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  • RogueSwan
    McVeigh for Brownlow
    • Apr 2003
    • 4602

    #31
    Originally posted by Markwebbos
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    I think there's too much heavy lifting inside being left to Parker / Kennedy / Hanners. Teams know if they beat those three they'll win around the contest. And if you win the contested ball you beat the Swans.

    I think they need to play Jones on ball more. Heeney (which they will), Rohan, Mills, Lloyd as others have suggested. I wondered about Aliir in short spells might be an awkward matchup...
    Hanners needs to get out of the contest and on his bike and similar to your AA suggestion maybe through Reid on the ball a bit more, he has good skills.
    "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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    • Scottee
      Senior Player
      • Aug 2003
      • 1585

      #32
      Originally posted by Markwebbos
      Just looked at the stats from the final when we last lost to GWS.

      Hannebery went from 31d7t in last years game to 23d8t Saturday
      Parker 22d6t to 17d4t
      Jack 22d7t to 12d3t
      Kennedy 30d1t to 22d2t
      Lloyd 26d2t to 29d0t
      Hewett 15dt to 19d2t

      Last time we won clearances 39:34 and contested possessions 157:150 and still got beaten by the better team. We also won the hitouts 42:36

      This time lost clearances 26:42 and CP 108:142. Won't even talk about hitouts.

      Lloyd / Hewitt / Jones are all better this year than last but they aren't able to cover the hole caused by Mitchell leaving / No McVeigh / drastic loss of form of Jack / "underperforming" Parker and Hanners

      I think there's too much heavy lifting inside being left to Parker / Kennedy / Hanners. Teams know if they beat those three they'll win around the contest. And if you win the contested ball you beat the Swans.

      I think they need to play Jones on ball more. Heeney (which they will), Rohan, Mills, Lloyd as others have suggested. I wondered about Aliir in short spells might be an awkward matchup.

      And what has happened to our tackling? I'm sure that stat is largely based on effort. We used to be the best tackling team in the comp.
      We seem to need some more grunt in the mids than we currently have and the Aliir suggestion is an interesting one. I was intrigued to note that Jack Maibaum was a forward before he became a defender and that he is elite in terms of agilty and clean hands. It so happens that he is also a black belt in karate. I would experiment with him in the midfield just to see how he goes.
      We have them where we want them, everything is going according to plan!

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      • swannymum
        Warming the Bench
        • Aug 2006
        • 151

        #33
        Tonight John Longmire On The Couch advised Jack suffered a hip injury at the JLT series and it hasn't improved.
        Last weekend in Sept 05 - The best weekend of my life!

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        • Billericay
          Regular in the Side
          • May 2013
          • 712

          #34
          Originally posted by swannymum
          Tonight John Longmire On The Couch advised Jack suffered a hip injury at the JLT series and it hasn't improved.
          Then why has he been playing if he's injured?

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          • swannymum
            Warming the Bench
            • Aug 2006
            • 151

            #35
            Sounds like they hoped it would improve. Seeing it hasn't he'll be having a rest.
            Last weekend in Sept 05 - The best weekend of my life!

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            • Billericay
              Regular in the Side
              • May 2013
              • 712

              #36
              It's taken losing a lot of games for them to come to that conclusion

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              • Hartijon
                On the Rookie List
                • May 2008
                • 1536

                #37
                Darcy Cameron to FF, Tippett to ruck, Buddy starting on the wing and roaming Forward line .This would improve things IMO

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