04-28-2019, 10:02 AM
(04-28-2019, 09:26 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Paul, you have to be fair on Omeara, he was the only class mid they had and we did the same with Mitchell last season who got the three brownlow votes.
He should have been manned up probably by Ed Curnow who wasnt really influencing the game in any way, I think it was 26 possies to half time and he had a 3rd of their clearances.
Clarkson deemed it important to tag Cripps with Howe and also rotated Worpel on him.....Adam Simpson tagged Sidebottom with Hutchings to help win a Grand Final.
Are we going to let Cunnington and Higgins run around on their own next game?
Sure we made those easy mistakes but letting the Hawks best player get free ball all day defies logic...
Omeara had a ton of the ball but imo was not that damaging and not the reason the game changed.
I hate him but Clarkson is a master coach and still has enough top end talent to move the chess pieces and change the style when it’s not working to get things to change. He showed his expertise today in the coach box and our blokes as we have done so many times in the past in these sorts of situations.... we hand our opposition easy soft goals when panic sets in. Seen it countless countlesss times over the last decade and it happened again today.
Our midfield are not that used to leading a match and when they rarely do they hate becoming the hunted - we go into our shells, start to carrel the opposition instead of throwing our bodies in, tackles when they are attempted are weak and soft and rarely stick and the team coming is given every opportunity to mount a comeback. We become totally reactive and then as the pressure is so high in trying to stop the bleeding the usual suspects makes stupid decisions and we cough up countless goals which is the part I am so so sick of.
As soon as I see us coughing up soft goals regardless what the scoreboard is, I know it’s game over.
We handed that game to them like we have done way too many times and I’m tired of looking at the positives.
And anyone that thinks next week will be easier is kidding themselves. Yep we are a building team but wins like today are vital for belief and worth much more then the 4 points.
Gutted and tired of losing the same way.