The massive overcorrection we feared this year is in full effect now. Instead of not playing on at all, we now play on after every single mark, in every single situation.
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Houston is excelling now with more experience and isn't stuffed by the new rules (as Jonas as a lumbering dinosaur is). The Co-captains experiment has to end next year and Dan should be the Captain. I wish we had two of him, so one could play forward. He would have nailed the shot missed at the end.Houston and Boak.
I said in the game day thread that Jonas should be banned from kicking more than 30m.
Broady. Lienert possibly Hammer. Seriously consider Farrell and playing Howard as a key forward. He is now to predictable as a spoiling defender and as a fwd would free him up to mark. Not as if he hasn't played fwd in the past. If Lienert doesn't come up then put Westhoff in defence as he couldn't be any bloody worse than what he is producing now and does play that floating role well. Yes he does have a man to mind however he is athletic enough to overcome.Anyone at the Maggie’s that can come in for DBJ?
Ollie, Robbie, Ryder and Motlop absolute puss.
Bring in Frampton
The midfield is one-dimensional and TOO slow. That's is so obvious. Fix it Ken
We sure looked flatIt looked like the Brisbane game took a lot out of both sides. Check their result from last night.
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And they can stay there too....The only 2 players that could run with the ball are now playing elsewhere.
Ports always let the most smug, offensive, campaigner of a player stick the knife in.
Lynch, McGovern, Shuey, Stringer, Dangerfield, Jenkins, C. Cameron...
Remember that year Ben Jacobs and Troy Chaplin both kicked winners against us? Should've burnt the club down and started again at that point.
The scary thing is that WCE specialise in intercept marking in their D50Sydney stacks game was really not that impressive - at least not beyond what we knew about him already.
It's pretty easy for a professional to mark a ball being aimlessly fired in to a forward line with no tall forwards. Many have done it before, sadly we won't learn again, and many will do it again
Watching the replay ..Just read that Ken blames our attack for the loss. Nothing to do, then, with him not selecting any forwards?
OhUnfortunately he managed to get himself suspended for 2 games !
Polec big loss with his pace, Chad was classThe only 2 players that could run with the ball are now playing elsewhere.
We were bemoaning guys that we’re a worry after watching Doogs DBJ , Jonas and Bonner there last night from the Riverbank stand where we came to the conclusion , the only one you can trust is Dan Houston to do the right thing . Clurey in there on current form but clangers from the othersHouston is excelling now with more experience and isn't stuffed by the new rules (as Jonas as a lumbering dinosaur is). The Co-captains experiment has to end next year and Dan should be the Captain. I wish we had two of him, so one could play forward. He would have nailed the shot missed at the end.
It's not a brain fade imo, it's symptomatic of a team with a loser mentalityWatching the replay ..
Westhoff marks the ball on the 50 and instead of going back to have a shot at goal, takes off on his arc and makes a bloody stupid pass to no one, which lands about 15m out.
Closest Port player was Rozee about 5m away, who had no hope of getting to it, but would have marked it if Westhoff passed to him.
Ellis got it and it ended up as a rushed behind.
You would think Westhoff would have known better. Just a bloody brain fade ..
But geez, how many brain fades did our players have in that game.