I wouldn't call us bruise free. There was plenty of effort but not much method. Tactics are the difference between talent and ability and a good footy team. We rely heavily on talented individuals it seems.
Swans walked through our tackles and we had players pull up in contests. Look at the one per center stats too. Rowbottom had 16 tackles....even stars like Henry and Grundy worked hard tackling ,everything they did was effort based to win the game IMHO. We have the talent as the first quarter showed..
Good teams find a way, we were not even competitive after quarter time. Tired and we are not even midway through the season? About 4 or 5 of our blokes haven't had a kick for weeks now, don't know how they got tired...running through the banner? It was all about effort and lack of..as soon as the Swans locked down on Cripps and Walsh we stopped and lost interest when it got hard. The SCG isn't a big ground but requires contested players who can get their own ball, break tackles and scrap for loose balls. Sure we have injuries but good teams ie Collingwood last season find a way to win and be competitive. We were the lazy, non competitive bruise free Blues last night and I thought those days were over...
Agree. Seriously though, can we hire an NRL tackling coach? I'm sick of blokes walking through our tackles.
Tackles are effort related, you have to want to tackle, Im sure the coaches teach correct technique but you need the will to lay them. Matt Kennedy laid 7 tackles and put in effort.....Rowbottom had 16, Grundy and Heeney 8....they were just all over us everytime we got the ball in the middle.
Swans have had 17 players who have played every game this year while we can't get a bloke on the park.
Doesnt help when some of your blokes cant get the ball, wont lay a tackle and bail out of contests either.....those are non negotiables. Can accept losing on lack of talent caused by injuries but losing by lack of effort isnt on.
Lazy work ethic......well beaten in the tackle count and one percenters, Swans broke our tackles easily and wanted it more. Talent wise we have enough to beat anyone but when Cripps and Walsh cant lead the way and are tagged out of the game we struggle like a midpack team. Cripps 41%DE and Walsh went at 55%DE......wont win many games with that disposal and your forwards wont kick too many goals..
Got a few mates has Fantasia...McGovern putting in the short steps early in the game in a marking contest set the standard for the evening and you wont win games vs the Swans at the SCG with poor contesting.
We resurrected Fantasia's career when all and sundry reckoned he was kaputt. Time to pay the rent or feck off. It grinds my gears to watch blokes going at half rat power when there's always kids crying out for opportunity.
Even if you can't get a kick, you can still lay tackles and put on blocks. Don't just stand there DO SOMETHING
Orazio spent the second half of last season in the SANFL and Port played Jed MCEntee ahead of him as a small pressure forward and he didnt exactly light it up imo so you have to ask why wasnt Fantasia played when he appeared fit and had some good games where he kicked goals and had decent stats.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/pile-scomo-bizarre-trump-post-211100513.html How surprising..not... seeing ScoMo selling his soul to the Devil and sticking fat with his equally dodgy mate and claiming a media pile on but even more interesting is that photo with Trump at a reported 6'3" appearing the same height as Scomo who is around the 5'11/6ft mark....🤔
If we get Fog back, the loss of Cotters won’t be critical. If Fog’s not right, the next man up would be Binns. He isn’t far off Cotters in running power but his lack of experience and defensive intensity could be exploited.
Williams does his best work with the ball in hand and has produced moments of brilliance running off halfback. He is vulnerable when one out and closer to goal, particularly early in games when umpires are more likely to pluck frees. If our defence is well set up, Williams isn’t as vulnerable and can hurt the opposition with his run and creativity.
I guess that it boils down to whether we value rebounds from defence over stifling the opposition forwards.
Problem is finding a suitable opponent too where you can afford to risk him defensively hoping to gain an advantage with his rebound work. I'm not seeing any suitable opponents from their forward group..
