(08-04-2020, 03:14 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Jim I think we need to bolster up our onfield leadership if we are to take that next step.
(08-04-2020, 03:43 AM)laj link Wrote:That's part of it but wipe out the inconsistency and we would've had quite a few more wins, which puts us really right there. They both might be entwined..
The problem is that inconsistency is in the nature of some of these players.
It's ingrained
Cunningham's one of the prime examples.
We all know what he's capable of but he produces it inconsistently.
And he's not Robinson Crusoe.
How do you wipe that out?
You can't do it just by saying "We need to be more consistent."
And for players like Dow, Fisher , O'Brien, SPS etc there may be different reasons for their inconsistency
At the moment we're probably picking teams with the best chance to win (with the odd notable exception)
The fact that we're relying on scratch matches for our second tier players, rather than a formal secondary competition, means players not in the top 22 are being managed in terms of game time and probably not getting proper hit-outs.
All this gives them a lesser opportunity to put pressure on the senior side.