07-03-2016, 12:29 AM
God awful game, really highlights the need for some class in the midfield. Gibbs was being clung to all the time, Cripps seems to want to do the fancy stuff more than the meat and potatoes. Curnow tries his guts out and should win our best and fairest this season but he is not the skilled mid. We looked slow and clumsy.
Down back, where would we be without Simmo, he was outstanding last night, in fact while I said Curnow should take out the B&F, I might strike that and name Kade. Docherty is being sat on a bit more,but when he can straight line a ball he looks outstanding. Weitering looks to be hitting the rookie wall, not as sure handed as he was at the start of the season. Plowman looked slow and reactive last night, I want him to be better and hopefully he can get an uninterrupted pre-season.
Kerridge, Sumner, Everitt, Walker very ordinary all round. Thomas and Wright decent but nothing special. Casboult - blah, Kruezer - yawn and Philips decent. They all seem to want to fly at the same ball, there is no forward structure, no separation, no football IQ.
This brings me to young Jack Silvagni, I don't understand the negative comments. This is a young kid, who would struggle to weigh 80Kgs wringing wet. He threw himself at the ball, found space in a forward line when no one else could. Gave a couple of nice handballs to advantage, was one of the few that could kick to advantage of his team mates and jumped in and flew that flag for Simmo I think. I'm sure he ran around a bit lost and he must kick those goals inside 30m, but as far as debuts go it was a good place to start.
No Murphy, No Armfield made an average speed side look very slow indeed, now Byrne is gone, we'll look slower again.
If this match showed us anything it's that we're settling to where we should be bottom 4-6, we need skill and pace and we are rebuilding.
Down back, where would we be without Simmo, he was outstanding last night, in fact while I said Curnow should take out the B&F, I might strike that and name Kade. Docherty is being sat on a bit more,but when he can straight line a ball he looks outstanding. Weitering looks to be hitting the rookie wall, not as sure handed as he was at the start of the season. Plowman looked slow and reactive last night, I want him to be better and hopefully he can get an uninterrupted pre-season.
Kerridge, Sumner, Everitt, Walker very ordinary all round. Thomas and Wright decent but nothing special. Casboult - blah, Kruezer - yawn and Philips decent. They all seem to want to fly at the same ball, there is no forward structure, no separation, no football IQ.
This brings me to young Jack Silvagni, I don't understand the negative comments. This is a young kid, who would struggle to weigh 80Kgs wringing wet. He threw himself at the ball, found space in a forward line when no one else could. Gave a couple of nice handballs to advantage, was one of the few that could kick to advantage of his team mates and jumped in and flew that flag for Simmo I think. I'm sure he ran around a bit lost and he must kick those goals inside 30m, but as far as debuts go it was a good place to start.
No Murphy, No Armfield made an average speed side look very slow indeed, now Byrne is gone, we'll look slower again.
If this match showed us anything it's that we're settling to where we should be bottom 4-6, we need skill and pace and we are rebuilding.