05-20-2018, 08:11 AM
(05-20-2018, 07:50 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:To me, sitting in the stand, we just looked, primarily, overwhelmed physically and the rot started there. Also Melbourne were far quicker and slicker on the breakout and punished us seemingly at will. By contrast when we tried to break out we were too often stopped by lack of ideas and slow movement, skill errors and turnovers or fierce Melbourne tackling. Done like a dinner today I'm afraid to say. Brushed aside.
Lot of slow movement in the brain too..eg .Mullet went up for a marking contest he had no hope of winning with Jones and a Melbourne tall and left Melksham on his own...easy goal.
How many times did the ball go out the back to unmanned Melbourne players?......we dont man up at all..either in the midfield or down back.....Ed Curnow missing was about the worst player we could have out as he does pick up a man. OShea spent most of his day being 30 seconds late on the contest or giving away dumb free kicks in front of the umpire, they missed a few too he gave too....
Mullett in the wet is like a fish out of water....been waiting a while to use that line and he didnt let me down, doesnt contest in the dry much less the wet and with so much loose ball and a lack of easy receives he joined Oshea as next to useless all day.
Rowe reminded me of a grasshopper stranded in a puddle, couldnt get his legs working and was all over the place...
Plowman was ordinary and not for the 1st time....cant even kick the ball these days....
Simpson battled on but knew it was a lost cause and Daisy just wanted to punch on with Vince and got tagged and sucked in...cant blame him wanting to punch Vince though...
Liam Jones started ok but ended up out of sync with the flow of the game and got caught in between contests or like OShea just arrived too late...
Defense which was the cornerstone of Boltons game plan is a rabble without Docherty IMO.....