Land of the Giants
Premiership Player
What a disappointing afternoon against Port.
And I’m starting to hate these milestone matches. Toby’s 150th, Heater becoming the most capped player for the Shaw family…whatever the occasion, making a fuss about milestones seems to become millstones hanging around the neck of the players. They’re distractions we don’t need.
How about we just focus solely on playing contested footy, and leave it at that? Make a fuss of the milestones AFTER they’ve occurred, not before. Make it club policy moving forward.
Rant over.
Look at the faces of Leon, Davis and Ash, who all fronted up for post-match interviews. I think Leon summed it up perfectly, when he said “We didn’t want it, they did”. Says it all, really, but why does it keep happening? I’m questioning why our motivation is so inconsistent. Technically, the problem is our lack of penetration into the forward line; our efficiency is good when we get there, but when you’re getting done in the hit-outs, clearances, centre clearances, and stoppages, it becomes much harder for the forwards to make the most of whatever supply they get.
Moving on to next week, Saturday against the Lions will probably be match of the round, although with both teams coming off losses, the build-up will a bit subdued. Brisbane were being written up as premiership fancies before this round, only to fade really badly against Geelong at the SCG. They won’t have forgotten it was us who sent them out in straight sets last season, so the motivation will be there for them. We handled it well against Collingwood a couple of weeks ago, so there's no reason we can’t handle it again.
But I think it’s time to kick a few backsides. Jye Caldwell is said to be “AFL ready” after another consistent performance in the scratch-match yesterday, so how about we bring him back to the seniors? Jackson Hately can have more practice in the 2020 version of the seconds. As for the ruck, I don’t know, I thought Jacobs would have had more of an idea against Port; Mummy spent a lot of time man-handling Lycett for little return. We need our best big man against Brisbane. Mummy, Jacobs, Flynn, Briggs...it will probably be Mummy again.
We will probably lift for this game, so I hope I’m successful in the ballot. Who knows with this virus, if the second wave hits Sydney, it could be the last live game we see this season.
Come on, Giants. Lift your game.
And I’m starting to hate these milestone matches. Toby’s 150th, Heater becoming the most capped player for the Shaw family…whatever the occasion, making a fuss about milestones seems to become millstones hanging around the neck of the players. They’re distractions we don’t need.
How about we just focus solely on playing contested footy, and leave it at that? Make a fuss of the milestones AFTER they’ve occurred, not before. Make it club policy moving forward.
Rant over.
Look at the faces of Leon, Davis and Ash, who all fronted up for post-match interviews. I think Leon summed it up perfectly, when he said “We didn’t want it, they did”. Says it all, really, but why does it keep happening? I’m questioning why our motivation is so inconsistent. Technically, the problem is our lack of penetration into the forward line; our efficiency is good when we get there, but when you’re getting done in the hit-outs, clearances, centre clearances, and stoppages, it becomes much harder for the forwards to make the most of whatever supply they get.
Moving on to next week, Saturday against the Lions will probably be match of the round, although with both teams coming off losses, the build-up will a bit subdued. Brisbane were being written up as premiership fancies before this round, only to fade really badly against Geelong at the SCG. They won’t have forgotten it was us who sent them out in straight sets last season, so the motivation will be there for them. We handled it well against Collingwood a couple of weeks ago, so there's no reason we can’t handle it again.
But I think it’s time to kick a few backsides. Jye Caldwell is said to be “AFL ready” after another consistent performance in the scratch-match yesterday, so how about we bring him back to the seniors? Jackson Hately can have more practice in the 2020 version of the seconds. As for the ruck, I don’t know, I thought Jacobs would have had more of an idea against Port; Mummy spent a lot of time man-handling Lycett for little return. We need our best big man against Brisbane. Mummy, Jacobs, Flynn, Briggs...it will probably be Mummy again.
We will probably lift for this game, so I hope I’m successful in the ballot. Who knows with this virus, if the second wave hits Sydney, it could be the last live game we see this season.
Come on, Giants. Lift your game.
