07-03-2016, 05:50 AM
I was really disappointed in last night. We showed a lot of fight and no small amount of courage, but they were up and close to their best (that is frightening as they were pretty ordinary), while we were a long way off it. We had only 1 player, Silvagni, who could not honestly say he has played better this season. Our best handful were only shadows of what they have been in other games. And we had a lot of guys who didn't fire a shot.
Everitt and Walker were particularly ordinary and would have to be lucky to hold their spots.
Sumner couldn't get the ball much, but his chasing and tackling were one of our highlights.
Casboult was so far down he must have seen the earth's core in close-up. He dropped marks and mucked up kicks and just didn't deliver a target.
Weitering played his poorest game and looked like he needed 'managing'. He needs to get his confidence back in the VFL (if only we could afford to do it). Maybe a week off altogether. The surety and kicking were not there and the decision making was far below his best.
Rowe and Plowman did good negative jobs, kept their men really quiet, but couldn't get a kick themselves. Particularly Rowe, who kept Cox to 2 possessions for the night.
[1] Our forward structures just weren't there. We did not give guys a target and nobody wanted the responsivity of kicking the goals.
[2] We mucked around terribly in the midfield and across half back as nobody had confidence to kick the ball quickly. as a result we moved the ball so slowly and our forwards had no chance, and, in trying NOT to make mistakes, we constantly made mistakes and turned the ball over.
[3] Our midfield is getting smashed. Our opponents are awake to Gibbs and Cripps when they come 3rd man up, they haven't given Cripps any room at all and he hasn't been able to create any (that is one of the reason why I think he is not 100% fit). We are very predictable and need to change things up or get smashed.
Everitt and Walker were particularly ordinary and would have to be lucky to hold their spots.
Sumner couldn't get the ball much, but his chasing and tackling were one of our highlights.
Casboult was so far down he must have seen the earth's core in close-up. He dropped marks and mucked up kicks and just didn't deliver a target.
Weitering played his poorest game and looked like he needed 'managing'. He needs to get his confidence back in the VFL (if only we could afford to do it). Maybe a week off altogether. The surety and kicking were not there and the decision making was far below his best.
Rowe and Plowman did good negative jobs, kept their men really quiet, but couldn't get a kick themselves. Particularly Rowe, who kept Cox to 2 possessions for the night.
[1] Our forward structures just weren't there. We did not give guys a target and nobody wanted the responsivity of kicking the goals.
[2] We mucked around terribly in the midfield and across half back as nobody had confidence to kick the ball quickly. as a result we moved the ball so slowly and our forwards had no chance, and, in trying NOT to make mistakes, we constantly made mistakes and turned the ball over.
[3] Our midfield is getting smashed. Our opponents are awake to Gibbs and Cripps when they come 3rd man up, they haven't given Cripps any room at all and he hasn't been able to create any (that is one of the reason why I think he is not 100% fit). We are very predictable and need to change things up or get smashed.
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