Yeah Newman and Chaplin would've made the difference
Get off it
Yeah you're right I suppose. Arnott and doughnut killed it tonight. Tross had a blinder.
And Chaplin and Newman kill it each week do they? Or Rance can't play well without Chaplin is that what you're saying?
No. I am saying we don't have the depth to cover them.
Everyone keeps waiting to try kids like Ellis, Mc Bean, Menadue, butler etc. But the facts are they are not ready.
How do we know they are not ready? They are not given enough of a chance to make a call on them. Coming in for 1 or 2 games with an axe hanging over their necks if they don't perform admirably is not giving them a chance. We wouldn't have won with Newman and chaplin last night, so why do you feel the need to single out Arnott and McDonough insinuating they were a major reason why we lost?
Completely disagree with that mindset, I blame guys like jack who played a solid game in every way bar the most important stat - KICKING GOALS. I hold players like Hunt, Martin, Grigg, Ellis, Cotch, Morris and Houli responsible - they are all our go to senior core and not one of them was a clear winner.
Most significantly I blame our setup, people can say what they like about not blaming the coach, but last night I saw some putrid attacking plays. Going inside 50 we are too scared to hit the corridor inside 50, IT WAS OPEN TIME AND AGAIN but we'd continue to go to the pocket to "at worst neutralise" the contest and try and lock it in there like we always have, whats worse Melbourne knew this and were leaving a massive hole smack bang in the middle of the 50! my god if one of our fwds wasn't actually went against team orders and looked to the fat side they would've thought all their Christmas's had come at once. Just putrid