Re: Judd apparently has hand up for finals
Reply #43 –
But if 9.22 was 18.13 (for example) - voila 121 points!
True, but how many of those 22 behinds were from blokes having pot shots from distance or ridiculous angles. And you can add to that a few OOBs as well, not just 22 behinds, some came from Hendo or Meat leading deep into a pocket, FFS Betts and other smalls can do that!
For me that is a symptom of a side that has lost all faith in the ability of tall forwards to take a mark or bring the ball to ground.
Even from my spud league playing days, the biggest demoralizing thing that could happen was to fight your guts out at midfield stoppages only to watch your tall forward fail to compete and the ball sail back over your head. You at least wanted it locked in, or brought to ground if no mark was possible. But watching EFC punch the ball directly to a team mate like a training drill, or having various 3rd men drop across the pack unopposed, is just demoralising.
If your only gig is busting packs and clunking marks you better do it so regularly it becomes monotonous!
So Leading, re-leading, and then leading again, just to have the ball kicked to you when you are two on one is a walk in the park is it?
Dead set taking the proverbial you are, and no wonder our side is in trouble.
No wonder they converted so poorly when its such hard work to get the ball from half back to the half forward line. I saw Lachie run from wing to wing and back again with the ball not even getting into his vicinity in the second quarter and up around the 50 metre line.