04-04-2016, 01:22 AM
Sometimes you can only play as good as the opposition lets you. Sydney in the mid-field were awesome. They smashed us and didn't let up. Unlike some on this site, I think Gibbs was ok, it was just he along with everyone else was overwhelmed by superior forces. I actually get a bit sick of the Gibbs bashing and general negativity but everyone is entitled to their opinions.
I sometimes think that supporters often forget the players are human. I thought Murphy, who had a good game last week, didn't come up as well this week because of his lack of preparation pre-season, which is normal. I also think that Thomas was dealing with his demons in the first half. He looked like a player who was trying to try but didn't know how to commit. I think half way through the third quarter he just decided to go. Hopefully he can continue on.
The positives were that Weitering was good again, C Curnow, while finding the pace early hard to adjust to, finished well, and while there were times I thought we were going to be really smashed, our players never gave up, which is something new. I also thought that Jamison had the better of Buddy. He got one goal from a soft 50 meter penalty, one from a soft free kick, one from a shocking turnover, and one form good play down field that Jammo couldn't stop.
The negatives were our disposals. I think our poor kicking coming out of defense cost us half our losing margin. We lacked cohesion all over the ground and we lack the ability to implement any strategy consistently. We also do not have a forward structure. I do not know if it is because our kicking skills and decision making are so poor, the forwards do not have the confidence to run to where they need to be, or
they simply do not know where they are suppose to be when the ball is coming in.
I also think we went in too top heavy, particularly in defense and I think we would have been better to have Buckley down back instead of Rowe, not that Rowe played a bad game.
I have had to rethink where we will fininsh this year after yesterday. I believe we will be down near the bottom this year, where as I thought we would be making some ladder progress this season. However I am quite positive and believe that if we can recruit well again this season, we can march up the ladder quite quickly.
I sometimes think that supporters often forget the players are human. I thought Murphy, who had a good game last week, didn't come up as well this week because of his lack of preparation pre-season, which is normal. I also think that Thomas was dealing with his demons in the first half. He looked like a player who was trying to try but didn't know how to commit. I think half way through the third quarter he just decided to go. Hopefully he can continue on.
The positives were that Weitering was good again, C Curnow, while finding the pace early hard to adjust to, finished well, and while there were times I thought we were going to be really smashed, our players never gave up, which is something new. I also thought that Jamison had the better of Buddy. He got one goal from a soft 50 meter penalty, one from a soft free kick, one from a shocking turnover, and one form good play down field that Jammo couldn't stop.
The negatives were our disposals. I think our poor kicking coming out of defense cost us half our losing margin. We lacked cohesion all over the ground and we lack the ability to implement any strategy consistently. We also do not have a forward structure. I do not know if it is because our kicking skills and decision making are so poor, the forwards do not have the confidence to run to where they need to be, or
they simply do not know where they are suppose to be when the ball is coming in.
I also think we went in too top heavy, particularly in defense and I think we would have been better to have Buckley down back instead of Rowe, not that Rowe played a bad game.
I have had to rethink where we will fininsh this year after yesterday. I believe we will be down near the bottom this year, where as I thought we would be making some ladder progress this season. However I am quite positive and believe that if we can recruit well again this season, we can march up the ladder quite quickly.