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inxs88
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Many of those on Nick’s would no doubt be aware that despite our good form, we have been regularly beaten in the clearances especially last night against the Bears.
My thoughts are that with Treloar, Sidebottom, Adams, C Brown, Thomas etc... being vertically challenged and lacking in brutish bodies, we need to bring Sier into the side. His form and body seem to be strong and at an all time high and the time is now!
What a bonus if he was to come in and get 20+ possessions, plenty of those being contested and complement our other mids such as:
Pendles
DeGoey
Steele
Treloar
Wells
C Brown
Thomas
Aish
Greenwood
Varcoe
Phillips
Good depth 😁
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Clearance Problems?
Total Clearances - Lions 37, Pies 48
Centre - Lions 15, Pies 21
Stoppages - Lions 22, Pies 27
Was there some other type of clearance they beat us on?
Also currently ranked 6th for clearances.
Have I missed something?
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pies4shaw
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| ^ We were regularly beaten at 37 individual clearances, Frankie. |
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surfer1
Joined: 18 May 2004
Location: Sydney ex Ararat
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| Out of curiosity is there any similarity body wise between DeGoey and Seir |
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Jpies
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| Pies4shaw wrote: | | ^ We were regularly beaten at 37 individual clearances, Frankie. |
At best, that's a 'glass half empty' interpretation. We won most of the clearances.
Additionally, we're ranked equal 5th in the competition for average clearances: https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_team_rankings
I really don't see how we can possibly have problems with clearances? |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: Elwood
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| I fail to see how a first game player in Sier is going to solve our clearance problems. By all means bring him into the senior side if there's somebody to make way for him. But expecting him to play well from day one is going to bring disappointment for a few people who are going to bemoan his selection in a similar way they have been complaining about the selections of Blair, Mayne, Langdon and Phillips. |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: Elwood
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| surfer1 wrote: | | Out of curiosity is there any similarity body wise between DeGoey and Seir |
Two different body types. de Goey is closest to Greenwood and Kirby. They are more barrel chested. Sier is much more streamlined. More upright than Pendles who looks a little stooped when standing next to Sier. Both the same height though. If you want to know what a perfect posture looks like, Sier is that classic example. Sier is one of the lucky ones who will go through life without a hint of any back problems when he leaves football. |
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
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| Jpies wrote: | | Pies4shaw wrote: | | ^ We were regularly beaten at 37 individual clearances, Frankie. |
At best, that's a 'glass half empty' interpretation. We won most of the clearances.
Additionally, we're ranked equal 5th in the competition for average clearances: https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_team_rankings
I really don't see how we can possibly have problems with clearances? |
Is there a “joke” emoticon I needed to use? |
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MightyMagpie
Joined: 04 Jun 2013
Location: WA
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Possibly the OP meant centre clearances where we have lost that count in 4 of the 7 games.
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
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| Well, that’s barely possible, I suppose - but he probably wouldn’t then have said “especially last night against the Bears”? |
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RudeBoy
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
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| FrankieGoesToCollingwood wrote: | Clearance Problems?
Total Clearances - Lions 37, Pies 48
Centre - Lions 15, Pies 21
Stoppages - Lions 22, Pies 27
Was there some other type of clearance they beat us on?
Also currently ranked 6th for clearances.
Have I missed something? |
Look at the stats for the Richmond game. We were smashed at clearances. |
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Jpies
Joined: 09 Apr 2016
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| Pies4shaw wrote: | | Jpies wrote: | | Pies4shaw wrote: | | ^ We were regularly beaten at 37 individual clearances, Frankie. |
At best, that's a 'glass half empty' interpretation. We won most of the clearances.
Additionally, we're ranked equal 5th in the competition for average clearances: https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_team_rankings
I really don't see how we can possibly have problems with clearances? |
Is there a “joke” emoticon I needed to use? |
On Nick's, where dramatic overreactions are par for the course, yes. You probably need one. |
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dalyc 
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| BucksIsFutureCoach wrote: | | surfer1 wrote: | | Out of curiosity is there any similarity body wise between DeGoey and Seir |
Two different body types. de Goey is closest to Greenwood and Kirby. They are more barrel chested. Sier is much more streamlined. More upright than Pendles who looks a little stooped when standing next to Sier. Both the same height though. If you want to know what a perfect posture looks like, Sier is that classic example. Sier is one of the lucky ones who will go through life without a hint of any back problems when he leaves football. |
IIRC, he”s had an operation on his back. Last year maybe?
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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| RudeBoy wrote: | ...
Look at the stats for the Richmond game. We were smashed at clearances. |
I'd be interested to see those... especially broken down into first 3 quarters and last quarter. |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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| surfer1 wrote: | | Out of curiosity is there any similarity body wise between DeGoey and Sier |
When they played on each other, JDG looked like a slightly pudgy dwarf. |
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