03-04-2017, 08:41 AM
Let's not sugar coat it. This team sucks.
Thomas, kicks more out on the full than to a team mate.
Kerridge, is a bigger turnover merchant than Mitch Robinson ever was.
Liam Jones, took his screamer, he's done for the year now.
These are AFL players who cannot handball or kick to a team mate, and on what seemed to be rare occasions, the ball got to a Carlton player on the full then we struggled to hold the mark. I lost count of how many Weitering dropped and Marchbank was the same.
People are drawing comparisons to GWS, why? We don't have the wealth of talent, what we do have is a supporter base that is ready to be patient, however they do want effort. I don't want to see Cripps just sauntering after his opponent down a wing, or Boekhurst choosing when to run hard. I want Zac Fisher type effort. This little boy is like a terrier, he is after the ball, or the man and if he gets knocked down he's up.
Why was Murphy rested? He only played half last year, isn't that rest enough. He looked rusty as all get out last wee. I understand a Kreuzer or Simpson having the week off, but the way it looks he plays a week, gets a week off plays another week then gets a rest again before round 1. How do you get touch this way?
I know it's a practise round and I know it's common practise to rest the senior players for your second game but we have 40,000 members now and on the back of the past two games where is the incentive to want to commit to a membership where you go every week to watch a couple give effort but most just not good enough.
I like what I saw of MacCreadie and Marchbank (dropped marks aside) looks A grade and Plowman will become a Peter Dean type back there. Notice they are all backmen because anyone forward of centre didn't see the ball.
Very disappointing.
Thomas, kicks more out on the full than to a team mate.
Kerridge, is a bigger turnover merchant than Mitch Robinson ever was.
Liam Jones, took his screamer, he's done for the year now.
These are AFL players who cannot handball or kick to a team mate, and on what seemed to be rare occasions, the ball got to a Carlton player on the full then we struggled to hold the mark. I lost count of how many Weitering dropped and Marchbank was the same.
People are drawing comparisons to GWS, why? We don't have the wealth of talent, what we do have is a supporter base that is ready to be patient, however they do want effort. I don't want to see Cripps just sauntering after his opponent down a wing, or Boekhurst choosing when to run hard. I want Zac Fisher type effort. This little boy is like a terrier, he is after the ball, or the man and if he gets knocked down he's up.
Why was Murphy rested? He only played half last year, isn't that rest enough. He looked rusty as all get out last wee. I understand a Kreuzer or Simpson having the week off, but the way it looks he plays a week, gets a week off plays another week then gets a rest again before round 1. How do you get touch this way?
I know it's a practise round and I know it's common practise to rest the senior players for your second game but we have 40,000 members now and on the back of the past two games where is the incentive to want to commit to a membership where you go every week to watch a couple give effort but most just not good enough.
I like what I saw of MacCreadie and Marchbank (dropped marks aside) looks A grade and Plowman will become a Peter Dean type back there. Notice they are all backmen because anyone forward of centre didn't see the ball.
Very disappointing.