04-07-2019, 04:43 AM
Townsend...agree his post-match press conferences are better than Hardwick's and not looking for excuses...but the fact remains that 90% of the them are after a loss and most of us are a bit over hearing the same stuff with just different cliches. I'm concerned at what looks like the stalled development of our kids. Is it the coaching...impossible to say from the outside? But we simply have far too many top end draft pick players to NOT be showing much in the way of improvements. There's glimpses but yesterday was just a repeat of the first two rounds....one or maybe two competitive quarters and then we go missing for big periods and simple skill errors absolutely kill us time and again. Opposition teams just kill us when we haven't got the ball and when we do get it, it's heart in the mouth stuff with the lack of elite ball users in our squad.
All we've heard for the last season and a bit is the need to take the pressure of Patrick Cripps....if not for him in the first three rounds this year, the losing margins would've been double, if not more. He simply cannot do any more on his own and unless someone in the midfield steps up, it's impossible to see where a win comes from.
All we've heard for the last season and a bit is the need to take the pressure of Patrick Cripps....if not for him in the first three rounds this year, the losing margins would've been double, if not more. He simply cannot do any more on his own and unless someone in the midfield steps up, it's impossible to see where a win comes from.