06-20-2021, 04:29 AM
LP....said it on a couple of Instagram posts about how badly we've missed Plowman and have been howled down. I've not been a huge fan of his because of some of his turnovers, but he is one small/medium defender who does actually try and defend. It's embarrassing that we've got Saad, Williams and Docherty and none of them want to defend....so we throw that task to Stocker. At times last night Stocker looked to be running through the midfield and IMHO was one of our better players and one of only a few that actually had a crack.
For the glass half full supporters, can someone give me a reason why, after all of the scrutiny of the last fortnight on all aspects of the club, how it is that we can turn up and produce that shit in the first half? It was no different to the first 20 minutes of the WCE game....no pressure, no intensity, just letting opposition players waltz around as they liked and spot up loose targets. It was only blokes like Stocker, Owies, JSOS and Pittonet actually showing some intent and aggression.....hardly the leaders of the club. I know JSOS has issues with his goalkicking but I doubt there's many that work as hard as him.
And Walsh had De Boer crawling up his backside yet I didn't see anyone come in and help...try to block for him...or do anything to help. That tells me there's definite lack of leadership out on the ground.
It's always hard watching just on TV but the number of times Saad was just running around guarding space and refusing to pick up an opponent was worrying. He might've had small/medium defenders at Essendon who could actually defend which gave him the freedom to run and bounce and zone off....unfortunately we don't have that luxury.
We are destined for another bottom 4 finish and it's now nearly 6 years since the rebuild/mega draft of 2015. In that time we've also brought in big name recruits like McGovern, Martin, Saad and Williams and we are still nowhere near it. If Murphy isn't being gifted games to get to 300 based on form, then Martin and Williams should be playing in the VFL next week.
At times on the screen last night, even Cripps looked like he'd given up....the umpires didn't help his cause...they just don't like him for some reason. And when your co-captain is handling the ball like a piece of soap, there's not much else leadership out there.
I'm not for/against sacking Teague either way, but it's got a feeling of inevitability about it now. It looks similar to the last few weeks under Bolton where there was a clear disconnect between coaches and players. If there is a game plan, then either it's not being communicated properly or the players aren't getting it or just don't want to adhere to it.
And as a few others have pointed out, Stanton can clear out his desk tomorrow and f#ck right off. I failed to see anything funny about that effort last night.
For the glass half full supporters, can someone give me a reason why, after all of the scrutiny of the last fortnight on all aspects of the club, how it is that we can turn up and produce that shit in the first half? It was no different to the first 20 minutes of the WCE game....no pressure, no intensity, just letting opposition players waltz around as they liked and spot up loose targets. It was only blokes like Stocker, Owies, JSOS and Pittonet actually showing some intent and aggression.....hardly the leaders of the club. I know JSOS has issues with his goalkicking but I doubt there's many that work as hard as him.
And Walsh had De Boer crawling up his backside yet I didn't see anyone come in and help...try to block for him...or do anything to help. That tells me there's definite lack of leadership out on the ground.
It's always hard watching just on TV but the number of times Saad was just running around guarding space and refusing to pick up an opponent was worrying. He might've had small/medium defenders at Essendon who could actually defend which gave him the freedom to run and bounce and zone off....unfortunately we don't have that luxury.
We are destined for another bottom 4 finish and it's now nearly 6 years since the rebuild/mega draft of 2015. In that time we've also brought in big name recruits like McGovern, Martin, Saad and Williams and we are still nowhere near it. If Murphy isn't being gifted games to get to 300 based on form, then Martin and Williams should be playing in the VFL next week.
At times on the screen last night, even Cripps looked like he'd given up....the umpires didn't help his cause...they just don't like him for some reason. And when your co-captain is handling the ball like a piece of soap, there's not much else leadership out there.
I'm not for/against sacking Teague either way, but it's got a feeling of inevitability about it now. It looks similar to the last few weeks under Bolton where there was a clear disconnect between coaches and players. If there is a game plan, then either it's not being communicated properly or the players aren't getting it or just don't want to adhere to it.
And as a few others have pointed out, Stanton can clear out his desk tomorrow and f#ck right off. I failed to see anything funny about that effort last night.