(04-20-2021, 03:43 AM)PaulP date Wrote:I'm not really a Sam fan, but I was referring to Mark. Sam was on the real footy podcast talking about how our recent form is like Malthouse's last season, i.e no system. He then compared Docherty/Cripps now with Murphy/Gibbs back then - in both instances, he said those players were trying to do too much to help the team, but it was backfiring (like now) and that's why their form has suffered.It's possible, but it's wrong to blame those players, the doing too much problem, overdoing it ethic, often comes from those around you doing too little!
You have to forgive the mistakes of those around you, ignore them, and just get on doing what you do well.
For example, I'll take aim at Big H, he kicked 7 a couple of weeks back but quite a few of those are rovers goals. Last weekend he broke a pack just once, and he took opponents to McGovern's contest looking for the cheap jump over the pack mark multiple times. Until Big H starts breaking some more packs, sacrificing when he can't get to the ball, and taking front position to deliver opportunities to our smalls, he won't improve and our team won't improve. We shouldn't need to use Cripps inside F50, but we do because of some of the reasons outlined above.
Contrast that to Levi, he has improved over the last few weeks because he's begun using his physical presence, it means he has an impact even when his form is not good.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"