News Ben Serpell

[kozi]

 

[rammmbo]

Pay him out and **** him off.

No you don’t get rid of anyone who is incompetent because stability is far more important

 

[Frustrated Tiger]

New high performance manager appointed.

Even better... we've poached him from Geelong.

They can have him back.

 

[Truetiger]

This is just ridiculous now... Can we relegate ourselves to the VFL for the rest of the year? 29 players to choose from for the senior squad. How is Yze or the MC meant to have any chance at selection integrity with so few players available?

Yet it’s his fault. It would be nice to have a full list to pick from; unfortunately, it seems ages away.

 

[kozi]

New high performance manager appointed.

Even better... we've poached him from Geelong.

Still works for them

 

[partycorolla]

Yet it’s his fault. It would be nice to have a full list to pick from; unfortunately, it seems ages away.

Full list? I'd like 80% of the list to pick from! I would dream of 90%

 

[DustinsGuns]

Needs the get the sack. Simple.

 

[_DBF_]

This is just ridiculous now... Can we relegate ourselves to the VFL for the rest of the year? 29 players to choose from for the senior squad. How is Yze or the MC meant to have any chance at selection integrity with so few players available?

I’m even going to look at the Smillie thing as good news now (so I don’t go mad). We had 15 injured and no one conclusively out for the year which is the worst possible situation when you theoretically have pick 1 msd.

So at least now we can take one pick at least

 

[kozi]

Yet it’s his fault. It would be nice to have a full list to pick from; unfortunately, it seems ages away.

Full list to pick from would just give him even more ways to butcher team selection

 

[Rich01]

If an internal review of the Strength and Conditioning Dept has been conducted and found there was no issue there, the people that arranged it and conducted it have to go.

 

[Karp3_dm]

Hawks barely have had an injury last few years since Sam Mitchell bought Peter Burge from us

we should pay infinite to get him back

 

[partycorolla]

I’m even going to look at the Smillie thing as good news now (so I don’t go mad). We had 15 injured and no one conclusively out for the year which is the worst possible situation when you theoretically have pick 1 msd.

So at least now we can take one pick at least

Yeah that's a very small silver lining... maybe we need 4 spots just so we don't run out of players...

 

[Rich01]

Contact injuries notwithstanding, here are some of the questions I have for the strength and conditioning team…

Why was Sam Lalor played against Essendon last year when he was quite obviously sore?

How the hell do the medical staff not know Tom Sims has a navicular injury until he’s on the sidelines with an unrelated arm injury? And the same for Mansell.

Why were both Judson Clarke and Josh Gibcus put back on the field after complaining of a sore knee when they have had a history of knee injuries?

Why has Tom Sims not put on any size since October when he’s been out of action?

How can Smillie continually reinjure his quad? They obviously have no idea what is wrong and haven’t got external expert opinions to consider.

What have they been doing to ensure Hotton will come back 100%? They admitted the injury was unusual so what is the plan from what they have learnt?

Why didn’t Sam Cumming get shoulder surgery when he arrived at the club? They admitted that they were bewildered his junior club didn’t put him in for surgery yet refused to do it themselves

 

[Julio Dulio]

I’m even going to look at the Smillie thing as good news now (so I don’t go mad). We had 15 injured and no one conclusively out for the year which is the worst possible situation when you theoretically have pick 1 msd.

So at least now we can take one pick at least

Bet you they don’t even take anyone

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

We’d still have Luke Meehan if that Groupie_ didn’t run a hate campaign .

 

[Groupie_]

We’d still have Luke Meehan if that Groupie_ didn’t run a hate campaign .

meehan looks like richard simmonds compared to serpell

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

meehan looks like richard simmonds compared to serpell

Your a campaigner the next 20 years of shitnes is in you .

 

[Rich01]

meehan looks like richard simmonds compared to serpell

Meehan was a strength coach that was really good at what he did. Unfortunately we promoted him into a position he wasn’t ready for.

That’s on the club, not Meehan.

 

[sabso]

We’d still have Luke Meehan if that Groupie_ didn’t run a hate campaign .

If the hate campaigns are that effective why are we still wearing the fluro?

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Contact injuries notwithstanding, here are some of the questions I have for the strength and conditioning team…

Why was Sam Lalor played against Essendon last year when he was quite obviously sore?

How the hell do the medical staff not know Tom Sims has a navicular injury until he’s on the sidelines with an unrelated arm injury? And the same for Mansell.

Why were both Judson Clarke and Josh Gibcus put back on the field after complaining of a sore knee when they have had a history of knee injuries?

Why has Tom Sims not put on any size since October when he’s been out of action?

How can Smillie continually reinjure his quad? They obviously have no idea what is wrong and haven’t got external expert opinions to consider.

What have they been doing to ensure Hotton will come back 100%? They admitted the injury was unusual so what is the plan from what they have learnt?

Why didn’t Sam Cumming get shoulder surgery when he arrived at the club? They admitted that they were bewildered his junior club didn’t put him in for surgery yet refused to do it themselves

The Cumming comments by the club before the start of the season didn’t sit well with me

Serpell
“Given he is a young player, our decision-making process will of course factor in the best thing for his entire career, not just this year.”

Surely the best thing for his “entire career “ was to go in for immediate surgery on an injury that was never going to be fixed with rest or strengthening.


Re Sims, I’m not sure you want him putting on too much size with that type of injury. I mean he’s got to come back when the foot is healed and start running . Not sure the extra size would be beneficial straight up.

 

[Grockadoc]

Can we get Peter Burge back to the club for the love of god!

To be fair, Serpell was hired for his expertise in treating and rehabbing ACL's. Has done a pretty good job with the guys who did them in 2024 (Juddy aside.)

 

[el_simo]

Can’t see how he stays. Utter disaster

 

[Rich01]

The Cumming comments by the club before the start of the season didn’t sit well with me

Serpell
“Given he is a young player, our decision-making process will of course factor in the best thing for his entire career, not just this year.”

Surely the best thing for his “entire career “ was to go in for immediate surgery on an injury that was never going to be fixed with rest or strengthening.


Re Sims, I’m not sure you want him putting on too much size with that type of injury. I mean he’s got to come back when the foot is healed and start running . Not sure the extra size would be beneficial straight up.

Some size would be good.
He hasn’t put on an ounce since October.

I’d rather he develop a man’s body to deal with the physical pressure of a position like ruck than go out there as a twig like he was last year to protect his foot. But that’s just me.

 

[Groupie_]

Can’t see how he stays. Utter disaster

u underestimate the current rfc

 

[Serenitylater]

Geez we’ve become such a weak club.
It seems we’re more concerned about stability and hurting peoples feelings than making the tough calls when they need to be made. But let’s just extend everyone’s contract when totally unnecessary. Weak leadership is going to set us back years.