Running the game through my mind on the train ride home. What was obvious was WE JUST DO NOT RUN AND SPREAD OR PROVIDE AN OPTION. How many times we took a mark AND NO ONE WAS *smile* PRESENTING FURTHER DOWN THE GROUND. No 15-20m chip mark kicks moving the ball keeping possession taking some pace out of the game at times. We are putrid at this. Our forward line resembled Easter Island - statues everywhere. Our centre clearance work was embarrassing at times. Why we waited 3/4’s to enact the sub was mind blowing. Nothing was working through the early stages of the third quarter yet we kept a midfielder on the pine. I’m not saying the kid is a star but PUT THE KID ON, WHAT DID WE HAVE TO LOSE??? 92K turned up. The club said show your support for a champion and we did. An effort from the boys would have been nice. Tackling, chasing, presenting - just the basics. Didn’t care if we lost, but not in that fashion. I don’t know if it’s learning a new game style, fitness and conditioning deficiencies, coaching or just players not up to it. We need to at least start showing some competitiveness or we could be in for some hard times. Cotchin, Riewoldt, Shedda, Dusty potentially are/will be gone - who is going to drag us into games in the future. Who is going to grab the kids attention to want to turn up/talk about/wear their numbers? Who is generation Next?
