06-04-2016, 10:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-04-2016, 10:28 AM by ElwoodBlues1.)
I went along today and Brisbane were woeful, they lack leadership and their skill level is pitiful, we managed to live off their turnovers and the goals we created were mainly due to their poor manning up where we ran the ball and got the overlap and players like Lamb ended up with uncontested marks in the forward 50.
Brisbane had their chances but were poor in front of goal and if we were playing anyone with a reasonable forward line we could have been in trouble....
Smashed in the middle IMO and losing Kruezer didnt help...how Rockcliff got 48 possies is beyond me, he didnt seem to get that much ball...I thought Robbo was ordinary too but then read he had 25 possies......not that he did any damage..
We over used the ball by hand and refused to kick the ball when that was the best option...the one area where we dominated was tackling..we hunted Brisbane down and many times went unrewarded by the umpires who were terrible most of the day.....
We get a lot of kicks smothered, or up in the air kicks by getting too close to the man on the mark....Weitering excepted..his ball use by hand and foot is always good and
when the ball is in his hands you feel safe and he was my BOG...14 marks as well..
Kerridge is a good footballer but turns the ball over too much and chooses poor options, great work rate but needs to think about his disposal more....
Everitt was the bad Everitt today.....
Walker seemed to attack the ball ok but had little impact..
The Boult couldnt get his hands on too many marks and in fact Gorringe was probably our best contested marking tall today....MK while he was on did a Hampson and had his hands in the wrong position most times...
Gibbs ...not many possies but did lay some good tackles...
Cripps ...good but Rockcliffs numbers made our mans efforts less impressive...
Simpson...cheated off his man most of the game but the Lions could never move the ball quick enough to catch him out and he rebounded the ball with ease...
Rowe..ok down back, no good in the ruck and kicked a handy goal down forward....pass
Armfield...very good again..
Lamb....good, converted well and played smart today....
Wright....always handy and safe with the ball....got caught once only from memory.
Daisy..didnt see much of him
Graham...disappointing on the offensive side, slow to move the ball on and his disposals dont hurt....but on the defensive side he did tackle well.
Byrne ..ran the ball well, couple of good marks.
Plowman..Good defender but lacks a yard and needs to get rid of the ball quicker...takes too long to wind up for handpasses and wouldnt be using him to run the ball out much unless he was well in the clear as he gets himself into trouble too easily...
White..didnt see much of him but didnt notice too many errors either...
Curnow...played on Rich and did the job, Rich can hurt you when he gets the ball but Ed had him covered including a nice kick for goal
Docherty and Touhy..both good and the latter has improved as the season has gone on..
Tom Bell....very ordinary..
Schache.....missed some easy goals and will take time...Weitering is light years ahead of him as a footballer and it was a no brainer choice....
Brisbane had their chances but were poor in front of goal and if we were playing anyone with a reasonable forward line we could have been in trouble....
Smashed in the middle IMO and losing Kruezer didnt help...how Rockcliff got 48 possies is beyond me, he didnt seem to get that much ball...I thought Robbo was ordinary too but then read he had 25 possies......not that he did any damage..
We over used the ball by hand and refused to kick the ball when that was the best option...the one area where we dominated was tackling..we hunted Brisbane down and many times went unrewarded by the umpires who were terrible most of the day.....
We get a lot of kicks smothered, or up in the air kicks by getting too close to the man on the mark....Weitering excepted..his ball use by hand and foot is always good and
when the ball is in his hands you feel safe and he was my BOG...14 marks as well..
Kerridge is a good footballer but turns the ball over too much and chooses poor options, great work rate but needs to think about his disposal more....
Everitt was the bad Everitt today.....
Walker seemed to attack the ball ok but had little impact..
The Boult couldnt get his hands on too many marks and in fact Gorringe was probably our best contested marking tall today....MK while he was on did a Hampson and had his hands in the wrong position most times...
Gibbs ...not many possies but did lay some good tackles...
Cripps ...good but Rockcliffs numbers made our mans efforts less impressive...
Simpson...cheated off his man most of the game but the Lions could never move the ball quick enough to catch him out and he rebounded the ball with ease...
Rowe..ok down back, no good in the ruck and kicked a handy goal down forward....pass
Armfield...very good again..
Lamb....good, converted well and played smart today....
Wright....always handy and safe with the ball....got caught once only from memory.
Daisy..didnt see much of him
Graham...disappointing on the offensive side, slow to move the ball on and his disposals dont hurt....but on the defensive side he did tackle well.
Byrne ..ran the ball well, couple of good marks.
Plowman..Good defender but lacks a yard and needs to get rid of the ball quicker...takes too long to wind up for handpasses and wouldnt be using him to run the ball out much unless he was well in the clear as he gets himself into trouble too easily...
White..didnt see much of him but didnt notice too many errors either...
Curnow...played on Rich and did the job, Rich can hurt you when he gets the ball but Ed had him covered including a nice kick for goal
Docherty and Touhy..both good and the latter has improved as the season has gone on..
Tom Bell....very ordinary..
Schache.....missed some easy goals and will take time...Weitering is light years ahead of him as a footballer and it was a no brainer choice....