The Big Issue - Wanganeen-Milera's statement game & Max King | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (27.07.26)
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How did St Kilda vs North Melbourne set up this episode's big issues?
All the big issues come out of yesterday's game, which that was the promise in the lead up and did it deliver on that front. So North losing a game that they really need to be winning. Naz puts on the second Naz game outstanding and the Max King injury. So you're on duty for this. You're perfectly placed.
Yeah, and I didn't realise both these sides are number two and three for uncontested marks. In the last five weeks, they've both been happy to play the uncontested game. Unfortunately for North, that's all they brought. So the minus 40 contested possessions, Jerry, you're not going to... Like if you're looking at the two sides, Saints plus 40 contested possessions, plus eight in the clearances. North, ball movement's looking pretty good, in particular the first half. And the Saints, one area of concern was that uncontested game. They were transitioning the ball pretty well. You know, there was five or six marks inside 50 for North. They were going through the corridor. But when that's all you have in the kit bag, you're going to get undone at some stage.
They couldn't kick straight in the first half, obviously. But overall, the damage was done in that midfield. They were beaten in the midfield. Yeah. And Sherry not going into the ruck after losing the first five clearances, then they're going to put Trembath in there. So there's some strategy there. And then when the game was sort of up for grabs, Wangane Miller did his thing. And he had 24 possessions at halftime. So there was an issue building. And it got to the point where I was looking at it and thinking, is it the coaches saying, listen, just drift forward for a bit?
Why were contested possessions and clearances decisive in the match?
Or is it just on him to go, okay, I'm going okay in the midfield. I'm taking a few kick-ins. I'm connecting. I'm getting some meters gained. But I think I can do more damage if I go out of the goal square. And the only way you can do that is if the ball gets there. So when you're up by, I don't know, 15 in clearances at halftime, I think he had the license to go. The clearances are going, okay, we don't need you on ball. Why don't you drift forward for a bit? And they just didn't have a matchup when he went forward. So I saw him in one stage start at full forward and then he took the kick in. So I don't know how he did that. And, um, his ability to, to now find himself in the right spots. Cause I thought early in the year, it was a bit orchestrated.
It was a bit forced. Um, and I know there was a few possessions there where they gave him the ball just because it was him. But I thought yesterday there was a bit more maturity about where he needed to be for the team, not just for him.
So there's only a handful of players who can do what he did when the game was in jeopardy. They'd fallen behind. And the period from what, mid third to early in the last where he kicks his four goals. Yeah. That's a special talent.
But yeah, the ability, I'm sure the coach has assisted here because he might not know, hey, we're plus 15 at clearances. That's not up to him to know. But he won the first two clearances in the third quarter. So centre bounce, between the arc stoppage, wins those clearances.
How did North's uncontested marking and corridor play impact their result?
And then the next stoppage just drifted forward. And I wonder if it was... Start on ball for the first couple of minutes, then go forward and see if O'Sullivan goes with you and just go to the goal square and see what happens. So he did that and then he started to get possessions in the front half. First half, getting in the back half around the midfield, but second half, kicks three in the third quarter. And it was either a strategic move from the coaches or a bit of gut, a bit of instinct on O'Sullivan. what needed to be done. So I think it was a bit of both. So they're in sync, aren't they, the team and Naz, about what's needed. And every now and then they might overdo it, but you'd rather that. You'd rather give Pickett too many handball receives and not enough.
And I think it's the same with Wanganee Miller. And unfortunately for North, you always have your what-ifs on a Friday.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How did St Kilda vs North Melbourne set up this episode's big issues?
0:00–1:28
2
Why were contested possessions and clearances decisive in the match?
1:28–2:47
3
How did North's uncontested marking and corridor play impact their result?
2:47–4:33
4
Why did Nic (Naz) Vlastuin's movement and role change the game's momentum?
4:33–8:46
5
How did coaches and team strategy influence Naz’s drift forward?
8:46–10:58
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