Raph & Dal
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It boggles my mind how forumites can watch a player for so long and not pick up basic things about them.
Predictable.
Raph was always going to make at least 1 major blunder today. He has ALWAYS found the increased tempo of AFL difficult to adjust too. Given good fitness and a bit of game time last year, he got the hang of it ok and started playing good footy.
First game back, he did alright but made one standoutish blunder.
FWIW I thought he pressured the opposition well, was clean with his hands but under pressure, he made a few bad decisions.
It's the same story with him, every time. He'll adjust and he'll be better for the hit out.
At least his "shockers" aren't what they used to be
Predictable.
Raph was always going to make at least 1 major blunder today. He has ALWAYS found the increased tempo of AFL difficult to adjust too. Given good fitness and a bit of game time last year, he got the hang of it ok and started playing good footy.
First game back, he did alright but made one standoutish blunder.
FWIW I thought he pressured the opposition well, was clean with his hands but under pressure, he made a few bad decisions.
It's the same story with him, every time. He'll adjust and he'll be better for the hit out.
At least his "shockers" aren't what they used to be
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Raph looked rusty, nothing more. I thought the Brions had studied us pretty hard and set up accordingly - they were working in packs, predominantly on their offensive side of the play, and they were fanatical in their efforts to close down our space. They were also bombing long at every opportunity to their forward line to try and overcome our structures. We had a few that were down today and looked frankly a bit weary to me. I thought most of what I saw that I didn't like from our boys reeked of arrogance and short-cutting.
For those that apparently didn't notice, the Brions put their hard tag efforts into Dal, and Bally had his best game for some weeks. Everyone has been holding their handles on here over how great our midfield depth is startintg to look again, saying "they can't shut 'em all down", yet get bent out of shape when ONE of ours is shut down. Unreal.
For those that apparently didn't notice, the Brions put their hard tag efforts into Dal, and Bally had his best game for some weeks. Everyone has been holding their handles on here over how great our midfield depth is startintg to look again, saying "they can't shut 'em all down", yet get bent out of shape when ONE of ours is shut down. Unreal.
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Thanks for the heads up....new there must of been something in it.Bono wrote:Maybe #1 should pull his head in during the week and after hours. Interesting to see that he kicked a goal for Sandy today.
It's been a critisism of him the whole way through and that's from the playing group
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Raph was ok. Not our worst but made a few blunders. I thought against Sydney he was very good until injured but today he looked very much like someone working his way back. However, Gram must be a in this week and Raph is the one who has to make way, despite the fact that he probably hasn't done anything to be dropped. Just comes down to the fact that he is the one squeezed out.
With regards to Dal, any criticism of him is pretty harsh. Copped a heavy tag and was well beaten in the first three quarters yet to me he still appeared to be working quite hard. Plus, the way he lifted in the last quarter was very important in our turnaround. It seems some people are are just waiting for him to drop back down to his level from early last year.
With regards to Dal, any criticism of him is pretty harsh. Copped a heavy tag and was well beaten in the first three quarters yet to me he still appeared to be working quite hard. Plus, the way he lifted in the last quarter was very important in our turnaround. It seems some people are are just waiting for him to drop back down to his level from early last year.
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Saw that play and just knew that people would make out that it summed up his game.SaintWodonga wrote:You didn't see his kick out from full back did you? Slow at making decisions... Did get better as the game went onBigMart wrote:One turn-over aside I thought Raf was clean with his hands and solid with his decisions.....good game
It was a shocker. However, other than that kick and possibly one other kick where he kicked to clear and it was marked by a Lion, that was all he did wrong.
He balanced the above with a couple of assists, and otherwise efficiently used the ball - which not too many Saints could say today.
First game back, he gets a pass. No more no less.
As for Dal, he was held out in the 3rd quarter to the tune of 2 touches, and didn't use the ball with his usual efficiency. Otherwise he was fine. If we want to find scapegoats, better looking at the long list of Saints who took good opportunities and turned them into returns of 0.1 for the day.
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