As a big Corica fan who still feels like hes underappreciated around here, Rodwell was arguably his worst move. Ninkovic was bad and heart breaking and still gives me trust issues but Mak and Lolley have done far more for the club than Ninkovic has done at Wanderers.
Nothing against Rodwell personally but we all knew exactly how it would go - look class when he briefly gets on the pitch but barely ever get on the pitch as hes unfortunately just not got the body for professional football. Its gone that way and its just a waste of a visa spot and a signing we could have built a defence around. But glad its turned into us fidning JGR/Mathews.
Zac Anderson would have made a better contribution to the club if he had severed both his Achilles tendons with a machete five minutes prior to his club debut.
All these quibbles about shit players, but none of these were taking up a visa spot, one of the best paid players at the club AND been planned for as a key component of the starting 11.
Can anybody confirm that he made it onto the bus safely, travelled on the bus without suffering a neck injury from looking out the window, negotiated the steps off the bus, and managed to get into the stadium without hurting himself?
So just top of the head numbers, but I think that we now need to come 3rd-6th, make the grand final, and play extra time in the 3 matches where it can be used.
And he canāt miss more than 18 (non injury time) minutes of all that.
Update for our 23rd (Perth A) and 24th (Ncl A) matches played.
So those rough numbers above werenāt quite right, Iād forgotten the 27th match which has been added this season.
Round
Minutes this week
Cumulative Minutes
2022-23 Comparison
Minutes per game
To 828
828 - Regular Season
To 946
946 - Regular Season
946 - 1 Final
946 - 2 finals
946 - 3 Finals
946 - 4 Finals
Before Season
NA
0
0
0
828
31
946
35
34
33
32
31
1
0
0
0
0
828
32
946
36
35
34
33
32
22
0
289
406
13
539
108
657
131
110
94
82
73
23
0
289
496
13
539
135
657
164
131
110
94
82
24
45
334
586
14
494
165
612
204
153
122
102
87
We can actually still reach 946 without any Extra time - per the last column.
Taking extra time into account, we canāt make it without 4 final being played as we are 612 minutes short of the target with between 3 weeks (without finals) and 7 weeks (4 finals) left to be played.
With 7 weeks, we can get 7x90 minutes in, up to 630 minutes.
With 6 weeks, we can get 6x90 minutes in, up to 540 minutes. However with 6 weeks (3 finals) there would only be possible ET in finals week 1 and 3, giving to 60 extra minutes, which would only see us get to 600, 12 short of our remaining target
The upshot is, we have to go to 4 weeks - any possible extra time would just be helpful in mitigating any weeks where we mightnāt get a full 90 in:
Target 1 (946 in regular season): FAILED
Target 2 (828 in regular season): FAILED
Target 3: 946 in 1 final): FAILED
Target 4 (946 in 2 finals): FAILED
Target 5: (946 in 3 finals): FAILED
Target 6: (946 in 4 finals): ALIVE with 87 minutes per game, perhaps fewer if we get any ET in
Has there been any word on why he came off last night? Was it precautionary/management, tactical, or a new injury torpodo into the vulnerable hull of HMAS 946?
Either way itās looking a very slim chance that weāll match our minutes last season, despite having the bonus round 27, and potentially making the GF. Basically, even with all those minutes played, heās failed to reach his 828 at Wests which happened without finals, and will need extra games (and perhaps ET) to pass last seasonās 946. The yield of on-pitch time has worsened each season in the ALM.
Probably because he was fucking rank for most of the first half. I mean granted, heās not had any match fitness for the last couple of months, so Iām not surprised he was off the pace.
Heās English, so thatād be HMS.
You sir, have a sick sense of humour. Unless Wests or Australiaās Shame sign him on a 2-year deal.
Then Iāll have to hospitalize myself as Iāll have laughed myself into a serious medical condition.
The only place I can see him winding up, other than the glue factory is India. I doubt even a League 1/2 club in the UK would risk signing him, given their season is long and arduous.
This would take some kind of intervention in violation of the laws of science. Perhaps a shamanistic ritual or exorcism. However it would nicely vindicate our Steve!
