Paddycripps wrote:
WOW wrote:
Still think we are a limited team
Too much reliance on individual brilliance ie Charlie and Harry
Winning premierships requires a drilled team able to adapt when required
We are not cohesive enough and our bottom 6 continually let us down when the pressure is applied
The skill errors and brain fades last night were horrendous
The Hawkins goal and Stanley mark was amateur hour
This.
It was dispacable.
Grade 6 shit.
Nobody going up.
WTF????
Youbg back to shitting himself.
Plowman always does it.
Panic merchants.
Cripps 17 touches?
Outcoached at stoppages from the start.
Durdin wasteful once again. Needs a spell in VFL IMO. Small forwards need to max chances.
McKay rubbish 2 weeks running when it matters in first halves. Absolutely panted by TDK2.
Weitering has been awful since coming back. Paid his man zero attention and got duly burned.
We haven't won consecutive games for 2 months. We are overrated and average.
But what was most disappointing was the widespread fumbling and poor ball use. We can't handle the heat and panic like little babies. Woeful.
I can empathise why you feel this way, but I may be wrong about that because both of you have a right to throw the baby out with the bath water.
I’ve noticed the lesser names are copping all the blame, and I agree to a degree. Writing off the team because of Durdin (and I too expect small forwards to kick goals too or…..next), Newness, Newman, Hayes, Plowman…the usual targets, but I ask, with respect, should Weitering be playing when he lets his opponent do what he pleases and doesn’t provide a physical presence to challenge his opponent? He cost us a couple goals.
Jones might have zoned off Cameron but he knew he had closing speed to make up 5 metres. Did Young know his limitations and respect his opponent? That has to change. Young has been a revelation, but he needs to play closer to his opponent if he can’t make ground to CONTEST the high ball. There’s 5 goals there.
And that’s just the start.
Harry didn’t try to win the ball. That photo of San DK taking the mark whilstvHarry was looking away from the ball is bang on showing where Harry’s head was. When he was out of position as was his opponent Sam, why did Sam fight the others in front of him to get to the ball? Because he wanted it. Worst showing of the year from Harry, but he’s been lucky recently with goals but he should be doing more.
Apart from a handful, the team didn’t show patience with the ball in hand, coaching?, didn’t care about keeping possession like Cats did and didn’t play with the eye of the Tiger.
Too many players not switched on, perhaps intimidated, too many unfit players, and another lesson for Voss about his players.
And Cripps letting Blicavs dominate him. Speedy would have pulled him off the ground as a message to stop crying and start fighting.
Yeah the umpiring was obviously bias, but we should be bigger than that
Moral of the story, out KPs failed to play their role, and we only lost by 5 goals.
Furthermore, those lesser types, and I thought Hayes showed something LOB can’t, we’re holding spots till Pitto, gov, Martin, Williams, Owies return. Huge difference.
And Weitering should not have played. That’s why Durdin should have been selected. Weitering and SOS were liabilities.
We can beat the Cats, just as we can beat ourselves.
@#$%&! it was cold in Melb. I’m warmer up at Buller wearing same clothes. Maybe it’s the chilli Gin and Tequila.
Go Blues. Things can only get better…and after that lesson I know they will…we will be a better team. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Finals were the goal, and I just want another go at the Cats with a few new faves
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