All I'll say is Simpson needs a 2nd page to his gameplan. Sick of tearing my hair out when they guard space and play the web, despite the opposition continuously hitting up free targets. They only seemed to give Hutchings a tagging role late in the season.
Also needs to stop backing players they keep putting in middling performances week after week. Yeo and Darling went backwards this year. Start beating into these players about putting their head over the ball each and every week can't just leave it up to Shuey and Priddis every game.
Look at other teams' numbers, Dogs and Hawks have 4 guys in double digits for contested ball, Cats had 7.
Eagles... just 2. Priddis and Shuey.
When more guys get stuck in they beat the Hawks (5), Crows (5) and GWS (4)
Finally whoever is running the list management might need to be put on notice. Redden and Jetta haven't worked out like they should have (though Jetta would've been a better inclusion than Brown last night). Kane Lucas has been on the list two years and is still yet to suit up. And they're now going to get burnt by Tom Lamb, who wants out, and they'll get next to nothing for him. Had some pretty big red flags pre-draft over his poor attitude and workrate, despite his talent and potential, has failed to improve over the two years he's been at the club and now wants to go back to Victoria because he can't get a game. If only they were looking down the road at Swan Districts they would have seen a potential jet, a local kid, named Connor Blakely, who was still available at pick 32
(or Mitch McGovern)
