WOW wrote:
keogh wrote:
We have been less than average since round 10 last year.
Slow ball movement.
Like last year lose the contest when it’s in close and we are gone
Nothing has changed from last year.
Voss needs to throw the magnets around and see what the team can conjure up.
You look at Adelaide and how they moved the ball.
Every defender except Butts and Murray run through the lines
Hinge and Smith are brilliant kicks
Milera, Jones and Sholl all good kicks who run out of defence
Badly missed Doc and dare I say McGovern who once again showed his legs can’t hold up to regular AFL footy
This was coming.
Hewett is clearly injured
Cripps just travelling
Kennedy injury interrupted
That’s the game
Cerra tried to lift the side but he is a fourth string mid. Give up a first and third rounder and in the long run your depth will be tested
Acres was one of the few to hold his head up but he too is your average solid citizen type player
What the Crows have mainly done is trust their recruiting staff to pick kids
Rankine and Dawson are from other clubs
Dawson has been a huge pick up
Great leader as well
Voss needs to start playing guys in different positions
Inject some ball movement
Play Binns Carroll Kemp
He needs to find out what this list can do
That won’t happen if it’s the status quo
Nothing to lose
Good summary
Too one dimensional and rely on too few
We may not have the cattle for that quick ball movement due to lack of pace and our kicking ability
Our list seems unbalanced to me, which doesn't help
Agree, need to change the mix as simply winning enough games to fall into the eight won't lead to sustained success
I was calling for a mini rebuild a few years ago. I think we have missed the boat
If we miss our premiership window, it may end up being a full blown rebuild
We're not playing good footy but I wouldn't be giving away the season just yet.
Our coaches and players need to re-focus and play to our strengths. For starters, forget the bullshit of playing midfielders at half back to plug holes and play system over personnel. Whilst Cripps was getting a flogging in the middle of the ground and the game was slipping away, Adam Cerra was filling in for Sam Docherty at half back.
Cerra has been a midfielder from day 1. He didn't train pre-season with the defenders. He doesn't know our defensive systems. That's why we drafted Cincotta.
If you're not going to use the bloke, why list him? Especially when he's coming off a 37 possession game. (And no it's not hindsight, I called for it before the game).
Cerra isn't fast but he's a lot faster than Cripps, he's tough and he runs both ways. But instead of bringing in a defender to replace Doc, we went with names instead of system. Just play Cerra, George and Kennedy at half back. What @#$%&! genius came up with that idea?
Cripps should have been removed from the midfield after the first 10 minutes. There were 11 centre bounces in the first quarter. Cripps attended 10. Adelaide kicked 8 goals.
He's great when he's on song but he's a ball hunter. He'll too often go into a contest when he probably can't win it and leaves his opponent on the outside unattended.
We need to forget the hero worshipping and make moves if the system isn't working. Cripps to the bench or forward pocket. Cerra into the middle with Ed and George and shut it down. Play man on man in the centre square to take away the momentum.
Leadership. FFS, don't wait for the runner. If Cripps knows he's being beaten, make the move yourself. Weitering. Don't punch the ball when you're one out. Show some balls and take a hit if it's coming. To see Hollands, Young and Weitering punch the ball when they thought contact was coming makes me sick. Same for Acres kicking the ball out of the air instead of grabbing it. Players fumbling because they feel the pressure coming.
That's the stuff I'm talking about when you play Blokes like LOB. You send a message that half hearted efforts are accepted. They're not.
Culture is more than running ability and kicking efficiency. Standards have to be set and met by everyone in the jumper.
The strategy of pushing a half forward up to the stoppages is acceptable if he's doing more damage than his opponent but unless it's Sam Walsh, I'm yet to see anyone else succeed. Sheezel looked like a world beater last week in the last quarter. My mother could get possessions running around without an opponent. Meanwhile people talk up Fisher's game last week. Look at who he played on.
Same with our strategy of running a half back into the square at centre bounces. (Doherty's role). It works for Nick Daicos so the rest of the sheep follow suit. You need to win centre clearances for it to work.
How about we come up with some strategies that allow our midfielders to win some contests without everyone coming to bail them out. If they can't, replace them.
I look at Rachele, Papley and other small mids creating havoc at centre bounces. Nimble, fast feet, clean hands. Why not give Durdin a go? He was a mid, he moves well. When your 6,7 or 8 goals down in the first quarter, the status quo needs to be re-addressed.
In saying that, we're still top 8 and we've shown we can compete against the best (Collingwood, Melbourne Rounds 22 and 23 last year)
We just need to get some flexibility into our side, start trusting players to flourish in other roles and forget the hero worshipping.
We have the talent, we just need to find the hunger. Half arsed smother attempts, piss weak tackles. It's time for Vossy to lay down the law. Our soft underbelly was exposed last night and its time to eradicate it. We're still well in the hunt if we can get some issues ironed out.
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