It started out a small thing, but by the end of the game is blatantly obvious that the Pies look for each other when they spoil packs. So many loose balls fell straight into their hands that it was no coincidence, they must be coached on how to do it and where to position themselves to gain the most advantage.
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âLest we forgetâ
Iâll say one thing, in the preseason one of the things that really bothered me was that we still persisted with the default transference of the ball to the back pocket, and then unable to move the ball out.
We saw that a billion times today.
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Mernda or Hurstbridge?
Yep, we never tried to change it up.
Then none of our players have the sufficient work rate to actually work around the ground to give the kicker in the pocket an option
Itâs just
Kick to the pocket
Long kick down the line
Rinse and repeat all game
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Itâs simply numbers at the ball, and players on the alert.
How did we let a 38 year old pants us like that? Do we have no pride?
And the Sidebottom goal was just a kick in the nuts.
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Maybe.. my point is we donât need to solve it today. Richmond are apparently gold star rebuild, destined for the next era. They are worse off than us in terms of ruck prospects / coverage. We might heâd to trade or get a FA.
Donât need to solve it in short term.keep playing Bryan and developing him and Vigo and see what opportunities arise over next 2-3 years.
That is too convenient an explanation, it is more than that.
More like Luton Town!
Problem is they have won 3 flags since 2017. People Need to stop comparing our rebuild to Richmond, context is everything - we need to find our long term ruckman and do it soonâŚand it ainât BryanâŚthat was my point
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Yea, donât disagree. Think he can go to another level. Thought he was ok today, also I was having a bit of fun as you listed him twice.
I donât think so. We have a generation of promising youth now at the club.
We just have to hold onto them. It would be a gut punch to lose more to expansion clubs or in trade to the top 4.
Im not really phased at losing any of our senior players. If that happens because they want to chase success somewhere else - donât think itâs a big setback itâs probably a win.
But Iâm talking about building a successful list. They donât have ruck sorted. No more sorted than us but they too have time to solve it.
Blow it up
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The lack of aggression and hunting the players with the ball was absolutely pathetic
We would constantly stand off a metre and try and corral them, previous weeks we have been going at them and either tackling or putting body pressure on them
Today, it was like the majority of the players were scared of contact.
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The too is what I am saying I have a problem with. They have time but why do we have time to solve anything given we have been a rabble for 20 years?
I want to touch on the few positives for the day.
This is only based on the first 3 qtrs as I caught an early train home (a good decision based on the last Qtr).
SEH looked good on Elliot.
He mis kicked a few though I do like his creativity by foot, and he moves well.
I think there is a player there.
I need to see more though.Just play him and find out.
I expect this might have some pushbackâŚI thought Reid began to turn it around.
His marking is still down, yes.
He will likely never be the competitive animal that we crave.
There is enough there to make a good player.
Fingers crossed he can put 20 games together.
Roberts continues as a consistent week to week performer.
He makes errors but never stops competing.
Farrow will be a good player.
Canât add much more.
ADW gave us a chance early to stay in the game.
Couple of great goals and a terrific mark.
Thatâs all Iâve gotâŚ
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1 McGrathâŚnot the worst and at least kept trying to the end
2 FarrowâŚa bit overawed by the occasion but will continue to improve
3 ParishâŚafter repeated cases of short stepping, should never play for the club again (at any level)
4 LangfordâŚone of few senior players who kept trying
5 TsatasâŚpoor, but persist with
6 CaldwellâŚwtf has happened to this guyâŚgoing backwards at a rapid rate of knots
7 MerrettâŚdid some good things but well below his best
9 RobeyâŚIâm still wondering if he actually got on the groundâŚbut another to persist with
10 KakoâŚone of the few who gave a genuine effort all game
15 SharpâŚlooked slow, made basic mistakesâŚbut definitely worth persisting with
20 WrightâŚwas always going to struggle against their rucksâŚand did so
21 RobertsâŚgreat first quarterâŚbut just a pile of meaningless stats after that
22 DurhamâŚgave some good effortsâŚbut nowhere near enough
25 PriorâŚthe cheapest of cheap statsâŚalmost zero impact on the game
26 MayâŚwho would want to be a key forward for this team
28 DuursmaâŚtried but too many fumbles and poor decision making under pressure
30 CaddyâŚ22 more like him pleaseâŚnever drops his headâŚjust keeps working and putting his body on the line
31 ReidâŚsoft as both physically and mentally
32 McKayâŚsee above line
41 El-HawliâŚanother one of the few who gave genuine effort all day
44 Day-WicksâŚawesome first quarter and then just disappeared completely
45 EdwardsâŚis not, and will never be, a backmanâŚwtf was the thinking about playing him back???
46 BlakistonâŚchallenged skills wise but just keeps tryingâŚgave a better effort than probably two thirds of his team mates.
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