I must admit the chicken little response is not as bad ad I thought.
What did people think martin's game? I notice that he barely gets a mention.
People often talk about players killing momentum....
Misses a "gimme" goal, and badly, one that would have put us with in a point.
Follows it up with a poor chase on betts ( i think). you could see martins effort drop off once he realised he could'nt catch him. The thing was that betts ran into trouble, which meant that if martin had chased hard he would have got to the contest, but by dropping off it allowed carlton to clear, and goal.
soon after he wrapped up judd in a tackle, but beacause it was half hearted he allowed judd to get his hands free, dish off and this resulted in another carlton goal. basically that is game over from there.
He tackles and chases like he has to, not because he wants to. even nahas is a more proficient tackler than martin pound for pound
Martin needs to improve his defensive aspect still. he needs to learn that he can still impact games, even when he isn't with the ball.
Post was atrocious.
Vickery was poor up up forward, but at least tapped to advantage in the ruck.
Newman gave every indication that the pace of the game has gone past him.
Conca should not have played, particularily when you compare his output to their sub, lucas. he just lacked that edge you can only get from playing, rather than training. we really needed those fresh legs to be match fit.
I though maric minor showed glimpses and although was relatively quiet ( not robinson carusoe there) his ability to spot up players in the forward 50 should be a valuable asset.
Morris's attack on the ball...
. I reckon there were times that carlton forward were second guessing whether he was going to make them earn their kick. The amount of times he had to leave his man to pressure a loose blue taking possession was an indictment on the side as whole, but gee he does it like a madman.
Ellis, again without a lot of the ball, showed that he does belong when he did get it .
Deledio did a lot of hard work without having a major impact. i must admit i was surprised to see the amount of possessions he got. wasnt his fault we lost
Cotchin, atlthough his impact was curtailed a bit after swapping the tag to him at 1/4 time he carried the side
People question why griffiths has been playing down back, well last night answered that. we need a mosnter backman. simple as that. As much as rance has improved he struggles in the air against tall forwards, as does grimes. Untill we get that monster backmen we are going to get exposed down back when we get touched up in the middle.
funny how edwards gets singled out when there were so many poor performers. he was involved in a number of goals at least and didnt do a lot wrong, just didn't get involved enough.
Maric major.....he tried.
Overall we were beaten by a better side. The final margin is not a true reflection of the game, as it was really only the last quarter we we were cracked wide open. A trend in modern football, particlarily with young sides against more seasoned ones. The old adage about tall players not getting any smaller when the players get tired was shown once again to be true as the tall scum forwards ran riot as fatigue set in.
The media will be thinking mission accomplished. got every one worked up and then the fall. they will peeing themselves this morning.
