Tonights effort has been coming for months.
We had been falling over the line against the weaker teams in the comp for a period now and now their luck deservedly ran out.
There has been a multitude of reasons for this;
* lack of a recognised halfback since Moltzen went down - Sheens lack of perception entirely at fault. Lui has very little impact on the game in a position where you generally have an impact player.
* lack of structure and cohesion - tonights effort was abysmal - probably the major reason we have played so poorly for quite a while now.
* unfortunate injuries to key players namely Moltzen and for tonight McKinnon as well as others throughout the year.
* habit of not actually being able to play 6 tackle football. Effectively we generally play 3 tackle football as our first three tackles usually finish up all happening on the same spot as the forwards continually angle in at the markers get smashed and have no yardage advantage.
* Poor quality of coaching of the pack for an old forward like Sheens he has shown them no skills eg supporting the ball carrier - recently started playing off the shoulder of the man with the ball good to see.
* lack of a quality goalkicker - good effort by Benji tonight but his record is poor and we have no alternative.
* Coaches words must now not being listened to. The motivation has been there all year - have played little quality football and now against a team drastically reduced in quality and having had a belting from them we put up this rubbish.
Sheens is really under the gun now and on tonights efforts we have a long way to go to match any of the quality sides.
Slipup and he is gone as Coach - the team knows this and has not yet responded.
Its essential the side is added to in the offseason with one - preferably two quality players. This talk of our juniors are good enough doesn't cut iyt anymore.
We had been falling over the line against the weaker teams in the comp for a period now and now their luck deservedly ran out.
There has been a multitude of reasons for this;
* lack of a recognised halfback since Moltzen went down - Sheens lack of perception entirely at fault. Lui has very little impact on the game in a position where you generally have an impact player.
* lack of structure and cohesion - tonights effort was abysmal - probably the major reason we have played so poorly for quite a while now.
* unfortunate injuries to key players namely Moltzen and for tonight McKinnon as well as others throughout the year.
* habit of not actually being able to play 6 tackle football. Effectively we generally play 3 tackle football as our first three tackles usually finish up all happening on the same spot as the forwards continually angle in at the markers get smashed and have no yardage advantage.
* Poor quality of coaching of the pack for an old forward like Sheens he has shown them no skills eg supporting the ball carrier - recently started playing off the shoulder of the man with the ball good to see.
* lack of a quality goalkicker - good effort by Benji tonight but his record is poor and we have no alternative.
* Coaches words must now not being listened to. The motivation has been there all year - have played little quality football and now against a team drastically reduced in quality and having had a belting from them we put up this rubbish.
Sheens is really under the gun now and on tonights efforts we have a long way to go to match any of the quality sides.
Slipup and he is gone as Coach - the team knows this and has not yet responded.
Its essential the side is added to in the offseason with one - preferably two quality players. This talk of our juniors are good enough doesn't cut iyt anymore.
