08-06-2018, 02:23 AM
(08-06-2018, 02:10 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Its not just injuries, its men vs boys stuff.
The blokes that played yesterday have played how many games together all in the same 22? 5? 6? Using Polson as a litmus test, 10?
That GWS team that took the field yesterday had one debutant, playing in a team full of mature players, whom played in a preliminary final last year, and should push seroiusly for the flag, whilst we sit dead last, with a team full of kids, our front 6 barely had 300 games combined (150 of them contributed by one player in Matthew Wright with the next biggest games played by Charlie Curnow who had a quiet night by his standards) all with the result that we got pummelled because our midfield got absolutely torched. we play a man down every week thanks to the kids not being experienced and hard enough to compete for 4 quarters.
They highlighted a play where game number 17 Paddy dow was standing shoulder to shoulder with Josh Kelly whos 5 years older than him, and was on track to break posession records yesterday and all he did was literally read the play better and out position him to run off and score.
These kids we play are going to be guns, but we are sacrificing today for tomorrow's benefit.
Jury is out on our kids being guns...thats the aim but there is nothing concrete at the moment to indicate that apart from Cripps and then potential for Charlie C and maybe Dow to be guns, IMO we gave up in the last quarter and have in a few games where we have been belted........
We play a few men down every week because the mid level tier of players we have is not good enough and that wasnt addressed when we started the rebuild......Paul Roos may not be popular on this forum but he constructed the Melbourne rebuild properly...we have followed the Saints and the results are similar....
The rebuild needs a rebuild...dont need to replace every block this time but we need that mid tier block of players fixed otherwise some kids who might make it wont...the club need to be open, honest and tell the supporters they didnt get it right initially but are going to fix the problems now...