2018 type of form.Reckon he's been real ordinary for a few weeks now. Needs to lift.
2018 type of form.Reckon he's been real ordinary for a few weeks now. Needs to lift.
He isn't made for the one on one man marking.Has been playing that lazy soft footy again this season maybe that B and F gone to his head.
Was putrid. Ran to horrible positions to get handballs. Shocking.Probably the worst game he has played for a couple of years.
Was he in Bailey?
Because i didn't see him anywhere near him all night
He's been doing that all year. A Richmond defender will have the ball at say, left half-back, and Short will run past on his outside. Now he's even wider, and ends up making the same kick the other bloke could have done down the line, only he's gained a stat, wasted a few seconds and left us with two blokes on the same spot and no one where we could have had another option. Our backs are generally good kicks. Short needs to trust them and make himself an option in an offensive position - eg. if Broad has it at HB, present at the inboard 45, because then the field opens up if he gets it.Was putrid. Ran to horrible positions to get handballs. Shocking.
I think out kick ins have bee poor all round compared to some other teams.He's been doing that all year. A Richmond defender will have the ball at say, left half-back, and Short will run past on his outside. Now he's even wider, and ends up making the same kick the other bloke could have done down the line, only he's gained a stat, wasted a few seconds and left us with two blokes on the same spot and no one where we could have had another option. Our backs are generally good kicks. Short needs to trust them and make himself an option in an offensive position - eg. if Broad has it at HB, present at the inboard 45, because then the field opens up if he gets it.
The other thing shitting me with Short is his kick-ins. Has anyone noticed this Dawson fella at Sydney? Constantly kicking darts to the advantage side of a teammate one-out in the centre square. Tom Stewart, Zac Tuohy do it too. Short's are predictable and at best 50/50 - long and high to a pack on the wing.
Your man needs to lift.
Yeh Houli and Short wander in 15m and boot it long to no one in particular. As spook points out Its often to disadvantage.I think out kick ins have bee poor all round compared to some other teams.
Agree that kick in’s have been poor. Don’t understand why we go short into back pocket either or why on occasions we don’t look up the middle & go for one on ones.Yeh Houli and Short wander in 15m and boot it long to no one in particular. As spook points out Its often to disadvantage.
they keep stats on scores from kick ins I wonder where we stand on thi?
Spot on. Its always the same.Agree that kick in’s have been poor. Don’t understand why we go short into back pocket either or why on occasions we don’t look up the middle & go for one on ones.
Agree that kick in’s have been poor. Don’t understand why we go short into back pocket either or why on occasions we don’t look up the middle & go for one on ones.
100% - whole purpose of the rule. Don’t know we look for Jack one out in the centre square. He rarely gets beaten in the air & could propel the ball forward. Waste of time going wide to a pack. Seems like the tactic is just to force a stoppage.Yet how many teams just go the long kick against us straight down the middle & then catch us of guard sometimes resulting in an easy inside 50 for them.
We never seem to go down the guts, just as a bit of variety it would be good. Being too predictable is not a good thing.
DS
Yeh, he must have a licence to run and bomb it as far as he can. It's OK when we could bring it to ground and setup behind the ball. Unfortunately the new rules have changed the game and we can't only rely on a front half lock it in game. I'd love to see a little more hitting up of shorter targets. Teams are turning it over and able to pick there way through our zone.Yeah, it's not only Shorty kicking to the boundary and hoping, a lot of kicks from the D50 are bomb and hope to the wing boundary. Have to assume it's to the coaches instruction.