07-16-2017, 08:04 AM
(07-16-2017, 07:57 AM)deags link Wrote:I agree that you are being a bit harsh. He has been pretty good this year. You watch his work rate when he plays forward, he is the only one making repeated leads, take some good grabs and he always chases his opponent and his kicking continues to improve. He is also one of best at reading the ball in flight and getting into good position.
He wasn't seen much today, but for some reason, in a game where our forward line was so rubbish, he wasn't played up forward.
Fair enough. He was no better and no worse that most of our players today, but his limitations frustrate me.
We need more speed. We move the ball like it weighs a tonne. We run like we have boat anchors around our legs. And we simply don't try and create with ball in hand. We just wait for a spare man to present themselves, and try to hit them up. There's no inventiveness, no risk taking, no one being proactive in trying to make things happen. And becuase we chip endlessly, when we turn it over, it's almost always in our back half.
The exception to that was the 1st q.