Pencil!!!

 

One thing that stands out, and I think someone else mentioned it, is that we're a little too tall in the forward line.  It doesn't matter too much tonight, but we can't go in to Round 1 with Hogan, Watts, Weideman and Spencer there.  Saints will kill us on the rebound.

Is Bernie on limited minutes? Sighted him once so far.

Nice one Spencil.

Neither team is playing with much rhythm and there isn't a lot of urgency from either side at this stage. Almost feels like going through the motions to build some match fitness.

ANB is staking his claim for perhaps a defensive half forward role, Oliver has been in everything and Weideman gets to the right spots... but that's about it for us.

 

FWIW- that Tyson kick was a howler, but no one was willing to run hard enough to create a free option for him- everyone was waiting for the siren.

Just now, bing181 said:

It never is. 

Setting up well for the most part, a few mistakes have let them in.

You're right, just feel like it needs to be said for those who might be relying on supporters posting here tonight.  It's easy to get sucked into the group speak.

2 minutes ago, martin said:

Garland barely VFL standard.

Done one bad thing in my book, better than others. 

Those last moments of the quarter still proves we have a lot to learn even when it comes to experienced senior players. 

I love Jonesy but he handballed to a still player facing the wrong way, and from there it all went wrong. Tyson then did what I can only describe as a brain fart, kicking it right across goal to no one in particular. Lucky not to concede a goal there. 

How we're playing isn't perhaps as bad as it sounds on paper, we need to get control over our skills and make the dominance in the ruck pay off. 

Who is on Vardy?

Their disposal is far superior than ours. 

Farrrkkkkkk

Really not not a Harmes fan. Good overhead but his ball use just isn't good enough,

Again, another turnover kills us.  The Harmes kick inside 50 was poor.  The ball movement to get there was terrific, with O Mac taking a risk across ground that paid off.

Need to pick better options going forward 

Your goal Harmes you cronk

Pretty ordinary from Harmes there.

What was harmes thinking ? 

 

Get OMac out of the team. 

I can hear St Kilda's forwards licking their lips. 

Gee that was an ordinary effort by gus

We're going nowhere with so many blokes who can't kick/no vision.

not sold on anb done some dumb things with handballs failing to tackle

 

Our tall backs will be our Achilles heel this season

Harmes is a liability. 

The sooner Frost is ready to replace O-Mac the better.

Garland is a better option than O-Mac in the mean time.

Harmes is not a best 22 player 

Lack of small forward is costing us. No-one to mop up all the dropped marks. 

Great play from Watts then.