Because both team had to bottom out which we are currently doing for the 1st time in our 30 year history.
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Because both team had to bottom out which we are currently doing for the 1st time in our 30 year history.
West Coast?Let history be your friend ....you do remember every man & their dog baying for Buckleys blood after 7 years with COLL
Laird has been better the last two weeks .....he gets flustered when pressured and dumps his kicksI wonder if playing Laird forward will be the seachange which resets his mechanism??
We are sitting on 53% and apparently have the 7th youngest team this week. 7th youngest team means we should sitting around 8th-10th on the ladder.To our supporter base yes. But let's say media morons started throwing around the T word. All they would look at is experience and age. Like it or not, Mackay helps with that. Regardless, you have to have some experience. Just saying X player won't be around for the next flag tilt so therefore shouldn't play doesn't stand up given it would rule out 90% of our seniors.
He was very highly rated and I was excited to get him. Didn't he tear up a training game in Dubai or something?He slipped to our pick
Absolutely WC ......they've been on this yo yo journey .....one good season, one poor season for a whileWest Coast?
Hamill's already there, and Sholl will play games
But took their opportunity to win the flag against Sydney and played Collingwood instead of Richmond, we didn't.Absolutely WC ......they've been on this yo yo journey .....one good season, one poor season for a while
At no point have WC dominated the competition like a RICH or HAWTH .....given their talented list, if I'm a supporter, I'd be as frustrated as all hell
Yeah a flag in every decade would suck. Much prefer our 22 year drought.Absolutely WC ......they've been on this yo yo journey .....one good season, one poor season for a while
At no point have WC dominated the competition like a RICH or HAWTH .....given their talented list, if I'm a supporter, I'd be as frustrated as all hell
Unfortunately too trueBut took their opportunity to win the flag against Sydney and played Collingwood instead of Richmond, we didn't.
He's got 12 games, we've played 5 debutants in 6 weeks. We will fit him in, but as you and DABM rightly point out we are flush with a certain type.Going to get hard for Sholl. Even assuming Seed is done, in terms of wings and half backs, he's behind those in tomorrow's 22 plus Rat and Milera. And on top of that, as Spackler posted above, one of them is going to have to play forward because they can't all fit as it is. He's got 12 games to get past 3 players at least plus he needs to make sure his opportunity week doesn't coincide with a poor game or injury himself. Any player that's in now that plays well stays. We're not going to drop Dmac if he gets his 15 touches with a couple of link up runs through the middle. He's in to help us be better, not to give Sholl a couple of extra games to get ready.
This is factually incorrect .....your view in hindsight ....not at their appointment or during their tenure
It's easy to dump on coaches in hindsight ......we're all geniuses looking in the rear view mirror
Let history be your friend ....you do remember every man & their dog baying for Buckleys blood after 7 years with COLL
We've been close on many occasions .....too frustratingly closeYeah a flag in every decade would suck. Much prefer our 22 year drought.
You had a crack at DMac the person rather than the selection itself. No need for it
Yep, train hard, be worthless on field, don't rock the boat, respect the 4 walls and 200 games could be coming your way.
And to be even fairer, I didn't even remember who accepted the bet and did my best to find out. What more can I do?
We had our chance every 6 years to win the premiership but weren't good enough, they took their chance but their supporters had to go through what we are going through right now on multiple occasion throughout their AFL existence.Yeah a flag in every decade would suck. Much prefer our 22 year drought.
I wonder if playing Laird forward will be the seachange which resets his mechanism??
Worthless on field ?? HmmmmmNo I didn't. Which of the below is having a crack at him as a person?
And west coast have actually managed to win it outside of their startup concessions...twice. Its insanity to argue that we have done better than them.We've been close on many occasions .....too frustratingly close
What I'm hoping in this rebuild is that we recruit / draft players with a stronger mental toughness
I will say, I argued that the approach Craig had with Tex Walker at the start of his career was correct ......this board went beserk that this highly talented young player should be playing AFL not SANFL
We'll those same posters that DEMANDED his inclusion in the AFL side .....are the same posters who lambast him now
Maybe if some of these faults in Tex's game (drifting in/out of games) had been ironed out at the start of his career ......he wouldn't have shat himself in the 2017 GF
But this board is so short sighted ......most times
Not all 7 coaches collaborated on the camp ........this club has had more success over successive seasons than many many clubs
There's only a couple that have been classified as elite ......even West Coast & Collingwood supporters would argue their journey has been less successful than ours
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Yes, the West Coast Eagles who have won 4 flags with 2 of those coming since our last. They must be so jealous .Not all 7 coaches collaborated on the camp ........this club has had more success over successive seasons than many many clubs
There's only a couple that have been classified as elite ......even West Coast & Collingwood supporters would argue their journey has been less successful than ours
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Worthless on field ?? Hmmmmm
I dont think worthless is a great word to be using.That's not attaching him as a person.
It's pointing out his obvious football deficiencies.