05-13-2021, 05:41 AM
EB....I seem to recall the talk at the time of recruiting them, was that blokes like Setterfield and Kennedy were the big bodied types to support Cripps. I'm not sure what the deal is with Kennedy but he's clearly had his card stamped and won't be there next year. Then we recruit Williams to play in the middle and the guy hasn't fired a shot all year. I'd hate to lose a guy like McKay because we've stumped up $900K per year over 5 years for Williams and now can't afford others.
Said it before on these posts and probably sounding like a broken record but the targeting of players has been atrocious. We have two key defenders on the whole list...Jones/Weitering....and Jones is 30. Parks is a good sized third tall but still raw. Marchbank will be lucky to survive and likely end up on the rookie list and clearly doesn't have the body to stand up to the rigours of AFL.
We have two ruckman on the list with no backup other than Casboult.
And we've drafted a score of young midfielders who, for a variety of reasons, aren't playing or don't look like they're up to it....or we're playing them out of position.
I'd still like to hear a reason why SPS didn't play against Bulldogs. Came on as the sub in the first quarter against Essendon and played in the midfield and IMO played one of his better games....he looked confident and sure of himself and his disposal was pretty good. Then he's not selected against the Bulldogs who have arguably the best/deepest midfield in the competition, and, no surprise, we get smashed in the middle.
There doesn't appear to be any Plan B in the coaches box when opposition teams get a run-on. If games were played over 3 quarters I reckon we'd be nearly top of the ladder....but they aren't, and we're not.
If we're resigned to winning a few games against the likes of Freo, Essendon, GC, North, Hawks etc then it'll be another 6-7 win season, a bottom 4 or 5 finish and back to the draft/trade table we go again.
Something has to give.
Said it before on these posts and probably sounding like a broken record but the targeting of players has been atrocious. We have two key defenders on the whole list...Jones/Weitering....and Jones is 30. Parks is a good sized third tall but still raw. Marchbank will be lucky to survive and likely end up on the rookie list and clearly doesn't have the body to stand up to the rigours of AFL.
We have two ruckman on the list with no backup other than Casboult.
And we've drafted a score of young midfielders who, for a variety of reasons, aren't playing or don't look like they're up to it....or we're playing them out of position.
I'd still like to hear a reason why SPS didn't play against Bulldogs. Came on as the sub in the first quarter against Essendon and played in the midfield and IMO played one of his better games....he looked confident and sure of himself and his disposal was pretty good. Then he's not selected against the Bulldogs who have arguably the best/deepest midfield in the competition, and, no surprise, we get smashed in the middle.
There doesn't appear to be any Plan B in the coaches box when opposition teams get a run-on. If games were played over 3 quarters I reckon we'd be nearly top of the ladder....but they aren't, and we're not.
If we're resigned to winning a few games against the likes of Freo, Essendon, GC, North, Hawks etc then it'll be another 6-7 win season, a bottom 4 or 5 finish and back to the draft/trade table we go again.
Something has to give.