Warnock - little to commend

Jones - used ball well

Bate - needed the run

Miller - our only forward

Frawley - strong , poor disposal

Trengove - just a game

Sylvia - played 1 quarter

McKenzie - needs more time

Dunn - an impressive game

Petterd - probably 2 possessions

Green - easily our best

Maric - quiet 3 quarters

Moloney - just bombed ball

McDonald - worth his weight

Cheney - was rarely sighted

McNamara - little to commend

Scully - good but clumsy

Bruce - excellent in moderation

Martin - failed Bailey's directions

Davey - didn't push hard

Hughes - out of depth

Jamar - tried as expected

Spencer - needs more time

Bennell - often found out

Bail - was rarely sighted

Strauss - deserves his place

Edited March 13, 201015 yr by joeboy

Davey - didn't push hard

goes for 20 other blokes

I though Bail played OK. As did Jamar Bruce, Green, Scully and...... that's about it.

I though Bail played OK. As did Jamar Bruce, Green, Scully and...... that's about it.

Bail was average - was carved up by Le Cras and made several poor decisions, still along way to go before I'm convinced he's good enough.

Here's how I saw it (whoever i randomly noticed, for better or worse):

Frawley had a shocker, plain and simple. Struggled against LeCras, generally a bad day.

Junior McDonald got a fair bit of the ball, had several clearances which were all long bombs to the forward line... not helpful.

Bennell was really really good early, but dropped of late... like much of the team. Several fast, evasive runs out of the backline. So classy.

Scully got a fair bit of it, some of his kicks were beauties and some struggled. Incredibly fast.

Maric put on some good pressure in the fwd line, just hardly got a kick. Tried hard though. Also fast.

Petterd was very quiet.

Strauss had some smooth disposals, but was put under way too much pressure when kicking in. THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT FROM ANYONE. It was like we were forming our own zone. WTF? This looks like a major weakness of our game at this stage. We just battled to get it out of the back line. If this keeps up, IMO we could ruin Strauss' confidence... how is he meant to get it out of there?

Jamar and Spencer did fairly well against Cox, Nat and some random guy. Spence just battles with disposal though, is a liability at times.

Martin played forward and looked lost, just battled. Where does he fit in? He's not a forward. We don't need another tall back. IMO he should be back-up ruckman, has a great leap and better disposal than Spencer.

Miller presented well at times, but went missing for large stretches.

Cheney struggled, had one great tackle though i think. Bail did a few good things but didn't show a heap.

Trengove didn't get much of the ball, but looked so classy when he did. Always has oodles of time. Played a fair bit in the middle, good to see.

Bate had a few good moments, but was quiet... first hit-out, acceptable.

Hughes hardly got a touch. Not sure about him.

Davey had some trademark runs through the middle, played forward at times... faded later on.

MacNamara.. meh. Played on Hansen I think, didn't do much.

Moloney got fired up and generally played OK... not his best, but when he got going in the third, we looked much more likely.

Jones was very solid, some good grunt as usual.

Warnock.. did well against NikNat in the second, otherwise not a heap.

Dunn played quite well, good chance for Rd 1 now that Sylvia has gone down. Played middle and forward at times.

Just generally...

TOO MUCH HANDBALL.

The Umpires struggled. Inconsistent at best, very frustrating.

We need Watts ASAP as a target around CHF... delivery just breaks down too often.

The set-up for kick ins needs a heap of work. Was our defensive coach on holidays all summer? If Hawthorn play a zone in Round 1, we are no chance whatsoever.

We didn't run out the game. 2 1/2 quarters of passable play, then we struggled. Was it the heat which suited West Coast? Who knows.

Need to eliminate the high bomb out of the centre square. Just gets turned over too often, esp when there's no-one to mark it.

Too many freak injuries... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh it's annoying.

Great turnout, 5,000ish apparently. Beautiful day for it.

Took 25 minutes to get out of the carpark... needs improving lol.

That is all.

good point regarding a lack of options when kicking from the backline - the same thing has happened to us for years now.. why don't they teach them to create space, make leads, present, run etc etc like in junior football we always were taught this.. melbourne always seem to just stand there. it is very frustrating as a supporter!

Warnock - little to commend

That is so, so wrong.

Warnock - little to commend

That is so, so wrong.

agreed, at the very least he took a couple of genuine screamers and neutered dangerous oppositon inside 50s, as did Jamar

Warnock - little to commend

That is so, so wrong.

Doubly agreed. Nick Nat got a couple of goals handed to him on a platter, but otherwise Warnock killed him when he went forward. He's not in the league of Scarelt or Lake, but he's solid.

why don't they teach them to create space, make leads

I don't know that we can presume that it's not something they're not being taught or working on. From comments in the press and from reported discussions, it seems pretty clear that Bailey and the footy department are aware of the various shortcomings, and do work on them.

This is a side that's low on experience, confidence and a settled line-up, and it shows.

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ame='pitmaster' date='14 March 2010 - 10:44 AM' timestamp='1268523876' post='308897']

agreed, at the very least he took a couple of genuine screamers

We picture "screamers" differently.

Dunn impressive? We must've been watching a different player. He was awful IMO.

Dunn impressive? We must've been watching a different player. He was awful IMO.

I would've said a mixed bag from Dunn. He did some shocking things, but also some pretty good things. If he could iron out the shocking he'd be a much better prospect.

Dunn impressive? We must've been watching a different player. He was awful IMO.

Agree. I don't get how anyone thought otherwise.

Edited March 16, 201015 yr by titan_uranus