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I thought the Tigers were all over us for most of the game, tackling and putting pressure on the ball carrier. When we broke free of that in the last, we were outnumbered in the backline. Something similar happened in the reserves game. 

Good on the Tigers. They needed that win. They were more switched on. Our lucky West Perth win suggests there is a pattern here. We aren't generating as many shots on goal as the opposition. I'm not sure why. Oner reason could be our poor passing. A number of players are not great deliverers of the footy. 

Thought Borchett was useful at times around the ground. Seems a bit heavier and slower now. Not holding his grabs either. 

Henderson promising. 

Agree about the delivery, we have too many players with terrible accuracy with their disposal. I’m not convinced Berenger is a league quality defender but seems to be first picked. 

Agree with previous comments, our ball skills were abysmal, the players and coaching staff have obviously forgotten the Peelmantle game where we had a game plan that worked a treat, we hit targets on a regular basis, had good movement and spread, all of which was missing for most of the game yesterday. When Claremont inexplicably went ultra defensive in the last we looked to have a sniff but Wardman failed to cover Rogers or make use of the loose man that created. We actually created more than enough chances to win the game but butchered them time and again. If Cl had stayed in attack mode in the last they would have won by 10 goals so the margin really flattered us.

We really missed Locks down back, we had no one capable of matching their big aggressive forward who's name escapes me, he really did what he wanted and the other normally reliable backs, like Savigni had off days. cant understand why Ash was dropped and would have given Bartlett another run, his strength and hustle would have been handy although I thought Robbins was pretty good. Despite Eaton battling manfully, we were slaughtered in the ruck, Eastland is arguably the best ruckman in the comp at taps and around the ground, why he hasn't been considered at AFL is beyond me. Foley, L.Hickmont, Clark, Kitchen and Corbett were all serviceable but after that, it dropped away. Borch is out of his depth in the ruck, plus fumbled and missed marks too many times, definitely needs a spell in the 2's to get his confidence back, saying that he did pop up with 2 goals, but was disappointing for most of the game like so many others. I thought Kentfield was supposed to be back, he would have given us a big strong target up forward and some help in the ruck, hopefully back after the bye. Great to see Hayden get through his first game in over a season but with just 6 touches expect he will need a couple more games back there. I thought Sok being out really unbalanced our forward line, but with the horrific delivery it probably made little difference. The WAFL injury hub has Schoey as 2-3 weeks, Braut 4-5 weeks and Wagontrains 5-6 weeks, so apart from Sok who will be right to go after the bye, we wont get near to full strength for at least a month or more. next 4 games are season defining imho, EF, SF, EP and SD all at home which will help, we need to win at least 2 of those 4 games to stay in the finals hunt in what is a really even comp.
 

Well done Claremont, great result for the Comp.

It was a bit of a dispiriting day, really. Lost all three grades.  There was only 3 supporters in the huddle. The afl derby no doubt stole a few. 

A couple of brighter  points today. I found out that a student of mine went to the game with her brother. They have no footy history at all. 

The subiaco junior footy club had their welcome and jumper day at Subiaco oval this afternoon. Quite a few kids running around in the classic "lion with football" jumper on the hallowed turf. The year 11 and 12 team has merged with swannie tigers. At least they have a team. Not sure what's happening with the Rosalie park oval. 

Its a shame the club doesn't have much to do with their junior club, given that the latter are in the Claremont zone. We desperately need some new supporters. Maybe the coverage on tv might snag a few. Not that we played that well yesterday. 

I just saw that the game this week will be the last for Kitch, Soks and Gus Dewar. All stalwarts of the club and terrific servants who will be missed.  Surprised Soks is pulling the pin given he's only 29 and played state footy a couple of months ago.  I guess you get to a point where you just don't want to go around again.

Let's all get to the game and cheer these guys off the ground for one last time.

Yes these 3 guys have been exceptional players for many years now and deserve a good send off. Seems a bit like a changing of the guard or the end of an era now. Time for the next group to make their own history.

Yes 3 club champions who have made an exceptional contribution to the club over many years. Sok and Gus have been great but I need to single out Kitch. His inspirational leadership by example is a major reason for the clubs success over the last decade and will be sorely missed. A bit pissed that the game was moved to Sunday as we had long planned a trip starting on Sunday so cant make it to the game. Hope a good crowd turns up to farewell this trio and wish them well in the future.

Three nice articles on the club's website.

subiacofc.com.au/news/25595/kitchin-leav...is-mark-at-the-lions

subiacofc.com.au/news/25594/gus-leaves-it-all-out-there

subiacofc.com.au/news/25593/sokol-turns-career-around-at-subi