Watch Hill closer next week, every time he stuffs a kick up, it is when he is trying to hurry a chip kick 15-20 meters, after gaining possession and running a line, and looking up to see empty space and no-one leading at him from 50-60 meters down the ground. At the Hawks he had the likes of Roughhead, Bruest, Gunston and the like leading from the goals towards him. The times he had a long option down the ground yesterday, there was nothing wrong with his kicking. Something that any good assistant coach should have noticed and pointed out by now.
Hamling is a direct like for like replacement for Johnno, and you are giving him a B-? I think he is the general of our backline, and the "read the play and mark it" type that Johnno was at his best when he had Ibbo and Spurr playing the loose man/cover defense role. Wilson/Cerra, Blakely (unfortunately cause he should be in the midfield) and Ryan are starting to fill the loose man role now and our backline is where we want it to be. We just need our forward line to be where we need it to be (see above re B Hill) and the top 4 is ours.
