We're not playing well, it's a concern given our form in JLT but I guess that was hugely misleading given Essendon's preparation and Nof.
We were hammered in contested footy last night and only broke even on that stat last week. Missing meatball and replacing him with Cellis instead of Miles a huge mistake imo.
Bolton ahead of Higgins or Stengle also an error.
Finally, teams have worked out the single ruckman thing and so we going to need a proper contest in the Ruck.
Vlas missing hurt us down back last night but they are such a good kicking side, I'm not sure it would've made much difference - pushing them to the wings has little consequence at Adelaide Oval as they (and we) can take advantage of those deep pockets that are much easier to score goals from
set shots.
Last night was a good straighten up - players, coaches and match committee. We've got 10 days to kick our wounds and smash the Hawks