04-07-2018, 12:24 PM
(04-07-2018, 09:45 AM)LP link Wrote:Exactly!
As much as I enjoyed Levi kicking straight last night his game style was rubbish and looking at McKay on the replay today it's similarly rubbish. Not sure who is responsible for this, coaches or players, but it's a joke.
Friday night we saw Cripps, Charlie and Weitering all crunched by Levi jumping into them from behind yet barely touching an opponent in the process. An accident, well briefed by his manager looking for a contract extension?
Several times Friday night lots of supporters including the commentators bemoaned our ball use entering F50, but on several occasions we had players kicking the ball from forward of the wing over 40m plus or more of open space and Levi refused to run to the ball. All he wanted to do was launch from behind, and it worked a couple of times for him but on the other occasions it just looked rubbish and had team-mates hanging their heads in confusion. The tell that this was pissing the team off was when Levi crumbed a goal, hardly a single team-mate gave him a boost!
Bring on the mid-season trade so we can do a deal now, Levi will never be worth more than today!
McKay, wanting easy out the back Joe-the-Goose goals. I mentioned in one of the practice match reviews that I was worried about these signs, a lot of people must go off the stats but there was barely a highlight to mention on the video review. Which coach is responsible for having 200cm x 100kg players behave like Eddie Betts? By default they must take the front position, dispose of defenders and generate opportunities for crumbers, not play like rovers!
LP..Not sure Levi is our major worry, he aint pretty but was effective vs Collingwood in his own way. Pretty delivery isnt and hasnt been a feature of our play since Houlihan last passed to Fev.
Bombed balls on our forwards heads is par for the course in our forward line and Levi is better contesting than worrying too much about who is in front of him getting crunched, he should be doing more of it IMO.
I want Kerr in because while still a novice he leads well and draws the ball to him......he is a more traditional forward than Levi the way he plays and might straighten us up a bit and encourage more system.
The smaller forward line thematic probably means Levi is less valuable at the minute and while he isnt everyone's cup of tea he seems injury free compared to our other big blokes and we need him more than ever this season IMO ...