i thought he was really good. will be interesting to see where they play him when mcgrath is back.
honestly i think parish, mcgrath and caldwell look our 3 best centre square players and we should play them. move shiel to the second tier rotation. langers and merret on the wings.
Weāve got good graphic design on the walls at the hangar, and the players know more about our history. Thatās got to be worth more than playing a competent zone.
Seems like we are happy to allow the oppo move the ball and then defend and rebound when its in our backline
If thatās the game plan oh boy
there are 2 main paths
1 is player and individual development
2 is overall team process
on no.1 i get why people are excited, there were some good signs with some exciting prospects.
no.2 however is the massive red flag that was blowing loud and proud today.
as an example Jones getting outmuscled cos heās a second year player, or bryan getting beaten and the second half us getting smashed in the center cos of it you can cop that, as others have said itās a preseason match, and they are young players.
The 2 big and main and continued issues however are still there.
When the team whole field team defence breaks down, it breaks down absolutely and completely, which should be unacceptable even in a praccy match. you should constantly be allowing teams to run the ball out of defence with unaccounted chip and marks to the opposition stringing more than 5 of them together results in free players getting marks inside 50 for them.
the other area is moving the ball out of defence.
when the run and gun isnāt on, or it breaks down, they only have one plan of attack, bomb it long.
and they arenāt even bombing it to our players, who have set up poorly for it to begin with.
Those 2 areas donāt require players to play above their skill levels, it requires better planning and tactics, which is the worrying sign that they havenāt been addressed yet.
before today I was singing the praises that this year wouldnāt be as bad cos the process side of things would be better implemented.
If todays output is a sign of their stagnation on that front, i will agree with others that itās gonna be a longer year than first thought.
we play hawthorn, North and Sydney twice. we probably win 4 of them, at a guess?
well fluke a couple of others. Iāll go with 6 wins
Lid off!
(I personally feel we are very clearly a bottom four side. We might play some good footy, but goals are gonna be hard to get all year.)
Carlscum forum is that way.
That kind of thing generally happens quite a bit to bottom 4 sides Nino haha
My guess is they will put the replay up shortly on the website - the link to the live stream just says the event is finished.
but yeah, its gonna be a long year. we donāt have a forward line. if we did, we could probably push the 8. midfield is good enough
more concerned about our defensive stuff. shades of last year watching Carlton walk it down the ground. its a worry
Iām the most pessimistic person in this placeā¦that is all!
Lol yeah if we had a sick full ground defensive structure we wouldnāt be finishing bottom 4.
BEST: Merrett, Parish, Waterman, Caldwell, Jones, Smith, Ridley, Cox
NOT SO GOOD: Cutler, Ham, Hepp, 2MP
Iām sure some were just rusty which is understandable
Freo had no issues applying some sort of full ground defence
Ham to me could easily be simultaneously in our bests and our worsts today.
Definitely worth pumping games into. Showed enough good signs.
Youāre kidding with Ham in that list.
He was good pretty much the whole game. Heās beefier with a shorter haircutā¦ maybe you are confusing him with someone elseā¦
I donāt get your point - Freo have different strengths and weaknesses to their game than us?
Yep, couple of turnovers and a bad missed tackle but provided a lot of drive. Iām very happy with his development.
Yeah
Look Iām not expecting big things this year I know we will be crap but I was at least hoping we will be better defenseivly
Iām happy to cop losses if I see the team applying pressure and forcing a turnover and making it hard for the oppo to score
Team needs more McBride.
(says person who hasnāt watched game or any training)