No surprises really as our midfield is 0-6
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 9:55 am
I started a thread after the Adelaid win assessing our performance and noting that we should keep it in perspective.
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Well im not surprised at all that we are 3-3 and not looking to be the world beaters many had us for after rd 3. Put simply you cant lose centre clearences and F50 entries 6 weeks straight and expect more than 3 wins.
In fact as I indicated in my last thread and now feel vindicated we have overachieved to date due to a heroic performance from a well oiled backline and multipronged forward line while our midfield gets smashed week after week. in fact midfield is in far worse shape than any of us would like to believe and worse than even I predicted after the Adelaide game.
Every week the opposition forwards get a flood of precision delivery made possible by our midfielders (who in general cant hit the side of a barn by foot), playing a short kicking game, where the opposition floods back, opens up their forward 50 and rebounds the inevitable turnover and then rush forward in numbers. Thank our lucky stars we have Mal and Lloyd or we would cetainly be 0-6.
Im not even going to pretend I know who is responsible for the numerous contributing factors to our Midfield woes (although you would think it should be the coach), but the issues are clear to see.
1. Too many blokes who butcher the ball by foot being number one with JJ back to add another to that list. A team can and must operate with some players with deficiencies that have strenths that allow you to overlook the weaknesses but we have too many of the same type. We have a plethora of in and under hard running posession accumilators who dont have great skills and not enough with disposal skills who can get posessions. Stanton killed us on Saturday, but he is not alone, despite his clangers, his 26 touches is just one short of Monfries and Dyson combined.
2. The blokes who can kick it cant get it. Whats up with Monfries and Dyson? I have siad it before if they and Campo (Yes Campo!) dont come good we wont come good. We need these guys spotting up targets in the midfield and going forward and on the run! not stationary chip kicking we get now.
I just hope, Jetta and Houli and even Lonargan arnt simply running machines. We need some skills in this side, not just blokes who can get it and blokes who can carry it, this is AFL not rugby, kicking is an essential skill!
http://www.bombertalk4.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=
Well im not surprised at all that we are 3-3 and not looking to be the world beaters many had us for after rd 3. Put simply you cant lose centre clearences and F50 entries 6 weeks straight and expect more than 3 wins.
In fact as I indicated in my last thread and now feel vindicated we have overachieved to date due to a heroic performance from a well oiled backline and multipronged forward line while our midfield gets smashed week after week. in fact midfield is in far worse shape than any of us would like to believe and worse than even I predicted after the Adelaide game.
Every week the opposition forwards get a flood of precision delivery made possible by our midfielders (who in general cant hit the side of a barn by foot), playing a short kicking game, where the opposition floods back, opens up their forward 50 and rebounds the inevitable turnover and then rush forward in numbers. Thank our lucky stars we have Mal and Lloyd or we would cetainly be 0-6.
Im not even going to pretend I know who is responsible for the numerous contributing factors to our Midfield woes (although you would think it should be the coach), but the issues are clear to see.
1. Too many blokes who butcher the ball by foot being number one with JJ back to add another to that list. A team can and must operate with some players with deficiencies that have strenths that allow you to overlook the weaknesses but we have too many of the same type. We have a plethora of in and under hard running posession accumilators who dont have great skills and not enough with disposal skills who can get posessions. Stanton killed us on Saturday, but he is not alone, despite his clangers, his 26 touches is just one short of Monfries and Dyson combined.
2. The blokes who can kick it cant get it. Whats up with Monfries and Dyson? I have siad it before if they and Campo (Yes Campo!) dont come good we wont come good. We need these guys spotting up targets in the midfield and going forward and on the run! not stationary chip kicking we get now.
I just hope, Jetta and Houli and even Lonargan arnt simply running machines. We need some skills in this side, not just blokes who can get it and blokes who can carry it, this is AFL not rugby, kicking is an essential skill!
