I think in hindsight, if they were all fit, Motlop over Owies was a mistake, we needed a small forward with enough pace to impact the overlap run, and Motlop just doesn't have it, or if he has it he doesn't use it. Early on, we also missed smalls at the fall of the ball, lots and lots of opportunities cleaned up by the Lions, I thought it was stupidity Martin and Motlop flying with Harry and Charlie and the Lions just sweeping the pill away, we could have been ten goals up at quarter time with sensible fundamentals of roving to Harry and Charlie, 9 out of 10 times the ball is coming to ground if they don't mark it, and we were hardly there at the fall.
Our lack of leg speed exposed our midfield, although I doubt we were 100% fit, but then at this time of year who is.
I though Harry and Charlie were OK, they both worked hard but our delivery to them wasn't the best. We still continue to put the footy on the heads of team-mates too much.
Subbing Fogarty for Kennedy was probably a concession that we got selection wrong, but maybe Kennedy was also a concession about the fitness of some of the players we took into the game.
I was a bit surprised by how much we panicked with the footy, missing too many targets by hand or foot, even when clear.
Our lack of leg speed exposed our midfield, although I doubt we were 100% fit, but then at this time of year who is.
I though Harry and Charlie were OK, they both worked hard but our delivery to them wasn't the best. We still continue to put the footy on the heads of team-mates too much.
Subbing Fogarty for Kennedy was probably a concession that we got selection wrong, but maybe Kennedy was also a concession about the fitness of some of the players we took into the game.
I was a bit surprised by how much we panicked with the footy, missing too many targets by hand or foot, even when clear.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"