ST KILDA v CARLTON AFLW GAME ANALYSIS

AFLW is back and first up we had the Saints and Blues.

The Blues have recruited well on top of an already very good list and have continued with their North Melbourne-inspired and clean handballing and marking game and seem the biggest threat to the Roos with other usually contending teams losing vital players over the off-season. 

The Saints seem once again stuck in the middle of the pack and were already stuck in the middle of which mode they wanted to play with throughout this game but had more success with quicker style in the 2nd half which I think they should stick with if it continues to work for them.

Today we look at:

• My Yearly "We Need 18/Team" Rant
• The Blues Mess Up a 2v1 Advantage
• St Kilda in Possession
• Saints Going Too Slow
• Saints Mess Up Their Outnumber Advantage
• St Kilda at Center Bounce x 2
• Saints Ball Stopping

 

AUSTRALIA v IRELAND WOMEN'S GAME ANALYSIS

It's always good to see the AFLW on its way back and this International Game seemed like a great idea on paper at least.

The game was solid but we definitely saw the specific strengths of each team and in Ireland's case, it's weakness, that being the ruck situation.

Playing on aground a measly 130m long means 1 tap and a 40m kick puts you just 25m out from goal which does lend itself to potentially high scoring but in the end, it makes it a clearance game and with the ruck taps 53 - 14 and thus clearances 35 - 21, both in Australia's favor, the Irish were always up against it.

With their strengths bei9ng speed and endurance, I'd like to see next year's game on a traditionally sized ground to allow them to play to their strengths and see what happens scoreboard-wise.

In this quick video we look at 2 center bounce clearances + a forward 50 entry from Australia showing elite leading patterns from numerous forwards.

FREO/WB + STK/SYD + CAR/BRI GAME ANALYSIS

A mixed bag today from 3 different games where the Dogs defended but in the end were overwhelmed by Freo, the Saints again played 3 great quarters of footy before losing to the Swans and the Blues unexpectedly took the Lions to the cleaners.

Today we look at:

• Bulldogs Us Their Numbers
• Dogs Missed Handball
• Sydney Run from Defensive 50
• Brisbane Kick Out
• Brisbane Creating Space

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COLLINGWOOD v GEELONG GAME ANALYSIS

Unfortunately for the Pies, injuries to key players just keeps adding up with Perryman, Lipinski and Howe being added to the likes of Moore, Maynard, Elliott and Steene and the closest returnee from that list is stated as 2 - 3 weeks away and you can make a case that West Coast beat them this week although my ladder predictor would still have them finish 10th.

The Cats will be an enigma come finals time as they haven't been convincing but have the easiest run home v Ess, NM and Richmond but is beating those teams going to run into premiership-winning form?

Today we look at:

• Collingwood Going Corridor
• Collingwood Transition Offense
• Collingwood at Center Bounce
• Geelong Creating/Utilising the Outnumber Advantage

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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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