08-08-2021, 02:22 AM
What do you say? 2 absolutely disgraceful games sandwiched one good performance which probably just papered over the cracks. I texted a good mate, who is a Blues fan, at the 5 minute mark of the first quarter and said "we simply haven't turned up...it's that obvious...this will be a coach killer"....and pretty much spot on. About as listless a performance as you could get apart from about 10 minutes at the end of each of the first and second quarters.
Apologies if this has been covered in earlier comments but was it a "plan" to have McKay playing so far up the ground this week or did it just pan out that way? If it was a part of a plan then it needs some explaining....the Coleman leader who has kicked multiple goals nearly every week, and who had a distinct height and reach advantage over his direct opponent, is playing up around the 50m arc and up on the wing. What was the possible point of that? And putting Walsh behind the ball at the start of the game? A champion midfielder who will be tagged a lot over the next 10 years...up against a pretty ordinary midfield apart from Miller....and we put the white flag up at the opening bounce and park him in the backline?
And how do you go from tackling ferociously and with intent last week to so many weak, broken tackles this week? Some of the down the ground footage from behind the goals at time was damning....Gold Coast aren't that good and have been blown off the park in the last 2 weeks yet they just kicked it at ease from one end to the other without us anywhere near an opponent. Apart from King they have a makeshift forward line and yet they still spotted each other up inside the forward 50 at will.
I've been a fan of Newnes given he cost us nothing but his last few weeks have been appalling and he should've played his last game yesterday...get Kemp or Carroll in there in the last couple of weeks on a wing and give them a run.
We love Eddie for everything he's done at Carlton and Adelaide and for the greater game but his time is up and giving him another year isn't a great idea IMO. Give him and Murphy games to the end of the season to get to 350 and 300 respectively but then it's time.
The shopping list should include a lock down defender who can play on the medium/small forwards and sacrifice their own game to shut down and opponent...not a host of free-wheeling defenders. Plowman was a liability again yesterday.
O'Brien showed glimpses last week but was barely sighted yesterday...same with Dow.
Even Walsh seemed a bit "off" his game yesterday despite being one of our better players.
It it a coaches job to get players "up and motivated" each week or as highly paid professional athletes, should the players do that on their own? Either way, we are our own worst enemy in games where it matters. The top 8 was a remote chance but a win yesterday against Gold Coast would've kept it alive, but we simply didn't show up....it was that obvious. If it's coach...then he should clear his locker out because something needs to change at our club.
Apologies if this has been covered in earlier comments but was it a "plan" to have McKay playing so far up the ground this week or did it just pan out that way? If it was a part of a plan then it needs some explaining....the Coleman leader who has kicked multiple goals nearly every week, and who had a distinct height and reach advantage over his direct opponent, is playing up around the 50m arc and up on the wing. What was the possible point of that? And putting Walsh behind the ball at the start of the game? A champion midfielder who will be tagged a lot over the next 10 years...up against a pretty ordinary midfield apart from Miller....and we put the white flag up at the opening bounce and park him in the backline?
And how do you go from tackling ferociously and with intent last week to so many weak, broken tackles this week? Some of the down the ground footage from behind the goals at time was damning....Gold Coast aren't that good and have been blown off the park in the last 2 weeks yet they just kicked it at ease from one end to the other without us anywhere near an opponent. Apart from King they have a makeshift forward line and yet they still spotted each other up inside the forward 50 at will.
I've been a fan of Newnes given he cost us nothing but his last few weeks have been appalling and he should've played his last game yesterday...get Kemp or Carroll in there in the last couple of weeks on a wing and give them a run.
We love Eddie for everything he's done at Carlton and Adelaide and for the greater game but his time is up and giving him another year isn't a great idea IMO. Give him and Murphy games to the end of the season to get to 350 and 300 respectively but then it's time.
The shopping list should include a lock down defender who can play on the medium/small forwards and sacrifice their own game to shut down and opponent...not a host of free-wheeling defenders. Plowman was a liability again yesterday.
O'Brien showed glimpses last week but was barely sighted yesterday...same with Dow.
Even Walsh seemed a bit "off" his game yesterday despite being one of our better players.
It it a coaches job to get players "up and motivated" each week or as highly paid professional athletes, should the players do that on their own? Either way, we are our own worst enemy in games where it matters. The top 8 was a remote chance but a win yesterday against Gold Coast would've kept it alive, but we simply didn't show up....it was that obvious. If it's coach...then he should clear his locker out because something needs to change at our club.