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southernbulldog wrote:We are on the right track just need to be more consistent and score goals we are getting enough of the ball.Connor McLean could be back after missing last week with concussion .We had our best win of the season last year beating Norwood hopefully we can do it again.

whufc wrote:

southernbulldog wrote:We are on the right track just need to be more consistent and score goals we are getting enough of the ball.Connor McLean could be back after missing last week with concussion .We had our best win of the season last year beating Norwood hopefully we can do it again.

Do you honestly think that.

Hate to admit it but apart from one game I don't think I've seen anything the resembles improvement on what we have seen the last few years. So far it seems to be a carbon copy of our last 5 years.

-Complete fade outs for half of games, we've had one.
-Go long periods without scoring, we've scored higher scores so far this year.
-Midget defence, it is what it is.
-Constantly hampered by injuries. happens to every team.
-Reliance on two few players, Presbury has had a break out season, Grant up front has been great.
-Moments of brilliance that keep up hanging for more. Practice makes perfect, we're travelling better this year than the last one.

The only very small positive I could see is that without looking at the stats this years team is slightly younger than last years.

If this was Andrews second year and not Thommo's first I reckon the critism of the current performances would be a hell of a lot stronger.

gazzamagoo wrote:

whufc wrote:

southernbulldog wrote:We are on the right track just need to be more consistent and score goals we are getting enough of the ball.Connor McLean could be back after missing last week with concussion .We had our best win of the season last year beating Norwood hopefully we can do it again.

Do you honestly think that.

Hate to admit it but apart from one game I don't think I've seen anything the resembles improvement on what we have seen the last few years. So far it seems to be a carbon copy of our last 5 years.

-Complete fade outs for half of games, we've had one.
-Go long periods without scoring, we've scored higher scores so far this year.
-Midget defence, it is what it is.
-Constantly hampered by injuries. happens to every team.
-Reliance on two few players, Presbury has had a break out season, Grant up front has been great.
-Moments of brilliance that keep up hanging for more. Practice makes perfect, we're travelling better this year than the last one.

The only very small positive I could see is that without looking at the stats this years team is slightly younger than last years.

If this was Andrews second year and not Thommo's first I reckon the critism of the current performances would be a hell of a lot stronger.

bulldogproud wrote:Although very disappointed about the result, I wouldn't call the second half against West a fadeout. We had as much of the ball and more Inside 50's; we just couldn't convert into goals, despite having 11 scoring shots. If we had someone tall up forward, it could have been a different story.

Yes, we definitely had poor halfs against Glenelg and Port. However, we won't be the only team to do this. Even the Eagles struggled against Port, even more than we did.

I think the effort is there from the boys, it is just that we definitely don't have the cattle. Unfortunately this doesn't leave me very confident about more wins later in the season; it is possible to increase effort but it isn't possible to get better cattle at this stage of the season.

Cheers

whufc wrote:

bulldogproud wrote:Although very disappointed about the result, I wouldn't call the second half against West a fadeout. We had as much of the ball and more Inside 50's; we just couldn't convert into goals, despite having 11 scoring shots. If we had someone tall up forward, it could have been a different story.

Yes, we definitely had poor halfs against Glenelg and Port. However, we won't be the only team to do this. Even the Eagles struggled against Port, even more than we did.

I think the effort is there from the boys, it is just that we definitely don't have the cattle. Unfortunately this doesn't leave me very confident about more wins later in the season; it is possible to increase effort but it isn't possible to get better cattle at this stage of the season.

Cheers

Your very kind if you think a no goal half is not a fadeout.

I should have also said as well we have gone from having a top of the table reserves side to now one that is currently in 7th. You could argue not only our performances on field as bad as ever we have less depth than we previously had as well.

The last 3 weeks have really killed my optimism...…..im borderline groucho Keeping in mind the club were publically talking top 3 potential.

Ps I currently play with bucket Mackenzies brother and despite being about 40 boy can he play.....would probably get a league gig with us...

bulldogproud wrote:

whufc wrote:

bulldogproud wrote:Although very disappointed about the result, I wouldn't call the second half against West a fadeout. We had as much of the ball and more Inside 50's; we just couldn't convert into goals, despite having 11 scoring shots. If we had someone tall up forward, it could have been a different story.

Yes, we definitely had poor halfs against Glenelg and Port. However, we won't be the only team to do this. Even the Eagles struggled against Port, even more than we did.

I think the effort is there from the boys, it is just that we definitely don't have the cattle. Unfortunately this doesn't leave me very confident about more wins later in the season; it is possible to increase effort but it isn't possible to get better cattle at this stage of the season.

Cheers

Your very kind if you think a no goal half is not a fadeout.

I should have also said as well we have gone from having a top of the table reserves side to now one that is currently in 7th. You could argue not only our performances on field as bad as ever we have less depth than we previously had as well.

The last 3 weeks have really killed my optimism...…..im borderline groucho Keeping in mind the club were publically talking top 3 potential.

Ps I currently play with bucket Mackenzies brother and despite being about 40 boy can he play.....would probably get a league gig with us...

I don't call it a fadeout when you have more possessions, more Inside 50's and as many scoring shots in a half as your opponents, no.

Re the Reserves, it may not be as bad as it looks. The anomoly of the draw means that we have played West and Glenelg twice (despite only having had five rounds so far). Glenelg are unbeaten and have doubled their opponents' score in most matches. The only matches that West have lost to have been to Glenelg and to us (we are one-all, having beaten them on their home deck convincingly last week). We may indeed be the second best team in the Reserves; we will only know after we have played all sides (rather than just three).

Perhaps ask if Bucket's brother would like to play for us... extra height would certainly help.

Cheers

bulldogproud wrote:If we didn't have 11 scoring shots at that time, I would fully agree with you. However, the effort was there from the boys. It was just that we ended up being somewhat indirect and taking shots from a long way out or on tough angles in most cases. Aidan probably had his quietest game for the season (he had a very tough opponent) and we definitely missed a tall forward option who could take grabs closer to goal, giving us better opportunities to convert.

Sadly, I don't see a solution to this problem. If Grace is blanketed and Hosko is not kicking goals, I can't see where we will get them from. Rather, we end up having attempts from 40 or 50 metres out on tough angles. This is a key area where Butch was so important to us last year. I don't see any player at the club (maybe Marcus Barreau will grow into this role?) at the moment who can be relied upon to take pack marks up forward and assist Aidan. Aidan does incredibly well for his height, just quietly.

whufc wrote:

gazzamagoo wrote:

whufc wrote:

southernbulldog wrote:We are on the right track just need to be more consistent and score goals we are getting enough of the ball.Connor McLean could be back after missing last week with concussion .We had our best win of the season last year beating Norwood hopefully we can do it again.

Do you honestly think that.

Hate to admit it but apart from one game I don't think I've seen anything the resembles improvement on what we have seen the last few years. So far it seems to be a carbon copy of our last 5 years.

-Complete fade outs for half of games, we've had one.
-Go long periods without scoring, we've scored higher scores so far this year.
-Midget defence, it is what it is.
-Constantly hampered by injuries. happens to every team.
-Reliance on two few players, Presbury has had a break out season, Grant up front has been great.
-Moments of brilliance that keep up hanging for more. Practice makes perfect, we're travelling better this year than the last one.

The only very small positive I could see is that without looking at the stats this years team is slightly younger than last years.

If this was Andrews second year and not Thommo's first I reckon the critism of the current performances would be a hell of a lot stronger.

One!!!!!!

Port Adelaide- Second half score 0 goals despite scoring 7 in the first half.
Glenelg- Scored 1 goal in the first half.
West Adelaide- Second half scored 0 goals despite scoring 8 in the first half.

That's 3/5 performances and as bad as its even been for us in the last ten years. Those three halves of footy are absolutely horrific.

whufc wrote:Some interesting perspective.

North Melbourne are probably considered the laughing stock of the football world at present.

So far this season they have had 3 goalless quarters out of the 28 they have played.

We have had 5 goalless quarters out of 20