I loved that one. I was screaming at my wife "Did you see that? Did you see that?"
          She said 'no' and continued watching season 2 of Lost on the laptop.
          "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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          • AnnieH
            RWOs Black Sheep
            • Aug 2006
            • 11332

            #6
            McHack thinking for once and not rushing a behind late in the 4th. Kicked the ball out of their forward 50 from beside the goal posts.

            Good move McHack.
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            • AnnieH
              RWOs Black Sheep
              • Aug 2006
              • 11332

              #7
              Originally posted by RogueSwan
              I loved that one. I was screaming at my wife "Did you see that? Did you see that?"
              She said 'no' and continued watching season 2 of Lost on the laptop.
              Don't be too harsh on her, she just doesn't get it.
              Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
              Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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              • liz
                Veteran
                Site Admin
                • Jan 2003
                • 16786

                #8
                Originally posted by Annie Haddad
                McHack thinking for once and not rushing a behind late in the 4th. Kicked the ball out of their forward 50 from beside the goal posts.

                Good move McHack.

                This week? I remember him doing exactly that ih the Port game (when I think he'd have been justified in rushing a behind given the score at that point). Did he do it again this week?

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                • royboy42
                  Senior Player
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 2078

                  #9
                  Those with Fox and interest...replay at 330pm this arvo..

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                  • AnnieH
                    RWOs Black Sheep
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 11332

                    #10
                    Originally posted by liz
                    This week? I remember him doing exactly that ih the Port game (when I think he'd have been justified in rushing a behind given the score at that point). Did he do it again this week?
                    Yes - and the best bit was, he didn't panic and rush a behind. It was very late in the fourth quarter.

                    Very impressive. I hope we get him at the trivia night again, so this year, instead of only being impressed by his shoes, I can tell him in person how much he has improved.
                    Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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                    • Industrial Fan
                      Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 3318

                      #11
                      Originally posted by liz
                      This week? I remember him doing exactly that ih the Port game (when I think he'd have been justified in rushing a behind given the score at that point). Did he do it again this week?
                      This wk defensively, not offensively.
                      He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                      • Industrial Fan
                        Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 3318

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Annie Haddad
                        Don't be too harsh on her, she just doesn't get it.
                        How could she? She's female!
                        He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                        • RogueSwan
                          McVeigh for Brownlow
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 4602

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Annie Haddad
                          Don't be too harsh on her, she just doesn't get it.
                          Nah, she does follow the team, could name most of the 22 (maybe not the new kids), and is usually happy when the footy is on Saturday night as it is something to look forward to, just places LOST higher.
                          "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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                          • Triple B
                            Formerly 'BBB'
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 6999

                            #14
                            McVeighs handball to Kirk for his late goal in the third quarter was sublime.

                            This is the play that B2 and Glass clash heads and McVeigh gets the ball and pinpoints a handball to Kirk who goals from a metre out. That handball needed to be quick and precise or Kirk would have been monstered and not had a chance of getting ball to foot.
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                            • TheMase
                              Senior Player
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 1207

                              #15
                              This has probably been our biggest area of improvement, although there is room for more... such as shepherding which we don't do often enough.

                              In regards to the rushed behind, we rarely do unless the pressure forces it upon us.

                              I have noticed for many years under Roos, even when under pressure on the last line, we often get it out. I would love to see stats on this, but I would be willing to bet that we are forced to rush behinds less than anyone else in the competition.

                              I don't include a touched ball, moreso most teams when under pressure will walk it through. We rarely do this.

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