First game I've seen under Hardwick, Jack played outstanding football the whole game. 4 goals was a damn good effort, the mark he took against 3 opponents was a classic. Jack is the least of our worries, the turnovers (Edwards, amongst others), poor decision making (players kicking the ball into the forward pockets, when an open goal was there for the taking, those sort of issues need to be addressed. Whilst we won the clearances well and truly we got hammered in hit outs another area of concern. Whilst players tackled extremely well, they also need to shepherd their fellow players a hell of a lot more. Tambling to me is a worry, I just don't know if he's got it, made some errors, did some good stuff, consistency seems to be his issue. As for Jack, if he keeps going the way he's going, then we have one KPF, still leaves us very short in that area. Rance is not a FF, nor is Angus Graham (however his height and marking helped us yesterday up forward). We need another KPF, Post (big maybe), so that means Goudis or Griffiths will have to have a crack later this year. Finally our kick out after a point has been scored is absolutely woeful, sideways into the deep pockets is not the only option. Newman gets 10 metres in the square and if he ran straight out and kicked a torpedo or torpedo punt (those kicking styles seem to have completely disappeared from AFL), then the ball would be well up the centre corridor, not to mention it would stop this persistent habit of kicking sideways and/or backwards in the defensive 50. The Tigers defensively need to mix up their kick in options, they are way too predictable in this area. Kick it 70 metres up the guts, have a couple of quick's and a tall sitting there, with a forward still inside the forward 50, get possession, bang it forward surely you would have to score a goal, when the defenders are all outside the defensive 50 arc. It would have been nice to win the game, but losing by 3 points as opposed to some of the thrashings of late, one cannot complain too much.
. Well maybe a slight exageration :angel: but young Jaaaaacccck has plenty going for him.
