09-03-2020, 12:56 PM
Sorry, the last post wandered a bit: too much to say and I didn't say any of it well. I'll do better this time,
[1] The drop in effectiveness of Marc Pittonet:
One of the major reasons we have been less effective in recent times is that Pittonet is not performing as he was earlier in the year. Other coaches appear more aware of him and his strengths and weaknesses. Lately we've seen too much of his weaknesses.
His ruckwork, his strength, has not been as good lately. His confidence is down. As a result he is doing very little around the ground. he really needs to work on his weaknesses.
[2] Casboult's drop in form:
In many ways Casboult's drop in form has radically altered our forward structure. He is down on confidence and that is a huge part of his game. Maybe he needs to be dropped. Or maybe he needs a few weeks in defence, like he had last year. It would give either Jones or Weitering a rest and he would have someone leading him to the ball.
[3] Two ruck problem:
Young Tom de Koning is looking luck our ruck future. But he is still young and get pushed around too easily. if we are going to play him in the seniors, then we need to move out one of the talls. Our forward line cannot afford as many talls.
So far, when we have played two rucks, it hasn't worked as well as we could hope. Can we afford to continue that? In some ways, we must. We need to get games into de Koning. But not with our present forward structure.
[4] Willo:
I have been writing for some time that we could try Willo in other roles. At the moment, he has run out of gas. he is making mistakes because he is tired.
I'm not surprised. He probably didn't expect to play as much as he has with the injuries he's had. He needs to build his fitness up. That way he probably won't make as many errors. But he is done for 2020. I'd seriously like to see if he can play other roles, because we need flexibility.
[5] Cripps:
I'd rest him this coming game for starters. He has worked himself into the ground and he doesn't have the reserves that he normally has.
I'd also spend the summer working on his weaknesses. really working on them. I want to see Cripps bright eyed, bushy tailed and super fit when 2021 starts.
[6] Harry McKay:
Harry promises much, much continually fails to deliver. He isn't holding his marks. When he leads, he leads to the wing. And when he gets the ball he is kicking at less than 50%. We really need to get him turned around during the summer. If he grabs those marks and makes the most of his opportunities, we won't be kicking a handful of goals per game. But the last few weeks his kicking for goal has been around 20%. Not good enough, and it brings the team down with him.
There, that makes a little more sense.
[1] The drop in effectiveness of Marc Pittonet:
One of the major reasons we have been less effective in recent times is that Pittonet is not performing as he was earlier in the year. Other coaches appear more aware of him and his strengths and weaknesses. Lately we've seen too much of his weaknesses.
His ruckwork, his strength, has not been as good lately. His confidence is down. As a result he is doing very little around the ground. he really needs to work on his weaknesses.
[2] Casboult's drop in form:
In many ways Casboult's drop in form has radically altered our forward structure. He is down on confidence and that is a huge part of his game. Maybe he needs to be dropped. Or maybe he needs a few weeks in defence, like he had last year. It would give either Jones or Weitering a rest and he would have someone leading him to the ball.
[3] Two ruck problem:
Young Tom de Koning is looking luck our ruck future. But he is still young and get pushed around too easily. if we are going to play him in the seniors, then we need to move out one of the talls. Our forward line cannot afford as many talls.
So far, when we have played two rucks, it hasn't worked as well as we could hope. Can we afford to continue that? In some ways, we must. We need to get games into de Koning. But not with our present forward structure.
[4] Willo:
I have been writing for some time that we could try Willo in other roles. At the moment, he has run out of gas. he is making mistakes because he is tired.
I'm not surprised. He probably didn't expect to play as much as he has with the injuries he's had. He needs to build his fitness up. That way he probably won't make as many errors. But he is done for 2020. I'd seriously like to see if he can play other roles, because we need flexibility.
[5] Cripps:
I'd rest him this coming game for starters. He has worked himself into the ground and he doesn't have the reserves that he normally has.
I'd also spend the summer working on his weaknesses. really working on them. I want to see Cripps bright eyed, bushy tailed and super fit when 2021 starts.
[6] Harry McKay:
Harry promises much, much continually fails to deliver. He isn't holding his marks. When he leads, he leads to the wing. And when he gets the ball he is kicking at less than 50%. We really need to get him turned around during the summer. If he grabs those marks and makes the most of his opportunities, we won't be kicking a handful of goals per game. But the last few weeks his kicking for goal has been around 20%. Not good enough, and it brings the team down with him.
There, that makes a little more sense.
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