GWS v SYDNEY + BRISBANE v PORT ADELAIDE GAME ANALYIS

After some patchy Sydney form and the inconsistencies of GWS, I thought we'd win this one but still needed some convincing and that came from the Giants playing non-contact for the first quarter and a half which looks good for the Swans, but with a soft underbelly to our game and even softer draw remaining, these types of games are not what we need to get ready for finals.

Port still seem to be the greatest 15th team of allllllllll-tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime by leading both Freo and Brisbane for most of the 1st half being run over on their way to the 1st or 2nd best player in the draft next year with the probable loss of Butters - there's enough there and the coaching is excellent to suggest it won't take long for them to bounce with a few shrewd list moves.  

Today we look at:

• GWS Kick Out
• Sydney Forward 50 Stoppage Goal
• The Rowbottomiser
• Brisbane Patience to Get Corridor

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MELBOURNE v GEELONG GAME ANALYSIS

Not 2 teams I usually get around to do many clips on but with 3rds finished for the year I have Friday nights back to watch that game properly so I did.

I actually picked the Dees and thought their chaos game could throw the minorly-injured Cats off just enough to win and they very well could have if their handball game wasn't so poor but we can also put that down to the Cats pressure defense.

The Demons won the total handballs 159 - 148 yet badly lost the meters gained by handball stat 382m - 662m which upset the forward surge style of the Dees and allowed the Cats defense to set before they could enter.

Oh and Geelong getting 101 of their 117pts from turnover didn't really help either!

Today we have 6 clips which consists of 5 center bounce clearance clips and then 1 looking at the wing match up between Dempsey and Langford who both love getting forward and being a marking option. 

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ADELAIDE v COLLINGWOOD GAME ANALYSIS

The Crows' up and down season continues as the does the Pies rise up the ladder.

The Pies record at Adeliade Oval is really exceptional considering how good Adeliade and Port have both been in recent seasons and they did it again Thursday night, albeit with a very different team than most of those past wins in regards to quality and experience. 

When the Crows get the game right on their terms they're hard to beat but without a run and gun game they're simply to 1-dimensional and it will be very interesting times if they fail to win a final again this year.

Today we look at:

• Adelaide Forward Press Defense
• McCreery Wing Run
• Adelaide Mark and Play On
• Howe Forward 50 Mark
• Crisp Run
• Membrey Forward 50 Mark

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WEST COAST v BRISBANE GAME ANALYSIS

In the Brisbane Game Style package I made up based on Brisbane's play from the 2025 season, 1 of the games I took a deep dive in was against the Eagles back in round 3 where the at the Gabba, the Eagles got off to a flyer with a 5.2 to 1.1 scoreline at quarter time before the Lions were able to reel them in to finish up winners by 19pts.

This game was eerily similar with the Eagles getting out to a 5.2 to 2.5 lead at quarter time to again be ran over by the Lions on the way to a 24pt loss.

The Lions don't really get up much for these lower games but the Eagles pressure is definitely something to be aware of and once those young bodies get stronger and those tackles don't get broken, it'll be very hard to play against them.

Today we look at the Lions getting length in 3 separate clips, something they do better than anyone else in the league + a West Coast forward 50 entry.

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COLLINGWOOD v CARLTON GAME ANALYSIS

I went along to this one live Saturday night and the natives for both teams were certainly out and about.

The Pies have been playing a game much closer to their 2022-24 style after I assume deliberately playing a very much slower, boundary-biased version early in the season with an ageing list. 

The Blues have come back to the pack after that ridiculous run post-Fraser appointment and now are probably placed where they should be at 12th placed.

In a quick video today we look at:

• Collingwood Offense Slow Play
• Pies Handball Receive from a Mark
• Carlton Handball Transition

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SYDNEY v ADELIADE GAME ANALYSIS

The Swans are in a downturn at the moment and are in an iffy spot really.

We have very winnable games on the way home so "shouldn't" lose another game which means we finish 2nd and have 2 home finals where we just lost our 1st home game this season.

The other side of that is that we don't have great competition to really turn our season around against so even if we it looks like we might have improved, the competition we do it against might be the reason why rather than us literally improving.

Stats wise I'll be looking at our chains over at Wheelo's to see if that pushes back up as well our score sources.

The Crows seem back to their 2025 form but play a totally different gamer then everyone else which poses the question of can they continue to zig while everyone else zags?

They weren't able to last year when it really mattered so the jury is still out on them, like the Swans, until the real business end of the season.

Today we look at:

• Sydney Creating Corridor Space
• Swans Forward Press Defense
• Sydney Forward 50 Stoppage Goal
• Curnow Too Skinny

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NORTH MELBOURNE v COLLINGWOOD GAME ANALYSIS

I didn't find time to get this one up last week but it's just a quick look at North Melbourne falling for the same kick out strategy 10mins apart in the very same quarter, but one we've seen in these game analysis posts at least a dozen times!

I'll catch on this week's games by tonight/tomorrow and be back on schedule before we know it.