Blue Vain wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
Still 7 rounds of footy to go.
Teague's players look to be playing with purpose in the final quarter of last 2 weeks; that's a good thing.
Go Blues. Finals still possible: just.
Trouble is it's a 4 quarter game Bondi.
When Freo hit the lead in the last quarter, they'd had 11 more scoring shots and 14 more inside 50's. We were fortunate they'd missed some sitters and we weren't 5-6 goals down.
The cracks were wallpapered over by the final score. Our midfield output after half time was abysmal.
After quarter time, they had 46 inside 50's to our 23.
We were fortunate they kicked poorly as they dominated the game after quarter time.
There were plenty of positives but there were areas of huge concern as well. As you said, the resilience in the final quarter was great to see. I wouldn't be considering finals. I just want to see players like Dow, Stocker and Kennedy continue to get opportunities. The team defence to evolve and for Charlie to make a successful return. Then it's up to those doing the review to make the necessary changes.
As for Clarkson, no thanks.
I will stop being a Member if Clarkson is our coach. My kids can take me to the footy, if they really have to.
We won the last 2 games because we did not fold in the last quarters when it really counted: that's my point.
That's a mindset I like. Playing to win. And we did.
Players playing for the coach? All I know is that they were playing to win!
We missed sealers in the 4th, and yet we won by 16. The win was fair and square. Our defenders put on heaps of pressure and killed a lot of ball. Mids helped.
We need to look for the cause of the deficiency with our clearances:
Crippa played lame after 2nd Qtr. He's our bull.
Darcy killed DeKoning in the ruck in the 3rd quarter, after slowly cooking him in the 2nd.
The feed from Darcy to his mids was...the stats tell the story.
That's not something any coach could change, and when Teague did, with Levi, he quelled the big fella...and we won.
Its will take a few years before he's a big dominant kahuna.
We need a replacement for Levi, quick. But needs to be better than Pittonet too.
That's imo should be our No 1 target. We need a No 1 ruck for next 3 years. He feeds the mids. Pitto isn't the answer.
The injured will come back to the fold this year starting with Fisher this week, then Charlie, then Setterfield, and big boys Gov and Oscar.
We should know something about the team and the coach by years end, and The Review will do exactly that.
Fact is, the Team and the Review may force the hand of Management with regard to their decision on the Coach, not us.
Exciting times. Dow, Kennedy, Stocker couldn't have come on at a better time. I hope they keep getting better.
Tom DeKoning may have a better chance winning the ruck this week than he had against Darcy.