GreatEx wrote:
You're on fire, Bondi!
I think H tries hard, but he probably hasn't shaken his demons, and the spectre of self doubt looms over him. He'll have good moments, but he'll also shank a set shot 20m wide of the sticks. Good on him for not dropping his bundle but he isn't ready to carry a team. I give him a pass.
I'd not noticed the signs of mental checking out in JW that you mention. He can be a hard read, he's always had a sort of hangdog expression; he reminds me of Ross from Friends when he'd give a tired "hi" then flop down on the coffee shop sofa and moan about his latest love life failure. But at the same time, I've never doubted his effort or commitment. If he's out then the end is nigh.
I have never highlighted Weiterings mistakes because he has so many credits in a game. But, his EFFORT in the last 2 weeks actually stinks. Who gives a Fk what his facial expressions look like. He stared blankly and watched the seconds where he was suppose to be competing just tick over and he's left in the wake of that ball.
He is NOT trying 100% of the time.
Last 2 weeks his head is elsewhere, not just this week.
Harry? You can make all the excuses for him but his job is to take those moments because of his superior talent: marking and kicking goals. He's getting paid to do that. If he can't, because he's playing under duress, why doesnt he take leave without pay? Ditto Elijah.
I couldn't believe the ruck stats that say TDK had 9 HO to advantage which was the whole teams HO to advantage. Harry took the ball out of the ruck at least 4 times and handballed to a team mate...that's a HO to advantage. So he was good in that space. When Harry was playing that role, TDK was resting on the bench, Young was playing as a decoy and it was so obvious he was a non threat, leaving lazy Charlie to stand the square.
Had to send Gov in the square to get Charlie out of there before he hatched an egg.
All our leaders were disappointing and embarrassing given what they are paid so handsomely to do.
Charlie doesn't take one on one marks in the goal square, and he doesn't kick goals from the square, he kicks them, hit or miss, from the 50m arc or beyong....leave him there. Oh, Vossy did in th alast. How many did he kick in the last? How often did he put pressure on an opponent...you know, 1 percenters. Cop this. Charlie played 93% Game Time, and was the main target. He applied himself 7 times to pressuring. He didn't even lay a finger on them. That's just applying pressure in over 100 minutes of footy. ZERO tackles. ZERO!!!!!
The leaders were not fit for purpose. Didn't show up. Didn't do their best.
Worst 2nd half since round 1.
WTF is it about our 2nd halves, other than we aren't playing 23 AFL fit players to execute.
Having a laugh before the game started, Sinbagger texted me to remind me we have more than 8 out injured, alluding to whether I was confident,given that we haven't won a game with more than 8 out injured. He stated "we're in dangerous territory". I smiled. I knew that some stat was relevant, but hoped for dear life this week would be different.
9 out injured and we can't run out a game.
Austin was obviously wrong suggesting we had a Top 2 List after the Trade period last year. He thought he got rid of 3 injury prone players. He didn't account for injuries to other players. He lost the plot.
Oh my. I think my boys have given up on the Blues this year.
This week I'm going to book a holiday to spend a few weeks in Greece late Aug-Sept, with no return flight booked.
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