Knifey Spoony

My 2 Cents: Lacked drive out of the back half. We really struggled to keep the ball inside 50 and Gold Coast killed us of the half back flank with their run Someone else mentioned it before, but McKenzie gave up some costly frees with his tackling. Disposal killed us - Terlich on the members wing was an absolute howler. Umpires killed any momentum and I can't remember the last time it was this bad. The lack of consistency is the most frustrating part. McAfferGate gave Gary alot of soft frees today, but he is all class. Tackling left a lot to be desired, lots of broken tackles. We kept at it though, whereas in the past alot of teams would have given up. I think once we get a few more players back we may surprise a few teams this year.

Was there yesterday and thought i'd post my observations: - We were severely undersized yesterday in terms of KPP. They had Kennedy, NicNat, Cox, Glass, Darling, Sinclair, Mackenzie and Brown - We had Fitz, Perderson, Frawley, Spencer, Dunn, McDonald and Georgiou - As many have said before...effort was there but the execution of kicking and other fundamentals killed any momentum we had. - I thought West Coast played pretty well, their spread and ability to get back and clog up our forward line made it quite difficult for melbourne to get any run on. - Our kicking to the HF / Inside 50 hurt us badly and West Coast were able to use their spare defended to rebound quickly. I would have hoped that we could get the ball a bit deeper to atleast allow our forwards to try and keep the ball in (4th quarter looked marginally better) - We did have a few plays where we controlled the ball from the back 50 and work the ball all the way into our 50 and hit up a target. - Cross, Dunn, N Jones and Tyson were all fantastic. - Highlight of the day was that my obnoxious West Coast supporting mate managed to win a bet on shuey first goal & WC 60+ so atleast he brought dinner!