7 day break will be welcomed. Players and supporters alike.
Great to hold on. But.... Looked like a real mixed bag of perfect, solid, average, and poor passages of play. Consistency essential. Cohesion necessary. We're still chasing the former and the latter is elusive, thanks to injuries/ changes. That said. We are finding new avenues to goal, and players are developing versatility (3peat Hawks weapon)
Cerra may miss several weeks. Again. Martin and McG slotted right in. May that continue 🤞
I found the inconsistent umpiring frustrating. I have no idea how htb is assessed.
Batman and Robin are a force. Our centre bounce work was a pleasure to watch. Despite contesting the league's best ruckman. Hats off to Pitto, TDK, and the mids.
Elijah continues to improve weekly. Ollie on the other hand seems a yard off and light frame is under attack constantly. I worry he's going to snap. His lack of awareness of the tackler cost us 3 or so times. His effort and gut running is unquestionable. What's the plan for Ollie's development?
Our big boys were great again, and Owies played his role. I didn't see enough of Durds to comment but maybe that's telling.
A win is a win. A win from -20 i50's is even better. We'll learn lots from that game.
4 changes for the 2nd consecutive week I believe. A considerable adjustment is required, and didn’t quite work last week.
We'll need to be switched on and from the get go. We can't afford Dees getting a run of goals. Their strong defence will have our 2 big boys covered. So we'll need to get creative i50
The persistent problem we have, and which seems to have no solution, is that too many of our good senior players are physically fragile and are unavailable for selection for long periods of time, making it impossible to have a cohesive unit.
On the rare occasions when most of them do play on the same day we are given a glimpse of what is possible. Then the injuries start again.
Unfortunately it is possible that where we are now on the ladder is as good as it gets with this list.
Sad but true. We've remained faithfully optimistic about our injury prone players. Add the "normal" run of inevitable injuries to this core and you have a serious problem Houston.
48 - 81 tackles 9 - 18 tackles i50 Lost it there despite all the other positive indicators.
Just as we found new ways to win ugly initially. We're now finding new ways to lose.
Too much left to too many. Lack of awareness of opponent and no systematic way to chase down or recover when they waltz around unchecked. Lack of speed shows.
Q2 and 4 are as bad as we've seen.
Vossy has lots to do if we're to be taken seriously. Consistency and attention to the basics might be good places to start 😵💫
