AFL 2022 - Pre-season - Week 1 vs St. Kilda

[DJC]

Nice summary, David.

We can't expect McGov to slot in seamlessly... a work in progress. Took Jones a season to get the hang of it. I think, eventually and hopefully, the comparisons between Jones and McGov will fade. If McGov does make it in defense the bottom line is that he'll do some things better than Jones and some things not as good.

I thought our best qtr was actually our final qtr. They had the scoring end and we were defending a scrawny lead. We toughed it out and that is a good sign. But still plenty of work to be done on the 4-7 goal run-ons we give opponents/wilt under opposition pressure when they challenge us/our GP. Glad the new coaches got to see first hand our 2nd qtr fade... a discipline/mental thing that has cost us dearly for yonks and still exists.

I don’t think we faded in the 2nd quarter Shane.  Ratts made some adjustments that worked and our blokes haven’t yet learned to tweak Vossy’s game style on the run.

You’re right about the last quarter.  The Carlton of the last few seasons would have fought gallantly but would have been over run.

Ash Hanson’s presser is interesting; the coaches seem pretty pleased with our progress while looking forward to the return of a couple of key players.