Bankers and Anchors - Round 6 2016

[Eastdog]

This is the round 6 2016 edition of the Weekly Bankers and Anchors Thread. Once the game against North Melbourne is concluded post your nominations for:

The Bankers = 3 guys that you we banked on to do the right thing during the game
The Anchors = 3 guys that weighed us down by their errors or poor play

Please limit it to no more than three of each, but feel free to make honourable/dishonourable mentions. As usual try to make it constructive criticism.

Try and restrict it to individual players rather than aspects of the overall match.

The thread is named in honour of a popular WOOF Contributor, The Banker, who passed away on 22/04/2012 after a six month battle with cancer.

[bulldogtragic]

Bank em. Anch em.

[bulldogtragic]

B:

No major injuries

A:

Team Anching
Umpiring
Embarrassing ourselves on prime time

[lemmon]

Bankers-
-Hunter and Macrae were excellent, stood out as the only two hitting targets
-Nullified Goldstein, Campbell in particular was good around the contest
-Bont didn't look fit tonight but battled hard

Anchors
-Ball use was disgusting. How many times can we bomb it on the heads of guys who are 6 foot
-Team selection- I get we like having the pressure of small guys but if we're going to continually bomb it in, lets at least play someone tall enough to stand under the footy and bring it to ground
-Kicking for goal- pretty obvious

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Bankers
1. Hunter- the speed with which he has become an elite distributor is amazing. From fringe player to elite in less than 22 games.
2. My self control -how my TV did not end up with a remote control wedged in the screen is a testament to my growing maturity. Fatherhood, it's a big deal.
3. Macrae.. I ride him hard at times, but its because he is just so important to us. He is indefatigable. He just always fronts up for the challenge. At times he's too cute with his execution, but almost ironically ,tonight, he was both hard with his intent and smart with his execution (on most occasions). Pity many others weren't as precise.

Anchors
1. Stevens.. for all of his grunt work, he is so flighty and unreliable in heavy traffic as well as without pressure.
2. Our goalkicking (sorry comrade! ;)) on a few occasions in each of the 4 Qtrs if we had have taken our chances North would've wilted.. they're just that fragile. B
3. Friday night Dogs games. If we're gonna do that.. and invariably on the big stage we've shown that we will, then my weekend is shot to shit... and with 2 kids under 3 I'm not really afforded the ability to be a miserable git.

[westbulldog]

Bankers
Macrae and Hunter
Tom Campbell did ok against Goldstein.
16 point loss when not a lot went well.

Anchors
Game day tactics - why were North defenders continually outnumbering and marking uncontested ?
Accuracy in front of goal costs us games - woofers have bemoaned this for weeks, coaches listen up ffs !
The deliberate out of bounds interpretations - pathetic decision against North.

[F'scary]

B: Hunter, Macrae, Picken. Each played like two men tonight.
A: Adcock, Dale, Roberts. Bad selection choices.

[G-Mo77]

Bankers
2. My self control -how my TV did not end up with a remote control wedged in the screen is a testament to my growing maturity. Fatherhood, it's a big deal.


Haha. Likewise my friend. 3 years ago I'd have been screaming at the TV.

Bankers.
Hunter like most have said easily our best tonight.
Campbell. Cementing that #1 Ruck spot. Still needs some work but I'm liking what I'm seeing.

Anchors
Decision making. Just dumb. Overuse of the handpass so many times to players under the pump. I haven't seen so many poor decisions in one game since Macca was here
Foot skills. Kind of falls into above. Shooting at goal still a huge issue. Really missed our injured trio tonight. Ball use out of back half was deplorable.
Forward line structure. We've done well with repeat, repeat, repeat entries to get a lot of goals so far this season. When that's not happening we have nothing.

[Remi Moses]

Bankers - lachie hunter has become elite
- Jack Macrae, his dinkie kicks drive us nuts, but he was very good tonight
- Tom Campbell , really did well, but needs to convert .
Anchors - The decision making and execution all night was awful.
- The non playing of Redpath( MC stuffed up there)
- couple of our young guys battled , Dale , Roberts , Jong .

[Greystache]

Bankers

We kept Norf to a low score even while poor.

Dahl- Fought the good fight.

Hunter- Didn't have much hurt factor but won the ball well.

Anchors

Goal kicking- Local footballers around me were laughing and having $2 bets everytime we lined up for goal. It was embarrassing they were right on most occasions.

Roughead- We'd be better off playing with 17 than have him forward. The couple of times a season he marks inside 50m he has 0% of ever converting unless he's on the goal line.

Stringer- Needs a long spell in the reserves to rediscover the urgency AFL needs.

[boydogs]

Bankers

Hunter running and distributing, tried to replace JJ, Murphy & Suckling all by himself
Boyd stepped up as well
Goldstein won the hitouts but was well held around the ground

Anchors

Forward 50 entries - have to find a way to hit a target or put it to our advantage. We can't rely on midfield scrums and forward 50 stoppages for our goals
Roberts - brought in to kill the high ball but wasn't effective
Forward setup - we left Stringer outnumbered as the marking target too often, Roughead & Campbell should have been there more often to make a contest out of it

[soupman]

Bankers:
-Hunter & Biggs: Worked really hard to cover the loss of the many half backs we have. Struggled without either having the pace or long kick the injured guys have to break the lines, but were still good. made a few blues but we had few options coming out of defence and atleast it was generally because they were trying something. Also I am usually a critic of Hunter's handballing but I thought it was quite impressive tonight so hopefully he has been working on it.
-Morris: I was concerned heading into this season that he might drop off rather quickly but he has proven me wrong and been outstanding. Very pleasing performance again.
-Mclean & Macrae: Two of the only players that were both creative and effective forward of centre and both amassed quite a bit of the ball.
-Crowd: 47,000 from two supposed minnows is a good crowd and a good claim for prime time. The match wasn't the clean fast high scoring affair many wanted but atleast it was competitive unlike most of the crap we have seen this year.

Anchors:
-Stringer: So dissapointed with him today. Just constant stupid positioning. Why he isnsists to play from behind all match when he is so good on the move and was clearly outmatched in the air baffles me, although he did do some good work early in the game up the field. We needed more from him today instead of constantly looking for the glory run into goal out the back.
-Aimless forward entries: Long bomb to tall key defenders every single time. Would it kill us to lower the eyes and actually out it to the advantage of our many smaller guys? I feel like Daniel would have made a huge difference here.
-Too many players missing: Adcock, Dale, Roughead, Roberts etc. all had disappointing games where they didn't do much and when they did it wasn't overly impressive. Stands out after so many team performances.

Surprised by some of the comments on here saying we erred by not playing Redpath and complimenting Campbells performance.

Redpath would not have fixed our forwardline tonight with the way we delivered it, like Stringer he is not a high ball marking forward. However he also may have lead which could have worked, but i don't see his inclusion making a major difference unless we changed the way we thought through our entries.

Campbell worked ok in the ruck against Goldstein but his set shots were pathetic and for such a big guy he often struggles to impat marking contests around the ground. We really needed him to make more of a contest tonight on numerous occasions and he failed to stop North taking the mark or even have an impact on a high ball. I like him but apart from the occasional beautiful clunk he tends to juggle his marks if he even touches them, and is often out bodied too easily for such a huge guy.

[Mantis]

Bankers

Our defensive structures held up pretty well all things considered even though some of our defensive match ups were highly questionable.

Hunter knows how to find the ball. Just wish he was cleaner with ball.

Dahlhaus is a work horse

Anchors

Bevo and the MC had a stinker

A game plan of just bombing it and hacking it forward doesn't hold you in good stead with a midget forward line

Our ball handling was embarrassingly bad.. So many fumbles, dropped marks, etc..

[Ghost Dog]

Bankers: Hunter was very good. Marcus did some good things. Keeping them to 61 was very good.

Anchors: Set shots. Centre bounces. This was not the night to go soft in the middle. We were not as hard at it as we usually are. Allowing North to fill up their highlights reel with run-down tackles.

[ratsmac]

Bankers

Hunter - hard running results in getting to a lot more contests. This is why he gets so much possession.

Campbell - he kept goldy quiet which is a good achievement but he still has plenty to improve on.

Staying in the match - it felt like we were never a chance to win most of the game but we still managed to stay within touching distance of the lead. I really believe our injured players we had out cost us.

Anchors

Long bombs forward - it won't work if we don't have anyone good enough to take contested marks or at least bring the ball to ground, but we did it time and time again.

Adcock - I can see why Brisbane delisted him.

Roberts - it was a big ask to come in to play against the probably in form forward set up in the competition, but he wasn't up to the task. Wrong choice MC.

[Eastdog]

Bankers

Hunter - very good and got a lot of it

Morris - may be in the latter part of his career but so important down in the defence.

Our overall defence worked very hard and we restricted them to only 9 goals


Anchors

Inability to mark the ball well inside 50 and dependant more on the smaller forwards battling it out on the ground

Turnovers at times - very frustrating

[Eastdog]

We need to kick goals both in open play on the run and from set shots from contested marks in the 50.

[merantau]

Bankers: Hunter - played like a rabid dog's saliva; he was all over the place.
Morris - as steady as you come, cool under pressure, timely interventionist, plays short, plays tall, he does it all.
Collective defence - all chipped in and played their parts.

Anchors: Set shots are heading south at a rapid rate. Something must be done.
The MC - got it wrong this time round. We needed Redpath to replace Boyd.
Stringer is falling into the trap of playing from behind too much.

[1eyedog]

Bankers: Hunter - played like a rabid dog's saliva; he was all over the place.
Morris - as steady as you come, cool under pressure, timely interventionist, plays short, plays tall, he does it all.
Collective defence - all chipped in and played their parts.

Anchors: Set shots are heading south at a rapid rate. Something must be done.
The MC - got it wrong this time round. We needed Redpath to replace Boyd.
Stringer is falling into the trap of playing from behind too much.

Stringer played in front against Hawthorn and was beaten by Stratton. I think playing from behind is a Gia suggestion. He almost always did it and Stringer trying to work his opponent under the ball so he can use his pace out the back is something that Gia would suggest I reckon.

If Stringer is going to be it then isolate him as much as possible and instruct him to start deep and lead at the ball carrier at every opportunity. We need to optimise his speed on the lead.

[always right]

Stringer played in front against Hawthorn and was beaten by Stratton. I think playing from behind is a Gia suggestion. He almost always did it and Stringer trying to work his opponent under the ball so he can use his pace out the back is something that Gia would suggest I reckon.

Which sometimes comes off when the ball is coming in on our terms. It's a ridiculous strategy when all of our forward entries are under pressure. I simply don't believe Gia would be coaching our forwards to play from behind.

[1eyedog]

Which sometimes comes off when the ball is coming in on our terms. It's a ridiculous strategy when all of our forward entries are under pressure. I simply don't believe Gia would be coaching our forwards to play from behind.

I'm not saying he instructs all of our forwards to play from behind all of the time. I simply cannot believe that Stringer plays from behind as much as he does by choice. Sure his decision making is driven by how the ball is delivered but he has had many opportunities to either decide to take front position or work his opponent under the ball so he can run onto it out the back.

He does it too much to simply be his decision. It was a Gia move, and given Stringer's pace it has merit. I'm at a loss why he tries it so often and if Gia isn't suggesting it then surely Stringer is dancing to the sound of his own fiddle and should have been pulled up by Gia after the Hawthorn game.

[always right]

I'm not saying he instructs all of our forwards to play from behind all of the time. I simply cannot believe that Stringer plays from behind as much as he does by choice. Sure his decision making is driven by how the ball is delivered but he has had many opportunities to either decide to take front position or work his opponent under the ball so he can run onto it out the back.

He does it too much to simply be his decision. It was a Gia move, and given Stringer's pace it has merit. I'm at a loss why he tries it so often and if Gia isn't suggesting it then surely Stringer is dancing to the sound of his own fiddle and should have been pulled up by Gia after the Hawthorn game.

I think it has become an ingrained habit.....one the coaches need to jump all over.

[jeemak]

It's probably a bit of both.

Playing in front on good defenders is a tough gig. It doesn't take much for them to push your starting position into the space you're trying to leave open, putting you into no man's land.

From in front or behind, Stringer needs a relatively open forward line to work within and that requires us to move the ball quickly and cleanly.

[Happy Days]

It's probably a bit of both.

Playing in front on good defenders is a tough gig. It doesn't take much for them to push your starting position into the space you're trying to leave open, putting you into no man's land.

From in front or behind, Stringer needs a relatively open forward line to work within and that requires us to move the ball quickly and cleanly.

This is where we're feeling the loss of Crameri the most.

Man I feel so bad for spending most of last year at the games potting him for being fat. Please come back Stu :(

[1eyedog]

This is where we're feeling the loss of Crameri the most.

Man I feel so bad for spending most of last year at the games potting him for being fat. Please come back Stu :(

Yeah he made a massive difference to how we structure up and how we moved the ball.

[Happy Days]

Yeah he made a massive difference to how we structure up and how we moved the ball.

Took all of the confusion out of that zone 75-50m out from goal and gave us a much cleaner look at our forwards leading up. Even made Redpath useful in a couple of games!

[GVGjr]

Anchors: Set shots are heading south at a rapid rate. Something must be done.


I'm not sure that we were worse on Friday night but people tend to ignore the misses in games that we win so it would seem that way.

[comrade]

I'm not sure that we were worse on Friday night but people tend to ignore the misses in games that we win so it would seem that way.

No one ignores them on this forum.

[1eyedog]

No one ignores them on this forum.

Yep they've been consistently in the anchors after every game this year.

[S Coast Simon]

Personally I think stringer has been trying to do the flashy stuff to much and is not playing the team game. Whoever compared him to G Abblet senior needs to be shot at dawn as I think stringer may have read to much into that article unfortunately. He has been struggling ever since