On the bright side - no serious injuries this week.
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A nautical mile, surely.Boat 3 votes by a country mile
The responsibility sits with the players as far as I'm concerned.
The effort just not there.
Lucky we're nowhere near it thenMcCrae had the worse game I have ever seen him play, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
Disappointed, but not surprised something is not right with this team. Hard questions do need to be asked at the end of the year.
On another note, how disappointing would it be to make the GF this to year with no parade, no game at the G, hell we wouldn’t even be allowed to attend.
On another note, how disappointing would it be to make the GF this to year with no parade, no game at the G, hell we wouldn’t even be allowed to attend.
He was real good and it was damning that he routinely had a metre of space coming out of every contest. Not really a bloke renowned for his speed.Boat 3 votes by a country mile. Thought wines was terrible until the 4th we he stepped in up and stopped, turning it over. No way in hell Wines gets 3, not sure even 2 but not sure who could get the 2
I agree with those saying we look fatigued. In fact, our season really finished 3 weeks ago if we are being realistic. Not sure what to put this down to: lack of fitness of returning players, an over-worked midfield compensating for a poor ruck situation, the lack of a bye, mental fatigue, or all of the above. Some might argue that these are just excuses and that our team is simply lacking in work rate, particularly our midfield.
We're like a classic racing car that has blown a gasket after leading all the way and then spluttering over the finish line near the tail of the field. There were high expectations for a strong finish and so there are now serious questions to be asked about the head mechanic's ability to keep the old girl running. There is still one last race left for the season and he has a chance to repair the engine. If, however, the old girl breaks down again she will need to be sent to the garage for a major overhaul and the head mechanic could find himself working at KMart Auto as an apprentice grease monkey. But, I digress.
I agree with those saying we look fatigued. In fact, our season really finished 3 weeks ago if we are being realistic. Not sure what to put this down to: lack of fitness of returning players, an over-worked midfield compensating for a poor ruck situation, the lack of a bye, mental fatigue, or all of the above. Some might argue that these are just excuses and that our team is simply lacking in work rate, particularly our midfield.
We're like a classic racing car that has blown a gasket after leading all the way and then spluttering over the finish line near the tail of the field. There were high expectations for a strong finish and so there are now serious questions to be asked about the head mechanic's ability to keep the old girl running. There is still one last race left for the season and he has a chance to repair the engine. If, however, the old girl breaks down again she will need to be sent to the garage for a major overhaul and the head mechanic could find himself working at KMart Auto as an apprentice grease monkey. But, I digress.
iMO it’s our game plan that wears the players out. That’s why are first quarters are so good and second halves poor.
We need to be able to control the ball in the air better and to get a big ruckman to take the pressure off our mids.
The way we defend also takes a lot of energy.
I like your optimism. We got beat (should have been pumped) by them three weeks ago. We have since lost Bruce and have been demoralized with two very ordinary games since then and most likely miss top 4 after being locked in.We get Essendon again who we have covered.
I've had opposition supporters with no particular grudge against our club tell me we would be unlikely to go anywhere in the finals anywhere because we lack the necessary fortitude. I can't argue with that.
Compare our forward line right now of Naughton Hannan JJ Weightman Vandermeer English to a team that also had to deal with only having one key forward: Richmond 2017 which had Riewoldt Rioli Butler Caddy Townsend and Martin doing whatever he wanted because the team could stand on its own without him at times.
You may think some of those names are not higher quality than ours, but them and their game plan got. the. job. done. Look at our forward line setup and you wonder what is going on with our team and coaches.
Our backline also relies too much on having the mids run back. They are either too small or have players currently not up to it like Wood and at times Williams. both going for the backwards handball to a teammate under pressure and Wood costing us 3 goals. Richmond on the other hand had 3-4 players OVER 190cm in the backline. We have 2, 1 of them needing to be a 3rd tall so we are missing a 2nd tall. In spite of this though I'd say our backline has actually stood up very well against the odds and with its deficiencies.
Not gonna talk about the ruck, we all know our problems there.
I know not ever premiership side is 100% the same and completely comparable but we simply have too many players in the team that do not contribute or are not up to it unfortunately. Right now the team is maybe a 1 flag winning side with the amount of talent its got but not a multiple flag winning side.
You should email or phone the club and suggest it. They might appreciate a helpful suggestion rather than the criticism that is no doubt being thrown their way.The best part about games like this is you get to see who the “I’m not watching next week, this club is pathetic” types are. I hope Bevo reads them The Man in the Arena this week.
And that list also included Dusty in that group of Richmond players.You're kind of missing the fact that Richmond's key forward was a coleman medalist. Makes a pretty big difference....
Interesting, thanks for that.
I thought this ladder would have Freo in the 8.