05-27-2019, 01:23 PM
(05-27-2019, 01:06 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:I'm not talking glimpses lods.
I'm talking about stuff like the first half vs Hawthorn. Harry taking contested Mark's and scoring goals (when we remember to kick to him). Paddy Dow showing a great ability to burst through a pack (gone missing this year).
Previously it was looking for small things and grasping at straws.
Its different now. There is substance there. Previously players didn't work out for various reasons. One of was simply the coaching issues at our club at the time. Imagine walking into a fractured footy club where half the players weren't really playing for the coach (malthouse) and had allegiances to the previous coach (ratten) and you tied yourself to malthouse only for the club to declare rebuild and season over in round 2.
Menzel left at the end of that season. I dont blame him. Our club behaved poorly.
I think we're seeing different things...and there's probably nothing too wrong with that.
I acknowledge the good bits you're seeing but I'll counter with some of the concerns.
The over-reliance on Cripps. He now seems to be playing angry, no doubt frustrated by the attention that's coming his way.
The inability to sustain effort once serious pressure is applied.
The need for crisis meetings by players.
The lack of depth and the aging of our senior players Kreuzer, Murphy, Simpson, Thomas all have their best football behind them but are still some of the first picked each week.
Recruiting that has been quite good in the top part of the draft but not so great in later rounds... and trades that end up giving us a strange mix of average and/or injury prone players.
The apparent lack of co-ordination that exists between our group assistant coaches-mids- forwards in particular.
Yes a lot of these will improve over time.
But to save some of our people that improvement needs to happen sooner rather than later