Opinion Is this rock bottom?

[Gasometer]

I flew over there too! Boomer's last game, because you know he was holding us back or something.

Next Adelaide Final let’s go together and we can wait outside the Pubs!

 

[Archer_11]

Next Adelaide Final let’s go together and we can wait outside the Pubs!

Gas, I'm so there but just a heads up re: next final played in Adelaide I might be dead in 50 years.

 

[scottywiper]

Christ we have a lot of injuries with young players. The rehab room seems to be the first thing they should be shown after being drafted.
Mahony the exception!

 

[goalieboy82]

 

[amaz199]

Haven't played Melbourne yet so no.

We're screwed.

 

[Frank Thring]

Yes, it could be this week

 

[Spud11]

It doesn’t feel like rock bottom/doom and gloom because the off-field side of things is in such good shape.

It’s the opposite of the 00’s when we were ultra competitive operating out of transportable dog kennels.

It kinda makes what’s happening now a bit more disappointing. You can hear it in the voices of club legends who helped rescue this club: “You’ve finally got everything you need - now PLAY!!”

 

[winalotroos]

It doesn’t feel like rock bottom/doom and gloom because the off-field side of things is in such good shape.

It’s the opposite of the 00’s when we were ultra competitive operating out of transportable dog kennels.

It kinda makes what’s happening now a bit more disappointing. You can hear it in the voices of club legends who helped rescue this club: “You’ve finally got everything you need - now PLAY!!”

This is very true, it’s harder to get out of 8mill debt ( as the club has done ) then rebuild a competitive team over time with the right people.

I don’t feel that the club will fold if we don’t make finals every year, it’s giving the club time to get it right and hopefully success in a year or three.

 

[Ischenko]

It doesn’t feel like rock bottom/doom and gloom because the off-field side of things is in such good shape.

It’s the opposite of the 00’s when we were ultra competitive operating out of transportable dog kennels.

It kinda makes what’s happening now a bit more disappointing. You can hear it in the voices of club legends who helped rescue this club: “You’ve finally got everything you need - now PLAY!!”

If off-field is in good shape then on-field will turn. Melbourne under Neeld were a basket case from top to bottom. Now I’m not saying we aren’t, we could be, but if our club is well run then this could just be a shit year under trying circumstances with injuries to crucial players and a coach having second year blues, like many players do, in addition to new fitness staff etc.

Lot of ifs but yeah: if the people running the show know what they’re doing then on-field results will come.

 

[Spud11]

If off-field is in good shape then on-field will turn. Melbourne under Neeld were a basket case from top to bottom. Now I’m not saying we aren’t, we could be, but if our club is well run then this could just be a shit year under trying circumstances with injuries to crucial players and a coach having second year blues, like many players do, in addition to new fitness staff etc.

Lot of ifs but yeah: if the people running the show know what they’re doing then on-field results will come.

I hope so. I really do.

I’ve heard it said (particularly if we’re using Melbourne as an example) that rebuilds have to start with defence. Get that right and then build from there.

Are we doing that? I don’t think so. I don’t see any manic defensive intent on any of our lines, at all, let alone for sustained periods.

On the contrary, without skill, we seem to be switching through the corridor to attack in a game plan that has been apparently labelled difficult to understand/execute.

That’s just one aspect of multiple things a club has to get right in order for a rebuild to be successful.

Our list management is another. That’s been dire.

So yeah. What are we doing? I don’t know.

 

[Ischenko]

I hope so. I really do.

I’ve heard it said (particularly if we’re using Melbourne as an example) that rebuilds have to start with defence. Get that right and then build from there.

Are we doing that? I don’t think so. I don’t see any manic defensive intent on any of our lines, at all, let alone for sustained periods.

On the contrary, without skill, we seem to be switching through the corridor to attack in a game plan that has been apparently labelled difficult to understand/execute.

That’s just one aspect of multiple things a club has to get right in order for a rebuild to be successful.

Our list management is another. That’s been dire.

So yeah. What are we doing? I don’t know.

If we are still losing by 10 goals every week by the end of the year then changes will have to be made. What the best changes are you have to pray the off-field leaders know. It could be Noble is completely hamstrung by our list management. Or it could be that he’s a terrible coach that’s lost the players and a different coach would improve us immediately, especially defensively. Our list managers and recruiters might have a solid plan to trade or FA a key back and then Comben get a run at it and we start playing with confidence and by mid-2023 we are unequivocally on the up.

Or we could be incompetent from top to bottom and in the same wretched state this time next year.

We don’t know. I have faith and think that every supporter should show some, just as the club should show faith in us by trying to be as professional as possible. But neither blind faith nor knee-jerk negativity is useful or at all revealing right now. Time will tell, as the cliche goes.

 

[Frank Thring]

Are we there yet?

 

[Mr Lloyd Christmas]

We were closer to rock bottom yesterday than we are today.

 

[koshari]

We were closer to rock bottom yesterday than we are today.

Main draft week when we use our pick 1 and pick 50 after spooning....thats our rock bottom.

 

[Themanbun]

Probably still got a bit more digging to do

 

[Engimal v3]

Dig up, stupid!

 

[Usayed Givashe]

Well it was, but we found a trapdoor.

 

[Lomas]

Well it was, but we found a trapdoor.

 

[Jasemon]

Wish it was rock bottom. Awful, sick feeling in my stomach that it’s not.

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

My young fella turned to me last week and said ‘I hate north so much’, ‘why do I watch this every week when I makes me so sad’.

As I hung up the phone it occurred, it occurred to me. He’d grown up just like me. My boy was just like me....

And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon, little Jack Mahony

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Jack Mahony

Age

24

Ht

177cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.4

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

5.8

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.0

1star

D

8.4

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

5.8

3star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.2

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

8.4

3star

K

2.6

1star

HB

5.8

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.0

1star

and the man on the moon. When you coming back, Cunners? Don’t know when. But we’ll get together then, Kieran Harper

Kieran Harper

Age

33

Ht

187cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.9

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

3.3

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

0.8

4star

. We’re gonna have a good time then.

 

[Le Grille]

 

[The acurate one]

Are we there yet?

Yes we officially arrived I blew up the twin turbo Mazda engine. It is all coming together nicely.

 

[Le Grille]

I wonder if we go any lower we might loop to the top

 

[Kanga Glory]

 

[Billy Not Really]

Remember, it can always be worse.

Is this the worst? Not even. It can get worse.