View Beyond the Shades - Analysis

[shadesy]

Krud's I analysed the play that was in front of me.

I agree, Touhy does kick safe and I won't mention why he "chose" the safe option. Once that was set in motion, bringing it back into the corridor Was a very poor decisions, regardless of Tuohys original decision and in a team lacking leader's better decisions need to be made. Two wrongs do not make a right.

I'm not a Zach Tuohy fan either and maybe have found my next subject!

[kruddler]

Krud's I analysed the play that was in front of me.

I agree, Touhy does kick safe and I won't mention why he "chose" the safe option. Once that was set in motion, bringing it back into the corridor Was a very poor decisions, regardless of Tuohys original decision and in a team lacking leader's better decisions need to be made. Two wrongs do not make a right.

I'm not a Zach Tuohy fan either and maybe have found my next subject!

Personally i don't mind Tuohy. Everyone makes mistakes though.

What we are seeing from our team IMO is evident from the 'rebuild' comments that became public in R2.

Players are looking after themselves and not doing what's best for the team. Playing safe, rather than playing with dash and dare.

[Amers]

Is that Simpson 40m out standing on his own? Why not kick it to him? maybe put it out in front of him a  bit to keep it away from the Sydney guy guarding him and Walker. A 30m kick, down the middle (or pretty close), would open up a whole heap of space for the next kick.

[shadesy]

Good call Amers

I think once Walker went to the pocket, most teams hedge there bets and happy to give up that kick to the pocket.

You can see the Sydney player head back towards Simpson and let walker have the kick.

Smart play, would you rather Walker have the ball or Simpson?

[PassIt2Carrots]

Personally i don't mind Tuohy. Everyone makes mistakes though.

What we are seeing from our team IMO is evident from the 'rebuild' comments that became public in R2.

Players are looking after themselves and not doing what's best for the team. Playing safe, rather than playing with dash and dare.

They've been doing that for the last 2.5 years. At least they played for each other last week. That's a start.

[kruddler]

They've been doing that for the last 2.5 years. At least they played for each other last week. That's a start.

Mate, they didn't play for eachother last week. They just weren't as bad as they have been of late.

That kind of effort was similar to what we put in against the Lions. Hardly, get excited type of stuff.

Says a lot about how bad we've been if we are happy with a 10 goal thumping.

[Mantis]

Good call Amers

I think once Walker went to the pocket, most teams hedge there bets and happy to give up that kick to the pocket.

You can see the Sydney player head back towards Simpson and let walker have the kick.

Smart play, would you rather Walker have the ball or Simpson?

I agree with both of you and Walker should have run past straight away get some run and carry happen. Swans couldn't guard all the space around Simpson. Walker running past could have dragged a swan, and left Simpson free to run and draw another swan.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Krud's I analysed the play that was in front of me.

I agree, Touhy does kick safe and I won't mention why he "chose" the safe option. Once that was set in motion, bringing it back into the corridor Was a very poor decisions, regardless of Tuohys original decision and in a team lacking leader's better decisions need to be made. Two wrongs do not make a right.

I'm not a Zach Tuohy fan either and maybe have found my next subject!

Touhy is another turn over merchant and one of the most careless defenders I have seen...

[Mantis]

Tuohy is an awesome shot at goal outside of 50m on the run. Yet he gets too clever and falls in a trap of being stupid in our D50m. Its happening way too often this season. If it continues, he could become the victim of a trade. If he has value the way he is going about his footy. Don't get me wrong, I actually like him and see heaps of talent. Just needs to be footy smart.

[kruddler]

Tuohy is an awesome shot at goal outside of 50m on the run. Yet he gets too clever and falls in a trap of being stupid in our D50m. Its happening way too often this season. If it continues, he could become the victim of a trade. If he has value the way he is going about his footy. Don't get me wrong, I actually like him and see heaps of talent. Just needs to be footy smart.

Tuohy is often made to look bad because he has very little, if nothing, to kick too. Nobody runs into space for him. Same could be said for most players in our backline, and even our midfielders.

We have become a very self centered, lazy football team. If that is not apparent from the scoreboard, perhaps it will be clearer from the ground.