Bankers and Anchors - Round 12

[LostDoggy]

Re: Bankers and Anchors - Round 12

Picken and Roughy.....at least we can tell you care.

I'd add Tutt to that. Ran all day.

[meenies]

Re: Bankers and Anchors - Round 12

Bankers:
1. Our backline - all put in.
2. Mids when have Libba, Wallis and Griff in there as a group - as a team they are rarely beaten.
3. Our supporters who still turn up - when we play with such rubbish.

Anchors:
1. Our other mids (bar Dahl) - who do not have the same "kill" in their eyes, when in the centre.
2. Our forwards coach - what are you teaching them?
3. 2014 season.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Bankers and Anchors - Round 12

Bankers

Macrae - knows how to find the ball and knows how to use it. Still a way to go but is going to be a star.
Libba - wins the ball and gives it to the best option and not someone standing right next to him like a lot a players in our team. 14 tackles again shows just how hard he is working.
Roughhead - he is very underrated from outside our club. He is becoming the ever reliable just like Dale Morris.

Anchors

MC - Christian Howard really? He doesn't dominate VFL footy so what makes you think he can play AFL. Tom Williams is not a KPP. When was the last time he took a contested mark? When was the last time he crashed a pack? The selection and positioning of some players is baffling. Ok, plan A seems to be to try win the contested ball and move the ball with quick handball to an open forward line. (that's what I think they are trying to do). Well plan A isn't working for whatever reason (no skills, opposition are better, Macca knows all our deficiencies), where the hell is plan B. We get beaten the same way nearly every week. Last week Freo flooded our forward line and then got us on a fast spread. This week the bottom of the ladder team done the same thing. Do our coaches have a plan on how to defend this? Opposition coaches just have to watch the replay to easily figure out how to beat us. We are the easiest team to play against IMO.

Griffen - yes his efforts are there (10 tackles) but where has his line breaking dash gone. Is the captaincy burdening him? He isn't influencing games like we need from him. It's harsh to give him an anchor but much is expected.

Minson - he was beaten by a third choice ruckman. We need someone to challenge mince for his position. Those goals Stefan Martin set up from stoppages in Brisbane's forward pockets where inexcusable from Minson.

Crameri - if he gets so much as a finger touched on him he will spill the mark. I feel sorry for him because like every bulldog forward since the great Chris Grant, he has the weight of the whole bulldog fraternity on his shoulders as the answer to our forward line woes. He just needs to be stronger in his marking. It's hard to be a forward with slow motion ball delivery though.

Think I'll just agree with you Ratsmac and call that my anchors and bankers.

[boydogs]

Re: Bankers and Anchors - Round 12

Bankers

Roughead spoiling and even outmarking in defense - starting to look like we have Lake back
Wood defending and offering rebound as well
Higgins putting his body on the line

Anchors

Overusing the ball through the midfield instead of getting it into the forwards
Failing to slow the game down when Brisbane got a run on
Howard giving us nothing