(07-05-2022, 03:47 AM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:See my thoughts on Motlop in my other post, no doubting his talent he just needs more games and education for when he doesnt have the ball and when his opponents do,Yes, most young players are the same, fans don't see it because they watch them when the ball is around or when they are in camera shot which is always around the footy.
What we missed from Owies was what happens when we don't have the footy and it's not in the immediate zone. Being basketball background he's always moving to take space away from the opposition or to create space and provide an option to one of our ball carriers even if he is on the wrong side of the ground.
Motlop, Honey, Carroll and others tend to stop and watch what is happening then head off when they have decided where the footy is going, Owies and more experienced heads are pre-emptive, they think about what might happen next and immediately work to alter the outcome in our favour, they do not just do work in their own favour.
That is why fans see players like Owies, LoB or Durdin crumbing in the goal square one minute, and defending on the last line 60s later, but the fans don't put 2 and 2 together, instead they'll bitch and moan if Owies or Durdin are beaten in a contest on the last line!
Last weekend we saw Plowman and Newman being caught out more than once against multiple opponents, that wasn't happening when Owies, Durdin, LoB and Fisher were all working together seamlessly. It's wasn't that Plowman or Newman had a bad day or bad moment, it was because the players around them were missing instead of making up the numbers. It was one of the reasons I noticed Cerra struggling, he wasn't able to keep up and opponents took the opportunity to run off him.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"