jimmy loughnan wrote:I had a squizz at the game just to check out where CLG were at, they were good but Aldinga made them look really good. Their game plan was riddled with unnaccountability, and lacked direction from what i saw. It didn't look as though any of the clubs leaders were out there, someone needed to take the reigns and say 'do this, do this, man this guy up, someone drop into his hole, be aware of turning the ball over in the corridor'.
The cattle they had out there just wasn't up to scratch, and i hope that there's at least 6-10 solid A-graders to come into that side. They seemed a bit timid in going in and getting the footy, only a few lads really had a red-hot crack. Has their pre-season been based too much on improving levels of fitness, they didn't seem match-hardened, or switched on.
I really hope they sit down after that and knuckle out their game plan and make sure all the blokes stick to it. I've been an avid onlooker of the sharks for many years, and really hope they do well this year, or at least build on and improve on what they did in 2008.
I would imagine that is the purpose of playing trials. So you can learn and test the game plan.
The Coach can see a new group in different positions
For 30 years I have seen players come out to preseason, they look great, enthusiastic, really fit and skills don't look too bad.
Come to game time the Coach then finds they can't get the footy and run around like headless chooks.