Over the last few years, I guess most Freo supporters including myself were hopeful that our list would one day seriously challege for a premiership... it's now time to realise our list is far from that and we won't win a premiership with our current batch of players.
Our coaching staff probably have to accept some of the blame but in reality our playing squad is just not up to scratch with the top few squads.
Problems start in the midfield... we have no clear ball winners and no-one that can break the lines with the exception of 1 or 2 players. When you look at our midfield, the only one with real pace is Peake and perhaps Crowley. It became extremely evident last week against the Bulldogs when their players would surge through the midfield while we couldn't play continuous football at all.
People say the majority of our midfielders are one dimensional, can only play well when our team is up and going and when the conditions suit, and it is completely true. With all respects to our players, we are never going to really improve with players like Cook, Walker, McManus, Schammer, M Carr etc running through the center and I'm even tempted to throw Hasleby and Bell's names in there.
There is no confidence in our midfield group hence players are always second to the ball and play really reactively instead of proactive instinctive footy.
Don't get me wrong, we have plenty of quality players and a decent nucleus but we need to make some significant changes to our playing list and perhaps our coaching panel as well before we can expect some significant improvements. It might be a case of taking a step back before taking another step forward.
Our coaching staff probably have to accept some of the blame but in reality our playing squad is just not up to scratch with the top few squads.
Problems start in the midfield... we have no clear ball winners and no-one that can break the lines with the exception of 1 or 2 players. When you look at our midfield, the only one with real pace is Peake and perhaps Crowley. It became extremely evident last week against the Bulldogs when their players would surge through the midfield while we couldn't play continuous football at all.
People say the majority of our midfielders are one dimensional, can only play well when our team is up and going and when the conditions suit, and it is completely true. With all respects to our players, we are never going to really improve with players like Cook, Walker, McManus, Schammer, M Carr etc running through the center and I'm even tempted to throw Hasleby and Bell's names in there.
There is no confidence in our midfield group hence players are always second to the ball and play really reactively instead of proactive instinctive footy.
Don't get me wrong, we have plenty of quality players and a decent nucleus but we need to make some significant changes to our playing list and perhaps our coaching panel as well before we can expect some significant improvements. It might be a case of taking a step back before taking another step forward.
