Well half expected but I thought miles playing well. Putting a lot of faith in c Ellis.
That effort in the goal square in the last quarter was probably the deal breaker for Miles - besides, with Selwood out we no longer need to match Geelong for head high frees so it sort of makes sense...
Miles was blindsighted. Who was the other Richmond player and why didn't he shepherd for Miles?
He didn't need shepherding he just needed to kick it instead of hatching it
In that scenario Miles assumed Dusty wanted the ball and hesitated, why he hesitated I can only speculate that Dusty was calling for the ball. Some players don't have the confidence of the top liners to ignore a stupid call but in this case instead of just kicking the goal he sees Dusty on his right and can't see the opposition player steaming in on his left. I don't know for sure but it looks as though Dusty calls for the ball but he shouldn't have called for the ball but instead whilst shepherding he'd be yelling for Miles to just kick the goal.
Shepherding is another missing ingredient. It's not hard to implement or execute and it's a very effective weapon. I don't know why when a player handpasses the ball to a teammate running past he can't just shepherd the chasing opponent but in today's footy time and time again you'll see the player that handpasses runs to try to get another handpass because his teammate just got caught.
