07-20-2020, 09:20 AM
I thought we stopped trying to win the game in the last 15 minutes and just tried and hoped to save it. When you are use to winning and expect to win, you keep playing to win. Martin, Murphy and Casboult all missed goals they should have kicked so Port missing goals in the last five minutes are really a distraction from the result. We kept on repelling the ball out of defence but no one really tried to win the ball on the wing and then lock it in our front half. If the ball is in our forward line, there is no way they are going to pass it to Robbie Grey and therefore no goal after the siren. There was criticism of Cuningham on AAA where Loyd said he should have kicked the ball to Casboult when he burst thru the 50. Casboult was free and he should have kicked it to him, but clearly he didn't see him and I have been advocating that players take the game on and try and win it rather than looking to a team mate to take the responsibility, so I am not that critical. The ball just needed to travel a further two meters and the game would have been over. So good on Cuningham for having a go. Just improve the skill level.
We have five or six plus winnable games in our run home, and another three or four in which we should be competitive. We have players doing well in the scratch matches so we have plenty of depth. It is really in our own hands.
We have five or six plus winnable games in our run home, and another three or four in which we should be competitive. We have players doing well in the scratch matches so we have plenty of depth. It is really in our own hands.