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It seems that Grundy has taken some of the flack for the good form of Tom Hawkins and Jack Riewoldt. I have made several comments in other threads that Grundy has no match up against Richmond and shouldn't play against them. This challenges the logic of playing him at all, since we would almost certainly have to go through Richmond to win the Premiership, so playing Grundy is tantamount to conceding the premiership.
Grundy forces us to contract the operating space for the defence to work in, leading to the onslaught of pressure and repeated entries from opponents lining up outside our defensive 50 to send the ball back in after being kicked out in desperation. We are always on the back foot. What we want to do is expand the effective area of our defence and move it further from our goal which hopefully will change to inside 50s imbalance. It did in the NM game on Sunday. I suspect we will do well against GC, so we will most likely have to wait to see how things pan out in the final 5 weeks of the Home and Away season.
We've had a terrible record on the inside 50s differential and how we managed to get through that with such a good record is a mystery, but it did catch up with us vs Geelong and Richmond. Realistically something had to change. So why not simply accelerate the process of transforming our defence, and team in general, to more of an attacking unit. Now we find ourselves going smaller and quicker, using the absence of McVeigh and Hanners to bring in some quicker players, like O'Riordan and Fox.
We have a fair few core players out injured, so we have to come up with something new if we are find a formula that gives us some chance at the premiership. We still have plenty to work on, but at least we have a new direction.Comment
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So the new coaches at the Swans , the likes of Mr Johnson are Mr Cox are bending Horses ear and he’s acting on it.
At one game at the SCG (3/4 time) recently, I noticed Cox giving a far bigger and longer spray to the troops than any one.Comment
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Reg is named as an emergency. I wonder if Marsh will be a late out, replaced by Grundy?Comment
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Andrew Wu reporting that Grundy has been left out for team balance. Which doesn’t make sense given that the Suns have two genuine tall forwards. I’d be more understanding if he was left out due to a choice between himself and Aliir, but really he’s been omitted in favour of Marsh who I believe is a limited defender.
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I’m in two minds about this game and the changes made.
My first mind sees it that we are basically trialling some new structures and rewarding Cameron for some outstanding form in the ressies. This is good and I’m happy with this.
My other mind realises that we are playing the Gold Coast and so we may get a false positive out of these trials. It’s like giving a cricketer their first baggy green against the current West Indies. They’ll probably score a double hundred and look brilliant but we won’t really know how they will stack up against India.Comment
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Drawing a long bow there. The way the Tiggers were moving the ball Reiwoldt was getting the ball on a platter. The only way any of our defenders could have stopped those kicks would have been to have a third fill the space in front of him and even then he may have just jumped over them. It can't seeing any of our backs beating Reiwoldt on that day. Craig Bolton would have been a good matchup
Reg is a smart footballer with great stamina and is probably only behind Lloyd when it comes to back half kicking skills. Too soon to right off.
Surely with Reg on the last line of defence this contraction is a result of the rest of the team filling the D50 not just one player.Grundy forces us to contract the operating space for the defence to work in...
Specious argument with a one game sample.It did in the NM game on Sunday. I suspect we will do well against GC, so we will most likely have to wait to see how things pan out in the final 5 weeks of the Home and Away season...
Because of our consistent back line and their leadership? The inside 50 stat is probably more a realistic reflection of our midfield being down than our backs not performing.We've had a terrible record on the inside 50s differential and how we managed to get through that with such a good record is a mystery,"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017Comment
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I fail to believe that Grundy has been dropped. He must be carrying and injury.
Ludwig (an AFL plant) seems to forget the quality performance Grundy put in in our win over Geelong earlier in the year.Comment
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Grundy named for the NEAFLComment
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Damning Grundy for poor performances against Hawkins and Riewoldt seems harsh - they are probably the form forwards in the competition. Riewoldt was unbelievable that night and I'm not even convinced Grundy was playing on him much.Comment
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