06-20-2023, 10:13 PM
Took advantage of the rain delay at Edgbaston to flick through the replay again, limited stats aside, the inclusion of Fogarty, Cincotta, Martin and Cunningham and the rising form of Boyd really made a huge difference. A lot more pressure on opposition ball carriers and a hotter environment around the ball, good 2nd efforts, and excluding Cunningham they mostly made reasonable use of the footy when they got hold of it. In fairness to Cunningham he made up for the poor disposal with repeat efforts.
I know people will criticise me for repeating this, but we've paid a price by continually carrying Motlop and Durdin while they are in the development phase, after getting an AFL taster that development should have been happening back in the VFL. I can't say the players who came in were any better in terms of ball use, but when we didn't have possession Fogarty, Cunningham and Cincotta give repeat efforts, there is no drop off or head drop.
To me it really shows something that Durdin and Motlop need to learn, that when you bring the repeat efforts you do not really need to have a lot of footy to influence the game.
I know people will criticise me for repeating this, but we've paid a price by continually carrying Motlop and Durdin while they are in the development phase, after getting an AFL taster that development should have been happening back in the VFL. I can't say the players who came in were any better in terms of ball use, but when we didn't have possession Fogarty, Cunningham and Cincotta give repeat efforts, there is no drop off or head drop.
To me it really shows something that Durdin and Motlop need to learn, that when you bring the repeat efforts you do not really need to have a lot of footy to influence the game.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"