Well done boys

[tig_prmz]

It's got nothing to do with inexperience or skillset from where I can see jirskyr.

This was back to the good ol' days of Taylorball tbh. But at the end of Taylorball you had a bomb, most of Brooks' kicks were horribble. I saw all 4 games this week and tbh Brooks was one of the worst of the 16 halves and we had the worst 6th tackle kicks

Now the 5 tackles beforehand, any reserve grader or an U20s player would support the person running the ball. ET and Kevvie did that at times but all the other forwards and backs just stood there swatting flies. I wasnt happy with Tui's involvement in the first half either- he just parked himself on the right instead of taking on the line.

This is all basic stuff. You don't need superstars, experience or skills to do this. I've said it all year. A lot of these guys (not just the young ones) don't have much footy brains tbh. Esp guys like Ava, Sue, Lovett, Brooks, Grant and Woods. They just take their half hearted hit ups and get it over and done with.

How can football, in any aspect, have nothing to do with experience or skillset?

The things that I am pointing out have nothing to do with experience or skillset.

 

[tig_prmz]

It's got nothing to do with inexperience or skillset from where I can see jirskyr.

This was back to the good ol' days of Taylorball tbh. But at the end of Taylorball you had a bomb, most of Brooks' kicks were horribble. I saw all 4 games this week and tbh Brooks was one of the worst of the 16 halves and we had the worst 6th tackle kicks

Now the 5 tackles beforehand, any reserve grader or an U20s player would support the person running the ball. ET and Kevvie did that at times but all the other forwards and backs just stood there swatting flies. I wasnt happy with Tui's involvement in the first half either- he just parked himself on the right instead of taking on the line.

This is all basic stuff. You don't need superstars, experience or skills to do this. I've said it all year. A lot of these guys (not just the young ones) don't have much footy brains tbh. Esp guys like Ava, Sue, Lovett, Brooks, Grant and Woods. They just take their half hearted hit ups and get it over and done with.

Brooks' long kicking game was excellent. His short kicking game needs further refinement but he also needs more protection from his forwards. Overall he played well.

His long kicking game was sub par- we can't be comparing Brooks to his 18 year old self. He has had 3 full seasons in first grade. Corey Norman's was excellent

His short kicking was just the worst i've seen in a while.

 

[tig_prmz]

I'm not ragging on players or doubting their efforts. Main example is Sue. I have no doubt in the world that this guy tackles hard and runs hard. But they don't use their brains. When ET as the smallest forward in the world is taking a hit up, you need to have brains to support him and put the opposition in two minds and run a hole. You don't need a Wade Graham or Luke Lewis for that.

Things like completions, kick metres, kick chases, decoys- all this has NOTHING to do with your experience or skillset. You don't need to have been playing together for years to do this. This is basic stuff that they teach in U12s. I played touch with mates for a month and we had more set plays than these guys. Two tries just barging over from dummy half, one try from a young forward seeing an opportunity and taking it. The MWZ try as I said before was really good.

I honestly don't know how you guys can be happy with what was produced there; it was worse than reserve grade standard.

 

[tig_prmz]

All these players need to forget the excuses: forget the big 4, forget the coaching changes, forget what someone else said, forget the TimSim incident and just move on and do their jobs.

Idk how you can possibly say that it was a good effort when they're doing one out hits. Sue, Lovett, Ava, Grant, the centres they all need to support the ball carrier.

Every forward touches the ball maybe 20 times in the game, a lot of the work is done off the ball like running decoys, tackling, cover tackles, kick pressure, kick chase, protecting your half when he kicks etc. and that's not happening

You dont need rep players to do that. You just need a heart and a brain.

All good in theory Tig, games don't pan out like that…. there is an opposition that have a say.

The opposition had nothing to do with us seemingly (from the end part of the game I saw) running one out constantly… There was no support... No bodies in motion.. Just "it's your go... We'll watch"

I think you said before that you only saw the last 20\. The first 20 was worse if you wanna catch the replay.

One out hit up or dummy half runs. Repeat x 5 and bomb.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

It's got nothing to do with inexperience or skillset from where I can see jirskyr.

This was back to the good ol' days of Taylorball tbh. But at the end of Taylorball you had a bomb, most of Brooks' kicks were horribble. I saw all 4 games this week and tbh Brooks was one of the worst of the 16 halves and we had the worst 6th tackle kicks

Now the 5 tackles beforehand, any reserve grader or an U20s player would support the person running the ball. ET and Kevvie did that at times but all the other forwards and backs just stood there swatting flies. I wasnt happy with Tui's involvement in the first half either- he just parked himself on the right instead of taking on the line.

This is all basic stuff. You don't need superstars, experience or skills to do this. I've said it all year. A lot of these guys (not just the young ones) don't have much footy brains tbh. Esp guys like Ava, Sue, Lovett, Brooks, Grant and Woods. They just take their half hearted hit ups and get it over and done with.

How can football, in any aspect, have nothing to do with experience or skillset?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who found that statement bizarre.

It's the exact reason why we are where we are. We don't have enough experienced and skilled players. Our team is full of kids and reserve graders. It is exactly why we are where we are.

Melbourne aren't coming first because they have a first class spine brimming with talent and experience behind a good quality pack who do the jobs allotted to them… :laughing:

 

[Gary_Bakerloo]

Just throwing it out there, but imagine if they played "Taylorball" in the last 3 minutes on Saturday.

Maybe JT was onto something about how to win and close out games…

 

[earl]

Just throwing it out there, but imagine if they played "Taylorball" in the last 3 minutes on Saturday.

Maybe JT was onto something about how to win and close out games…

It is a great way to play at the end of the game when you are up. You can even try it for 10 minutes if you are winning.

 

[stryker]

It's got nothing to do with inexperience or skillset from where I can see jirskyr.

This was back to the good ol' days of Taylorball tbh. But at the end of Taylorball you had a bomb, most of Brooks' kicks were horribble. I saw all 4 games this week and tbh Brooks was one of the worst of the 16 halves and we had the worst 6th tackle kicks

Now the 5 tackles beforehand, any reserve grader or an U20s player would support the person running the ball. ET and Kevvie did that at times but all the other forwards and backs just stood there swatting flies. I wasnt happy with Tui's involvement in the first half either- he just parked himself on the right instead of taking on the line.

This is all basic stuff. You don't need superstars, experience or skills to do this. I've said it all year. A lot of these guys (not just the young ones) don't have much footy brains tbh. Esp guys like Ava, Sue, Lovett, Brooks, Grant and Woods. They just take their half hearted hit ups and get it over and done with.

How can football, in any aspect, have nothing to do with experience or skillset?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who found that statement bizarre.

It's the exact reason why we are where we are. We don't have enough experienced and skilled players. Our team is full of kids and reserve graders. It is exactly why we are where we are.

Melbourne aren't coming first because they have a first class spine brimming with talent and experience behind a good quality pack who do the jobs allotted to them… :laughing:

Melbourne's spine was out on Sat night plus a middle forward and a center and the team they presented would have lapped us. They have quality throughout their organisation just waiting for a chance to shine. We have 30% of a first grade quality squad and everyone else through all grades are pretenders.

 

[wonka]

Just throwing it out there, but imagine if they played "Taylorball" in the last 3 minutes on Saturday.

Maybe JT was onto something about how to win and close out games…

Yeah, But JT would play it for 80

 

[tig_prmz]

LOL i give up. I don't think we are all on the same page then.

 

[innsaneink]

I get ya.
No ball movement… No questions asked of the opposition... No pressure applied.. No imagination... No thought.. No flair...no risks... Lots of dull one out hit ups.

 

[jirskyr]

I get ya.
No ball movement… No questions asked of the opposition... No pressure applied.. No imagination... No thought.. No flair...no risks... Lots of dull one out hit ups.

Hmm but the most points we've scored since Rd 7?

 

[timmings01]

Everyone knew they were going to lose that game. We were all waiting for it to happen. How sad is that?

 

[innsaneink]

I get ya.
No ball movement… No questions asked of the opposition... No pressure applied.. No imagination... No thought.. No flair...no risks... Lots of dull one out hit ups.

Hmm but the most points we've scored since Rd 7?

Yeah weird eh?
…and we still lost

 

[Geo]

No risk at 22-14 would have been OK by me…

 

[stryker]

I get ya.
No ball movement… No questions asked of the opposition... No pressure applied.. No imagination... No thought.. No flair...no risks... Lots of dull one out hit ups.

Hmm but the most points we've scored since Rd 7?

Take ink with a grain of salt. He didnt watch the game, just having a sook.

 

[stryker]

I get ya.
No ball movement… No questions asked of the opposition... No pressure applied.. No imagination... No thought.. No flair...no risks... Lots of dull one out hit ups.

Hmm but the most points we've scored since Rd 7?

Yeah weird eh?
…and we still lost

…and why did they lose ink? Maybe it was because they became complacent with their control of the game and decided to become flairy and attempt risky ball movement, asking questions that did not need to be answered? They had that game for the majority of its length, through patience and grit and soon as they did what you mentioned above right at the end, they lost it. Youd know that if you had watched the game.

 

[innsaneink]

Awww…theres more to life lol
I saw nothing flairy or any ball movement in the last quarter...Ive mentioned quite a few times how much of the game I saw
They shut up shop and it looked like they played the clock ala balmain 89...they stopped playing is why they lost/25 mins

 

[Knuckles]

I think they were shot with ten minutes to go. You just knew it was coming …. we've all seen it before .... 😖😖😖

 

[Russell]

Don't push the pass, good kicking game in the last 10 minutes and we win the game.

They couldn't do it. too much inexperience.

One day…..