i have been reading a lot of peoples inputs on how we went on sat night and especially the things people have said about our young players youny players have to get about 40-50 games under their belts to really perform consistent football until then we have to be prepared for errors as they go through the huge learning curve from underage/vfl experiennce to the pressure cooker of the elite level who of us has entered the workforce and then had the expectation put on us of the rest of the employees. even trademen have apprentices. if you are still at school do the year 7 students do year 12 work. no because we are not ready for it. in my workplace we (the older, experienced members are there to help the new members and guide them with experience in what we call our mentoring program. if they make errors we help them and in most cases down the track they blossom.
i look at the young guns at a team like brisbane and alot of their gun players have been playing 6/7 years (jonathan Brown being the exception) as for jordan mcmahon, ihave it on good authority that plough has been working on his attack on the ball fromthe first day he arrived at the club so they had identified that from the start. saturday night was another step in that lesson. as for him and all the other young players they gave me great hope for the future with the way they played. it was our more senior players who are meant to leading them and showing them the way that may have let the team down. also i watched werribee on sunday and i thought gilbee played well as did bowden. he seems to read the play well down back. mcguinness and power did all that could be expected from players in their first year in open age competition. we all need a little patience and hope to see the young players develop with the assistance of the older players.
PS in the debate ondimma i think he goes OK until he goes on to his left foot. why he does theis when he doesn't need to is beyond me. running in to an open goal and going on to his left side and spraying it out on the full is a case in point. i have watched him do this year after year and i wish he would use his right foot unless he absolutely has to use his left
i look at the young guns at a team like brisbane and alot of their gun players have been playing 6/7 years (jonathan Brown being the exception) as for jordan mcmahon, ihave it on good authority that plough has been working on his attack on the ball fromthe first day he arrived at the club so they had identified that from the start. saturday night was another step in that lesson. as for him and all the other young players they gave me great hope for the future with the way they played. it was our more senior players who are meant to leading them and showing them the way that may have let the team down. also i watched werribee on sunday and i thought gilbee played well as did bowden. he seems to read the play well down back. mcguinness and power did all that could be expected from players in their first year in open age competition. we all need a little patience and hope to see the young players develop with the assistance of the older players.
PS in the debate ondimma i think he goes OK until he goes on to his left foot. why he does theis when he doesn't need to is beyond me. running in to an open goal and going on to his left side and spraying it out on the full is a case in point. i have watched him do this year after year and i wish he would use his right foot unless he absolutely has to use his left
