I agree. The effort is there but the execution isn't. Struggled to clear the ball and if we did, the Lions were all over it.
It's a very young side and there are some good signs. For now though, development of this group is paramount.
In traffic I was impressed by their ability to get the ball out but the targeting of the kick forward and equally, the “marking” efforts from the forwards were abysmal and don’t start me on the goal kicking… 🤦🏼♂️
There is effort and I think I can see some sort of plan/system but it’s hard when you continually shoot yourself in the foot.
Those f50 entry’s were atrocious, particularly in the 2nd ! If they can learn to possess the ball instead of turning it over they’ll amaze themselves at how competitive they will be… their endevour is fine.
Inside 50s mean nothing if the ball comes back out faster than it went in.......
Our biggest weakness is getting caught on the slingshot, and it happens more times than I care to remember.
The level of F50 pressure is pathetic - only Fogarty and sometimes Owies actually give anything in this area. The rest trot around and admire the opposition defenders' rebounding skills. The defensive unit must be pulling their hair out when they see that.
That’s all well and good but if you’re a forward and the ball is delivered NOT to your advantage but to your DISADVANTAGE then you are out of position and cannot impact the contest… That’s why intercept marks hurt so much
Thought it might have been the best game from Lewis Young - or was it just that most of the rest were very poor?
Young seems ok until he gets a physical player, then loses it. Hipwood is a sniper but not a physical player. I see Young as good enough to play VFL and be that afl backup kpd but we need a starting afl kpd.
Yep fell into the team due to lack of numbers and didnt really earn it. Did show a bit though and the talent is there we just need to see some consistency..
Yep, I was a bit disappointed with his season but he did show some improvement towards the end of the year, keep working with him.
I may have missed a comment in this thread however one player who seems to have escaped scrutiny is Elijah Hollands.
He’s been ok over the H&A rounds, however he is painfully slow across the ground and often takes too long to dispose of the ball. And, when the heat was on in the first half he was miles off the pace - I’m not convinced at all.
He’s also yet another player that just doesn’t present like an AFL footballer who has done the work in the gym - you can also add Fantasia, Oliver Hollands, Young and to a lesser extent McGovern & Newman to that list.
The new fitness bloke from the swans is going to have a laugh when he sees our crew.
I’m not as firm as you in wanting everyone to have a Kouta build but E Hollands seems to have too many abs for mine… I was watching last night thinking that O Hollands is filling out well, he’s a young running machine who you don’t want bulking up too quickly, I’m happy with him.
I’m in agreement with LP about the turnovers particularly in the first 1/2. We got the ball under pressure usually and bombed it… where it was picked off and controlled, as opposed to them bombing it back. We needed to get a short kick to a target in blue instead we bombed to maroon and blue ! Make no mistake, they were waiting for our bombs and were ready to offer the short lead to allow them to control the ball.
Match committee needs a shake up, someone has been putting too much faith in “established” names. Maybe we need a stronger voice to argue for boldness in selection, or will it be a cull of assistants that brings in a fresh thought process ? As head coach Voss is right to have strong beliefs in lists, selection and gameplan, but does he need to back up and listen to other voices ? We can sit here now and can all see that we should have been playing some of the kids earlier… if only we’d rested Charlie when he first injured himself he may have only missed 1-2 weeks. A big soul searching off season coming up for the coaching group and their methodologies.