A few very good lessons were learnt that should be tucked away in the memory bank
Our forwards are far, far superior to them, it is not even close. Des should be telling our pack that Melbourne can't match them
Smash Smith. Matai buried him early with a beauty, and he was non existent for the rest of the match. Store that away and do it again
Get in Slaters face. Nearly every time he touched the ball tonight, 1 of Matai, Watmough or Stewart were in his face pounding him, and he was not as effective in running the ball. Matai got him with a couple of beauties
And the most important part of all, they are vulnerable. For the entire match we looked like we could expose them, and not just in 1 area of the park, right across it. We saw Robbo and Wolfman in space all night, and on the short balls around the ruck, our forwards were punching holes all night
If we play them again, i think we can make a slight tactical change as well. Ballin was the man last night that made us more potent, i don't think Heath will have the impact he does against other sides against Melbourne. So i would leave Ballin on for 80mins, with another forward on the bench. Would like to see at full strength Kite, Ballin, Perry, Watmough, Stewart, Williamson with a bench of Hall, Cuthbertson, King/Bryant and Menzies
Our forwards are far, far superior to them, it is not even close. Des should be telling our pack that Melbourne can't match them
Smash Smith. Matai buried him early with a beauty, and he was non existent for the rest of the match. Store that away and do it again
Get in Slaters face. Nearly every time he touched the ball tonight, 1 of Matai, Watmough or Stewart were in his face pounding him, and he was not as effective in running the ball. Matai got him with a couple of beauties
And the most important part of all, they are vulnerable. For the entire match we looked like we could expose them, and not just in 1 area of the park, right across it. We saw Robbo and Wolfman in space all night, and on the short balls around the ruck, our forwards were punching holes all night
If we play them again, i think we can make a slight tactical change as well. Ballin was the man last night that made us more potent, i don't think Heath will have the impact he does against other sides against Melbourne. So i would leave Ballin on for 80mins, with another forward on the bench. Would like to see at full strength Kite, Ballin, Perry, Watmough, Stewart, Williamson with a bench of Hall, Cuthbertson, King/Bryant and Menzies