Fire the Flug Up !!

[deliberate!!]

I know we are travelling. I know we are professional. I know this means being low-key and clinical, but when the crowds is more passionate than the players , you know we have problems.

This week, the players need more ferocity at the ball, more anger at getting it and back to burying sides. No mercy for GWS. No excuses. We run hard to space. We spread hard and quickly. We point the goddamn ball towards the goal. (Our goal posts aren't backwards towards our back pocket). We kick the goal when near 50, not mess around with it. Contested ball wins matches. The highest score wins matches. DRIVE THE BALL TOWARDS THE GOALS. No fancy pants over possessing. Shortest route to goal.

Respect GWS for turining up...then that's it. No respect by beating them to every contest. No respect by kicking as many goals as possible in 4 quarters. And no respect by hating them for trying to take a game of us.

NOW FIRE THE FLUG UP AND WIN!!

*Hops of soapbox and closes 'Deliberate's!! Book of 1950's Coaching'*
---------------------------------------------------------------
Is Vickery always 'given' an injury when he's dropped?

 

[The Rusty Trombone]

Yeah it's time to flex our developing muscles . Tuesdays arms and back , Saturdays is pure guts . Let's rip Sheedys forehead off!!!!!

 

[The Goon]

Yeah. I still think you're an alias.

 

[Maroo]

What's a flug?

Oh and why would you want the team to completely abandon a game style that they are getting better at and more confident with every week (and have kicked over 100 points against Essendon, Hawthorn and St Kilda as well as over 90 against West Coast and Sydney) in the hope that it might garner a couple of extra goals?

 

[Harmichael]

What's a flug?

What Dwayne Russell would be if he was a Kiwi.

 

[Achilles Heel]

Yeah it's time to flex our developing muscles . Tuesdays arms and back , Saturdays is pure guts . Let's rip Sheedys forehead off!!!!!

It's lucky we have Dan Connors to flex the muscles he built up in the gym,

Where are the sarcasm emoticons?

 

[deliberate!!]

What's a flug?

Oh and why would you want the team to completely abandon a game style that they are getting better at and more confident with every week (and have kicked over 100 points against Essendon, Hawthorn and St Kilda as well as over 90 against West Coast and Sydney) in the hope that it might garner a couple of extra goals?

Hey Guroo, I never said abandon anything....the St.Kilda game style nearly came unstuck AGAIN against who.....the GWS!!

As a side trying to constantly improve, if we can't adapt to all weather football (like the loss to Freo, and just falling over the line against GWS) then we will become predictable.

Predictability is a team's achilles.

 

[Maroo]

I agree that the adaptation to wet weather footy the last couple of weeks has been poor, but I disagree that predictability is a team's achilles, it is actually just about it's greatest strength because everyone in the team knows what each other is going to do. Do you think the great Geelong side of the last 5 years was unpredictable?

 

[deliberate!!]

I agree that the adaptation to wet weather footy the last couple of weeks has been poor, but I disagree that predictability is a team's achilles, it is actually just about it's greatest strength because everyone in the team knows what each other is going to do. Do you think the great Geelong side of the last 5 years was unpredictable?

The predictability of a team's dry weather game style breaking down in the wet is the issue I am talking about. My point has nothing to do with all team members knowing their roles, but the predictability of other teams knowing that Richmond's high possession, efficient passing in dry weather breaks down in the wet and is weaker than other teams who can handle the wet and who go more direct in conditions that require this game style.

 

[The Rusty Trombone]

There are more dry days than wet because of Elino and Global warming. In Hardwicks 32 year of coaching like Sheedys this year there will be no wet weather footy at all so we are right on track.

 

[Achilles Heel]

There are more dry days than wet because of Elino and Global warming. In Hardwicks 32 year of coaching like Sheedys this year there will be no wet weather footy at all so we are right on track.

Thanks Julia , we can rest assured that with the introduction of the carbon tax global warming ad wet days as a result of global warming will be a thing of the sat so our dry weather skills which fall apart in the wet will be irrelevant, much like the terry Wallace theory of only recruiting skinny outside runners will e proven to be irrelevant

 

[TOOs_Finest]

What Dwayne Russell would be if he was a Kiwi.

Underrated post