Blame senior players for inconsistency: Roos

[liz]

I'm sorry, but I don't like Kirk as a tagger either. We need him diving under the packs showing his teammates what putting your body on the line is about.

JF

Kirk is always going to be playing tight on someone, but I do agree that he seems to have been far more focussed on the defensive side of his game thus far this season than the attacking side. It may be that Mitchell and Black are the two players in the comp he most sets himself to negate - they are almost the perfect opponents for him because they accumulate at will and can be very damaging when on song. Hopefully we'll start to see more manic attack on the ball from him in the upcoming weeks.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

In retrospect and talking to a few people since Saturday the consensus is our game plan doesn't work in the wet when it rains most of the game and is slippery. We persisted in going short and hand passing when a big kick deep into the forward line would probably been a better plan. The more you handle the ball on a wet day the more the margin for error.

Sure Brisbane got 2 and 3 players back but that was because they could see were were not pushing players forward. Easy pickings when we rushed a kick in or had no other option but to boot it long under pressure. Maybe that is an area that Stellation is talking about.

He is right on one thing. There were a number of senior players who were right out of it.

Still can't get over McVeigh on Johnstone and being dragged to their goals. One positive player out of the picture, QED.

I'm sorry, but I don't like Kirk as a tagger either. We need him diving under the packs showing his teammates what putting your body on the line is about.

JF

[Nico]

In retrospect and talking to a few people since Saturday the consensus is our game plan doesn't work in the wet when it rains most of the game and is slippery. We persisted in going short and hand passing when a big kick deep into the forward line would probably been a better plan. The more you handle the ball on a wet day the more the margin for error.

Sure Brisbane got 2 and 3 players back but that was because they could see were were not pushing players forward. Easy pickings when we rushed a kick in or had no other option but to boot it long under pressure. Maybe that is an area that Stellation is talking about.

He is right on one thing. There were a number of senior players who were right out of it.

Still can't get over McVeigh on Johnstone and being dragged to their goals. One positive player out of the picture, QED.

[dimelb]

It can't be the coaching, no sir!

Well, he actually says that's part of it:
"They need to take responsibility as well, the younger fellas. That?s a coaching thing that we?ve got to get across to them, that there?s some non-negotiables,? he said.

[stellation]

It can't be the coaching, no sir!

[GoRhino]

Blame senior players for inconsistency: Roos

Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos says senior players must shoulder the blame for the side's inconsistency