bally12 wrote:Some thoughts on players' efforts:
Jordy De Goey - fumbly, bad choices, looks tired, and needs a spell.
Fas - 20m out on your left..just bang it through mate. What's with right-foot banana crap. You have a left foot I hope? Geez we are lacking some class in the forward line. There's a Daicos coming through next yr..we can only hope.
Brody - liked what you have brought the last few weeks, although seem to suffer from ruckman-brain-fade disease. Tempted to have another look at Witts, as he had a good game in the 2's last week.
Maynard - you have similar gait to Stuart Dew. You have a powerful leg. Get a tape and watch how he used his left hand to guide the ball onto his boot and time his kicks. At the moment kicking is very wobbly. Make it a weapon.
Oxley - pretty poor again. Needs a lot more development. I guess we don't have anything better in the 2's at the moment.
Jesse White - 45m out...we needed that goal. You didn't make the distance. What to say? Outside of this, was good.
Treloar - 55m goal on the run. Yessss!!!! Boy have we missed this type of player. Will be a beauty for us.
Pendles - couple of bad errors. Forgive and forget.
Sidey - our most important player. Was a steal at pick 11 (pun intended).
Howe, Reid and Frost were great.
Coxy had some important touches. Gets involved. 1 more preseason working on agility and power, and he/we will be an unstoppable force.
Crocker - tracking nicely, lots to like.
Overall, gutsy performance today. We had the game on our terms until injuries hit. In truth, we should have been 5 goals up if we had some class in the forward half, and nailed our chances. Finals are gone I'm afraid, but at least we can go to the footy and be proud of this team.
This is the issue with JDG
All this year he has fumbled time and time again.
WTF he is a pick 5 for god sake.
Blair fumbles but he was a rookie so that is an excuse.
Look at Sidebottom where he never fumbles as he always has clean hands.
In a game like Sunday when it is fought in the trenches a fumble can cost you big time.
I still think his kicking is below par.
And one other point... at one point he lined up a Dogs player from behind with a tackle, it was a gift tackle to JDG as the Dogs player had to wait for the handball. Instead of pinging his arms back be just got him around the waist. and the Dogs player managed to get the handball off.
The Dogs scored a goal from that set.
Small stuff I know but bloody important.
JDG is still young but there is some major issues there.
we don't eat our own at collingwood we just allow them to foul our nest.