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Walsh, Curnow & Weitering were poor last nite, had they played better it may have been a different result.
Hurt earlier in the year, coming off 3 years off and hurt earlier in the year.............
100% agree that they were down - but you prob expect that at this time of the year, from them (Weiters hasnt been right since he came back)
The coaching box also needs looking at, as David King has suggested no extra players behind the ball in those last minutes were costly, all the other teams protecting a lead do it that way and we should have done similar.
We also assume that as injured players return they'll slot striaght back in as good as they were when they left.
The majority just don't.
Geelong mids were holding ours before they even got the ball, while theirs managed to get the ball out, somehow or another (not many of these were remotely like legal disposals, but I'm not going there).
Cripps was well held, and I mean that literally.
Geelong are very good at pushing the boundaries,
Just like the seniors, our game plan is based on winning the ball in the middle. That didn't happen today. Soldo was the difference, as he cut off the supply to our mids and put us on the back foot.
Congratulations to Will Hayes:
37 possession, 6 marks, 4 tackles and 10 clearances from a losing ruck combo. This guy wants back on an AFL list very badly, and we'd be crazy not to pick him. He might play a bit vanilla, but he has been in our best every week. We want gut running: he provides it.
Jack Carroll isn't far away, even though he was much quieter after quarter time. 11 possessions in the first quarter.
23 disposals and 7 clearances.
Otherwise, our defenders were our better players because the forwards didn't see much of it. Williamson and Plowman could hold their hands up high: they contributed nicely.
As for the others, they were well down:
O'Brien: a lot of running, but only 15 possessions. Noe enough to get a recall for me.
Jordan Boyd: reportedly injured, possibly seriously. Got 18 possessions until then.
Liam Stocker: 13 possessions and not impressive. Give him a few more weeks to work on his fitness. The rest will come.
Sam Philp: 13 possessions and 2 goals. Not our worst, especially as he managed 4 clearances as well.
Lochie Fogarty: 13 possessions and 2 clearances. Won't be there in 2023 on this effort.
Jesse Motlop: 12 possessions and 1 goal. Inexperience showed.
Tom de Koning: 15 possessions and 7 clearances, but beaten by a big, strong ruckman. We need a 2nd ruckman next week, but I'm not sure Tom has done enough to be it.
Brodie Kemp: 10 possessions. Very disappointing. Lots some way off at the moment. He isn't holding his marks.
The side will be much stronger next week when Dow comes back, although he may play seniors yet. Honey and Oscar Mac will also make a big difference also. More importantly, our ruck division will be a lot more productive. We play Werribee at Werribee on Saturday.
First game I’ve seen live since COVID and the result was never in doubt. The bounce of the ball and inexplicable umpiring favoured Port but we always had control of the game.
Oh, that reminds me. How GREAT it is to be able to stand again at the footyJust being there again was amazing. I reckon I spent 80% of the first Q sounding like a kid at Xmas - “how good is this?” “Look at the crowd” “I love the G”Happy days!
I was there and it was a bit surreal to be honest. The noise wasn't deafening but it certainly reached a crescendo as the quarter went on. I myself kept a lid on it and even when there was 5 min to go and we were 20 odd up I wasn't sure it was in the bag. Been bitten too many times. When the siren went the relief was palpable.
Silvagni took a boundary throw in in the forward line. Pittonet took most of the centre bounces but De Koning took several in the last quarter. I don't believe that anyone but Cerra, Kennedy, Cripps and Hewett started in the square for a centre bounce.
It will be interesting to see the adjustments when Walsh comes back
I can't remember a more dominant contested midfield win than last night, we only had 4 mids rotating through the centre bounces for the whole night and between them they had 121 possessions, 48 contested, 26 clearances and 6 goals. The way they played together was really something to watch, seemed to know where each other was, or supposed to be, no panicked disposals, held on to the ball and found the right outlet. Huge tick for the coaches.
I know it's only round 1 but signs are there.
Butler isnt a good keeper and like I keep saying when you have the best gloveman in the world in Foakes there must be some political reason he isnt playing.