05-07-2023, 04:16 AM
(05-07-2023, 03:02 AM)pinot link Wrote:They're not good enough to pick up the slack when talls are down.
Brisbanes Cameron and Bailey kicked 8 goals between them while their talls were ineffectual. They picked up the slack.
If Charlie and H are tied down we are screwed as small forwards simply not good enough to step up.
We either accept mediocrity or gun for a flag.
Lions capitalised on turnovers.
They got one, their smalls ran out the back, found space and got easy goals. They didn't do much to get those goals, the hard work was done up the ground, they just got on the end of them.
Unfortunately our smalls didn't get the same kind of manic pressure/service as the Lions did. Thats through no fault of their own though.
I can't recall a week that you haven't targetted the small forwards as being 'the problem'.
What is it exactly that you want to see from them that you are not seeing, is it simply goals?
Motlop + Durdin
4 goals, 13 disposals, 10 tackles with 5 of them inside 50.
74% and 79% time on ground.
Cameron+Bailey
8 goals, 24 disposals, 10 tackles with 6 of them inside 50.
87% and 80% time on ground.
FYI, that TOG translates to an extra 18 minutes (9 each) their forwards were on the ground compared to ours.