2010: Who is to blame and how can it be turned around?

[Snooperclyde]

If this was mid 2008 you may be correct with the first part of your statement but as per usual some of you live in the past.
Futhermore I thought this was a thread about what is wrong with the Eagles and not about what may have been wrong previously with the Dockers. Either way I wonder who here is the idiot

People that can't take a hint go close.

Harvs is a jet though, so piss off back to his board.

 

[Level_Headed]

Without being privvy the the specific details of the running of the club i do not know who to blame. A certain amount of blame for the current playing malaise would have to sit at the head coaches feet. I reckon that blaming people and getting angry is not the way forward.

Off field I reckon we have to have people who know about football examine the football department at the club and suggest areas of
development.

On Field I reckon we need time to gain experience and hard work on skills and fitness.

No quick solutions that will fix everything in the short term that I can readily see.

 

[Snooperclyde]

What else could we implement? Unique to WCE and Freo to combat travel and the time delay.

It is common knowledge that we are vulnerable after derby's and I would take that a step further by saying we are also vulnerable after a tough away game.

Why ? - because it is near impossible to replicate 100% effort each week.
The speed of the game combined with rotations out of control are taxing players so much that recovery week after week is unlikely. Also consider we have between 24 -48 hours less time to prepare/recover every second week.
The result is players going in fatigued before the first bounce and that results in losses.

Remedy

The time has come to throw away the thinking of the past.
We cannot play and do the things that worked 'once upon a time' just because they did.

Use the advantage and make home wins a priority.

We have half our matches at home and should ensure the squad is at maximum fitness to get these wins.

how ? - play the away matches with an away squad by resting a few players, giving them a half game in the WAFL (limited game time) to recover for the following home game.

This does not imply we should take away games less seriously but use fringe players and young players to advantage.

About to retire.

Malthouse is aged but he still remains a student of the game.

I feel this is even more important to WC and Freo but Mick is already on to it.
I thought my concept was original.

A quote from AFL.com

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/93844/default.aspx

COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse has defended his policy of rotating his experienced players out of the side.

Ruckman Josh Fraser has been rested this week because of knee soreness, a move Malthouse admitted was part of the plan to preserve him for the season.

“It’s a fierce contest week by week," Malthouse said on Friday. "The intensity of the game has been elevated, certainly over the last three or four years we’ve seen it go to new levels.

"As a consequence we’ve seen a lot more players fatigued, not necessarily playing consistent football.

“They play a couple of good ones and they play a couple of down ones. What we’re trying to do is eliminate the downward slide and nip it as quick as we can.”

 

[Dylan82]

Bump.

Unfortunately it seems that nothing has changed in the last month.