06-25-2017, 08:59 AM
We lost it at the selection table.
Losing 3 kids with enthusiasm and hunger was going to be hard to replace.
Failure to bring in White to do a job, or as a swingman to mix things up wasn't a good start as he brings the requisite hunger to the contest.
Pickett, simply doesn't influence the game enough. Yes, he needs games and we need to cross our fingers, arms and legs for him, but it wasn't the week for him.
Smedts....not sure what we were thinking with bringing him in this week. If anything he needs to be played deep forward, not across the middle/backline.
Graham....does a job....just not well enough. Will always be a small step below AFL level, but at least we know what he offers and is consistent.
Already having Boekhorst and Lamb, while adding the above 3, meant we had a few too many ???'s on effort and output. Obviously losing Lamb early was not ideal, but we may have lost Boekhorst, Pickett and Smedts as well. Non-eventers, the lot of them.
I would've preferred the mature bodies of White and Armfield to all of the above.
But...hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Hopefully we learn from our mistakes and do better at the selection table next week.
Losing 3 kids with enthusiasm and hunger was going to be hard to replace.
Failure to bring in White to do a job, or as a swingman to mix things up wasn't a good start as he brings the requisite hunger to the contest.
Pickett, simply doesn't influence the game enough. Yes, he needs games and we need to cross our fingers, arms and legs for him, but it wasn't the week for him.
Smedts....not sure what we were thinking with bringing him in this week. If anything he needs to be played deep forward, not across the middle/backline.
Graham....does a job....just not well enough. Will always be a small step below AFL level, but at least we know what he offers and is consistent.
Already having Boekhorst and Lamb, while adding the above 3, meant we had a few too many ???'s on effort and output. Obviously losing Lamb early was not ideal, but we may have lost Boekhorst, Pickett and Smedts as well. Non-eventers, the lot of them.
I would've preferred the mature bodies of White and Armfield to all of the above.
But...hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Hopefully we learn from our mistakes and do better at the selection table next week.