Shows how much we've missed Cincotta, just seems to be one of the types who finds himself in the right place at the right moment.
Blokes like Cinc and Lord just go out and do exactly what is asked of them for the good of the team. A coach cannot ask for more than that.
Really enjoy watching the constant effort of both of these guys.
Good for Binns to be in the coaches votes.
Someone said earlier we are hell boring to watch - absolutely totally agree. It seems surreal after years of being on Friday nights and being howled down, that we turned it around and became an exciting team to watch! Thank god we’re not on Friday nights much anymore 🥱
When we play slow - whether our intention or forced by opposition moves - we are terrible. We try to wind down the clock but can’t hit targets enough to wind down the clock and advance to our F50. The second half was shocking footy to watch. I get we had injuries but we’re talking WC here 🤦🏻♀️
Durds didn’t do much when he came on, acres continually gets caught trying to do too much, Cripps was well held, Hewitt was great for a while but then I didn’t notice him. Doch still looks a little behind the pace.
Ollie was good, Saad okay, McG amazingly pretty good.
I don’t know what else to think of that game, so odd.
agree ^ re Jack. He’s got great footy IQ too which can’t be taught. He takes on every contest at full - absolutely should be high up in the leadership Group.
Separately is Elijah just not playing, with no return date given? Understand he has mental health issues just missed if he’ll be off for x time or it’s just indefinite. Really miss him in the team.
Not one of those three is anywhere near close to normal fitness at the moment. They will survive the year, hopefully, and work towards being right for 2025. But it does hurt us that our usual champs are not showing the way as they can do.
The next couple of games should be wins. If they are, and they're good wins it may be the confidence boost we need. It may be three or four weeks before the real tests come.
North have some good tough players with Clarko coaching them, it will not surprise me to lose to them
My partner was annoyed at me last night saying I was too negative about the game and a win is a win. But I cant help but see the reality. We are not a finals contender. We absolutely dropped our bundle when the going got a little tough, we nearly did lose to Essendon. You can spin it however you like but the reality is we are not a cohesive team, the skill errors we make happen time and again and the around the back does not work because we go too slow and/or don’t hit a target.
Whether that’s coaching or players I feel changes need to happen. We are not ruthless when we should be, we don’t seem to be tough.
I don’t know, the game again had my heart in my mouth in the last when we absolutely obliterated them in the first. Frankly it’s not that enjoyable to watch them play atm, which sucks.
We were nearly 40 points up and then through our own stupid errors and crap Skills we let them back in to nearly win the game.
The umpiring is a lottery and they kill some enjoyment of the game. What is HTB one way is not the ohher; how Ollies errant Kick Off the side of this boot going INTO our f50 Is deemed deliberate is just baffling, a momentum and enjoyment killer.
I don’t feel much joint energy in this team at all; funnily enough this is the most crapty I’ve felt after a ‘win’ for a long time.
