Spent all our tickets in the first half. Sydney was Ali to our George Foreman. We still carry too many dumb panic merchants & poorly skilled players. Halfstep Halftime Hardwick needs to finally realise that his old favourites Grigg, Houli, Edwards and a few others aren't going to take us further and have been common denominators in these kind of defeats for years now.
Lloyd is just a liabilty now - surely Lennon couldn't do any worse.
Tackling numbers might've improved but tackling technique is still absymal, never seem to stop the handball and we still miss too many tackles.
Players need to stop keeping the ball alive at all costs in the clinches and start playing the percentages and kill the ball, unless they have a clear option.
Rioli needs to seperate himself from his opponents and encourage the kick over the top - teammates should kick it ahead of the contest regardless to encourage him to turn his opponent and use his pace.
Set shot goal kicking is a disgrace. Nankervis & Castagna worst offenders - the latter a serial offender.
Halfstep is still a stunned mullet in the box. Worst matchday coach in the AFL.
Short is a completely useless defender, and whilst he can be handy on the rebound he's not on Yarran's level to compensate. Might be time to put him forward again and stick one of the indigineous kids back there.
Butler's lack of awareness is becoming a concern - and why does he constantly hesitatate with his kicks anyway?
..and there's at least dozen other things but I can't arsed right now.....
