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Opinion Are you happy to have a new coach?
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Is that you Suma? Mate, we're sorry we couldn't make it happen. Better luck next time.
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Every-time Simmo sighs I can feel the inner pain and I can just imagine what he is thinking: "how the **** did this midfield get this bad?"
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Everytime Simmo sighs, somewhere there is a Priddis kicking a helicopter ball in the air
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Chances are we will go a second successive year without beating a finallist.
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Ideally we need to remove the following players from our list to improve.
Masten, Priddis, Sheppard, Selwood, Schofield, Cripps, Hill, Hutchings,
All the above players would never be apart of any afl premiership team. They all lack skills, composure, strength, decision making etc. You could make a case for Schofield I guess.
Then you have Glass retired, Cox and butler on there last legs, Waters in doubt.
Simmo has been given a bunch of crabs that cant play and a couple of old fellas ready to hang the boots up, just so happens that this group make up half the team.
Masten, Priddis, Sheppard, Selwood, Schofield, Cripps, Hill, Hutchings,
All the above players would never be apart of any afl premiership team. They all lack skills, composure, strength, decision making etc. You could make a case for Schofield I guess.
Then you have Glass retired, Cox and butler on there last legs, Waters in doubt.
Simmo has been given a bunch of crabs that cant play and a couple of old fellas ready to hang the boots up, just so happens that this group make up half the team.
the playing group as a whole seems to have lost all belief in themselves. simpson is not getting the best out of his players.
so many guys who looked like emerging A-graders have gone backwards significantly (ie. shuey, naitanui, gaff, selwood, masten, darling)
they look to have no faith in the game plan and therefore aren't playing for the coach. same thing happened to mark kneeld's group. it's easy to blame the players but if they don't have strong, respected leader... it just won't click.
so many guys who looked like emerging A-graders have gone backwards significantly (ie. shuey, naitanui, gaff, selwood, masten, darling)
they look to have no faith in the game plan and therefore aren't playing for the coach. same thing happened to mark kneeld's group. it's easy to blame the players but if they don't have strong, respected leader... it just won't click.
The same thing happened when Ross Lyon started at Freo...
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Who actually things Shuey, Darling, Gaff are going backwards? I don't.
Naitanui and Selwood both have injury issues that wont be resolved during this year and then you can get to the obvious success stories that the laymen can see such as McGovern, Yeo, Sheppard, Bennell and Brown.
It really doesn't matter if your coach extracts 100% of your players talent if you don't have both the talent and the game plan to challenge for a premiership, if you want a look at such a scenario then look at 2011.
This confidence issue comes to the forefront of peoples minds because they can't see what's happening behind the scenes or know what is being said too and between the players.
I do.
Miguel Sanchez
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Which stats are you looking at?
Gaff's averaging more possessions, marks, goals and tackles than he did in 2013.
Darling's averaging more possessions, marks and tackles. He's got less goals but that's likely due to spending more time in the middle.
Unless our midfield gets magically bigger then this will be the case. Midfield is our only weakpoint.
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It is disappointing seeing Shuey play the way that he has the past two seasons.
The way I see it without ever looking at a stat:
darling is working much harder in the mid and this impacts through fatigue - he will develop
Gaff is developing well - harder, disposal is excellent and works on his role better than most for 100 minutes
Shuey is carrying something - is getting better at breaking a defensive opponent
I like Simmo.
First two games of the year the boys thrashed two bottom six teams, and at times took the foot off the pedal, when they could've really hurt the opponent.
Round three we were exposed and just got over the line against St.Kilda who are now stone motherless last.
Round four we got our asses kicked against Geelong, kicking no goals after 1/4 time.
At this point I think he should've been tougher and dropped the "young" players continually referred to by the club who's position didn't warrant selection, namely Gaff and Masten.
This would've sent a rocket up them, and maybe, just maybe got the boys to do some self-reflection and find what's been missing from them in recent time.
Gaff will become a great player, Masten I'm not sure will ever become more than just an accumulator.
First two games of the year the boys thrashed two bottom six teams, and at times took the foot off the pedal, when they could've really hurt the opponent.
Round three we were exposed and just got over the line against St.Kilda who are now stone motherless last.
Round four we got our asses kicked against Geelong, kicking no goals after 1/4 time.
At this point I think he should've been tougher and dropped the "young" players continually referred to by the club who's position didn't warrant selection, namely Gaff and Masten.
This would've sent a rocket up them, and maybe, just maybe got the boys to do some self-reflection and find what's been missing from them in recent time.
Gaff will become a great player, Masten I'm not sure will ever become more than just an accumulator.
SwiftforPM
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I have seen enough of Simpson to make my mind up - Ken Judge MkII.
lol clown.
Agree. Complete idiot.
SwiftforPM
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Time will tell peanut!
To answer the question, all he has to do is look in the mirror. Last year we were 4th in clearances, this year we are 15th - with the same players. I know Brady Rawlings is a 1st year midfield coach but our structures have completely fallen away. Its an area that needs boosting in the offseason.
Isn't Pyke our stoppages coach?
SwiftforPM
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No .... for brains, just stating my OP.
