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I think we are over-acheiving at the moment thanks to the enthusiasm shown by the young players. But I still feel we have several glaring deficiencies that may well prove hard to fix.
Firstly the form LRT showed in 2005 has more or less evaporated. Footy in 2008 is far more about pace & running in Season 2008 than it was then & I think LRt is a victim of this, being way way too slow both in terms of manning up his opponent & his actual decision making when he has the pill. Worsfold knows that the contest with him & Adam Hunter was a complete mismatch. Old Skunkhead was way way way too nimble or him on Saturday night & Roos did not choose to change this, even though he well could have.
The fact that LRT is stuill getting a game shows the dearth of quality tall defenders we have. Brennan is probably our only option but his is nearly as slow as LRT & is actually a worse kick.
If Darren Jolly goes down we are once again in a complete hole in terms of our ruckmen. We would need LRT to play as a second ruckman again, thus leaving us once again undermanned in terms of tall defenders. He is a dodgy ruckam as well. Besides him & Spida who can really only play in fits & starts these days there appears to be a pretty barren cupboard in terms of ruckmen (not unless there is a big tall ruckman carving it up in Canberra that we don't know about)
I think with Malceski & Tagdh playing we CAN challenge any team in the competition. But how option do those two injury riddled players miss important games, thus robbing us of effective measures of getting the ball quickly upfield from defence. If we bomb the ball aimlessly up forward like we did for much of the match on Sat night we can give up ever being able to compete with the Geelongs Hawthorns & Bulldogs of this world.
Stuill let's enjoy the ride whilst we are on a wave. I didn't expect us to be going as well as we are.
JF
Firstly the form LRT showed in 2005 has more or less evaporated. Footy in 2008 is far more about pace & running in Season 2008 than it was then & I think LRt is a victim of this, being way way too slow both in terms of manning up his opponent & his actual decision making when he has the pill. Worsfold knows that the contest with him & Adam Hunter was a complete mismatch. Old Skunkhead was way way way too nimble or him on Saturday night & Roos did not choose to change this, even though he well could have.
The fact that LRT is stuill getting a game shows the dearth of quality tall defenders we have. Brennan is probably our only option but his is nearly as slow as LRT & is actually a worse kick.
If Darren Jolly goes down we are once again in a complete hole in terms of our ruckmen. We would need LRT to play as a second ruckman again, thus leaving us once again undermanned in terms of tall defenders. He is a dodgy ruckam as well. Besides him & Spida who can really only play in fits & starts these days there appears to be a pretty barren cupboard in terms of ruckmen (not unless there is a big tall ruckman carving it up in Canberra that we don't know about)
I think with Malceski & Tagdh playing we CAN challenge any team in the competition. But how option do those two injury riddled players miss important games, thus robbing us of effective measures of getting the ball quickly upfield from defence. If we bomb the ball aimlessly up forward like we did for much of the match on Sat night we can give up ever being able to compete with the Geelongs Hawthorns & Bulldogs of this world.
Stuill let's enjoy the ride whilst we are on a wave. I didn't expect us to be going as well as we are.
JF
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