Sounds great. It’s what I wish for too. But we struggle to do this consistently.
It was the same when Ryder played for us- thought he should have roam across the centre of the ground and they just had to kick it high to him to take advantage of his run and his massive leap. Didn’t happen.
We don’t exploit our strengths as much as we should. Instead yesterday we got these high kicks to Merrett - close to the shortest bloke on the ground - where he’s in a 1 vs 2 situation. Why do we do pick those poor options?
It’s a bit ominous about JD’s soreness. Of course they may be considering resting him just because of the 5 day break; or it could be a flareup of his long term injury. I hope it’s not his groin again. I was a bit puzzled by a few of his efforts last week. If his groin has flared up again, it would explain those particular efforts.
Our depletion of big men has now become very serious. We’ll struggle even more with so many unavailable.
He’s out because he is already sore. That’s not a good thing after 3 games of footy, but it’s not the end of the world. He was rubbish last week which suggests he may have played sore in his 3rd game back.
Its starting to look like Joey might be a bit like his Uncle Neil. I hope this is not so. Also he has been away from footy not playing and not conditioned to the rough and tumble atm.
Joey some think is one of those once in a generation type players. He has fine footy blood line and genetics. He is sort of mercurial and magical to watch when he is on point. He makes it all look effortless and simple when its not. I think the club needs to be extremely careful in his management now. He may need even more expertise in his management to keep him on the field. He may be one of those players who doesn’t play every game and is managed very skilfully.