After we lost Parker we only really had ROK as a contested ball winner. Almost all of the usual inside mids were rested. Bird did pretty well in his first game. We depended a lot on Robinson and Lloyd to move the ball forward, and although they showed some good signs, are still not adept at working the ball under pressure. I can see both doing okay with another year under their belts. Lloyd need to put on a bit of weight and get a bit stronger, but he does a lot of things well. Marsh was well off the pace.

It wasn't a particularly good mix of players for us and we didn't work well as a team. The combination of first up senior players and rookies as well as the wet conditions didn't suit a good hitout at this time of the year.

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