At half time it looked like a shellacking but we steadied and made a game of it. If nothing else, I'm relieved by the maturity shown in the second half. It's going to take much more to turn the season around, however.
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Bevo will double down now, and English will ruck solo again. In fact, I'd back it in none of our talls will change for next week.
For a team that loves to press up with our defence and get in the face of the opposition, the retreating on the man on the mark seems to fly in the face of everything our defensive structure stands for,
basically just allows the play on and for entry to be deeper. Crazy.
basically just allows the play on and for entry to be deeper. Crazy.
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Agree with a lot in this post.
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We aren’t beating many teams with whatever that was. Hopefully we see an uptick next week.
English see himself as a Ruckman only
Yep. You just knew he’d miss it. I don’t want to bag him too much but in all seriousness I can’t see anyone paying big $ for him with his kicking. It wasn’t even just those misses - his kicking inside 50 a few times was really costly.
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Losing the centre bounces gave us no chance. When we got close they continued to get the clearances.
Amen.
Had a few howler moments defending Hewitt and Cripps too.
I love him and he did do better in the second half but he wants $$$, we shouldn't pay it.
The same players still have the same goalkicking issues they have had for years. You wouldn't want any of Naughton, Hunter or Dunkley kicking for your life.
Weightman, Williams & Dale seem to have lost all confidence, while Gardner & Cordy are just shit.
Loved Libbas game, Treloar was terrific, Macrae got a heap of it & I thought JUH & English were good.
Not all is lost, we played poorly & only lost by 12 against a side that will play finals this year. The midfield needs to be much more accountable defensively though otherwise our inadequate KPDs are just going to get exposed & continually leak goals.
Weightman, Williams & Dale seem to have lost all confidence, while Gardner & Cordy are just shit.
Loved Libbas game, Treloar was terrific, Macrae got a heap of it & I thought JUH & English were good.
Not all is lost, we played poorly & only lost by 12 against a side that will play finals this year. The midfield needs to be much more accountable defensively though otherwise our inadequate KPDs are just going to get exposed & continually leak goals.
Shithouse again, half asleep first half, pissed it away in the end, would have been undeserved anyway, need to wake up, can’t afford to drop many more
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Can someone tell me how Cordy gets a game?
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Any chance that we can come up with a strategy for containing the games big mids as they stroll away from centre bounces?
Its seems to be a bit of a recurring issue.
Our centre square setups are dysfunctionally shambolic at best. Sieve like the rest of the time.
Its seems to be a bit of a recurring issue.
Our centre square setups are dysfunctionally shambolic at best. Sieve like the rest of the time.
me to but unfortunately he wasn't the only one with something wrong with their hearts
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Did we take some collective minds camp over the preseason and force the players to listen to Freed From Desire on repeat?
It’s certainly looking that way. He’s probably got a few more games to prove otherwise but there is already plenty of evidence.
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After tonight I'm thinking that Naughton might have to go back. He has no goalkicking routine and it's a surprise if he actually kicks the goal. Maybe we have to accept that he is a defender. Hope I'm wrong but he's never going to go close to winning the league goalkicking despite supposedly being a dominant forward. He can take five inside fifty marks and not look like kicking a goal.
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Our game started on the half back flank for most of the night
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I don’t think anyone can blame English across the first two rounds. He’s playing really well.
Pretty much averaging 22 touches, 6 clearances and 20 hit outs across the first two games. If we were told that in November last year we’d be stoked.
Desperately needs a ruck partner though, let him sit 30% of the game at FF. Sweet is needed as he can play 50% game time up forward and make up the rest in the ruck.
To me it’s such a bleedingly, frustratingly, astonishingly obvious solution.
Pretty much averaging 22 touches, 6 clearances and 20 hit outs across the first two games. If we were told that in November last year we’d be stoked.
Desperately needs a ruck partner though, let him sit 30% of the game at FF. Sweet is needed as he can play 50% game time up forward and make up the rest in the ruck.
To me it’s such a bleedingly, frustratingly, astonishingly obvious solution.
