So we keep Marshall, then who of the other 3 ruckmen we let go?A ruck / forward is one position we need to fill, so agree 100%.
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So we keep Marshall, then who of the other 3 ruckmen we let go?A ruck / forward is one position we need to fill, so agree 100%.
So we keep Marshall, then who of the other 3 ruckmen we let go?
Sydney push teams out wide then set up zones. You can know what to do but it's like corralling cattle, get the dogs to bark at them and they go where you want them too. The only way to play the corridor is to have exceptional skills, when we did use it last night it destroyed us and caused them to score back the other way because we couldn't get it to a player on their own. Sydney don't allow you to get any space t work in and if you run a lead someone pushes back across in your space.
There's footage out there of a respected senior player looking at roo and rolling his eyes when Richo was talking to i think the forwards in the rooms at half time in a game earlier this yearSeems to be a issue with a lot of our players no confidence Coaching staff need to fix it
Lolnorf still over achieved and made two prelimsBased on our current structures, gameplan & list we look like a team that will never reach great heights & be a middle of the road team like lolnorf. Yuck.
#diversity
Good question. Hickey will want opportunity so may move on. Also if we don't think he is up to it, he will be moved on.So we keep Marshall, then who of the other 3 ruckmen we let go?
For mine Steele was the biggest disappointment in the midfield. Can tackle but isn't a good user of the ball in fact looks fumbly and doesn't hit team mates. Just seems to pass or knock it out in a very rushed haphazard way.
And what about against the average teams like Essendon
Weve traded out/downgraded multiple first round picks in the last 5 years. Some were good but some were bad. And i cant help but think maybe if we just had of gone full rebuild and tryed improving our draft position over the years, yes maybe we would have been worse off in the short term. But better off in the long term.Don't forget we started during the compromised drafts.. 2013 (billings) was our first top 10 pick since Armo?
For mine Steele was the biggest disappointment in the midfield. Can tackle but isn't a good user of the ball in fact looks fumbly and doesn't hit team mates. Just seems to pass or knock it out in a very rushed haphazard way.
Blokes we think will be good who are yet to play 50 games...
Acres, Sincs, Gresh, Membrey, Steele, Paddy, DMac (backing him in)
We see what JB has done this year when he's passed that mark.
Im hanging in there with our kids
I think we played 3 good games this year.Here's how I see it right now...
When we play our brand at our best we are brilliant. We've seen that a few times this year and it's irresistible.
But we have a tendency to go into our shell and play dull bruise free football and tonight was an example. We were just pathetic tonight and I still look at that game and think we should have won. We kept Buddy quiet but let Sinclair have a night out?! Our midfield in the stoppages was non-existent! I'm actually despairing at that performance. If we'd brought anywhere near our best we'd have won.
I thought Billings was just downright awful in the first half. I love Jack but he seems to have gone back into his shell and he's not backing himself. Constantly looking to handball to players in a worse position. Not that he's alone there, we were always looking for nothing handpasses when the Swans would just kick it forward from a stoppage backing their teammate to win the next contest.
There was so much wrong with tonight so I don't see the point in going into it too deeply but the bottom line is our pressure and ability to compete was PATHETIC! Our midfield was embarrassed tonight. Our forward pressure was disgraceful. Our work around stoppages was awful, especially considering Longer actually appeared to get the better of the ruck (take note those blaming Hickey for last week, midfield just as bad tonight).
Here are some names I would throw into the getting dropped pile:
Gresham
Steven (love him but downright useless tonight)
Acres
Lonie
Billings
That's 5 guys off the top of my head that played bruise free gutless football tonight. And how we were so unprepared to win contested football, especially in the first quarter, is frankly beyond me. This was the most important game of the year and we served up crap.
We need to wake up now because we are going down a bloody bad path. I don't for a second think our rebuild is in tatters - but we need to take stock and think about how we play our football because it is all over the shop right now. Two weeks ago we were amazing but the most important thing in footy today is constistency.
So on that note - this should be Roo's last year. If you can not compete to the level every week then you can't play this game at AFL level. I have loved that man and everything he's done and I wanted the fairytale flag as much as anyone, but it's time.
POSITIVES: Dunstan was fantastic, I thought Bruce was great, Membrey back next week. There were others but in the end...... just disappointing.