05-16-2015, 11:04 AM
Good grief, where does one start with this mob. Must say i enjoyed watching the giants at times. They have some fine players and watching Cameron play is like seeing a young Carey.
Anyway, back to our VFL cast offs...
Little run made for no confidence going forward and spent much of the game trapped. We are the worst kicking side in the league bar none now. We win clearences and contests but give up the ball so easily. There were hardly any times we strung 3 plus posessions together when going forward, indicating a lazy midfield and a terrible paucity of options forward.
As for the better players, it is slim pickings. Gibbs was probably the stand out, winning plenty of clearences and laying tackles. He worked hard. Bell, Casboult, Judd worked hard and got a few rewards. Menzel did ok. In hindsight, Rowe battled, and with the service to Cameron, only having 5 kicked on him was about even. Curnow ran hard, and created opportunities, but his poor kicking and decision making negates his running efforts. Yarran was angry and frustrated and hardly surprising really.
The lack of tackling and general pressure was awful today. Everitt is a one effort player. Wood, Carrazzo, Armfield, Ellard had little effect or impact. And hopefully the Watson experiment is over for good. He is not and never will be a league footballer. He was an odd selection and confirms that draft as a bust for us.
As mentioned, the kicking is just deplorable. There was one passage of play when White delivered the ball low, fast and flat to Casboult who took a good mark and goaled. This was the only bit of genuine quality 2015 league footy. Most other kicks forward were high up and unders, giving forwards no chance. Terrible football.
Where to now? It's only round 7 and we are the league easy beats. Am glad I am living on the other side of the world so I have an excuse to not turn up each week. Watching it on the telly means other more pleasurable things can be done like cleaning the oven and tripping over the kids' toys.
Next week we try try again.
Anyway, back to our VFL cast offs...
Little run made for no confidence going forward and spent much of the game trapped. We are the worst kicking side in the league bar none now. We win clearences and contests but give up the ball so easily. There were hardly any times we strung 3 plus posessions together when going forward, indicating a lazy midfield and a terrible paucity of options forward.
As for the better players, it is slim pickings. Gibbs was probably the stand out, winning plenty of clearences and laying tackles. He worked hard. Bell, Casboult, Judd worked hard and got a few rewards. Menzel did ok. In hindsight, Rowe battled, and with the service to Cameron, only having 5 kicked on him was about even. Curnow ran hard, and created opportunities, but his poor kicking and decision making negates his running efforts. Yarran was angry and frustrated and hardly surprising really.
The lack of tackling and general pressure was awful today. Everitt is a one effort player. Wood, Carrazzo, Armfield, Ellard had little effect or impact. And hopefully the Watson experiment is over for good. He is not and never will be a league footballer. He was an odd selection and confirms that draft as a bust for us.
As mentioned, the kicking is just deplorable. There was one passage of play when White delivered the ball low, fast and flat to Casboult who took a good mark and goaled. This was the only bit of genuine quality 2015 league footy. Most other kicks forward were high up and unders, giving forwards no chance. Terrible football.
Where to now? It's only round 7 and we are the league easy beats. Am glad I am living on the other side of the world so I have an excuse to not turn up each week. Watching it on the telly means other more pleasurable things can be done like cleaning the oven and tripping over the kids' toys.
Next week we try try again.