The Vent Thread

[whatboutbob]

Alright folks, we figure most people have at least a small streak of Mr. Hyde in their psyche. After the Lions' start to the season, maybe it is time to let it out. Vent away.

Save the reasoned Dr. Jekyll stuff for the post-game discussion thread

 

[RU_]

Hand passing! Why do we even bother?! I didn't see one time last night that hand passing got us out of trouble all it did was make more issues even in a 3 on 1 situation! JUST ****ING KICK IT.

 

[whatboutbob]

Why is it that only one team looked like they were playing in the wet last night?

 

[Bucking Beads]

Why is it that people think that a change of coach will actually make us better?? Our team is shit doesn't matter who was coach at the moment.

 

[Mr Ripper]

 

[weevil]

 

[NinjaBear]

Hand passing! Why do we even bother?! I didn't see one time last night that hand passing got us out of trouble all it did was make more issues even in a 3 on 1 situation! JUST ****ING KICK IT.

redden was the main culprit in the first half, handballed to players who were right in front of a collingwood player

my reaction :

 

[Bobby Beecroft]

I am not sure where I belong in the apartheid system.

 

[patfullfankezz]

I think I nearly burst into a toddler-style sobfest so many times throughout the game it wasn't funny.

WHY was Raines put on Swan when he was doing a good job on Pendles and we were getting somewhere????????? WHY???????????????????????????????????????????

I need a lie down now

 

[Milk Steak]

Can I just say, this is the best bigfooty idea ever. Seriously, this should clear up a lot of the arguments. Have this every week

 

[weevil]

Can I just say, this is the best bigfooty idea ever. Seriously, this should clear up a lot of the arguments. Have this every week

Yep we are going to give it a go. Different people react in different ways, maybe this will allow the the 2 'sides' a chance to have their say without annoying the other.

 

[T Factor]

Can I just say, this is the best bigfooty idea ever. Seriously, this should clear up a lot of the arguments. Have this every week

Hopefully we don't need one next week

 

[whatboutbob]

Hopefully we don't need one next week

If we do then we're gonna need a second thread, cos this one'll hit its 1000 post limit. mad:

 

[Cousin Jed]

Hopefully we don't need one next week

800 posts an hour if we need it next week....

Will be played on a beautiful sunny day, what odds we fumble like it has rained for the last month straight?

 

[Bucking Beads]

The theory that Merrett going back solves all our problems without even thinking of why he is being played up forward in the first place/.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

Okay

Our disposal resembles a under 13's side & I thought we would improve but we have gone backwards

 

[roostersgal4eva]

The theory that Merrett going back solves all our problems without even thinking of why he is being played up forward in the first place/.

Merritt should of never played there in the first place

 

[Haso]

Where the shit were out skills goddamnit!

 

[T Factor]

OK I am going to jump on and vent at Banfield, he needs to go back to the 2's and work on some skills, geez give him a week off and just practice. The first one is tackling, yes he can tackle a guy when he surprises them with his pace, generally gets a shot on goal and we all cheer. He made one tackle, yep 1 last night and he missed so many by running hard at the man and they just moved slightly out of the way and all he could do was throw an arm out, not acceptable.

Also why is our forward line full of defensive players? Might be a good theory (Is Harvey the forward coach?) but the truth is they are there to score goals first, and make their defenders accountable to THEM. Merrett seemed to be running around as a defender in our forward line as was Ash and Toddy, did these guys offer a lead all night? It is pretty hard to find space when you are marking YOUR defender. The Pies win the ball and they just took off. Shaw, Maxwell and O'brien all just carved us up. Clearances are a big problem but when our forwards have no structure and their defenders rebound like that we will stay down the bottom of the ladder.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Okay

Our disposal resembles a under 13's side & I thought we would improve but we have gone backwards

Yep the amount of turnovers is really starting to shit me to tears. Professional footballers should be able to hit a target by hand and foot 9/10 at the very least IMO.

 

[Cousin Jed]

Where the shit were out skills goddamnit!

I hope that film is from an open training session

 

[dlanod]

Hand passing! Why do we even bother?! I didn't see one time last night that hand passing got us out of trouble all it did was make more issues even in a 3 on 1 situation! JUST ****ING KICK IT.

Drove me nuts all night. Handballing to players in worse positions and overuse of the ball are two things that really get on my nerves and I was beating my head against the wall last night.

Hopefully we don't need one next week

As I've mentioned elsewhere (and will again in the preview for this week's game), having seen all GWS's games and all our games except for the game against Geelong we should win comfortably. If we lose this game then we really are worse than almost all of us expect. It'll be like losing our first game to the GC... err... never mind then.

 

[Caiphus]

I want to vent at the fairweathers who deserted section 29 early which allowed a bunch of obnoxious ferals to come sit down amongst us just to stir shit and rub in Collingwood's superiority. If the Lions were playing better, punters wouldn't be leaving at 3 qtr time.

 

[chopperduck]

We get scored against, so so much, because of our own mistakes, not because the other team is better. Our team work such as blocking is horrible as well. We look like we've never played a game together. Next 12-24 months needs to be team and skills based improvement for us to go forward.

 

[whatboutbob]

Our team work such as blocking is horrible as well.

Zorko's blocking really stood out. A first gamer.