(05-22-2015, 10:42 PM)shadesy link Wrote:It was watching it live that I truly appreciated how awful we are. And undersized. The Geelong mids of Guthrie, Murdoch, Caddy etc just waltzed through us. Comments from guys who supported either team noticed how undersized our players were.
That came through on the TV too.
There were a couple of lowlights that stuck in my mind.
The ball was going into the Geelong forward line at one stage and there was a wide shot. All our guys were manned up pretty well but they all seemed about 30cm smaller than their opponents.
I thought of Derek Zoolander at the time...This was a defence of ants
Towards the end of the game Buckley was going forward and there was no options ahead of him.
Our guys were in one on ones, but they all kept moving slowly back towards the goal....their Geelong opponents content to just stay close and keep between them and the ball.
No-one thought to move sideways to create an option, to lead up or to try and get some separation.
I think in the end (after looking up for a lead a couple of times) he just kicked it to a contest and the ball was turned over.