01-09-2022, 09:00 AM
It looks like being a long year.
There were some good signs, but not really enough of them.
[1] Kicking into the forward line:
We normally do well when we can get the fast break and stop teams setting up. But we didn’t manage a single fast break for the entire game. That was bad enough, but the way we delivered the ball into the forward line simply wasn’t up to scratch. Our forwards didn’t get a chance. At times it appeared that we were picking out Collingwood defenders. Certainly, things were not conducive to having Darcy Vescio or Nik Stevens taking marks.
[2] Disposal:
Still not good enough far too often. The number of times our kicking got picked off was horrifying, and nobody but Moody could kick the ball 40 m.
The perfect example was in the third quarter, where we moved the ball down the ground brilliantly: the nearest thing to a fast break we managed all day. But, as we neared goal, our kicks started missing targets, and, in the end, the ball went through for a point because the kick to the square had too much on it.
Another time, we moved the ball across goal, only to kick the ball out on the full. Collingwood capitalized with a great goal.
[3] Centre setup:
With Moody and Good dominating in the ruck, we should have got a lot more centre clearances than we did. However, our mids didn’t make the best of that and didn’t seem to know where Moody was hitting it.
Moody and Good were a great combination, but our mids need to trust them more when they dominate like this.
We have some good players in the middle, but we have very few fast players in the middle. Collingwood spread the ball much better than we did.
[4] New chums:
We had 5 new players today, but only Jess Good and Courtney Jones had much of an impact.
Jess dal Pos is living on past glory and looked past it. Considering that she comes in for Jess Hosking, that is really a bad loss for us. Dal Pos not only had very few positions, but she didn’t put a lot of pressure on and looked very slow. She should not hold her place next week on this performance.
Jess Good, on the other hand started well, both in the ruck and as a tall forward. She won the ball well enough, but her kicking at goal was very poor. That is the area she needs to work on. But she was a real presence, and her ruck work was tidy.
Annie Lee had a shocker and should be dropped. She appears to have some decent attributes, but the occasion got to her. She fumbled when free and couldn’t put pressure on her opponent.
Paige Trudgeon is very much a work in progress. She handled Fredericks well enough, but she didn’t have the game awareness at times. Still, there is something to work with there, as we needed a tall defender.
Courtney Jones was quite reasonable, but even she looked somewhat off the pace. She kept working, however, and she managed to get a few highlights from her first outing.
[5] Injuries:
Our list is simply not as deep at the moment, compared to previous campaigns. We badly missed Charlotte Wilson and Mimi Hill, for example. Then having Egan and McEvoy go off hurt our midfield rotations a lot. Abbie McKay is headed in the right direction.
There were some good signs, but not really enough of them.
[1] Kicking into the forward line:
We normally do well when we can get the fast break and stop teams setting up. But we didn’t manage a single fast break for the entire game. That was bad enough, but the way we delivered the ball into the forward line simply wasn’t up to scratch. Our forwards didn’t get a chance. At times it appeared that we were picking out Collingwood defenders. Certainly, things were not conducive to having Darcy Vescio or Nik Stevens taking marks.
[2] Disposal:
Still not good enough far too often. The number of times our kicking got picked off was horrifying, and nobody but Moody could kick the ball 40 m.
The perfect example was in the third quarter, where we moved the ball down the ground brilliantly: the nearest thing to a fast break we managed all day. But, as we neared goal, our kicks started missing targets, and, in the end, the ball went through for a point because the kick to the square had too much on it.
Another time, we moved the ball across goal, only to kick the ball out on the full. Collingwood capitalized with a great goal.
[3] Centre setup:
With Moody and Good dominating in the ruck, we should have got a lot more centre clearances than we did. However, our mids didn’t make the best of that and didn’t seem to know where Moody was hitting it.
Moody and Good were a great combination, but our mids need to trust them more when they dominate like this.
We have some good players in the middle, but we have very few fast players in the middle. Collingwood spread the ball much better than we did.
[4] New chums:
We had 5 new players today, but only Jess Good and Courtney Jones had much of an impact.
Jess dal Pos is living on past glory and looked past it. Considering that she comes in for Jess Hosking, that is really a bad loss for us. Dal Pos not only had very few positions, but she didn’t put a lot of pressure on and looked very slow. She should not hold her place next week on this performance.
Jess Good, on the other hand started well, both in the ruck and as a tall forward. She won the ball well enough, but her kicking at goal was very poor. That is the area she needs to work on. But she was a real presence, and her ruck work was tidy.
Annie Lee had a shocker and should be dropped. She appears to have some decent attributes, but the occasion got to her. She fumbled when free and couldn’t put pressure on her opponent.
Paige Trudgeon is very much a work in progress. She handled Fredericks well enough, but she didn’t have the game awareness at times. Still, there is something to work with there, as we needed a tall defender.
Courtney Jones was quite reasonable, but even she looked somewhat off the pace. She kept working, however, and she managed to get a few highlights from her first outing.
[5] Injuries:
Our list is simply not as deep at the moment, compared to previous campaigns. We badly missed Charlotte Wilson and Mimi Hill, for example. Then having Egan and McEvoy go off hurt our midfield rotations a lot. Abbie McKay is headed in the right direction.
Live Long and Prosper!