Super game from the Swans. Their midfield was just way too deep and too good for ours to counter. You look at Pendles and Beams and try and see where the support comes from. Tonight I thought Blair was very good in the contest but nobody else really came to play. All of Swan, Thomas, Sidebottom and Wellingham were soundly beaten.
We have a lot to work on in the off season, but the makings of an excellent team are still there. A lot of the young kids will be better off for the year and we will hopefully not have the nightmare run with injuries we have had this year. Get a full preseason into Didak, Ben Johnson, Luke Ball. Andrew Krakouer gets some time to work on his fitness.
Dane Swan has almost become a liability on occasions. He is ridiculously one way, and tonight in a final he had the grand total of 2 tackles. Both of which came in the last quarter. His disposal was atrocious too.
Sidebottom was equally bad tonight. but he can be excused. He and Beams have been asked to carry a massive load in the midfield this season and clearly they are mentally and physically exhausted.
Overall though we just need to work on our field kicking. There were so many times tonight there was a good option to go for in the corridor, but through lack of confidence and the old MM game plan, we went for the safe boundary option, which is a huge problem because the opposition knows we are going to go there.
The season just never felt right to me, and this morning I woke up and just had this impossible feeling that we would not be playing in a grand final next week. Was really weird, but I guess I just knew that things need to click for a grand final team, and we haven't clicked all year. I don't blame the coach, it was always going to eb tough with injuries to instill a new game plan and change players habits under pressure, and even more tough when the team lacked so much continuity.
Chin up though, I have a feeling with a good, controversy-free preseason we will be firing come round 1 2012.
We have a lot to work on in the off season, but the makings of an excellent team are still there. A lot of the young kids will be better off for the year and we will hopefully not have the nightmare run with injuries we have had this year. Get a full preseason into Didak, Ben Johnson, Luke Ball. Andrew Krakouer gets some time to work on his fitness.
Dane Swan has almost become a liability on occasions. He is ridiculously one way, and tonight in a final he had the grand total of 2 tackles. Both of which came in the last quarter. His disposal was atrocious too.
Sidebottom was equally bad tonight. but he can be excused. He and Beams have been asked to carry a massive load in the midfield this season and clearly they are mentally and physically exhausted.
Overall though we just need to work on our field kicking. There were so many times tonight there was a good option to go for in the corridor, but through lack of confidence and the old MM game plan, we went for the safe boundary option, which is a huge problem because the opposition knows we are going to go there.
The season just never felt right to me, and this morning I woke up and just had this impossible feeling that we would not be playing in a grand final next week. Was really weird, but I guess I just knew that things need to click for a grand final team, and we haven't clicked all year. I don't blame the coach, it was always going to eb tough with injuries to instill a new game plan and change players habits under pressure, and even more tough when the team lacked so much continuity.
Chin up though, I have a feeling with a good, controversy-free preseason we will be firing come round 1 2012.
