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AFLW Tigers v Cats
- Thread starter jb03
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Without doubt, the worst we have defended within 20m of our goals all year.
They have put us under a lot of pressure, but with McKenzie being tagged, and Conti under pressure, missing Lavey has really hurt us. Molan in for Lavey is
Mine too. Even at the end there, a simple pick up off the ground and she never ever looked like picking the ball up cleanly. Slow and poor ball handling ability doesn't bode well.
We were playing 3 players down today, with Reid, Molan and Chuot in the team.
Exactly. And that was the second time she did that in the second half. She looks slow, fumbly with little athleticism ….and I’m not sure she’s in that great a shape either. Huge concerns for a pick 5 or whatever she was.
Aside from adding talent, I hope the next phase in coaching is teaching game awareness. Adjusting your kick for the breeze so it doesn't go out on the full, conceding a point rather than bringing the ball back into play on the goal line, letting the player running towards goal attack the ball instead of colliding into each other. Frustrating when you see the effort some players are putting in.
When you look at the 3 I mentioned. I can give Chuot a pass (out of position and she's not that good), but having Molan and Reid in the complete passenger field is very concerning. Not what you expect from high draft picks.
Indeed.
My view, watching a bunch of other games, is that we fall away very very badly after our top 7 or 8 players. In fact, I think our bottom 5 or 6 players each week might be some of the least talented in the league.
I compare those 2 (Molan and Reid) to Meg McDonald, and think we have a better player in a sign on player than we did with top 10 draft picks.
Very concerning.
I'm not sure some of our players are quite as bad as you state, but we certainly need a few more stars. Top draft picks get them right??
There needs to be a bit of a review of our drafting. I don’t think you can accept two very early draft picks looking so out of their depth without challenging the process somewhat.
