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As good as Murphy Reid’s moment was today - and it was brilliant, he will be a star - do not let it distract you from the fact that we were utterly embarrassing.We played a good 10 minutes in that game, the other 70 we were disgusting. It was always going to be tough but why were we uncompetitive in the first game of the season? Why did it take us until we were 60 points down to start playing like an actual professional team? Why did it take an 18 year old kicking a few goals to get the team going? These are questions that need to be answered.Everything that I’ve been critical of in the past 5 years was on display again today. Slow starts, poor skills, low intensity and an inability to deal with pressure, an over-usage of the handball which invites said pressure, poor 1-on-1 defending, patches where our midfield just get dominated, structure all over the place (why the f was Sharp playing full-back) etc etc etc.But the worst bit was we actually gave ourselves a chance to win the game at 3 quarter time, or at least give it a good shake, and then for some inexplicable reason we went back to the slow sh*t. When Reidy held the ball up at half-back early in the quarter, then proceeded to kick it lace out to Stewart I knew the game was over. And then we gave up 10 goals and lost by 80.I don’t like writing players off but Reidy, Banfield and Worner are so obviously not AFL quality and I expect all three to be delisted at the end of the year. The decision to play the latter over Chapman or Aish is just another in the long list of utterly bizarre JL decisions that make me question why he is our coach and why so many of our fans defend him - I’ve lost all faith in him and it’s Round 1.Brayshaw and Reid the only ones who can hold their heads high today.
As good as Murphy Reid’s moment was today - and it was brilliant, he will be a star - do not let it distract you from the fact that we were utterly embarrassing.
We played a good 10 minutes in that game, the other 70 we were disgusting. It was always going to be tough but why were we uncompetitive in the first game of the season? Why did it take us until we were 60 points down to start playing like an actual professional team? Why did it take an 18 year old kicking a few goals to get the team going? These are questions that need to be answered.
Everything that I’ve been critical of in the past 5 years was on display again today. Slow starts, poor skills, low intensity and an inability to deal with pressure, an over-usage of the handball which invites said pressure, poor 1-on-1 defending, patches where our midfield just get dominated, structure all over the place (why the f was Sharp playing full-back) etc etc etc.
But the worst bit was we actually gave ourselves a chance to win the game at 3 quarter time, or at least give it a good shake, and then for some inexplicable reason we went back to the slow sh*t. When Reidy held the ball up at half-back early in the quarter, then proceeded to kick it lace out to Stewart I knew the game was over. And then we gave up 10 goals and lost by 80.
I don’t like writing players off but Reidy, Banfield and Worner are so obviously not AFL quality and I expect all three to be delisted at the end of the year. The decision to play the latter over Chapman or Aish is just another in the long list of utterly bizarre JL decisions that make me question why he is our coach and why so many of our fans defend him - I’ve lost all faith in him and it’s Round 1.
Brayshaw and Reid the only ones who can hold their heads high today.
