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Credit to the coaching box today.
They did not leave the team as is but tried things - this would not have happened under Craig.
As a result they found out some things.
Andy Otten can play forward -he played there for Oakleigh.
Ben Rutten could be used as our anchor - and play at FF. He can take a grab and Hartigan could come in off the Rookie list for him at FB. Tex goes onto LTI list.
Jaensch is a dangerous forward and should be given an opportunity to play there. He can kicka goal and knowes where to run to.
I thought that our young defenders showed up some of more experienced hands in terms of intensity and decision making excpet for one or two errors - Talia, Smith, Brown and Rory Laird all showed the necessary vision and grit to play in this part of the field. Compare that with Riley today and it is striking. These guys can tackle and do not give away stupid free kicks and turn over the ball at will.
Ricky was soft and uncompetetive today - I counted 8 times when he was selective about going for the ball. The coaches changed him around andhe was better after half time running off half back.
Our backline is developing into a strength - but it will not be this year. We are getting the right people in place and only need to tweak - with Brown, Smith, Laird, Talia all there for the long haul andhe much needed pace present.
I would hope the selectors will take the same level of risk next week with the side. At risk are DMAC, Sauce, Reilly, Ricky and one or two others.
Time to give lyons a go and reward SANFL form as we did with Laird, Kerridge and maybe even give Rambo Tambo his fianl opportunity.
Josh Jenkins cannot ruck and Sauce cannot get off the ground. If we are going to get Brother of Corey back into the side this is the week to do it.
In the long term this loss will do us more good than harm. We need to be more flexible within the team and today has shwon that We now know that both Rory and Yaensch can play in the 18 if they play at opposite ends of the field. Otten can be an option for attack. Maybe we can even gets Pets on the ball as a defenesive or run with midfielder.
They did not leave the team as is but tried things - this would not have happened under Craig.
As a result they found out some things.
Andy Otten can play forward -he played there for Oakleigh.
Ben Rutten could be used as our anchor - and play at FF. He can take a grab and Hartigan could come in off the Rookie list for him at FB. Tex goes onto LTI list.
Jaensch is a dangerous forward and should be given an opportunity to play there. He can kicka goal and knowes where to run to.
I thought that our young defenders showed up some of more experienced hands in terms of intensity and decision making excpet for one or two errors - Talia, Smith, Brown and Rory Laird all showed the necessary vision and grit to play in this part of the field. Compare that with Riley today and it is striking. These guys can tackle and do not give away stupid free kicks and turn over the ball at will.
Ricky was soft and uncompetetive today - I counted 8 times when he was selective about going for the ball. The coaches changed him around andhe was better after half time running off half back.
Our backline is developing into a strength - but it will not be this year. We are getting the right people in place and only need to tweak - with Brown, Smith, Laird, Talia all there for the long haul andhe much needed pace present.
I would hope the selectors will take the same level of risk next week with the side. At risk are DMAC, Sauce, Reilly, Ricky and one or two others.
Time to give lyons a go and reward SANFL form as we did with Laird, Kerridge and maybe even give Rambo Tambo his fianl opportunity.
Josh Jenkins cannot ruck and Sauce cannot get off the ground. If we are going to get Brother of Corey back into the side this is the week to do it.
In the long term this loss will do us more good than harm. We need to be more flexible within the team and today has shwon that We now know that both Rory and Yaensch can play in the 18 if they play at opposite ends of the field. Otten can be an option for attack. Maybe we can even gets Pets on the ball as a defenesive or run with midfielder.

