We didn't get the ball out of our half the whole quarter and its HFF's that get blamed (btw yours was just the 1 I clicked on).
We were gassed 2nd half, having a midfield of Graham (1st game back), McAuliffe as a 1st year player and Dow who doesn't have a tank still (thats the biggest disappointment I have with him) and thats the game right there. Look at the players that took it up in the midfield, Atkins (26 ort 27), Holmes (was always a great runner and is now what 22?), Bruhn (who's 22) and Bowes (who's 26). It was entirely expected that we would lost track of them. You could see it in the 1st half, something like 3 of 5 goals kicked by them were after 25 mins of each quarter, indicating quite clearly that we were likely to be over run by them).
I thought we had a real crack in the 1st half. Graham looked good in the midfield, McAuliffe showed what we will be watching for the next 10 years, I thought Dow had a decent half, won clearances but the same issues with him appear in every game, poor kick, no tank and doesn't get involved in transition (10 of 15 disposals were contested again).
I'm reviewing tonight based on the 1st half personally, it shows that when we are up and about and are fit, we can take it up to most teams. We have skilled players but they got exposed through tiredness in the 2nd half.
