North played the game in the first half in a high speed, high pressure manner that upset us. The question now is... Did that take too much effort? or Having rested a bit that quarter will they come again?
The test for us is to outscore them this quarter because so often we 'defend' the lead and it gets close.
Our smalls better tidy up and capitalise on their opportunities.
Yep...because if all our talls are flying against one another there will be plenty of ground ball. That forward line is chaotic. Our efficiency inside 50 is currently at 28%
Yep. I think we've done to death the fact that he can't seem to make the transition to senior level with our side. As it's grown stronger he's drifted more and more off the pace. But the guy played 22 games in his first season and not once did he drop below double figure posessions. Teague seemed to switch from the Bolton 'development' model, where the young boys got a bit of mid-field, game time to relying more on the older guys (murphy et al). The fact that we started winning presented another barrier to players like Dow.
One aspect of retaining him is that it probably requires a bit of an explanation to other players as to why he isn't getting a game. How would that feel for the player? The fact that Dow 'keeps on keeping' on with this 'talk' around him is probably a credit to him. It may be that what's being asked of him is just a bridge too far. Surely, though, there's a side out there that could accomodate him.
The best thing that could happen for players like Dow is a "mid-season trade". Surely there are teams out there where they could find a senior spot for a player like Dow, and in return we may be able to fill a need. (player or future pick)
It's not likely Dow will get a senior game even if he racked up fifty. He can't even win a spot on the bench with key mid-fielders out. He's obviously not meeting key criteria (whatever they may be), and at this stage is unlikely to do so. That might not be a barrier to a spot in another team.
Just for the sake of giving the bloke an opportunity we should be able to part company 'mid-year'
The rotation cap was to stop injuries, that really worked.
Was it to stop injuries or slow the game down a bit and increase the fatigue factor to ease congestion.
It's an interesting situation. It would be good to see some stats. What's the effect of the cap. Logic would indicate that if the players are more fatigued they would struggle to reach contests and congestion would be lessened. On the other hand players pushing themselves through fatigue, rather than coming off for a rest, is more likely to result in a soft tissue injury.
The problem with that scenario is that Docherty isn't a serial dissenter and Vossy would have his guts for garters if he gave away a goal like that.
The reason Coniglio's venomous dissent is still newsworthy is that most commentators and at least 75% of football supporters hate it when we win.
Yep As if we're going to hear anything other than ...'GWS wuz robbed" from opposition supporters.
It's hard to know how we would have felt had the shoe was on the other foot. Right now, a couple of days later, I'm thinking some of us would probably have been angry with the player, but that's not in the emotion of the moment. At the time it may very well have been anger at the umpire.
What I do know is that if a Carlton player is pinged for dissent in the next game he won't get much sympathy. They're all on notice.
