while i was watching the game, before i went to bed (when we were down a lot)
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Mate with all due respect there is a Pressure Act and then there is a Pressure Act that causes a Turnover. In addition if you think for a second that our small forwards impact the scoreboard you are sadly mistaken. It is our key forwards who by and large kick our goals. Now I know that you don't attend many games. I do and when you're at the game you can see what sort of Pressure our forwards apply and to be frank it isn't good enough. Sure the problem is Team wide at the minute but our small forwards are giving us bugger all. Offensively and Defensively. Now you can think otherwise but you'd be sadly mistaken. :stern look
Too slow. Cooked for the season.
Snake's observation a while back that if we got injuries to the starting 22 we would be exposed for the lack of depth is 100% correct.
It has been a wild year, and I suspect that there will be more players delisted than we expect this year. The cleanout will continue; those in the firing line, including but not limited to:
Turner
Garner
McDonald
McMillan
I have a theory, which is partly catch 22, partly self fulfilling prophecy, partly dog chasing his own tail, that because as a collective, we do not push up high and retain posession in F50 until we score, instead, hanging back to try and repel in the inevitable turnover and quick rebound.
Which is actually being reactive rather than proactive, and in reality, a measure of poor workrate and intensity.
Basic skill errors and poor decision making just exacerbate this phenomena.
Frame by frame GR send it in and get him rubbed out the hack....
Theoretically Martin and Kelly would save us from games like that. They would push our bottom 2 out of the side, get their hands on the ball 30+ times each and deliver the ball with poise to forwards that could of taken their undersized and undermanned backline to the cleaners with better movement.Martin and Kelly couldn't save us on Saturday. Need to hit the draft harder than ever before.
Depth is seriously being tested now.
Theoretically Martin and Kelly would save us from games like that. They would push our bottom 2 out of the side, get their hands on the ball 30+ times each and deliver the ball with poise to forwards that could of taken their undersized and undermanned backline to the cleaners with better movement.
Do players like Martin/Kelly inspire and drag the team with them or do we still have lazy, complacent campaigners all over the field? That is the question...
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Martin and Kelly couldn't save us on Saturday. Need to hit the draft harder than ever before.
Depth is seriously being tested now.
Haven't seen that one yet...I'd prefer he did that with the Mason Cox elbow to Thompson's face. He swung a closed fist that missed and followed up with the forearm/elbow to the nose.
Everyone loses.Good points. They would blunt losses like that but those 2 have both been part of team units that have been shredded by opponents regardless of their inclusion until their sides got their act together.
Every team looks slow when they are getting doubled in the tackle count...I don't think we are slow
I just think when we are not the leaders of putting immense pressure on the opposition (they double our tackle count), we crumble which makes us look slow
Every single time we got the ball there were 3-4 players chasing and tackling us
Cant take away how good the pies are this year, with their injuries etc they are playing like a team that are finals ready imo
And more news: the sun will rise in the east and set in the west...Well, I'm glad that was cleared up for me. Lol...
We usually don't put in two bad ones in a row. They will be up for it.You can almost sense how pissed off Higgins is.
He fronts up, week after week, breaks the tag, stays out there the most of the mids, busts a gut and gets naught at the end.
Its his 200th this week.
They owe him.
I don't think we are slow
I just think when we are not the leaders of putting immense pressure on the opposition (they double our tackle count), we crumble which makes us look slow
Every single time we got the ball there were 3-4 players chasing and tackling us
Cant take away how good the pies are this year, with their injuries etc they are playing like a team that are finals ready imo
Agree, but if Browny or Maj don't take a mark or get a free, we are severely outnumbered in F50 and it comes straight back out again, i would love to see the stat's for retention/F50 entry.I think that is because we were causing turnovers and getting the ball in quickly to keep the forward line open for Browny et al. Its better to do that up the ground a bit to give them space to work in.