Some really good assessments already - especially from CRASH.
I was one of those who turned off in disgust at half time - first time I’ve ever done that in over 40 years. And not before firing off some keyboard warrior comments in other forums bagging our own. I was w-w-wrong.
Have watched the second half on replay. Definitely best win of the year. I just can’t stand St Kilda - got more joy from yesterday than from last week.
Am also perplexed by players receiving instructions on the phone when Voss is sitting right next to them. Is this is a newly implemented process? If so, keep doing!
The way he is held before the ball gets near is amazing; he should have more frees than anyone else in the comp, but he just doesn't get them.
It’s ridiculous. You give away a free in a marking contest if you take your eyes off the ball. Same in a ruck contest. Cripps’ opponents face him, eyeball him, have an arm around him BEFORE the set play begins.
He’s one of the toughest and fairest going around but doesn’t ‘milk it’ or remonstrate enough. Umps clearly think he’s a decent fellow. Voss needs to get in front of the cameras and microphones and go absolutely ballistic. Screw any possible fines.
We will agree to disagree because in my view neither the midfield nor talls lost us the match its the quality of craft of small forwards. Cant win with 15 players on the field and these three amigos have had enough chances.
I definitely agree our small forwards don’t seem to have any sense of positioning, or ability to read the flight of the ball, or even that sense of urgency to pounce or apply pressure.
Disagree - they were 77% efficient. Thats very high. They beat up their opponent on the inside and outside.
They did their job.
No they didn’t. Which one of them pushed forward and slotted a goal at a crucial time?
We lose to these “St Kildas” every year because some unheralded up and comer with a bad haircut has a breakout game and kicks 3 or 4 goals which ultimately proves the difference.
Taking time is a team thing, there was a 50m penalty where Pitto didnt take the full 50m, dished it off to Stocker running by I think who rushed a kick fwd that was intercepted. Take the full 50m, get yourself as deep as possible and then use the ball cleverly to spot up a fwd. Sometimes slow crafty play is better than run and gun. Composure.
To the letter of the law it should have been 2 x 50m penalties to Pittonet as Cox impeded his progress towards the new mark.
I know full well it’s wasted energy to fixate on such sliding doors moments but I tear my hair out sometimes at non-decisions that are so confidently called by some umpires (I’m still trying to figure out who blocked whom which gifted them a goal in the last), yet other decisions are not interpreted consistently.
And my goodness mr fitness role really needs to be assessed - for me time for a change there. Has not got results for me and we cut coaches so what's difference.
Andrew Russell has been there since 2018.
I didn’t take notes but I noticed that, if the ball was turned over to our advantage, Brisbane players would sprint back in formation to fill any gaps. By “in formation”, I mean 3 or 4 players in a line across the field, similar to the way rugby league teams line up. You need superior aerobic capacity to do this which is maybe why they tired in the last.
I’m suspicious that Russell brought all his text books and charts and s/sheets across with him and, when our players reached some arbitrary ‘level’ of fitness, he picked up his bonus.
I’m not blaming Russell for our injuries but, for a high performance fitness guru, I’m not impressed.
