04-24-2023, 06:43 AM
(04-24-2023, 01:58 AM)LP link Wrote:I wouldn't be too worried about BigH and the other KPPs kicking, they will always have good and bad days, the media are going to beat up on them, but we need to stick fat, it's not the lack of opportunities for them, it's the lack of crumbing goals that are killing us at the moment.
Aints must have cleaned up 98% of the ground ball in our D50, the low rate of success crumbing is abominable, just unacceptable. You only need to get 2 or 3 crumbing goals a game to flip the equation, take the pressure off the KPFs and turn a deficit into a lead. When Owies went out we've lost both a deep defensive runner and 2 goals a game that we've failed to replace, Honey hasn't had an impact, not sure where we go from here, Motlop is basically a highlights type player not a 4-qtr workhorse. Small Durdin is horribly out of form. Some fans might defend small Durdin because he's averaging a goal and a bit, but other than that goal and a bit he's not having much impact. Sure he made some tackles, but his opponent was still able to dispose of the footy in most tackles, a tackle is basically a zero stat if you fail to trap the pill.
I think another thing missing in 2023 is goals from the midfield, last year we had Cripps, Hewett, Cerra and Kennedy all contributing at times, this year that has basically evaporated. Is it due to form or tactical changes, it's hard to tell, probably a bit of both?
LP, I don't get too concerned when points are kicked by our forwards when they are under pressure and are taking hurried kicks at goal.
My concern is the failure rate of Big Harry and other KPPs to convert from deliberate shots at goal. We have had this problem for some years now and there does not appear to be a solution.
Failure to kick the really gettable goals is a confidence killer and must sap the morale of the team.