06-17-2018, 03:24 AM
(06-17-2018, 03:14 AM)shawny link Wrote:We are all very quick to go the coach.....easy target IMO.
That is generalising Shawny, many of us are giving BB more time but are not so forgiving of some long term appointees around him.
(06-17-2018, 03:14 AM)shawny link Wrote:Only have to watch the replay of the 1st half when there was some pressure on and see our so called senior players (we all know who they are) turn over regulation 20-25 metre passes time and time again. Our senior players skill level is that far below par its laughable. :-[
Lots of posters pointed this out yesterday, while the kids were bad so were the seniors, the seniors do not and should not get a pass mark for past good deeds when they deliver that crap!
(06-17-2018, 03:14 AM)shawny link Wrote:Put Clarkson in the coaches box yesterday and the result is the same IMO. You can switch players around and make all the moves you like and have the best game day plans in place but have a senior core that cant execute the very basics and you get results like yesterday. Its as simple as that.
Doubt the Freo run on would have lasted so long, but again referring to the first point it's as much about the support coaches as it is the front man! Something that makes Clarkson great is listening to the support crew and harvesting the best suggestions, does BB ignore suggestions or are they absent? We've seen this sort of things happening for too long, more than the reign of a single coach, it can't just be BB!
(06-17-2018, 03:14 AM)shawny link Wrote:Need min of 8-10 decent ball users and boot out the hacks we continue to persist with. Couldn't care less if they are A, B or C grade as long as they have clean foot skills.
True, but isn't that part of player development, how many of our long term players have improved in field kicking? It's not just all about the list management and match day tactics!
(06-17-2018, 03:14 AM)shawny link Wrote:More of the mould of Fisher and no more Lamb, Kerridge, Graham, Lamb, Rowe, O'Shea, Mullett, Casboult types. I could keep going. :-X
The worry is Fisher types will go backwards in our environment, I suspect that was the message hidden in Rhys Palmer's tweets yesterday!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"