Depth is obviously not good enough. Marchbank and Martin have never played a full season and not sure they should be at the club next season. Kemp is durable and still gobsmacked he was dropped and still gobsmacked Kennedy was sub. Expect the unexpected.
To keep top four chances alive this is a must win match.
I'll go even deeper - Moir has had a tough run in the VFL in a very weak team limited with opportunity. He should be sub instead of Fantasia. Binns should definitely play full game - his outstanding and consistent form deserves it
Not sure which grand final team past 20 years had key players missing for half a season...Saady injury is part of the footy gods the other two their bodies are not up to AFL football - I guess it comes down to how much we pay them if we pay them for half a year worth of input then okay if not then not okay.
Depth is obviously not good enough. Marchbank and Martin have never played a full season and not sure they should be at the club next season. Kemp is durable and still gobsmacked he was dropped and still gobsmacked Kennedy was sub. Expect the unexpected.
To keep top four chances alive this is a must win match.
Not to mention TDK has been a very dangerous addition to the forwardline, and he has been scoring his 1 to 2 goals a game (should have had 3 against the Pies, but missed one that was gettable).
I think we just need to tidy it up a bit, and be a bit smarter and we will be fine. No need to panic, its not a personell issue, its an execution problem.
We've lost our run and dare from beginning of year and now handballing backwards - the lack of run from behind for the handball receive to slice an opportunity through the corridor has gone completely missing. Not enough run... and it's frustrating to watch.
Lost three of four since the decision was made to play two rucks and took away run. Just not happening. Needs to change - if we persist with it then Pitto needs to do alot more. Needs to either tackle more or take more marks... expecting both is abit much but if he is going to drop marks then he needs to tackle. TDK was tracking nicely in all three categories before moving him forward. He was tackling, marking and winning clearances not as many as Pitto but he has a more balanced A grade type game thats growing. Can't take run away from this team against the Dees. imo
18 y.o cant do what Walsh does unless you're Walsh. 18y.o can definitely do what ZW does - getting 11 free possessions from kick ins and giving away free kicks and goals is something we all can do. Cerra was defensive side and got mauled by three Filthsters prior to ball spilling out - disappointing to see only one Blue going for that and three pies in our defensive 50
Geelong are posers we should have won that game last week if it wasn't for meek defensive efforts from the usual suspects - giving away goals like lollies.
Better defensively against the Filth and Gov is coming back which will settle and reinforce the defence a little bit more.
D - playing ok football but favouritism at selection is costing us imo... cowan over kemp is bewildering, Kennedy as Emergency is bewildering - two rucks is bewildering/
Williams has another two years to run on his contract after this year - at 29 y.o I seriously dont know where his overinflated pay cheque fits on the list as 18 y.o kids perform at same level . We need to give up a 2nd round pick to get him off the list.
Akuei is turning 22 next week and has had plenty of chances. I don't mind if we keep him for another year. Neither here or there.
Kemp was superb and a commanding mature performance - Cowan got preference over Kemp and don't like that. Binns playing through the midfield showed more than most on the list.
There are plenty of small problem Charlie Curnows contested posession rate is over 60% for a key forward it needs to be under 50%. So he is working way too hard to win his posessions... thats down to various things - not giving him space to lead into and contesting ground balls which is not his job but has to go for them as small forwards are no where near it. Lack of run and covering the ground. Filth always had 2-3 players tackling one Blue we did not reciprocate because we didnt have the team composition to cover the ground.
Max gawn one of the best rucks of the modern game has averaged 5 clearances or more just once in his career....this year.
Nic Nat the modern archetype averaged 5 or more clearances just 4 times in his career. Grundy the same. English has only averaged over 4 once.
Who are these mythical ruckman pushing up that clearance average?
Fwiw, pitto averages 7.5 this year which is elite (afl stat's determination, not mine) which means top 10% in his category (rucks). So at worst there might be 2 players ahead of him.
....and this is from the bloke people said was no good after the hitout was taken.
Give the man some credit.
Well I guess we will see things differently - you think he is a superstar because he wins clearances and I think he is a crab with only one trick in his book which is a requirement for an AFL ruckman and thats where it sits.
