Review Power v Blues - Bye Bye Sweet 13
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Jackson, Narkle are ahead of him by a long way now
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Maybe the kick up the @r$e we needed, after all it was in this same round and venue in '04 that we got a wake-up call.
But very worrying signs nonetheless. If tonight is a sign of things to come, then 14-2 can easily become 14-6.
But very worrying signs nonetheless. If tonight is a sign of things to come, then 14-2 can easily become 14-6.
Maybe it was the “loss they needed to have” (I really hate this expression). Maybe they have started thinking they are a lot better then they actually are.
Absolutely need to win 2 of the next three and based on today’s effort, we lose all three.
His career is absolutely over the only thing that will save him is hinkleys blindness
Yea it sucks as he's a father/son, but ultimately I can't see what else he can do at AFL level besides not being a good enough midfileder.
That has been coming for a while.
We've played some excellent footy but for weeks now a real lack of purpose has been creeping in to our game. A lack of total desperation and a hint of wanting the easy, glory ball above all.
Lots exposed today.
Our defense is putrid when they actually have to defend. They're great when we we front half footy but when we don't/can't they are horrid. Even sides like WC made us look second rate at times and a lot of this is the way we defend. You can't play zone off, 5m in front, 10m to the side when things are against you. Back shoulder, goal side, beat your man of at the very least nullify. Our defenders don't, they are completely unaccountable and all wait for somebody else to do the real hard stuff.
Jonas is beyond a joke. Williams is very good when we are on top, a total liability when he needs to actually defend. Burgoyne is miles off AFL standard and Jones seems to have reverted to overthinking and rushing every single play he's involved in. Burton has been timid for months on end now and Allir is good but has been pushing the boundaries of what he can get away with for sometime.
The defense is a huge concern.
Lycett? Why even play him? He'll throw up a few good to very good games a year the rest are rubbish. Soft, weak, unco, can't mark and rarely has any positive impact with his hitouts. Seeing this huge lump of a man, time and time again, not even making an effort to get to a high ball coming in and standing around on the outside of a pack like some running half back makes me vomit. Where is his aggression? He's weak.
Play Hayes, we lose nothing and gain atleast a few positive movements away from ball-ups or throw-ins.
Both Lord and Marshall started poorly with kicking and Finlayson had a shocker but he's been enormous so you can't go hard on him but the 3 small defensive forwards - PP, McEntee and DBJ are trash. Complete trash and their defensive work or sacrifice for others is so overstated it's not funny.
PP has been bludging early in games for ages now. Trying to create a magic goal any time he goes near the ball and showing next to zero desperation. Without his aggression and desperation he's nothing more than an average B grader.
McEntee is horrible. No skill, no smarts, can't crumb and his defensive efforts are just not there. He jogs around pointin at others more than anything else.
DBJ just hasn't the class, evasive ability or smarts to be a constant HFF. Occasionally surprises but more often than not is invisible when it's tough.
And Mead. Good Lord, he's not even close to AFL standard. Small, slow and timid. Likes to pretend he's trying but like Bonner actively removes himself from situations it might be tough in.
The midfield tonight were poor but we did run guys through there I don't expect to see a lot of time in there as we approach finals. Fumbly, over running ground balls, throwing blind handballs around like a training drill. Constantly throughout the first half setting up leaving paddocks of open space for the Carlton guys to storm through and most chased like they couldn,t be bothered.
All this has been brewing for weeks now and with each passing weeks more and more guys have been playing like they think they've made it. Mission complete, look at us.
Well I hope we get a few back next week and I hope Ken rips in to just about every single player tonight because that type of effort could see us losing most games from here on in.
That was really bad against a pretty average side.
We've played some excellent footy but for weeks now a real lack of purpose has been creeping in to our game. A lack of total desperation and a hint of wanting the easy, glory ball above all.
Lots exposed today.
Our defense is putrid when they actually have to defend. They're great when we we front half footy but when we don't/can't they are horrid. Even sides like WC made us look second rate at times and a lot of this is the way we defend. You can't play zone off, 5m in front, 10m to the side when things are against you. Back shoulder, goal side, beat your man of at the very least nullify. Our defenders don't, they are completely unaccountable and all wait for somebody else to do the real hard stuff.
Jonas is beyond a joke. Williams is very good when we are on top, a total liability when he needs to actually defend. Burgoyne is miles off AFL standard and Jones seems to have reverted to overthinking and rushing every single play he's involved in. Burton has been timid for months on end now and Allir is good but has been pushing the boundaries of what he can get away with for sometime.
The defense is a huge concern.
Lycett? Why even play him? He'll throw up a few good to very good games a year the rest are rubbish. Soft, weak, unco, can't mark and rarely has any positive impact with his hitouts. Seeing this huge lump of a man, time and time again, not even making an effort to get to a high ball coming in and standing around on the outside of a pack like some running half back makes me vomit. Where is his aggression? He's weak.
Play Hayes, we lose nothing and gain atleast a few positive movements away from ball-ups or throw-ins.
Both Lord and Marshall started poorly with kicking and Finlayson had a shocker but he's been enormous so you can't go hard on him but the 3 small defensive forwards - PP, McEntee and DBJ are trash. Complete trash and their defensive work or sacrifice for others is so overstated it's not funny.
PP has been bludging early in games for ages now. Trying to create a magic goal any time he goes near the ball and showing next to zero desperation. Without his aggression and desperation he's nothing more than an average B grader.
McEntee is horrible. No skill, no smarts, can't crumb and his defensive efforts are just not there. He jogs around pointin at others more than anything else.
DBJ just hasn't the class, evasive ability or smarts to be a constant HFF. Occasionally surprises but more often than not is invisible when it's tough.
And Mead. Good Lord, he's not even close to AFL standard. Small, slow and timid. Likes to pretend he's trying but like Bonner actively removes himself from situations it might be tough in.
The midfield tonight were poor but we did run guys through there I don't expect to see a lot of time in there as we approach finals. Fumbly, over running ground balls, throwing blind handballs around like a training drill. Constantly throughout the first half setting up leaving paddocks of open space for the Carlton guys to storm through and most chased like they couldn,t be bothered.
All this has been brewing for weeks now and with each passing weeks more and more guys have been playing like they think they've made it. Mission complete, look at us.
Well I hope we get a few back next week and I hope Ken rips in to just about every single player tonight because that type of effort could see us losing most games from here on in.
That was really bad against a pretty average side.
Nelso
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Can we end the Jackson Mead experiment.
It is never going to work.
If his surname was not Mead he would not have been picked up.
It is never going to work.
If his surname was not Mead he would not have been picked up.
I think you are doing a disservice to honk king made rubber dogs
You obviously haven't seen Freo play lately, I think you will finish 18-5
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Lycett had a few horrific moments but he wasn't as bad as people are making out. We won clearance in the end and won centre clearance.
The game was lost on transition and turnover, and we know Lycett has never been much help in those areas.
The game was lost on transition and turnover, and we know Lycett has never been much help in those areas.
