Great to get another win on the board and keep getting the momentum needed to get to September. However there are two out there who have for the last 2 months really failed to show any reason as to why they are still in the 22.
Schneider and Gram today were pitiful giving multiple free kicks away, the unwillingness to put the body on the line to create a contest and at one point not even being bothered to put an arm up to stop a goal in that last quarter.
Hell by my reckoning Gram contributed to at least 3 of Port's final quarter goals. If Ross keeps him in the side I hope to high heaven that he replays that last quarter back to him at least 4 times just to show how insipid his game was.
Schneider really needs to stop trying for the free kicks. Just get the bloody thing and use it properly!!
Gram and Schnieder...Please no more!
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no, we should look at the cue and realise it's way past it's prime and won't get any better, and replace it with a beter cue - one that can kick & tackle & put in an effort. most of our cues playing at sandy would do better. milne, ball, & dal were playing better when dropped.Leo.J wrote:So you reckon we should put the cue back in the rack this year?Buckets wrote:Time for Sippos and Walsh I think. We cannot afford to have players who aren't willing to put the body on the line to get the ball and then use the bloody thing effectively!Leo.J wrote:Who is better?
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Grams attempt to touch the goal on the line was abysmal...
Not sure if the TV view was decieving, and it was further away and out of reach, but it looked like he didnt even bother... Pathetic effort...
I still held hopes for Gram to come good, and at his best is an essential part of the 22, but he just looks shot and disinterested at the moment...
For a senior player, he is letting the side, and himself, down...
Not sure if the TV view was decieving, and it was further away and out of reach, but it looked like he didnt even bother... Pathetic effort...
I still held hopes for Gram to come good, and at his best is an essential part of the 22, but he just looks shot and disinterested at the moment...
For a senior player, he is letting the side, and himself, down...
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Had a good look a month ago, and the stats from his return in 2010 matched the vision...not great. The 'torching' is a little severe, but not uncalled for.BigMart wrote:I am going to have to review gram......watch the tapes, look at the raw data.......
Because i have never seen a bloke get torched as much, whilst still seeming to pull good numbers and get selected.....
Ill research, and be back
I know of rose colored glasses but wow u didn't see anything wrong at all? How about his attempt to spoil in the 4th where he had prime opportunity to really use the body in a spoiling contest and instead went the weak one armed attempt? Port guy marked the ball with ease and bc gram went past the player they were able to set up and goal? Or his feeble attempt to get it out of the backline instead of just banging it down the line he try's a cute banana pass straight to 3 port players 15m away?BigMart wrote:Saw no issue with gram today at all.....not sure what contests he shirked....my guess, none....
He mad two sloppy handballs, and had a three ineffective kicks......but 25 off half back....whilst beating your opponent, is not that bad a day....
Or perhaps his run and carry of the ball which he proceeded to blast it long into the forward line straight to two port players.
And laughably the weakest attempted to stop a ball on the goal line didn't even make an attempt! All he needed to do was jump stick the arms out and mark it!
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Haven't agreed much with you lately BM, but your on the ball with this one.BigMart wrote:Saw no issue with gram today at all.....not sure what contests he shirked....my guess, none....
He mad two sloppy handballs, and had a three ineffective kicks......but 25 off half back....whilst beating your opponent, is not that bad a day....
These guys are proven performers, you don't drop them for inexperience that may not be up to yet when your season is still alive.
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Which season was that? In 2011 he missed the first two games through injury and then scored a total of 8 goals in the next 6 games.degruch wrote:Schneids was on fire early in the season
To me he has been suffering through the lack of a pre-season. He looks out of condition and slow. He looks to be trying hard, so I don't think he needs a boot up the bum. Boot camp, more like.
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