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Of the team in general, I think Lazzaro and Mahony need some time in the VFL, let them get a bit of the ball, get some confidence up and then bring them into the AFL side for 4-6 week patch. Some kids are just not ready to go play all year.
I think we will also have to look at putting Phillips into the VFL for patches as well when we get some more mids back, he hasn't played a lot of footy with covid so I think he needs a run to get his hands on the ball a lot more. It would be fine to play him and Powell if we had a more mature midfield group there but atm it is a bit too young/inexperienced. Need the right balance.
I am not sure what it is about Hayden, he just doesn't seem very effective. I like that he has a crack, but yeah, I would put him into the VFL as well.
McKay dominated Hawkins, loved it Beat him from behind, beat him from in front. It was only the tsunami of inside 50s that avoided a complete pants pulling down.
Cunnington was a beast. Simpkin had his best game for the year. Turner did a great job on Selwood.
Really happy with Bonar, Atu looked good, loved his tackle on Selwood around the waist, so many try to tackle him too high and give away cheap free kicks when he ducks into it.
We will lose Hall for 2 weeks and Lazzaro came off with hamstring issues, but I think he should play in the VFL when he is right to go.
I like that Campbell is competing, even though he didn't take a lot of marks we were able to at least force a stoppage when we had to go up the line, the main issue is we got 0 goals from Campbell and Goldy combined, it diminishes the benefit of having two ruckmen when they can't push forward and snag a goal or two. Both Goldy and Campbell drop a lot of marks that that they should hold on to given their size and strength advantage compared to the players around them.
I don't really want to penalise Campbell because he is having a go, but one of the main strengths of Xerri is that he is more capable in the air of our KPF/Ruckmen. At some point I want to see Xerri play and I don't want it to be a reactionary thing just if Campbell had a poor game in the future.
Looking to next week:
It seems like Dumont will have to spend a few weeks in the VFL according to the coach
Out: Hall (concussion), Lazzaro (hamstring), Hayden and Mahony
In: LDU, Zurhaar, Garner and move Taylor to the 22.
I think we will also have to look at putting Phillips into the VFL for patches as well when we get some more mids back, he hasn't played a lot of footy with covid so I think he needs a run to get his hands on the ball a lot more. It would be fine to play him and Powell if we had a more mature midfield group there but atm it is a bit too young/inexperienced. Need the right balance.
I am not sure what it is about Hayden, he just doesn't seem very effective. I like that he has a crack, but yeah, I would put him into the VFL as well.
McKay dominated Hawkins, loved it Beat him from behind, beat him from in front. It was only the tsunami of inside 50s that avoided a complete pants pulling down.
Cunnington was a beast. Simpkin had his best game for the year. Turner did a great job on Selwood.
Really happy with Bonar, Atu looked good, loved his tackle on Selwood around the waist, so many try to tackle him too high and give away cheap free kicks when he ducks into it.
We will lose Hall for 2 weeks and Lazzaro came off with hamstring issues, but I think he should play in the VFL when he is right to go.
I like that Campbell is competing, even though he didn't take a lot of marks we were able to at least force a stoppage when we had to go up the line, the main issue is we got 0 goals from Campbell and Goldy combined, it diminishes the benefit of having two ruckmen when they can't push forward and snag a goal or two. Both Goldy and Campbell drop a lot of marks that that they should hold on to given their size and strength advantage compared to the players around them.
I don't really want to penalise Campbell because he is having a go, but one of the main strengths of Xerri is that he is more capable in the air of our KPF/Ruckmen. At some point I want to see Xerri play and I don't want it to be a reactionary thing just if Campbell had a poor game in the future.
Looking to next week:
It seems like Dumont will have to spend a few weeks in the VFL according to the coach
Out: Hall (concussion), Lazzaro (hamstring), Hayden and Mahony
In: LDU, Zurhaar, Garner and move Taylor to the 22.