06-25-2018, 12:40 AM
Was sitting in the Auskick seats yesterday and was a bit distracted by the young fella telling me how nervous he was. (As an aside, Gil was also sitting in the same section, as he had a kid playing at halftime as well).
I don't know if 18 is Mullet and 24 is O'Shea - they are interchangeable for me as they are plants from other clubs to keep us down the bottom of the ladder. We were even told as much from N. Melbourne. I thought that if you delisted a player, the replacement should improve the side.
While we put in a much better effort and our pressure was generally very good, we were beaten by a long way - 10 more scores is a lot. It did seem that a lot more of the ball was in their forward line.
There was a hit on SPS after the first or second goal of the third quarter, that had him winded on the ground and missing a bit of the play that he could have influenced. You can see him and opponent going back to the centre square for the bounce, next you see he is on the ground, and he wouldn't have tripped over his feet.
I thought that Dow did some really good things with second efforts and around the ball, Polson is fast and can tackle pretty well given his size. Just needs to learn how to get the footy - wouldn't have got it too often.
Our second or third goal of the game was great - moved the ball quickly down the guts and only 4 or 5 players touched it.
Kreuz's first quarter was excellent. As more press comes out this week for Simmo's 300th (this is the first game that I have wanted to go to because it is a milestone game, but got a non-negotiable Wiggles concert) and say that he doesn't get the recognition he deserves compared to the other 300 gamers at the Blues - he still provides heaps and we have to remember that we would need to replace him with someone who is going to be better. We don't have that yet.
While it has been pointed out that Jones was too loose on some occassions, he is becoming more confident and working out when to mark or punch. His kick in the first across the ground, straight to a Collingwood player was nothing unusual to see from our backline!
We got within 14 points in the last, the ball was in our fifty, we had a chance to put a bit pressure to keep it in and it got out due to Rowe not quite being up to it - I thought that we needed to kick a goal from that inside 50 - and was dirty on Rowe. I have to admit I didn't really notice what he actually had to do in the game, so will excuse him retrospectively.
Hopefully the effort will be repeated for the rest of the season. If it is, there should be some reward.
I don't know if 18 is Mullet and 24 is O'Shea - they are interchangeable for me as they are plants from other clubs to keep us down the bottom of the ladder. We were even told as much from N. Melbourne. I thought that if you delisted a player, the replacement should improve the side.
While we put in a much better effort and our pressure was generally very good, we were beaten by a long way - 10 more scores is a lot. It did seem that a lot more of the ball was in their forward line.
There was a hit on SPS after the first or second goal of the third quarter, that had him winded on the ground and missing a bit of the play that he could have influenced. You can see him and opponent going back to the centre square for the bounce, next you see he is on the ground, and he wouldn't have tripped over his feet.
I thought that Dow did some really good things with second efforts and around the ball, Polson is fast and can tackle pretty well given his size. Just needs to learn how to get the footy - wouldn't have got it too often.
Our second or third goal of the game was great - moved the ball quickly down the guts and only 4 or 5 players touched it.
Kreuz's first quarter was excellent. As more press comes out this week for Simmo's 300th (this is the first game that I have wanted to go to because it is a milestone game, but got a non-negotiable Wiggles concert) and say that he doesn't get the recognition he deserves compared to the other 300 gamers at the Blues - he still provides heaps and we have to remember that we would need to replace him with someone who is going to be better. We don't have that yet.
While it has been pointed out that Jones was too loose on some occassions, he is becoming more confident and working out when to mark or punch. His kick in the first across the ground, straight to a Collingwood player was nothing unusual to see from our backline!
We got within 14 points in the last, the ball was in our fifty, we had a chance to put a bit pressure to keep it in and it got out due to Rowe not quite being up to it - I thought that we needed to kick a goal from that inside 50 - and was dirty on Rowe. I have to admit I didn't really notice what he actually had to do in the game, so will excuse him retrospectively.
Hopefully the effort will be repeated for the rest of the season. If it is, there should be some reward.