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I went to the game and there was some glaring weaknesses that happen every week.
My hobby horse, poor centre bounce strategies and clearances was so obvious. It is so frustrating when you see the likes of Sewell and Mitchell getting first hands to the footy and easy clearances. They are so desparate to be first to the footy. Sewell was BOG for mine.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey did an expose last week on how Hawthorn set up at centre bounces and what to do to counter it. Basically they set up with players spread so they have a gap to run into on their defensive side. To combat it you simply put a player there. It worked beautifuly today so well that our blokes many a time didn't get near them. Clearly our coaching panel is not aware of this play and didn't watch the Bailey segment.
By the way, who was on Sewell as he didn't have a man all day. At one point J Bolton appeared to be close to him on occasions. If that was Jude's role then he failed miserably.
We cannot win games with only around 14 players on the field. We have a massively long tail to our team and it has never been more evident than today. At the game you get a much better view of what players are doing. The following players were clearly absolute pasengers today for the following reasons:
Crouch - slow and has no idea any more. His only saving grace today was Rioli did a hammie at the 8 minute mark. He was useless and woeful all game.
Past his use by date big time.
Grundy - I'm off him now. He is slow and just doesn't get to contests. He takes the odd lead up mark but is labourously slow. There was one contest on the Southern stand HFF where he completely misread where the ball was going and simply ambled (and that's kind) after the Hawthorn player who had gathered the ball. Best described as a boarding house cup of tea - big and weak.
Buchanan - That perfect kick on the run to a Hawthorn player cost us dearly. He could have kept going, drawn the player for an easy handball to MOL. The rest of his game was rubbish and without looking at stats I would guess he would have struggled to get the dozen. A weak effort that smacks of a player past it, disinterested or thinks there is no one to replace him.
Malceski - How many touches did he get. I suspect maybe 2 in the first half. His 2nd half was just as crap. I mixed him up with Mattner a couple of times. Has a cheek picking up his pay cheque this week. Has got to be the most insipid effort by a player I have seen in a long time. Not fit, not interested; who cares, get rid of this faded star who clearly dislikes a contest.Probably better off playing back at North Ringwood in the EFL 3rd Division.
Moore - probably the real disappointment of the day. He has no idea reading the playing coming forward. He goes the wrong for goodness sake. He doesn't get to the feet of his forwards and I reckon today he didn't want to go to a couple of contests today. A very poor effort and is one young player given his chance and has blown it. The mid year review is on this week and I suspect this bloke is high on the agenda.
Bevan - gee he was like treacle today. He was on Williams some of the time (3 goals) and Osbourne in the 3rd quarter who lead him a merry dance up the ground and around the forward line. He was instrumental in their quick run of goals in the 3rd Q.
Jack - Liz loves this bloke but the Swans fans around was groaning with his poor and soft first half. Bateman wasn't on the ball, mainly HFF. Jack got caught, went the wrong way, didn't win a hard ball clearance until early 3rd Q, doesn't run to space and is not creative. This guy is marking time and like Moore has had more than enough chances to prove himself. Plays the odd good game, but is he a front runner.
Why doesn't White get maximum ground time? He was so enthusiastic when he was on the ball and has great second efforts. He oozes enthusiasm, something we lack from most of the abovesaid.
As other posters have said; the olds and bolds continue to produce the goods, it is the second tier that don't appear to be up to it.
My hobby horse, poor centre bounce strategies and clearances was so obvious. It is so frustrating when you see the likes of Sewell and Mitchell getting first hands to the footy and easy clearances. They are so desparate to be first to the footy. Sewell was BOG for mine.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey did an expose last week on how Hawthorn set up at centre bounces and what to do to counter it. Basically they set up with players spread so they have a gap to run into on their defensive side. To combat it you simply put a player there. It worked beautifuly today so well that our blokes many a time didn't get near them. Clearly our coaching panel is not aware of this play and didn't watch the Bailey segment.
By the way, who was on Sewell as he didn't have a man all day. At one point J Bolton appeared to be close to him on occasions. If that was Jude's role then he failed miserably.
We cannot win games with only around 14 players on the field. We have a massively long tail to our team and it has never been more evident than today. At the game you get a much better view of what players are doing. The following players were clearly absolute pasengers today for the following reasons:
Crouch - slow and has no idea any more. His only saving grace today was Rioli did a hammie at the 8 minute mark. He was useless and woeful all game.
Past his use by date big time.
Grundy - I'm off him now. He is slow and just doesn't get to contests. He takes the odd lead up mark but is labourously slow. There was one contest on the Southern stand HFF where he completely misread where the ball was going and simply ambled (and that's kind) after the Hawthorn player who had gathered the ball. Best described as a boarding house cup of tea - big and weak.
Buchanan - That perfect kick on the run to a Hawthorn player cost us dearly. He could have kept going, drawn the player for an easy handball to MOL. The rest of his game was rubbish and without looking at stats I would guess he would have struggled to get the dozen. A weak effort that smacks of a player past it, disinterested or thinks there is no one to replace him.
Malceski - How many touches did he get. I suspect maybe 2 in the first half. His 2nd half was just as crap. I mixed him up with Mattner a couple of times. Has a cheek picking up his pay cheque this week. Has got to be the most insipid effort by a player I have seen in a long time. Not fit, not interested; who cares, get rid of this faded star who clearly dislikes a contest.Probably better off playing back at North Ringwood in the EFL 3rd Division.
Moore - probably the real disappointment of the day. He has no idea reading the playing coming forward. He goes the wrong for goodness sake. He doesn't get to the feet of his forwards and I reckon today he didn't want to go to a couple of contests today. A very poor effort and is one young player given his chance and has blown it. The mid year review is on this week and I suspect this bloke is high on the agenda.
Bevan - gee he was like treacle today. He was on Williams some of the time (3 goals) and Osbourne in the 3rd quarter who lead him a merry dance up the ground and around the forward line. He was instrumental in their quick run of goals in the 3rd Q.
Jack - Liz loves this bloke but the Swans fans around was groaning with his poor and soft first half. Bateman wasn't on the ball, mainly HFF. Jack got caught, went the wrong way, didn't win a hard ball clearance until early 3rd Q, doesn't run to space and is not creative. This guy is marking time and like Moore has had more than enough chances to prove himself. Plays the odd good game, but is he a front runner.
Why doesn't White get maximum ground time? He was so enthusiastic when he was on the ball and has great second efforts. He oozes enthusiasm, something we lack from most of the abovesaid.
As other posters have said; the olds and bolds continue to produce the goods, it is the second tier that don't appear to be up to it.
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