Basics

[motorace_182]

Eade never taught these boys how to play basic footy. Bolton (Craig that is, Jude lacks it) was able to play basic footy, was a cool head under pressure and thought about it before releasing. The others were rushed whether this be by poor shepherding and helping out matees i dont know. I saw N Davis in the middle of the ground in the last quarter miss a simple shepherd which allowed i think Woods to lay half a tackle on a kicking Maxfield who thought that the shepherd would have been affected.
There is the new Multiplex 1% award. The players should aim for this. St Kilda did it successfully against the Crows, this being the main reason for their awesome victory. They need to realise that they have to play as a team and do the small things right and the rest will follow

[Charlie]

Eade can't be blamed for Davis!

I agree though that under Eade, the emphasis seemed too much on strategy rather than skills... Rocket, this is footy... not Age of Empires...

[NMWBloods]

I would have thought that by AFL level most of them should have the basic skills and need to work more than previously on game plans.

[Rizzo]

Sloppy is the best way to describe our performance in the last three quarters. Actually, I think we were a bit sloppy in the first but the Dockers hadn't turned on the pressure. If the hand balls and kicks are wayward and marks aren't taken it ramps the pressure up even more.

[treespirit]

Originally posted by Rizzo
Sloppy is the best way to describe our performance in the last three quarters. Actually, I think we were a bit sloppy in the first but the Dockers hadn't turned on the pressure. If the hand balls and kicks are wayward and marks aren't taken it ramps the pressure up even more.

Try last three years!