Thought he was decent, fantastic is a stretch.Cuningham was fantastic. He is the least of our worries.
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Thought he was decent, fantastic is a stretch.Cuningham was fantastic. He is the least of our worries.
I dunno why anyone ever assumed he would be anything other than terrible.Fantasia. What a disappointment. Offers absolutely nothing. Should spend at least a month in the 2's so he can find some form.
I have a sense we dont have a lot of on-field leadership/ tactical nous. We have some pretty poor decision makers but we definitely have the talent to be a contending side. It will be interesting to see if Voss can unlock the talent we have.Even though we have a tonne of injuries, I still believe we had the talent out there to do the job tonight. But there's something wrong with our system, plus footy IQ (eg: how many blind handballs to players under pressure, etc).
There are 800 ish players in the AFL. I'd call 796 of them ball watchers before I'd call Walsh one.He played on Walsh this time. Who's not opponent conscious at stoppages. Is a ball watcher bout his only deficiency but someone as fast as daicos hurts that.
Yeah it's something often floating around my head but rarely say it, hoping we'd left those days behind, but for such a powerful midfield, opposition teams too often go in with a firm plan and out compete us.We get beaten at our own game too often. Almost to the point where it ain't out game
Jack Russell, is that you?Haha - is there an award for the daftest post of the year DPTY?
I was really disappointed with some of Walsh's dump kicks today when he had significantly more time. It shits me when 2-3 players work really hard to supply a player who actually has space and then they just throw it on the boot to nothing. It just burns everyone who worked hard to put them in that position.I wasnt aware - Bucks said it during their prematch waffles
Around 2/3 of scoring is achieved by the turnover game - not from stoppages
An area we need to get much much better at.
But it requires some sophistication and palyers with some level of footy IQ - things we dont have in abundance
I mean how far can we go when one of our best in walsh just dump kicks?
Plenty of other examples
I have a sense we dont have a lot of on-field leadership/ tactical nous. We have some pretty poor decision makers but we definitely have the talent to be a contending side. It will be interesting to see if Voss can unlock the talent we have.
Yeah I must say it’s sad to see the mighty #6 being so soft in the contest.Not complaining about this one though. He's been pretty crap all bar 1 or 2 games.
Give me Boyd, Cincotta and Cowan any day.
How many picks can we get?Mid season draft… need for speed or IQ.
Mind-boggling to give him a two-year deal when he's shown nothing to earn it. Been a massive disappointment the past couple of seasons.Durdin 5 disposals @ 40% efficiency, 0 contested possessions, 0 tackles, 9 pressure acts, 0 score involvements
I've had a constant nagging doubt about this team for years now. They can look fantastic when the skills are on display and they move the ball. When the pressure is up, we look irrepressible.
However, against sides that match the pressure, we can look so bad on the turnover.
We have gone the endurance route with this side, but we still lack pace. It only takes Saad to be out to highlight this. You can bail yourself out with pace when all else fails.
In the midfield, we have zero pace amongst our genuine mids and only Cuningham offers a little, but he doesn't get his hands on the ball nearly enough. Up forward ... honestly, it's probably Durdin who has no idea where to position himself, and big H who have the wheels.
We are so vulnerable in this regard. Pounds to peanuts, we look for an endurance athlete with tidy foot skills in the national draft.
You had me until “midfield the biggest source of our problems”.Disappointing loss. Lucky not to lose by more.
A lot of people are blaming our lack of pace, but I think the issue is at least as much about smarts. When you're making the smart position or picking the smart option then you make the opposition react to you and look quicker. Unfortunately most of our high footy IQ players are out injured: Doc, JSOS, Martin, Saad, even Fog to an extent. If it wasn't for Newman we'd be even worse off.
Given our injuries I understand why we're having to play both Fantasia and Durdin, but there's really no excuse to have them both as starting players while someone like Kennedy is the sub. Poor selection choice there.
Harry had a poor moment at the end but apart from that was generally good. Kicked 4 and always willing to get stuck in with tackles and pressure. Charlie could learn a bit from him on that front.
Weitering excellent. Cuningham a decent return. Owies did his job. TDK did OK forward but still has work to do in the ruck. Midfield in general is the biggest source of our problems. Needs to lift.
I mean it in the sense of he'll gravitate to the ball isntead of anticipate the drop or next possession. You can see it in the daicos winning goal. They're next to each other and there's a fumbly contest so Walsh sucks towards it slightly and daicos stays outside. Of course there's luck in it but Walsh didn't need to suck in watching the ball. He had to stay man conscious. He wasn't.There are 800 ish players in the AFL. I'd call 796 of them ball watchers before I'd call Walsh one.
Wasn’t the only time they hit someone up on a slow play like this as well.
ShhhhJack Russell, is that you?
I've had a constant nagging doubt about this team for years now. They can look fantastic when the skills are on display and they move the ball. When the pressure is up, we look irrepressible.
However, against sides that match the pressure, we can look so bad on the turnover.
We have gone the endurance route with this side, but we still lack pace. It only takes Saad to be out to highlight this. You can bail yourself out with pace when all else fails.
In the midfield, we have zero pace amongst our genuine mids and only Cuningham offers a little, but he doesn't get his hands on the ball nearly enough. Up forward ... honestly, it's probably Durdin who has no idea where to position himself, and big H who have the wheels.
We are so vulnerable in this regard. Pounds to peanuts, we look for an endurance athlete with tidy foot skills in the national draft.