WP I disagree. I thought Lis didnt do enough last night. Most players in the 3rd quarter were good. But when the game was in the balance in the last quarter - Judd stood out like a beckon and Lids went awol. There was a passage in the last quarter when Judd ran past Lids into the fwd 50 ...Lids wasnt sprinting to catch Judd...
I dont think Lids works hard enough when going the other way...with his pace he should be racking up the tackles and running guys down - he doesnt. He is skillful and courageous but imho not defensive enough.
I never said Lids had a great game - I just thought his 3rd qtr was very good like a number of other players who had poor first halves. I thought his 3rd qtr was very good, showing good leadership along with Cotch who had also had a poor game to that point. For both their chasing and 2nd efforts in the 3rd were great but they need to do it for 4 qtrs not 2 or 3
What last night showed in part was that we paid dearly for taking blokes into the game with not enough pre-season action in their legs. The 3 standouts in that category were Lids, Newman & based on what Dimma said Connors. I am still scratching my head as to why we didn't take the opportunity last week to give these guys a run around in the VFL if only for half a game to get their fitness up
Just on Judd - did you notice Judd's not chasing of our captain as Newy was storming through the middle in the 3rd. You speak of leadership, that was a distincty lack of leadership by a captain right there - which is what I think you are being critical of Lids about. Also there were times where Judd just stood on the outside of contests when he needed to get in there and help his team mates.
Fortunately for Mr 360 and his "non chase" we turned the ball over a few seconds later and he happended to be in the right place at the right time to get a relatively cheap possession. But I do agree his leadership in the final qtr was very good, he stood up when he needed too
