Of the top 7 contenders this year Derm thought only 5 and half teams can win it (Hawks were the half) he said he thought 2 teams couldn't and they were the Crows because they've played the least players thus far therefore playing close to there best team week in week out and have only managed 7 wins and the other team was us because we don't score enough.
Our lack of scoring was compared to Ross Lyon teams by Kingy but Johnno was quick to point out our inside 50s are good and it's just a chemistry thing and will improve...
All we can do is keep winning I guess. Btw Gerrad W has Bont winning the Brownlow..
I thought the points made by King and Derm, on their own, were valid.
We don't score enough currently to win a flag.
However, like you pointed out, as Jonno said, we are generating enough inside 50s to kick a high score. We're just butchering it going forward and missing set shots. This is what's different to the Freo sides who played a defensively minded game and didn't generate large amounts of inside 50s. Also, I can't agree with the argument that we add an extra player at stoppages. I can't back this up but surely if we did this the opposition is just conceding the game as they wont win the footy! So a bit short sited, particularly from Derm.
Also we butcher the ball a lot going forward under minimal pressure. However a lot of that might be fatigue. I don't know how many times this year I've heard from commentators and opposition supporters when we played their team that the game was suffocating and high pressured. Robbo said this week our game against the Eagles had no room to breathe. When we played the pies I heard from their supporters they haven't seen such a high pressured game in a while - and that was with us having an off day. All our games are high pressured - and most of the time we're seeing the oppositions best effort in terms of intensity (save for freo round 1. Saints sucked but brought the intensity against us).
We're doing alright and once (if) we start converting our inside 50s and set shots we will be an all mighty force