08-05-2018, 10:49 AM
It was weird today. 16,697 at Etihad is small. However, as bad as Carlton were, it didn't seem as bad as it was. GWS were excellent and played some great footy. What we've been complaining about this year, GWS did the opposite. Hit targets, played to the team's advantage, didn't handball/kick/run straight into us and were clean.
They had players where the ball was going and didn't have to kick and hope very often. When we had a lot of time and space, we would find a way to handball it to our teammates feet, or land it short. They had players at the back of a scrum who just managed to take possession and use it. We had players outside of the scrum and fumbled, so we would lose possession. (This is our run of the mill skill set)
I almost feel for O'Shea. He is the opposite of King Midas.
It was interesting that I noticed for the first time that the players on the interchange bench is shown on the screen above the bench. It seemed that Kennedy, Graham, Thomas, Byrne and Polson had the most time off the ground.
Games played from our 'players of the future' who were out there today + a couple that have been in the system a little longer, but not played much (eg Lamb, Lang)
Dow 17
O'Brien 14
SPS 38
Kennedy 30
Cripps 78
McKay 12
Lamb 62
Lang 51
Marchbank 31
Polson 9
Charlie 43
Pickett 15
Byrne 18
The most experienced player of the future is Cripps with 78, and 8 of those 13 have played the equivalent of 2 full seasons - but we expect them to be like Cripps. If 50 games is getting it together as a player, then we still have a way to go.
The players, who aren't our future - some will/will not be at the club next year
Murphy
Simpson
Rowe
O'Shea
Lobbe
Graham
E Curnow
Thomas
Wright (does he have a groin issue - his kicking is not nearly what it was)
They had players where the ball was going and didn't have to kick and hope very often. When we had a lot of time and space, we would find a way to handball it to our teammates feet, or land it short. They had players at the back of a scrum who just managed to take possession and use it. We had players outside of the scrum and fumbled, so we would lose possession. (This is our run of the mill skill set)
I almost feel for O'Shea. He is the opposite of King Midas.
It was interesting that I noticed for the first time that the players on the interchange bench is shown on the screen above the bench. It seemed that Kennedy, Graham, Thomas, Byrne and Polson had the most time off the ground.
Games played from our 'players of the future' who were out there today + a couple that have been in the system a little longer, but not played much (eg Lamb, Lang)
Dow 17
O'Brien 14
SPS 38
Kennedy 30
Cripps 78
McKay 12
Lamb 62
Lang 51
Marchbank 31
Polson 9
Charlie 43
Pickett 15
Byrne 18
The most experienced player of the future is Cripps with 78, and 8 of those 13 have played the equivalent of 2 full seasons - but we expect them to be like Cripps. If 50 games is getting it together as a player, then we still have a way to go.
The players, who aren't our future - some will/will not be at the club next year
Murphy
Simpson
Rowe
O'Shea
Lobbe
Graham
E Curnow
Thomas
Wright (does he have a groin issue - his kicking is not nearly what it was)