Synbad wrote:
we better not get a couple of injuries to mids this year....
thats what i saw from that game....
there is nothing coming through in the midfield...
if u wanna know why both hughes and rogers are gone.. theres a clue
No Walker, Menzel, Murphy, Gibbs, Judd, Everitt, Thomas, Carrazzo. Personally I'm more worried that our new tall forward options didn't fire a shot, even if it was just the 30 scrappy inside 50s. Get to the area, make a contest, give something for Tutt, Buckley, Smith et al. Push up and feed the ball out to Boekhorst, Docherty, Simpson, etc.
aboynamedsue wrote:
I'm not reading too much into that, but we were thrashed. Scoreboard flatters.
Pros-
Jaksch
No injuries
Yeah it wasn't great, but I think Tuohy, Curnow, Bell, Simpson and Yarran showed enough to suggest they will be able and solid for the season proper. Cripps got a solid 10 contested possessions and showed wheels; he'll be in there for round 1 and he could do some real damage if he has team mates who can reward his efforts.
Buckley, Boekhorst, Docherty, Sheehan and Dick all showed they can contribute if they're fit, but not as prime movers, at least not yet.
Graham and Byrne are a bit further off the pace than hoped by a few.
Some other thoughts:
- White got open at times on the way out of defence but was hopeless otherwise
- Wood got smashed but did OK in open play
- All the tall forwards got smashed
- All of pacier types had a hard time linking up with each other; tired legs?