VFL 2019 The Final Practice Match!

[flyboy77]

My guess would be that, firstly, he adjusted his attitude after the stuff up to a high level, ie his attitude became exemplary.

Then, body wise,  The Terrier did all he could do, got him fit and raring to go.

Then there's match fitness and he can only get that from games.

Complicating the scenario is that the bloke hasn't played senior footy for yonks... so it's going to take a few games at the highest level to get him in the groove, though letting him get some strong touch in Magoos might not be a bad idea.

Only those at the club would know if he's tracking well and is doing everything right - so persist and he'll improve... build it and he will come...

We've got a few blokes in a similar boat to Fas at the minute... not delivering well enough - Garlett, Setterfield, Polson, Charlie, Ed... even ZF isn't hurting the opposition enough. Then we're missing Doc, Kreuz, Marchbank, Williamson... sheesh, together that's more than half our best side... too much being left to too few! I'm starting to depress myself... mmm, I know there's some vodka around here, somewhere...

Exactly. Not sure why Fasolo is copping most of the heat - when we get beaten in the centre bounces we (obviously) aren't getting first use of the ball. Then our slow, cumbersome, haphazard ball movement back out of D50 comes to the fore and our mids often chop it up - let's be brutally honest - Charlie pre injury was terrible, mcGovern not much better and the other forwards (Harry aside) were hardly doing much either....

Fisher has had a slow start, ditto Setterfield and Murphy. Ed Curnow is a tagger or a 2s player. You get the sense BB is trying to find a spot in the 22 for him (just not in the guts).

Gibbons needs time in the guts, Murphy needs time forward. Again, BB very slow or reluctant to try a Plan B during the match - it's costing us.

Yet Fas cops it?

Garlett - time to man (toughen) up or head back to WA. I agree with others - he's no defender - he's an outside mid/wing or small forward. Again, BB slow to change things up?

Phillips ain't setting the world on fire, I don't see him as a replacement for kreuzer that's for sure....

Our problems are across the field.