05-07-2023, 06:37 AM
(05-07-2023, 06:17 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:You know I've waited two days, and I've seen all manner of blunder and bluster about our game Friday night, and not one person has mentioned that where we cost ourselves the most is in footy basics.
We coughed up one goal to Charlie Cameron. Kemp had the ball deep in defence, started to feel heat, dished it off by by hand to acres who wasn't that far away and rather than put body between acres and Cameron, kemp then threw an arm out in the worst attempt to shepherd I've seen, so much so it was completely ineffective when he really should have held it for maybe 2 seconds longer, run closer to the man bearing down and worn the tackle or handed off then shepherded properly, acres doesn't get caught and we don't concede.
This is the stuff that separates us from the best. Not the game plan or the inability to hit targets (IMHO this is choosing the wrong target not execution errors) and I think we could be much cleaner in general and it would reflect better.
We are getting burnt on the turnover because like all teams we are spreading choosing the wrong target then turning it over and aren't quick enough to correct it because of when and where we turn it over.
We aren't actually as bad as everyone thinks, and I reckon we can beat the bulldogs with a correction in execution and no wild fantastic changes required.
That incident is the difference between someone who plays AFL consistently and someone who is still getting used to the pace of the game.
It was terrible, it should never have happened, i doubt he'll make the same mistake again.
Kemp has performed so well that he has somewhat displaced Young from key post (it helps that TDK is inept as a ruck/KPP and Young is a better option....but we may be going back to Jack soon enough).