04-04-2016, 11:19 AM
A 10 goal loss is pretty much where we sit at the moment, anyone who doesn't have Sydney in their top 4 is kidding themselves, they have every base covered. They have addressed their speed and youth issues while keeping a bloody good core together.
Sydney would consider themselves a chance this year, and would have studied Hawthorn and their movement of the ball trying to come up with a way to combat it, seeing we are tying to adopt the Hawthorn style of play we played right into their hands, what better way to practise that to come up against a "light version" of the style you planning to stop, and stop us they did.
There was no multiple runners working the ball from defence as options were covered. Switching the play was very hard and options inside were covered or missed due to pressure (perceived or real).
I posted before the start of the season we are a real chance to go 0-8 or 1-7 for the first couple of months, any thing above that was is a win and I stand by those comments. While I was barracking and screaming, in the light of the next day I saw things to get excited about. Weitering again looked composed, Curnow did some nice things, he needs game time to get used to the speed and physicality of the game. Cripps while having a quite game was still effective in patches and Docherty seems to be ready for a break out game, I see a confident man, where seasons past he looked like a rabbit in the headlights.
I look forward to the game this weekend, while I see us 0-8, I think we are a real chance against a team that hasn't played against the Hawthorn style this season.
Sydney would consider themselves a chance this year, and would have studied Hawthorn and their movement of the ball trying to come up with a way to combat it, seeing we are tying to adopt the Hawthorn style of play we played right into their hands, what better way to practise that to come up against a "light version" of the style you planning to stop, and stop us they did.
There was no multiple runners working the ball from defence as options were covered. Switching the play was very hard and options inside were covered or missed due to pressure (perceived or real).
I posted before the start of the season we are a real chance to go 0-8 or 1-7 for the first couple of months, any thing above that was is a win and I stand by those comments. While I was barracking and screaming, in the light of the next day I saw things to get excited about. Weitering again looked composed, Curnow did some nice things, he needs game time to get used to the speed and physicality of the game. Cripps while having a quite game was still effective in patches and Docherty seems to be ready for a break out game, I see a confident man, where seasons past he looked like a rabbit in the headlights.
I look forward to the game this weekend, while I see us 0-8, I think we are a real chance against a team that hasn't played against the Hawthorn style this season.