THE WORRYING THING IS........

[Mrs Mercuri]

Dont worry be happy we will beat the Pies on Saturday. If Hocking had played he would have tagged Harvey and the whole result would have been different and we'd be pleased with ourselves. The facts are we didnt kick straight 7-15 is what the problem was.

A heap of very easy goals were missed on Sunday which was the most disappointing thing. We worked hard to make the Roos turn it over in their forward half but every time we went forward we missed our opportunities. 7.15 in perfect conditions at the Dome is just not good enough.

[Sismis]

if you guys are seriously satisfied with Ryder's actual OUTPUT, (not potential, upside, talent etc etc), then you are easily pleased IMO. Bags of goals were kicked on him on numerous occassions last year, remember I am only marking him hard because I think highly of his talent and expect him to be doing more that's all.

Playing in the harderst position in modern football, who kicked "bags" on him? ATM he has to shadow the opposition ruck and sit in the forward line getting stuff all service. He makes the best use of the touches he gets.

[Mrs Mercuri]

I have a feeling that Buddy Franklin kicked 9 on Ryder when we last played the Hawks....

[BenDoolan]

I have a feeling that Buddy Franklin kicked 9 on Ryder when we last played the Hawks....

+ Fletch

[Megan]

What more does Ryder have to do???

Bring down at least 75% of those screamers he keeps going up for If he could hold onto them, he'd be MAGNIFICENT in the air.. but the bugger drops too many!

[Mrs Mercuri]

What more does Ryder have to do???

Bring down at least 75% of those screamers he keeps going up for If he could hold onto them, he'd be MAGNIFICENT in the air.. but the bugger drops too many!

He had some amazing leaps on the weekend but your exactly right, he needs to start holding onto a few of them to be truely dangerous. You can see the skill and promise there it just needs to start coming out!!

[ace076]

Cheers Meggles, someone is finally getting my drift re: Ryder. I am not against him at all, but this is a classic example of what I mean when I watch him play, you just KNOW he is capable of alot more!

[Brumaz]

welcome to the real world.
players arent robots capable of producing their extreme best week in week out. A huge amount of factors effect how each person will play that week.

[Sismis]

He is playing the team game, not doing a Daisy and trying to get on the highlight reels every 2 seconds. He doesn't worry about his stats, he stays on his man and negates their influence around the ground. Watch him on Fraser this week, he will not get a touch around the ground while Paddy is on him.

He also contributed a lazy 5 spoils on the weeked.