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Bpttom line is it was a major improvement on the Tigers game but still way too many cheap screw ups.
I'd be dropping 3 or 4 - C. Curnow, Armfield, White and Thomas.
Levi - well, he still offers a real target. I guess if McKay is promoted straight swap for Levi...
SOJ? could go too.
If Levi goes with Army, White and Thomas (we know Daisy will not get dropped) i guess Charlie and SOJ get a reprieve...
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(04-02-2017, 08:21 AM)shawny link Wrote:I must have watched a different game.
Was impressed with the endeavor and heart today. Melbourne took till 20 mins into the last to put the game in the bag. Many on here predicted this mob will definitely play finals and made a good outfit look poor last week.
I know it's difficult to be positive when you have a loss but we must remember we had SOJ, C Curnow, Marchbank, SPS, mcCredie and Pickett all in today and curnow aside thought the rest were very serviceable. SOJ is the veteran of this list with 10games!!!
Hard to win with 6 players under 10 games.
Add in Weitering, plowman and cripps as more young players yet to notch 50 games and that's a very young team today.
While I'm disappointed with some of the costly errors from senior players and to lose yet again but I saw enough today to say we are tracking ahead of where I thought we would be.
I'm happy with the kids progress.
A bit of perspective needed folks.
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The Good:
- a 19 year old kid getting stuck into Lewis after he decked Cripps
- Wright's goals. He hardly ever misses!
- Daisy's mark
- great signs from the youngsters mentioned by others
The Bad:
- Gibbs' turnover in the last. Sorry, fatigued or not, not good enough.
The Ugly:
- Hogan and Lewis
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(04-02-2017, 09:12 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Been preaching that all pre-season.
Reckon all in all, we did ok. We ran out of legs late, but its to be expected with the kids we have.
A few blokes need a rest. Curnowfides needs to recharge his batteries a bit and boost the confidence.
I'd give Pickett and SPS at least another week to get better used to the speed of it, then i'd send them back to get a confidence boost as well.
Macreadie looks to be coping ok so far.
Long term view required Macreadie, Plow and Marchy will be very good for a very long time me thinks. Add Weiters to that trio and we have a back line that will stand up week in week out. I understand BB trying to play him fwd but he is robbing Peter to pay Paul IMO. Our midfield toils away but there is no depth. Our fwd line (Wright aside) is virtually non existent. SOS should have nailed a couple but his kicking was off.
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(04-02-2017, 09:40 AM)Raydan link Wrote:Very lopsided slant on performances today. Murphy runs his guts out and gets battered and gets crucified for a few turnovers, yet Pickett does one or two good things and he did OK? Give me a break, the reason that Murph and Gibbs are turning the ball over is fatigue and the young kids playing with them don't know how to make space. I saw Simmo on the back flank searching for a kicking target and all Pickett had to do was run to the boundary and he could put the ball out in front, yet he stood in the centre square. Over a quarter of the team have not played 10 games yet, that is why we lost not Murphy, Gibbs and Curnow.
With that behind me, I thought we played well today. We looked like an AFL team. Ball was switched, targets were hit, a definite defensive structure that only broke down a few times. Tackles were laid and our players stood up for each other. Loved Weitering coming in after Lewis slugged Cripps, closely followed by Wright and Silvagni. That's what build team spirit, you walk a bit taller knowing that you have mates that have your back.
White and Dennis are both on borrowed time, we just need someone to stand up and take their place from the VFL. We don't have a small defender on the list, Cam Poulson this is how you get a game, you ask to go to a back pocket, learn the game, use pace shot down the small forwards that we have struggled with for too long.
An improvement this week blue boys and a piss weak start
Murphys turnovers were costly and due to skill errors IMO....agree dhe ran hard and did some good things but those errors were bad as they were near goal...Kerridge gets dropped for his foot skills yet Ed Curnow survives because he is seen as a tagger only, and excused for lack of skill....the good clubs have their taggers working both ways, his position needs looking at IMO if he cant get more ball and use it more effectively..
Gibbs was ok without being great but apart from Cripps I didnt think there was any other dominant mid on the ground anyway..
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I'm a bit surprised at the negative sentiment of some posters. I thought the effort was terrific. Was also proud of the efforts of senior players like Murphy and Thomas. Plenty of positives from younger players like Macreadie and SPS. My main disappointment was Casboult, though I think C Curnow's form will probably mean that if anyone makes way for Mackay, it will be him.
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(04-02-2017, 08:36 AM)shawny link Wrote:While not many will give him credit thought Rowe was terrific today.
Beat 2 flogs in 2 consecutive weeks.
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(04-02-2017, 09:51 AM)Rational_Expectations link Wrote:I'm a bit surprised at the negative sentiment of some posters. I thought the effort was terrific. Was also proud of the efforts of senior players like Murphy and Thomas. Plenty of positives from younger players like Macreadie and SPS. My main disappointment was Casboult, though I think C Curnow's form will probably mean that if anyone makes way for Mackay, it will be him.
Disappointing loss given some of our senior players turned the footy over at the wrong time and Melbourne are crape.....I had Melbourne as being on the rise but they are crape IMO and if a sook like Hogan is their key to success then I'd be taking the winter off and taking the Range Rover to the snow if I was a Melbourne supporter...
We could have and should have won that game IMO...
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Also, 2 weeks in a row, our opposition has got it into space very easily from a contested situation with a few quick hand balls or a pearcing kick. In complete contrast, we seem to have oppo players in our face and strangling us for room and force us to turn it over more often than not through rushed disposals. Is it a set up thing?
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We need a small-medium running defender who can kick. Gus in, White out.
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