Fundamental Errors in Judgement - Loss to Bankstown

The good news is that as footballers, we have a team equipped to do what we set out to do. Individually, you have the basics which we will sharpen and add the missing ingredients. We also improved on our last outing and I expect that we will continue to do so.

What went wrong on the night?

• passing was underweight and inaccurate
• three touch instruction was not followed
• flat footed and static
• failed to move early into position or to challenge
• gave up ball trying to control ball when attacking it was the correct option
• forwards did not create space by running angles and displacing defense
• shooting was non existent due to previous point
• some players were doing too much and others not enough with the ball
• players expected to do things with the ball when the majority of the work is done without the ball
• switching of play was too slow

What went right?

• we attempted to pass as often as possible
• when we pressed as a team, we forced early errors from the opposition
• we were dangerous from set pieces
• we were a collection of better individuals who when combined were the better team
• no one failed to show their true capabilities (although not consistently)
• we showed improvement

I will continue to write about the match and add to this preliminary report. It is important that we learn from every match, every session and improve. Otherwise we will never get to where we want to go.