Re: Round 19 Post Game thread - Blues V Pies
Reply #34 –
MilkIt.
Seriously think about my post and your thoughts. Waite has a good game every 5 or 6 games at best. Laidler was dumped by us a while back with no return and I still can't believe we let him go. He was a producer and should have been locked in. Betts and Judd are a loss no doubt. However we don't have Swan, Pendles, Sidebottom, Blair, Elliot, to tear up the middle of the park. I know that. I know we are down in our own stocks. However, when have the pies lost so many games in a row in a season against not all the best sides in the comp.
We lost Waite who really was a toss of the coin player for us. Depending on how he felt on the day. Belting players and being suspended to be a no real fit in this side. Thomas has done sweet FA for us for the entire 2 years and $1.5 million he has cost the side. He is about as useful as tits on a chook. Judd has been tagged since he came over and has not been at his best in his last 2 seasons. His kicking for goal has left him, and he has been expected to carry the load. Either way he was cooked before he put the fork into himself. He knows he played 1 season more than he should have.
Betts is our biggest loss. For certain. However lets just think of where Collingwood are with their side and where we are with our side. Both sides full of youth. Both sides on a rebuild. Do we have a Cloke coming back into our squad. No. We have a Gibbs and a Daisy. Daisy doesn't count, because he is on a retirement plan. Don't forget they have lost players just like us, but their players have always been better than ours.
Here comes our biggest problem. Our ruck and stoppage players should have killed them. Kreuzer made their ruck boy look like a ruck girl. We made little to no use of our clearances. All hard work with no result. That is what frustrates me. if they had the same side they had 2 years ago, and we had the same side we had 2 years ago we would have been smashed by 10 goals minimum. We got out of jail in this game as the umpires finally gave us some slack we rarely get. Your rolly polly eyes can indicate what ever you like, but we hung in on a close one because we got a few lucky bounces and we were given some cotton wool treatment by umpires. We lack courage. We lack desperation. We lack character. We are playing for picks . No doubt about it.
I really donj't mind, but I fear we will screw that up as much as we have the entire club. Don't forget Henderson is gone by seasons end, and Yarran is close to follow. Walker is cooked. 2E is lost in space. Murph has to carry the load. That is the bad news. The worst news is that after watching that game, I did not see the best efforts from all the guys. Not at all.