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Without sounding condescending:
Regardless of the personnel in each team and injuries / suspensions out of each team, regardless of the umpiring (yes it was shocking), the simple fact is that the Eagles wanted the win more. That much is pretty obvious.
I felt sorry for Bell (in particular) and Pavlich, that not many other players stood up when it counted. Bell bleeds Freo through and through. It must be devasting for him, that on a continual basis, no one else (Pavlich excepted) comes to the party.
Freo's midfield looked slow but, that is really a reflection on WCE being 1st to the ball... ditto on the umpiring free kick tally.
Player Summaries
Hedland - It would have been good to have seen him play to ascertain whether he is finally upping the ante in his performances, and to to see if he is able to perform when things aren't going well.
Longmuir - Very dissapointed with his performance, and I still firmly believe that he is over-rated. I have very rarely seen him take a game by the scruff of the neck.
Medhurst - Very easy to bash him... I would be surprised if he's not traded.
Farmer - Yes, I hate the guy... but not much he could do when there was bugger all delivery or quality delivery into the Fwd line.
Haselby - Looked pathetic... but we all know he's been carrying an injury, so he is excused from a lynching.
J.Carr - very dissapointing this year. I have seen 3/4 of the Dockers games this year, and I have rarely seen him perform up to the level he consistently displayed at P.Adel. I find it quite bizarre that some of these threads are spind-doctoring the c rap that Carr has had a better year than Stenglein.... whatever.
Sandilands - He actually looked okay. He still got beaten in the ruck, but he wasn't flogged, as Cox has taken him to the cleaners on previous occassions. He was not disgraced as he came up against the No.1 Ruckman this year. Will get better, that much is obvious.
Schofield - I think theres no need to make a comment on him.
Coach Assessment
Seemed bizarre that he made bugger all moves during the match. I would have thought Pavlich into the midfield early in the 2nd qtr and McPharlin into the backline shortly after. However, doing so would have meant bugger all to kick to in the Fwd line. I suppose, CC is on a hiding to nothing in that respect.
Recruiting next year
Quite obvious to me that a "big name recruit", will not be the solution to fixing the teams lack of hunger on the big stage. I'm talking about when CC talks up a game, and not when the club has been rogerred by all and sundry (media / fans) i.e. going in as the hunter, ala, Melb and Geelong games.
Therefore, the improvement has to come from within, from the existing personnel.
Thoughts?
Regardless of the personnel in each team and injuries / suspensions out of each team, regardless of the umpiring (yes it was shocking), the simple fact is that the Eagles wanted the win more. That much is pretty obvious.
I felt sorry for Bell (in particular) and Pavlich, that not many other players stood up when it counted. Bell bleeds Freo through and through. It must be devasting for him, that on a continual basis, no one else (Pavlich excepted) comes to the party.
Freo's midfield looked slow but, that is really a reflection on WCE being 1st to the ball... ditto on the umpiring free kick tally.
Player Summaries
Hedland - It would have been good to have seen him play to ascertain whether he is finally upping the ante in his performances, and to to see if he is able to perform when things aren't going well.
Longmuir - Very dissapointed with his performance, and I still firmly believe that he is over-rated. I have very rarely seen him take a game by the scruff of the neck.
Medhurst - Very easy to bash him... I would be surprised if he's not traded.
Farmer - Yes, I hate the guy... but not much he could do when there was bugger all delivery or quality delivery into the Fwd line.
Haselby - Looked pathetic... but we all know he's been carrying an injury, so he is excused from a lynching.
J.Carr - very dissapointing this year. I have seen 3/4 of the Dockers games this year, and I have rarely seen him perform up to the level he consistently displayed at P.Adel. I find it quite bizarre that some of these threads are spind-doctoring the c rap that Carr has had a better year than Stenglein.... whatever.
Sandilands - He actually looked okay. He still got beaten in the ruck, but he wasn't flogged, as Cox has taken him to the cleaners on previous occassions. He was not disgraced as he came up against the No.1 Ruckman this year. Will get better, that much is obvious.
Schofield - I think theres no need to make a comment on him.
Coach Assessment
Seemed bizarre that he made bugger all moves during the match. I would have thought Pavlich into the midfield early in the 2nd qtr and McPharlin into the backline shortly after. However, doing so would have meant bugger all to kick to in the Fwd line. I suppose, CC is on a hiding to nothing in that respect.
Recruiting next year
Quite obvious to me that a "big name recruit", will not be the solution to fixing the teams lack of hunger on the big stage. I'm talking about when CC talks up a game, and not when the club has been rogerred by all and sundry (media / fans) i.e. going in as the hunter, ala, Melb and Geelong games.
Therefore, the improvement has to come from within, from the existing personnel.
Thoughts?
