07-22-2018, 11:31 PM
Couple of things:
In the first quarter especially, there were a quite a few times where the Carlton player would try to cover off a Hawk and move to (say) the left. Hawk easily moved to the right and was away. It was frustrating to watch.
Culture/effort and all that. We are shooting ourselves in the foot a bit. We bring in blokes like Rhys Palmer and Billie Smedts - mature age that can help us out and they play less than a handful of games in either the ones or twos. One season later they're gone. Got rid of over 40 players in three seasons. Hard to build a team like that when a lot of players would be looking over their shoulders seeing if they are the next to go. Add that to at least 3 changes every week and it makes it very hard to build cohesion. The players certainly don't look as if they are playing for each other.
It is really hard to know what the club is looking for from these players (are Mullet and O'Shea the next two to be treated the same?) and what players they are looking at down the track.
In the meantime, I will be surprised if we get within 10 goals of anyone for the rest of the season.
(ps congrats to whoever said Bruest 5 goals, Blues 7)
In the first quarter especially, there were a quite a few times where the Carlton player would try to cover off a Hawk and move to (say) the left. Hawk easily moved to the right and was away. It was frustrating to watch.
Culture/effort and all that. We are shooting ourselves in the foot a bit. We bring in blokes like Rhys Palmer and Billie Smedts - mature age that can help us out and they play less than a handful of games in either the ones or twos. One season later they're gone. Got rid of over 40 players in three seasons. Hard to build a team like that when a lot of players would be looking over their shoulders seeing if they are the next to go. Add that to at least 3 changes every week and it makes it very hard to build cohesion. The players certainly don't look as if they are playing for each other.
It is really hard to know what the club is looking for from these players (are Mullet and O'Shea the next two to be treated the same?) and what players they are looking at down the track.
In the meantime, I will be surprised if we get within 10 goals of anyone for the rest of the season.
(ps congrats to whoever said Bruest 5 goals, Blues 7)