Preview Changes: R19 v Carlton

[hey shorty]

We'll wait and see = no one goes to Cripps.

Wilson I hope.

Big, strong and aggressive.

 

[MRB37]

Players are gonna tank now probably

 

[rocket18]

'The Fogarty is crap' line that gets taken by posters doesnt really make a point here though does it?

Because Otten's not been up to it in two years, and only one of them can get better.

I recall another player that was regarded as crap, wasn't ready, will never make it and lo and behold he finally got his chance - played 4 or 5 games in a row and now is a first choice player.

ROB anyone.

 

[hey shorty]

Players are gonna tank now probably

I wouldn't think so.

New coach would mean players held accountable.

 

[OzSparrow]

Players are gonna tank now probably

Oh give me a break???? Ricky Nixon????? FFS.

 

[WetCrow1991]

"I pick the best side to win the match this week....(with an eye to the future)"

=

"Yes we should be developing our best 22 but my job comes first"

Whose eye is being used?

Ray Charles'?

 

[huludicidal]

Don Pyke : "Age is just a number." Clueless.

The GPS data which proves that we are the laziest team in the AFL is just a number too.

The shrinking number of weeks until Pyke gets sacked because he’s lost the players is also just a number.

 

[WetCrow1991]

I'd like to know myself, if I knew I'd probably be the coach.

Teams are targeting our midfield no doubt, but they scored 76 points from our forward 50. We won clearances convincingly but we couldn't hold the ball in there.

That's the game.

Essendon, like Port, Geelong, West Coast realised that we were throwing numbers into contests and getting sucked in, so they let us and positioned for easy transition on the outside.

 

[Tex200]

I'd like to know myself, if I knew I'd probably be the coach.

Teams are targeting our midfield no doubt, but they scored 76 points from our forward 50. We won clearances convincingly but we couldn't hold the ball in there.

That's the game.

But in the 3rd quarter when it turned south we had just 5 x I50’s.

That’s not a failure to hold it in, it’s not even getting there.

But you know... A grade midfielders

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Players are gonna tank now probably

Ricky Nixon. Really. Is there anyone less credible to quote.

 

[jackster83]

Whose eye is being used?

Ray Charles'?

The brown eye.

 

[rocket18]

You would be nuts to bring in a 1st gamer 18 year old in a game we have to win when Ottens has good form, the only issue I see is it's at a big ground but he will be playing that Doedee/Keath role (unless Carlton try to expose him 1-1 deep).

We are playing the 3rd to bottom side, (aswell as the GC game) these are the games other clubs do in fact blood new players.

So if we don't bring in a first gamer v GC or 3rd to bottom when do you suggest we bring them in? Oh thats right v Geelong at Kardinia Park, silly me.

 

[DJ75]

"Campo pleaded with me not to tag Cripps and he's our strategy coach so I followed his strong, experienced advice"

*a few days later*

P. Cripps - 47 touches, 32 clearances, 20 inside 50s, 7 goals

*a few days later*
"We didn't make a mistake, our guys just didn't get the job done. But they are experienced guys so I'll back them in to respond next week"

 

[dogs105]

Did he really use Roger Federer as an example?

fu** me.

It's quite common in other sports like tennis for players to succeed well into their mid 30s. But the crucial fact is this isn't the case for AFL.

Those are the facts you need to be dealing with Pyke, you baboon

Steve Davis still plays some pretty good snooker at 61.

 

[ABAB]

We are playing the 3rd to bottom side, (aswell as the GC game) these are the games other clubs do in fact blood new players.

So if we don't bring in a first gamer v GC or 3rd to bottom when do you suggest we bring them in? Oh thats right v Geelong at Kardinia Park, silly me.

Agree on the GC game but this Carlton game is way too important, against Geelong it was because Lynch was injured and not managed that allowed Davis to get a game.

 

[Scorpus]

*a few days later*
"We didn't make a mistake, our guys just didn't get the job done. But they are experienced guys so I'll back them in to respond next week"

"We had a plan to stop Cripps, and that plan was for our midfielders to win the ball first and give us first use. Unfortunately, the players didn't stick to our proven structures or gameplan, which allowed Cripps to dominate the midfield"

 

[relapse]

Players are gonna tank now probably

Pyke is contracted until the end of 2021.

Win, lose or draw he's still going to be coaching us next season.

 

[WetCrow1991]

*a few days later*
"We didn't make a mistake, our guys just didn't get the job done. But they are experienced guys so I'll back them in to respond next week"

We'll get back to playing the brand of footy we want and know we can get to, the brand that has failed to win a flag for 21 years.

 

[Vader]

"Campo pleaded with me not to tag Cripps and he's our strategy coach so I followed his strong, experienced advice"

*a few days later*

P. Cripps - 47 touches, 32 clearances, 20 inside 50s, 7 goals

And we still won by 104pts, proving Campo to be correct...

You conveniently leave that little fact out, when quoting Cripps' figures.

 

[Vader]

"We had a plan to stop Cripps, and that plan was for our midfielders to win the ball first and give us first use. Unfortunately, the players didn't stick to our proven structures or gameplan, which allowed Cripps to dominate the midfield"

We had a plan to beat Carlton, which succeeded brilliantly - to the tune of 104pts.

 

[Scorpus]

And we still won by 104pts, proving Campo to be correct...

You conveniently leave that little fact out, when quoting Cripps' figures.

That was last time. I'm joking about what will happen this week.

If Cripps has 32 clearances and 7 goals we will get smashed

 

[WetCrow1991]

Weird that a person with the username ACAB is such an unabashed bootlicker.

 

[dogs105]

Pyke is contracted until the end of 2021.

Win, lose or draw he's still going to be coaching us next season.

But but chicken....

 

[Scorpus]

We had a plan to beat Carlton, which succeeded brilliantly - to the tune of 104pts.

There is absolutely no chance in hell we win by 104 this week

 

[DJ75]

A question - If Pyke was sacked on Monday - who takes over? Godden? Mattner? Hart? Pretty bare closet there.

Nope there is only one the answer, the one consistent in a decade of cr@p


Be careful what you wish for folks...