05-17-2021, 05:47 AM
Weren't good enough. Still four goals away from matching it with the best sides. It is hard to know how good we are because we never get close to putting our best side on the park. Silvagni, C.Curnow, Martin, Fisher, McGovern, Marchbank, DeKonning all not in the side and we lose Cuningham in the first minute. I think they had a plan for Lever and Cuningham was that plan. Parks had a shocker and Pittonet was dismantled by Gawn. Moving Docherty to the wing was a good move but the backline needs to be stable and moving players in and out does not lead to stability. Melbournes's forward line functioned well but we did force them wide. We don't have enough goal kicking options and we seem to be reviving the late 80's game plan of kicking it to Kernahan in the shape of Harry McKay. we need other options coming at the ball. I thought we won the midfield battle, despite Gawn's dominance, however when they got out they were very damaging. Having Stocker, Setterfield and Fogarty running through there gave us more depth. Once again our field kicking and kicking to the forwards was sub-par, as was our decision making. We either don't get to where we need to be for the next step in the chain or we fail to execute by hitting targets which also brings the whole process undone. I would like to see some of Dow, SPS, Honey and O'Brien in the side to give us more spread, as well as run and carry. Big call out to Big H, I think in the past he has let the physicality to affect him but he was big strong and tough on Sunday.