Too harsh. Except for a 15 minute period of the 3rd Quarter it's the best I've seen our forwards work as a collective for a long, long time. Wasn't always clean and wasn''t often pretty, but whenever we got it Inside 50 you felt we were a chance to score. Loved most of what we did in defence given we were smashed around the stoppages. Only the 2nd win I've seen live this year, so was happy to see them find a way.
You obviously rate Aliir Aliir's expertise and skill as a ruckman more than I do.Kreuzer was best on ground just a game ago... but sure we better put him out to pasture...
I can never Question Kreuzer's effort whenever he's taken the field, but he has been soundly beaten by pretty much every proper ruckman he's come up against this year. Struggles to get off the ground these days and the opposition ruckmen don't fall for his "step around" move any more. Not really an effective target around the ground either. Unfortunately bringing in Phillips or Lobbe presents more problems than it solves. Yet to be convinced that TDK has the tank to be a full-time ruckman yet.
If the club is fair dinkum about getting the most out of Cripps, Setterfield, Kennedy, Dow, Stocker, SPS, Fisher, Gibbons and Cuningham then its an issue SOS needs to address this trade and draft period. I'd have a look at trying to snaffle Oscar McInerney, who's still on the Lion's Rookie List and maybe draft a Nick Bryon with a later pick who we can develop over 3-5 years.
Dow needs some time in the VFL to find form and confidence. Second time this year Cuningham has missed multiple games this season. Would prefer he comes back via the VFL.
Personally I think you're both well off the mark and need to stop believing the line of BS the media are peddling. Like us, they are a young team and 18 months behind us in development. They have a senior core of Witts, Hanley, Swallow, Miller, Thompson, Martin, Sexton and Wright, who's just beginning to coming into his own as a KPP. Add to this their 2015-2018 draftees including Bowes, Ah Chee, Ainsworth, Brodie, Crossley, Collins (mature), King, Rankine, Lukosius and McLennan and in time there's a pretty good base to work with. Unfortunately for GCS half of that lot were unavailable this week. Add another couple years at the draft and a few Free Agents and they'll be just fine. I don't think they need priority picks etc, just a bit of patience......like another team I've been watching over the last 4 years. FWIW I was impressed with contributions made by Jack Lukosius and Ben King yesterday as 1st year KPPs. Their list is no more of a s**t sandwich than ours was 12 months ago.
One of the things I like about Teague is that he's not afraid to try different things in order to achieve some output from his players when things don't go to plan. However, like Garlett, it's not a position I'd like to see SPS play often. Had absolutely NFI where his opponent was most of the time.Another positive day for Teague. Really like SPS off HB. Who thought of that?
Won't happen
Spot on Soapy and by the time he does regain fitness he'll be behind all of Charlie, McKay, Casboult, TDK & SOSOS, so there's no guarantee he'll get another game this year.
I think this where the appointments of Brad Lloyd and Andrew Russell are worth their weight in gold. Doubt much escapes their trained eyes.
I'd actually put McGovern in that category. If the opposition so much as ruffles Gov's hair he's looking to spend the rest of the game on the bench.
Yeessss......I was thinking the exact same thing.
