Ashley Schaeffer
Juniors
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Ok, I know we have many problems in this team at the moment. We have outside backs who can't compete, we have edge forwards who can't even impose themselves on tiny halves or tackle, we have a dummy half who has no vision what-so-ever and provides shithouse service. All of these have been discussed over and over in other threads.
But the thing that sums it all up for me is a complete lack of aggression. Allgood trying to stand up last night after he dropped the ball gets pushed backwards by Lauchlan Coote and takes it like a bitch.
Apart from Moi Moi and our 5 foot tall halfback, we have absolutely noone with any gusto in defence. We don't fight in tackles. The lack of aggression is dead set alarming. I had hopes for Lasalo the first time i saw his 6'1 110kg frame on a football field, but he is deadset softer than Burt, and makes even worse reads in defence.
We get walked all over. Players put grubby elbows in our guys faces on the ground, bending us backwards and some are hamming it up while running point after point in on us and we cop it. It's embarrassing.
We're so soft, Kingston takes a tap 10m out and runs to our 1m right into the teeth of our defence with no fear what-so-ever.
On this note, Lasalo is a horrible excuse for a football player. He struggles to put someone to ground as 3rd man in. He won't wrap up the ball in tackles allowing easy offloads, and he makes horrible reads on inside balls and long balls which lead to line breaks/trys. Add to this he runs softer than Burt, if Kearney picks him again he has noone to blame for these losses but himself.
But the thing that sums it all up for me is a complete lack of aggression. Allgood trying to stand up last night after he dropped the ball gets pushed backwards by Lauchlan Coote and takes it like a bitch.
Apart from Moi Moi and our 5 foot tall halfback, we have absolutely noone with any gusto in defence. We don't fight in tackles. The lack of aggression is dead set alarming. I had hopes for Lasalo the first time i saw his 6'1 110kg frame on a football field, but he is deadset softer than Burt, and makes even worse reads in defence.
We get walked all over. Players put grubby elbows in our guys faces on the ground, bending us backwards and some are hamming it up while running point after point in on us and we cop it. It's embarrassing.
We're so soft, Kingston takes a tap 10m out and runs to our 1m right into the teeth of our defence with no fear what-so-ever.
On this note, Lasalo is a horrible excuse for a football player. He struggles to put someone to ground as 3rd man in. He won't wrap up the ball in tackles allowing easy offloads, and he makes horrible reads on inside balls and long balls which lead to line breaks/trys. Add to this he runs softer than Burt, if Kearney picks him again he has noone to blame for these losses but himself.
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