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Firstly, what a fantastic feeling it is to smell blood and actually kill a game right off and give the opposition no chance of winning!!
Lots of things stood out today and while I totally understand that the opposition was poor but they are only as good as we allowed them to be...
I hear people talk about Akas kicking, but i reckon that Gilbee's kicking, creative streak and spacial awareness is breathtaking and he puts aka in his back pocket everytime.
Aka is a confidence player and up until the 3rd he only had one handball. Johno gave him a goal at the start of the third and he went on to kick another two and probably should of had 6 by the end.
The composure of Josh hill is what impresses me the most. For all the high jumping and excitement he generates, it means nothing if you haven't got footy smarts, his compose under duress today was outstanding. His seconds efforts after going up for a mark and keeping his feet, lika snooker player he was spoiling the ball and bringing it down each time to his or a team mates advantage.... you can't teach that!!! I refer next to Addison.
Addison is as tough as they come, his tackling and pressure was first class, he chased down everything and contined to put his life in danger every contest. He also gets alot of it and is ok overhead. But, he has absolutely no idea what to do with the basll when he gets it, none what so ever and it undoes all of his hard work.... He hasn't got that footy brain and I simply don't know f that can be coached into him.
Adam cooney's tackling and harrassing haS BEEN first class. We all know what he can do with the ball but it's been withot the ball where Cooney has struggled. He seems to be learning how to break a tag and his tackling is just ferocious. Big improvement and i expect him to be an elite by 09.
Daniel Hargrave is only player that still concerns me, his desicion making is horrible and wasted the ball alot today. It' been ongoing for him and I just wish that he can get his head right, he is a good player who at times semms not to care very much about the contest.
Minson is really struggling. Yes he is trying and doing a lot of bullocking work, but he is simply not contributing nearly enough to the scoreboard or the ruck. I' ll reserve my judgement till the end of the year.
Ben Hudson's second efforts are unbelievable..... He is just in everything. His ability to get down low and generate a second effort allows our midfielders to jump straight in after him and creat a stoppage rather than just a quick takeaway for the opposition. I think our stoppage still need a lot of work.
Overall our competitivness and hardness has improved out of sight. I heard Robert walls say that the dogs are simply not getting pushed off the ball anymore and thay are standing up in tackles... I noticed this and commented today about our feircness even when we were miles ahead and how we styed on our feet even under pressure... We simply could not do this last year.....
The biggest challenge comes next week. A big side with big forwards, hard running and great defensively, if we have improved from last and these last two weeks were not a fluke, we have to stand up to the Saints and hit them for 4 quarters....
T
Lots of things stood out today and while I totally understand that the opposition was poor but they are only as good as we allowed them to be...
I hear people talk about Akas kicking, but i reckon that Gilbee's kicking, creative streak and spacial awareness is breathtaking and he puts aka in his back pocket everytime.
Aka is a confidence player and up until the 3rd he only had one handball. Johno gave him a goal at the start of the third and he went on to kick another two and probably should of had 6 by the end.
The composure of Josh hill is what impresses me the most. For all the high jumping and excitement he generates, it means nothing if you haven't got footy smarts, his compose under duress today was outstanding. His seconds efforts after going up for a mark and keeping his feet, lika snooker player he was spoiling the ball and bringing it down each time to his or a team mates advantage.... you can't teach that!!! I refer next to Addison.
Addison is as tough as they come, his tackling and pressure was first class, he chased down everything and contined to put his life in danger every contest. He also gets alot of it and is ok overhead. But, he has absolutely no idea what to do with the basll when he gets it, none what so ever and it undoes all of his hard work.... He hasn't got that footy brain and I simply don't know f that can be coached into him.
Adam cooney's tackling and harrassing haS BEEN first class. We all know what he can do with the ball but it's been withot the ball where Cooney has struggled. He seems to be learning how to break a tag and his tackling is just ferocious. Big improvement and i expect him to be an elite by 09.
Daniel Hargrave is only player that still concerns me, his desicion making is horrible and wasted the ball alot today. It' been ongoing for him and I just wish that he can get his head right, he is a good player who at times semms not to care very much about the contest.
Minson is really struggling. Yes he is trying and doing a lot of bullocking work, but he is simply not contributing nearly enough to the scoreboard or the ruck. I' ll reserve my judgement till the end of the year.
Ben Hudson's second efforts are unbelievable..... He is just in everything. His ability to get down low and generate a second effort allows our midfielders to jump straight in after him and creat a stoppage rather than just a quick takeaway for the opposition. I think our stoppage still need a lot of work.
Overall our competitivness and hardness has improved out of sight. I heard Robert walls say that the dogs are simply not getting pushed off the ball anymore and thay are standing up in tackles... I noticed this and commented today about our feircness even when we were miles ahead and how we styed on our feet even under pressure... We simply could not do this last year.....
The biggest challenge comes next week. A big side with big forwards, hard running and great defensively, if we have improved from last and these last two weeks were not a fluke, we have to stand up to the Saints and hit them for 4 quarters....
T
I think you must be pretty excited and wrote a little too quickly! Haha
IDIOT!!!!
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