Game Day Round 19 2021 vs Geelong, MCG, 3.20pm

[Jezzaubeautym8]

I would give your champions the rest of the season off, give them a 7 month refresh and bring them back for another crack next year. They have another 2-3 years imo just need to be reinvigorated. Would be stupid to retire them early and do a Hawthorn

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Hardwick needs to make the call to Bellamy

Why?

 

[Muddiemoose]

You try being a key forward against a good defence with this sort of delivery

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He’s what, 3 games back off a knee injury, kicked 3 first game back… played decoy for jacks 300th and now is probably having a bad game so far but delivery his also been pathetic
We have won what?
1 centre bounce all game
Can’t see how today’s game is because of lynch

Jack kicked one tin ass goal all game but noone critical of how he is playing

 

[mad_tiggy911]

I'm starting to think Dimma can't coach and is only a great man manager. Either that or all his assistants suck.

Injuries don't help but we were s**t early on this year too.

 

[tugga]

I can’t watch if Aarts is playing.
Absolutely *en useless

 

[peterand]

I get the frustration but who do you bring in for them?

Anyone
Aarts got dropped last year we won the flag
He clearly is a vfl player at best no pace no skills no footy smarts

 

[beema limapep]

Heads are dropped. This is gunna be a blowout

 

[Thrillhouse!]

So we play great defences every week?

No but midfield make it seem that way. Our entries have been absolutely horrendous all year.

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[DustinsGuns]

Parker reminds me alot of Steve Morris. Good hard player who you appreciate in a bad team, but isn't going to make a bad team into a mediocre one. But at least he is having ago.

 

[GN272]

I would give your champions the rest of the season off, give them a 7 month refresh and bring them back for another crack next year. They have another 2-3 years imo just need to be reinvigorated. Would be stupid to retire them early and do a Hawthorn

thanks for your insightful comment - now back to scat park buster

 

[Tony Harrison]

I would give your champions the rest of the season off, give them a 7 month refresh and bring them back for another crack next year. They have another 2-3 years imo just need to be reinvigorated. Would be stupid to retire them early and do a Hawthorn

If we give the uninjured 'champions' the year off I don't think we'd have 22 on the list to field.

 

[banzai]

Agree Jack Ross doesn't look close to the strong, confident and good skilled player he was in year 1.

The poor development has played a big part.

Well there was no VFL last year so hardto develop.

Same players letting us down.
I know the coaches wanna back our own in week after week..
But fu** me..
The time for change is now
Strewth

Its not really the same players. Who has played well? Nank and grimes have been poor. Jack and Lynch dropping chest marks. Lambert awful. Rioli and Parker are trying hard not much else happening.

 

[TigerPaul71]

who expected us to win??
I didn't. we are not the same team as previous years
is it disappointing. Yes
Men against boys
We look like 2016
wish we were like 2019, want the boys to win
there too banged up, no confidence and no player is at fault.
I'm not going to put down any player
were not up to it>
Praise to Rioli looking good..

 

[BC9_]

I would give your champions the rest of the season off, give them a 7 month refresh and bring them back for another crack next year. They have another 2-3 years imo just need to be reinvigorated. Would be stupid to retire them early and do a Hawthorn

I agree with that, the likes of Cotchin and Edwards, for sure. Although Cotchin has one year left IMO. Cheers.

 

[lumpinee]

really cant see myself saying it but rioli is killing it

look in the mirror

 

[Muddiemoose]

anybody else,as long as they have a go

We don’t have anyone ready to play the role

Rioli Jr has probobly played 1 good qtr in the vfl all year, and the only other option would be Cumberland who is coming off an acl and only played one decent game

 

[Crumpet_avenger]

Why?

Cause he needs help....
Obviously he can't see it

 

[tigers12]

We need to make some trades next year refresh the list

 

[This Is Anfield]

Yeah, correct. I mean, what impact could half a team have on performance? Well thought out. Good chat.

Nah, CB, we obviously need this lot...

From left Moppey, Sir Rancelot...

 

[Lsta062]

No but midfield make it seem that way. Our entries have been absolutely horrendous all year.

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Yeah they’ve been deplorable. Something needs to be done about our midfield over the off-season but unfortunately I don’t think it’ll be a quick fix for us

 

[k31th]

it's alright, we'll roll them hard in the 2nd half like in recent finals #optimism

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Cause he needs help....
Obviously he can't see it

Yeah, he needs assistant support, not a world class rugby coach lol

 

[want2spoodge_pettifer]

Gentlemen, I know it hurts.

But here are all our players that missed significant time due to injury, or never got on the park this year:


Astbury
Balta
Bolton
Broad
CCJ
Cotchin
Edwards
Houli
Lambert
Lynch
Martin
McIntosh
Nankervis
Prestia
Vlaustin
Soldo

That's 16. Fifteen of which are absolute best 22 locks - if you include Soldo. Yes, we have some of that cavalry back now. But injury interrupted seasons mean that key players, the ordinary BF nuffies from the main board or other club forums may not recognise, have been well down. We can't keep fighting the fight every week, especially as this week Cotchin and Edwards have already copped what look like pretty significant knocks.


We are trying, we do care. We just aren't good enough at the moment, and have key players out of form or missing. There are small lights at the end of this tunnel though - Mansell is getting better every week. Rioli is beginning to show signs that he could be a damaging Saad style half back.

We desperately need midfield depth. Cerra had 30 & 2 goals today. Yet most of the boffins in the trade and fa thread deem him a vanilla player worth nothing more than a straight swap for McIntosh. It is blindingly obvious. We need him, and we need another extractor. It has to be the area we address first. We simply cannot go with big bodied, deep midfields. Hopper would be ideal, but it won't happen.

 

[lumpinee]

We’ve played them for 6 quarters this year and it’s pretty glaring the difference in work rate between the teams. We don’t work anywhere near as hard as them, which is pretty crazy since we’ve probably been the benchmark in that area the last 4 years.

no gas left in the tank ?

 

[Gunit]

Any chance we can get Martin out there in a wheelchair