Recent content by NarklesHelmet

Gee, from a genuine no-lifer that spends his whole year on a footy forum talking anything but football (all done with the aid of a 14 year old boy’s sense of humour) that really stings :rolleyesv1:.

I agree that Longmuir plays in a similar way to Saints and Lyon. And I don’t thing they’re going anywhere either playing that way. Maybe a final’s series but never anything more. The “haven’t got the cattle” trope is trotted out by fans the world over to excuse dour defensive football. In an...

I actually couldn’t care less about Lyon but talking more about defensive-minded coaches in general and how their time to shine has come and gone (for good) in our sport and many others world wide. As Lyon has coached my team for many years, I’ve seen him first hand. I’m still trying to be...

Pretty much. I think understanding of tactics is pretty low across the Aussie Rules community in general, and especially at board member level. A strong personality like Lyon, getting his tires pumped up in the media by the likes of McGuire and the other morons will be hard to resist for a lot...

People (and Ross) will tell you he has changed, but not really. As you say, with defense first coaches like Ross - no matter the sport- their beliefs are pathological. Sadly, what those in charge of the Saints fail to realise is that pathologically defensive coaches are dying in world sport...

It’s interesting mate: we had Adam Kingsley for years as our assistant under some dreadful coaches. Kingsley and the way he has his teams moving the ball and the way he coaches patterns of movement show he is the real deal. Could easily be the same situation with Enright. We have zero clue as...

Again, agree. A lot of Saints fans are being hoodwinked by Ross talking about us being a team with “speed”. But this means he just drafts and trades for fast blokes, becomes even more defensive and gets more men behind the ball more quickly, and then tries to get these fast blokes to hit...

It hurts to say but I tend to agree. Reckon it was an awful loss for the Saints. We are still prioritizing “effort” over skill execution as a footy club. Have signed Ross for years now when the game is heading in another direction to what he offers as a coach with his skill set. That...

Geelong are no good and were there for the taking. Very poor loss and performance. Zero skills and composure when it mattered. “Speed” and effort matter little when you continually butcher the pill and make poor decisions.

We still can’t kick. So can’t move the ball. Nothing will ever change with this club until that does. Ross parking bus and “sling-shotting” (but we’re so fast) isn’t going to win us s**t in this league now where attack and footskills are king.

Better system won out. Sliced and diced on the outside. Way, way better footskills and composure. We either went sideways, or went long to 50/50s. Forget lists, this was a systematic dismantling. A lot of work for coaches to do. We looked like a team playing footy years out of date compared...

Random, frantic, panic, long bomb/skill error, turnover. Rinse repeat. Zero composure.

Our kicking and ball movement is so bad compared to decent teams.

We cant kick. Defensive tactics like we have is finished in pro sports, will go nowhere playing like this.

Another reason we’ve got to stop obsessing over lists and midfields and thinking it will take years of “elite” draft picks is because it takes the focus off the main area we have to improve: development. Look at Hawthorn. Their best mid fielder is Newcombe. A kid the picked up in the MIDSEASON...