Certainly a few alarm bells going off
Midfield has been woeful since isolation.
Statistically Kelly is putting up the worst numbers in his entire career this year for West Coast.
Disposals, marks, goals, clearances, contested possessions (whole reason we got him), score involvements metres gained and ranking points
All career low averages for him in 2020 ^
Considering we only have him for 6 odd seasons, we have a list which is touted as potentially flag winning, we can't afford to just write off one of his seasons.
Giving what we've paid and how we're sitting on the ladder currently, Geelong would be happy with how that trades panned out so far.
Hurn and Kennedys form is looking more ominous each week. With them potentially leaving at seasons end and no clear replacements on the list, it spells trouble.
I did like what I saw of Marsders first half though. Overhead he was good and attack on the ball was the best it's been. Pity.
Give Kelly a bit of leeway, he has been operating in a far better midfield than we have. He could be frustrated that our players don’t know how to get to the right spots, they don’t spread the right way, they don’t know when to go fir the ball and when to hold back, he could be frustrated our forwards put no defensive pressure on which is just junior footy stuff.
He is still working out what he is playing with here.
Our game plan has not evolved, we are to slow to move the ball, we don’t break lines. We are weak in the contest. That is not ability that is will.
Move it quicker and give our forwards a chance, they have no chance when the opponent has ample time to load up their backline.
Leadership is an issue, how can you expect to be accountable if McGovern won’t be and he is a leader. We play 5m behind our opponent all over the ground.
We simply are failing at many basic footy functions, Duggan has been a constant for years now yet still consistently kicks into the man on the mark, why is this still happening?
The list is fine, what’s between their ears is a problem and what they are being instructed to do is a problem.
All starts with Simpson and what he is prepared to implement.
Personal won’t change the outdated game plan.