The Good;
The amount of Freo fans getting around on the GC, I’ve been to the last 2 games and surprised at the number of fans up here. The players are showing up ready to play just appear not quite good enough against the side we have been playing. Young was epic and Serong will play a lot of games this year. Hogan and Taberner worked hard and quite well together, the supply just wasn’t good enough for them to really impact the game.
The Bad;
Our players around stoppages appear to slow to make decisions with quick handballs and first options, the likes of Brayshaw, Bewley, Cerra and Tucker are getting there hands on it but are to slow on the quick release and it would bobble from a tackle out to the Suns who’s players are quicker to react on the spread.
Desperately need Pearce and Hamling back so Ryan and Logue can be freed up to intercept and spread on offence. This was clear from being at the game as they are tied up playing on the key forwards. Wilson gives no effort and is useless. I’d be happy to play Lobb the sole ruckman, albeit he loses a lot of taps, Darcy doesn’t offer enough and we are better off with an extra midfielder in our 22 to make up for our lack of quality in there. We just have to be patient, the loss of Hill and Langdon is really noticeable as in the last quarter we don’t have the players to role the dice and get the ball moving fast when bogged down at half back. Hopefully a fit Liam Henry and Sam Sturt will help by getting up the ground and help our game quicken up going forward.