03-24-2017, 01:22 PM
(03-24-2017, 01:12 PM)RiverRat link Wrote:Apologies if someone has already raised this subject but I don't have time to read all of the previous posts. Can anyone tell me what the game plan was for at least trying to minimise Martin's impact - other than the comment on the banner.
He was on his own so often that it gave the impression we were hoping he would run out of puff from the amount of ground he covered when collecting and using so much uncontested ball.
At many stoppages play in the second half, our midfielders (Gibbs in particular) looked directly at Martin and then chose to man-up on another opponent whilst directing a younger teammate (e.g. Petrevski-Seton, Macreadie) towards Martin or just leaving him on his own.
BTW - Ed Curnow should be banned from ever passing the ball into the corridor by foot; his efforts to kicking short to a teammate have turnover written all over them. If he has to kick the ball, he should kick long and towards the boundary line.
Said it previously that Martin scares our blokes and no one wanted to mix it with him....last time I saw that with a player was with Barry Hall who had our blokes jumping out of his road as he crashed through feeble tackles.
Hope Bolton addresses this issue and demands his senior players take responsibility, we need to recruit a couple of tougher players who can provide what we lack and at least stand up when needed.
Its not about fighting or whacking blokes like Martin but showing that he can be tackled and hurt by our blokes..watched the game with some Essendon supporting family friends and they thought it was hilarious how Martin had so much time to do what he liked and how our blokes avoided him...just embarrassing IMO..