Positives and Negatives

[muckypup]

Im starting this now so I get to say,

Positive: Barlow still a jet

my negative is that no one played as well as Barlow who has been out of the comp for 12 months.

 

[silverscope]

Negative: Injury list of Sandilands, Mundy, Ballantyne, Bradley, Silvagni, Hayden, Suban, McPhee and Morabito. 9 players who would be starting 22.....


I think we are going to have these ups and downs throughout the rest of the season and come september, if we make it, we will be lucky to get out of the first round.

We are not going to win a premiership this year so I hope we look after our players heading into season 2012. Maybe even get Freo oval resurfaced .

 

[Leslie_Chow]

Fyfe is still a jet.


Hopefully the end for Van berlo and Crichton, which is a very good thing.

 

[Deep_Purple]

The thing that has worried me for at least a year now is our forward structure. When we had the opportunity to come back in the 2nd and 3rd quarters there was just no consistent structure to the forwards. I like Harvey as a coach but please lets play guys like Pav that straighten up our forward structure. Even Kep leads to the pockets and Johnson just waits and leaps at the ball and does not really have the upper body strength to take pack marks consistently.

I realise that we are without Kep and Ballas but this is a problem we have had for at least 2 years, we need some good consistent solid forwards, rotating talls through the forward line does not cut it as far as I am concerned. The midfield seems uncertain delivering into the forward line.

These last quarter fades are a worry, seem to show me that a lot of the team are soft.

 

[Outshined]

Positives: Barlow, Fyfe

Negatives: Fremantle Football Club

 

[electricfeel]

Positive: Barlow, Fyfe.

Negative: Everything else.

Edit: Outshined, great minds think alike.

 

[Lach72]

Fyfe, Barlow, ibbotson. Mzungu worked hard. Did some good things.

Horrid: Van Berlo, Chrichton, Pearce, Duffield. Package him for GWS

 

[Outshined]

Edit: Outshined, great minds think alike.

I'm supposed to be studying for exams as well!

 

[Clay Davis]

If doing nothing for a quarter is working hard, then dole bludgers must be workaholics.

Mzungu played one quarter, when the game was going Freo's way. Did nothing for the rest. 63% efficiency as well, brilliant ball use there.

Utterly convinced now that our improvement last year was 90% the stroke of luck in getting Barlow. The rest of the side is shit.

Outshined - spot on.

 

[Kickett Punches Read]

pos: barlow, fyfe, hinkley playing another servicable game and his skills were good, bucovaz did some handy things

negative: our injury list as a whole, lack of fight in 3 of the 4 quarters

 

[Kickett Punches Read]

If doing nothing for a quarter is working hard, then dole bludgers must be workaholics.

Mzungu played one quarter, when the game was going Freo's way. Did nothing for the rest. 63% efficiency as well, brilliant ball use there.

Utterly convinced now that our improvement last year was 90% the stroke of luck in getting Barlow. The rest of the side is shit.

Outshined - spot on.

you are truly a squeezer

 

[Lach72]

If doing nothing for a quarter is working hard, then dole bludgers must be workaholics.

Mzungu played one quarter, when the game was going Freo's way. Did nothing for the rest. 63% efficiency as well, brilliant ball use there.

Utterly convinced now that our improvement last year was 90% the stroke of luck in getting Barlow. The rest of the side is shit.

Outshined - spot on.

Whatever Clay. Mzungu was in our best 5. He continued to work hard. His third quarter was good too, and he was still going at the end. But you hold on to you preconceived notions.

 

[FD2646]

Positives: not many

Negaties: too many to list.

Yes, I am fairly gutted right now

 

[Leslie_Chow]

If doing nothing for a quarter is working hard, then dole bludgers must be workaholics.

Mzungu played one quarter, when the game was going Freo's way. Did nothing for the rest. 63% efficiency as well, brilliant ball use there.

Utterly convinced now that our improvement last year was 90% the stroke of luck in getting Barlow. The rest of the side is shit.

Outshined - spot on.

Agree. The other 10% would be to the work of Scott.

We just simply are not that good. We are very lucky with the draw we have had that we are sitting in the 8. We will win our next two, and probably a couple more at most after the bye.

 

[Clay Davis]

you are truly a squeezer

And you're a dribbler.

We're playing downhill skiers and pack skirters ahead of blokes who are on record of winning the ball. But at least they have 'good' disposal. Laughable. Guys like Mzungu and Pitt are worse with the ball than Schammer.

 

[Outshined]

Utterly convinced now that our improvement last year was 90% the stroke of luck in getting Barlow. The rest of the side is shit.

I'd say a lot of our improvement last year also came from the way we played. Fast efficient movement with a terrific forward press. This was definitely aided by Barlow's dominance in the midfield, but skill and endeavor across the board was noticeably higher. Yes injuries play a role, but they can't be used as the sole reason as to why we've fallen so far.

 

[apuchar]

Negatives: We cannot compete with teams who have a good midfield.

Positives: We got our answers on hinkley, van berlo, and probably pearce. It is now obvious Crichton is not ready, Pav is not a midfielders ----hole. and duffields defensive run as a midfielder doesn't actually exist. And we have nine of our best players to come back in the next few weeks.

 

[Clay Davis]

I'd say a lot of our improvement last year also came from the way we played. Fast efficient movement with a terrific forward press. This was definitely aided by Barlow's dominance in the midfield, but skill and endeavor across the board was noticeably higher. Yes injuries play a role, but they can't be used as the sole reason as to why we've fallen so far.

Yes, and we haven't shown anything like it all season. No system. Injuries don't excuse that either.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Yes, and we haven't shown anything like it all season. No system. Injuries don't excuse that either.

Where is a facepalm emote when you need it.

 

[Outshined]

Yes, and we haven't shown anything like it all season. No system. Injuries don't excuse that either.

I guess my point is that the improvement from last season came from everyone. It takes a team effort to play like we did for a good part of last season. We still have enough talent to be making consistent finals appearance, it's not all just Barlow. Other than that we are pretty much on the same page.

 

[Chris25]

pos: hinkley playing another servicable game and his skills were good, bucovaz did some handy things

I thought Hinkley was a positive when he got the ball. Was clean below his knees, linked up and got the ball moving forward (that Hill run, long kick, Mayne goal was started by Hinkley) and his kicking was once again very good.

The negative was how he was used by Harvey. Last quarter, game clearly over and Hinkley was stuck in the forward line. Was an odd decision for me, given he would have added run and some class to the midfield compared to those who were in there at the time.

Also, Bucovaz showed enough. Took a quarter to get into it, but looked good once he adjusted. Some nice long kicks and also some real attack with that one big tackle. Being asked to essentially play at full back was always going to be a bit much though.

 

[salim malik]

Anybody who thinks having the injuries to key players that we have is not going to effect our performance are football imbeciles.
To be sitting where we are with the chance to be on 8 wins going into the bye and a genuine chance at the finals with Sandi ,Roger etc a chance to come back is a friggin miracle.
West Coast had the same nightmare season 010 with injuries and look where they finished
The whiteants on this board is reaching epidemic proportions and is ruining it for the genuine Freo supporter

 

[Kickett Punches Read]

Anybody who thinks having the injuries to key players that we have is not going to effect our performance are football imbeciles.
To be sitting where we are with the chance to be on 8 wins going into the bye and a genuine chance at the finals with Sandi ,Roger etc a chance to come back is a friggin miracle.
West Coast had the same nightmare season 010 with injuries and look where they finished
The whiteants on this board is reaching epidemic proportions and is ruining it for the genuine Freo supporter

another great post too many believe that with a second string line up we should still be top 4. take ottens (sandilands), bartel (mundy), chapman (ballantyne), enright (hayden), wojinski (suban), duncan (morabito)... and a few others.... how would they go?... not to mention if they lost selwood for 12 weeks (barlow)

 

[silverscope]

Anybody who thinks having the injuries to key players that we have is not going to effect our performance are football imbeciles.
To be sitting where we are with the chance to be on 8 wins going into the bye and a genuine chance at the finals with Sandi ,Roger etc a chance to come back is a friggin miracle.
West Coast had the same nightmare season 010 with injuries and look where they finished
The whiteants on this board is reaching epidemic proportions and is ruining it for the genuine Freo supporter

Quoted for Truth.

Injuries are a huge part of why we have no forward structure, why we tire easy and get blown out of the water, why we are so inconsistant.

But some choose to bag the players that are there giving there all to win.

 

[silverscope]

another great post too many believe that with a second string line up we should still be top 4. take ottens (sandilands), bartel (mundy), chapman (ballantyne), enright (hayden), wojinski (suban), duncan (morabito)... and a few others.... how would they go?... not to mention if they lost selwood for 12 weeks (barlow)

Ling (McPhee)