You would think watching the game last night that Roger James would just be sitting there shaking his head in dismay.
Cochrane was controversially given a spot in the 22 last night when really you could not possibly say his form warranted it in recent times, his form at Central emphasise this.
Mark Williams not only picked Cochrane in the side, he gave him a spot in the starting 18 and he was rewarded with 103 minutes of gametime and had 2 main tagging roles for the night.
For much of the first half Cochrane had the job on Scott Thompson. To put it simply Thompson pulled his pants down and dominated. Thompson setup important clearances, won the hard ball and kicked a couple of great goals. The second quarter was where Cochrane won most of his 15 possesions, as part as our poor tactic of chipping the ball around in the defensive half we got alot of uncontested footy. Unfortunately when Cochrane gets the ball he just does stupid things. He simply takes the wrong option everytime he gets the ball and it really does hurt us. He has the wonderful ability of putting teammates under immense pressure.
Cochrane battles hard to his credit and after having his pants pulled down by Thompson Chocco made the wonderful decision to put him onto Riccutio.
You cannot blame Cochrane here because he has not got the ability to play on Roo and it showed.12 odd damaging possesions in the second half to the Roo and important clutch goals was vital in the Crows getting the win.
It is easy to go back and say we should have done this but not one person could possibly justify the selection of Cochrane in the side. I take my hat off to him because he always give 100% for the side and trys his guts out. Unfortunately his role last night was very costly, and when you look through the midfield clearances we were smashed for the most part and how good would Roger James had been in there last night. Perhaps even someone like Thomson who has at least been in good form in the SANFL.
Cochrane was controversially given a spot in the 22 last night when really you could not possibly say his form warranted it in recent times, his form at Central emphasise this.
Mark Williams not only picked Cochrane in the side, he gave him a spot in the starting 18 and he was rewarded with 103 minutes of gametime and had 2 main tagging roles for the night.
For much of the first half Cochrane had the job on Scott Thompson. To put it simply Thompson pulled his pants down and dominated. Thompson setup important clearances, won the hard ball and kicked a couple of great goals. The second quarter was where Cochrane won most of his 15 possesions, as part as our poor tactic of chipping the ball around in the defensive half we got alot of uncontested footy. Unfortunately when Cochrane gets the ball he just does stupid things. He simply takes the wrong option everytime he gets the ball and it really does hurt us. He has the wonderful ability of putting teammates under immense pressure.
Cochrane battles hard to his credit and after having his pants pulled down by Thompson Chocco made the wonderful decision to put him onto Riccutio.
You cannot blame Cochrane here because he has not got the ability to play on Roo and it showed.12 odd damaging possesions in the second half to the Roo and important clutch goals was vital in the Crows getting the win.
It is easy to go back and say we should have done this but not one person could possibly justify the selection of Cochrane in the side. I take my hat off to him because he always give 100% for the side and trys his guts out. Unfortunately his role last night was very costly, and when you look through the midfield clearances we were smashed for the most part and how good would Roger James had been in there last night. Perhaps even someone like Thomson who has at least been in good form in the SANFL.