was that our worst performance of the year against any team? Certainly seemed to be our lowest points total.
We weren’t in the same postcode as the Hawks on Saturday night, our response between will be telling next week but Saturday night was worse than most of our performances in the first 8 rounds this year.
Hawks game and the bombers game have been our worst performances of the year IMO. Thankfully the bombers are the worst team of the past decade (or more) so we still got a win out of it.
Surely Kemp has to be on shaky ground. When I watch him play I am reminded of the saying "Jack of all trades and master of none". He has been tried on the back line, the forward line and positions in between. On a good day he breaks even with his opponent, and on most other days his performance can best be described as mediocre.
The fact he is able to retain his position in the side is a reflection of our desperate shortage of KPPs.
Re kemp.... Very poor game from him, no doubt. However, did you see our entry inside f50? As best i can tell it was sit it on harrys head and hope for a miracle.....and it didnt come. Our f50 entries are terrible, and the conditions have a large say in that, but when its decent weather, kemp finds space and is ok 1 on 1 and on a lead.
Given we have SFA behind him knocking on the door, we must persist with him. Hes much better as 3rd banana not #2.
Had we recruited some KPFs over the years, hed be playing 2s, but we didnt, so here we are.
Didn't see any of the game but based on summaries and the form of the 1s, its pretty clear to me that we need to make a couple changes.
1. Williams into the 1s. Losing George, we need some mid help. Kicking goals is a struggle up forward, zac is our most effective when played there. Clearly can play down back as well. With 5 on the bench, surely you find a spot for this utility.
2. Acres should never have been dropped and should be back in the 1s.
We know george is out. So we need 1 more to make way. To me it seems to be between ison and hollands. Either way, those ins can cover us.
I wouldnt be playing fogarty. Hes gone at seasons end. You could think about playing flynn young as well....but not sure there is a spot for him.
Hopefully it's the "due for a loss" thing. It hasn't been good. Unlike after the flat Essendon game where we picked up, tonight we carried on where we left off last week.
Ison's miss. would have put us within 14pts. Dropped our head and let them kick the next 3.
There is 'due for a loss' and then there is getting 'beaten by 10 goals in the wet loss'
If our performances are NOT about the opposition we are playing against, which is what people keep telling me, then what is it?
Just reshowed the 50m penalty we spoke about earlier. Isolating the audio and showing the vision.
100% said play on. 100% put his arms up the air to signal it. As soon as he did he tried to 'take it back' and said 'wait' i believe. Then blew the whistle and gave a 50m against us for going over the mark.
There is simply no way for the AFL to defend that. Its as clear of a f*** up as you will ever see.
Together with the one i mentioned earlier from the PA game IIRC where the umpire paid a mark to a bloke 5m off the contest who had the ball punched to him for a 'mark', they are the 2 worst decisions i've ever seen in my time watching football. Both against us.
But the AFL will tell you that the umpiring is the best its ever been???
