If we are disorganized then it's the coaches responsibility. Will it get scrutinized. Probably not. We won.The OtherThommo wrote:Wise comments, Curls.CURLY wrote:Gee there are some clowns around. To suggest players aren't trying shows you know nothing. I watched MCCartin and in most contests he was against two and others three. Ball always came to ground and in dangerous spots. Billings is in between at the moment but should be either deep forward or behind the footy like v Collingwood last season when he destroyed them.
What stood out today was without Jack No 1 we're as slow as treacle. We had no-one to bust up the game.
We went early on our proximity to high performance, and thought we'd cement it it Brown and Carlisle in key defence posts. Having said that, Carlisle was good all day, and Brown, again, did what we acauired him to do.
But, what we've put around them is flair moderation, and now we look completely different to the 2nd half of last year, when we could turn the other sides around with speed and quick ball movement.
At the start of the last 1/4 today, it was clear we decided to kick long and deep from the midfield. And, they did.
But, for at least the first 5 forward entries, when we kicked deep, the players up forward were leading to places that said they were on another page.
There was FA cohesion for most of the day - jeeazarse it was frustrating to watch.
I appreciate people's frustrations about McCartin and Billings but, for criminey's sake, we and everybody else knows they can play, but they look lost. Who torched their football talent?
For mine, we look like a side who is currently celebrating 'apparent effort' for the sake of it, lack cohesion, the game plan seems all over the shop, and we're failing to recognise the reasons why.
If we're going to bring the likes of Carlisle and Brown on board, we have to put some speed and adventure around them - we haven't.
If we're going to bring in more hard bodied midfielders along, we have to consider the balance - we haven't.
At 5 consecutive centre bounces in the 3rd 1/4 we had no-one on the wing on the Victory Room side - but they did.
We're disorganised, generally, and who is responsible for that?
As for McCartin and Billings I know they are genuine talent. We are either not using Billings correctly or there are other issues. Just doesn't look interested or doesn't want to be there. When does his contract end?
As for McCartin I never said he wasn't making a contest and bringing the ball down. But once it hit the ground there was no second effort. We can't afford that playing against quality opposition.