03-25-2021, 11:43 AM
I found this a really confusing game.
I think that's reinforced by some of the different opinions of where things went wrong and individual player performance.
At times we looked to be well on top but the game always had a bit of an inevitability (in Collingwood's favour) about it...much like the Richmond game last week.
I have a feeling we didn't turn up to play with any intensity at the start.
Players may have thought we did alright against Richmond and Collingwood were pretty poor in round 1 so we should have them covered....dangerous thinking if that was the case.
As mentioned, Cripps seems to be struggling a bit with the more open way the game is being played...but there looked to be something else lacking tonight in terms of confidence going for the ball. Dropped an easy chest mark and looked to be favouring an arm at one stage.
Lost count of the times a number of our players slipped over and took themselves out of contests at critical times.
It's not the end of the world but we need to get back on track pretty quick or we'll have another wasted season.
I think that's reinforced by some of the different opinions of where things went wrong and individual player performance.
At times we looked to be well on top but the game always had a bit of an inevitability (in Collingwood's favour) about it...much like the Richmond game last week.
I have a feeling we didn't turn up to play with any intensity at the start.
Players may have thought we did alright against Richmond and Collingwood were pretty poor in round 1 so we should have them covered....dangerous thinking if that was the case.
As mentioned, Cripps seems to be struggling a bit with the more open way the game is being played...but there looked to be something else lacking tonight in terms of confidence going for the ball. Dropped an easy chest mark and looked to be favouring an arm at one stage.
Lost count of the times a number of our players slipped over and took themselves out of contests at critical times.
It's not the end of the world but we need to get back on track pretty quick or we'll have another wasted season.