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shinboner magic said:
^^^^^^^^^^^

It smacks of being over coached and the game plan being to rigid.

Guys that are out of form just need/want to be dropped

Scott has tunnel vision on his perfect side and hardly ventures away from that narrow minded view.
Will be interesting if any coaches leave tbe club at seasons ends
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It smacks of the the 6th best side in the comp currently sitting 6th.
 
Wild Bill said:
Our list is not top 4 and out depth is average. We have lost our best CHB, his back up and the back ups back up. Our B&F from last year and our quickest player has missed most of the season and our captain is returning from a very serious injury. We have changed our game plan and made it tough for our forwards. We are 6th. I don't think this has been as bad a year as some are making it out to be.
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What separates us from top 4 is taking the opportunities that are put in front of us.

This list could make top 4.
 
Wild Bill said:
Not with the terrible run with injuries. Our best team on the park - close. But with the players injured we are we're we belong.
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On paper, I agree with everything you've said. But from watching games played this season, this team - injuries and all - could easily have been 2-3 wins better off and at least knocking on the door of top 4. The chances have been there and have been blown, not once but repeatedly, and they should be smart enough to work out why and committed enough to improve.
 

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Wild Bill said:
Not with the terrible run with injuries. Our best team on the park - close. But with the players injured we are we're we belong.
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Let's look at one of those injuries.

Aaron Black has carried one and stunk.

Mason Wood has been playing quality VFL and cannot get a gig.

Injuries are an excuse.

Injuries do not excuse 7 goals to 1 in a quarter repeatedly throughout the year.
 
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Daz said:
GWS have put the cue in the rack for the season. This should be a demolition job.
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I hope you are correct. We need to see the killer instinct from the boys today anything less will be disappointing.
 
Please, ruthlessness. Four points and as much percentage as possible, and confidence to take into the last few games.
 
Only Forwards said:
Let's look at one of those injuries.

Aaron Black has carried one and stunk.

Mason Wood has been playing quality VFL and cannot get a gig.

Injuries are an excuse.

Injuries do not excuse 7 goals to 1 in a quarter repeatedly throughout the year.
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This Mason Wood must be some player. It is all posters want to talk about. That Liam Anthony is also a quality VFL player.
 

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Wild Bill said:
This Mason Wood must be some player. It is all posters want to talk about. That Liam Anthony is also a quality VFL player.
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Missing the point we have a kid busting his arse for a game. And a guy who's injured and we keep the bloke who's injured in the side.

It does both of them a disservice.

Same applies to Ziebell and Jacobs or Froggy through the year.

We try to maintain status quo by playing under done guys.

Regardless of the who injuries do not account for our non efforts this year.

We lost to Brisbane FFS.
 
Wild Bill said:
Not with the terrible run with injuries. Our best team on the park - close. But with the players injured we are we're we belong.
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Yeah, because Freo, Geelong and Hawks haven't had any injury problems!
 
Only Forwards said:
Missing the point we have a kid busting his arse for a game. And a guy who's injured and we keep the bloke who's injured in the side.

It does both of them a disservice.

Same applies to Ziebell and Jacobs or Froggy through the year.

We try to maintain status quo by playing under done guys.

Regardless of the who injuries do not account for our non efforts this year.

We lost to Brisbane FFS.
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Do you think Scott and the match selection team have an inferior understanding of their players than the posters jumping up and down about selections.
 

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Harris 10 said:
Hansen Levi out for Mullett and grima
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Hmm more underdone players in the side now .

I think we may be in trouble today .. Swallow and JZ may struggle with the speed of the game
 
Bigeasy said:
I think you are missing the point. Some of us are frustrated at the coach because:

1. After a loss he talks tough and forecasts changes and he has never backed up his words with the action. It's always the usual getting dropped.

2. Players like Adams, Bastinac, Black and Swallow have been poor both statistically and to the eye yet not one has been dropped. The Captain's return has been managed poorly. He was nowhere near match ready and should have played at least another full game for NB.

3. He lacks imagination. When we are behind during a game his moves are all about countering and never about attacking.

His game plan works well when the opposition are just slightly off their game and his stubbornness to alter it makes us a very predictable team to counter. I heard a couple of supporters at the game last week yelling out chippity chip chip when Geelong were kicking it short across half back before slicing us up with a kick across wing to a free man running into 50. They were yelling it out because that's how you beat North. Chip it around until 1 or 2 players are loose. I watched forward of the play a fair bit last week and the number of times players were off their man when defending was disappointing. The crossovers when defending was abysmal and the main culprits were Adams, Bastinac, Swallow (sigh), Gibson, Black and Daw yet only Daw gets dropped. The defending of all of the above is sub standard and what makes it worse is the offensive part of their games isn't much better.

His lack of courage to make an example of players that don't uphold a minimum standard is the cornerstone of our inconsistency in my opinion because it fosters complacency, it happens in all work environments.

He refuses to make offensive moves during a game that may deviate from his structures. A change is as good as a holiday Brad, sometimes players need a situational change to snap them out of whatever they're in. Not all players can do it themselves and because of this, those very players I mentioned earlier are the ones letting us down defensively so maybe a stint in the twos is the jolt need, maybe or maybe not.

It's funny that Wood can't get a game because he has to work on his defensive game yet players I've mentioned get away with it in the firsts. Why can't Wood learn on the job too, at least he brings in something different offensively?

/end rant.
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