Predict Brad's presser

[trooroo4life]

It makes me angry that he's not angry

He will be angry, if he showed it he would of been criticised for it. Couldnt win, was honest in his assessment. Nothing to scream and shout about but Its what he does during the week not at the press conference.

 

[Deadeyeroo]

Lets predict which posters post the same negative shit every time we lose.

Lets face the facts. We are not that good. Different coach. Players from the 2nd's would not made a lick of difference to our performance.

We overate our players and team big time here

How the hell do you know if you dont try it. Fair dinkum you blokes are just as bad as him and are always happy with averages performances.

 

[verypoorboy]

He will be angry, if he showed it he would of been criticised for it. Couldnt win, was honest in his assessment. Nothing to scream and shout about but Its what he does during the week not at the press conference.

Maybe. Also it probably doesn't make sense to be angry when it's mostly his own fault anyway

 

[Reagan Smash]

How the hell do you know if you dont try it. Fair dinkum you blokes are just as bad as him and are always happy with averages performances.

I'm not happy with our average performances.
I have NO idea how to fix the problem.
I'm not happy at all.

Our team is average and unfortunately Brad is contracted for two more years.

What are we REALISTICALLY going to do ?

 

[bornaroo77]

"We will learn a lot from that game".....joke!

 

[buttsauce]

The reason he stages is because the umpires are idiots. And the rules of the game are a joke. That's why he plays for frees so who cares? How is it different from dripping the knees or lifting the arm like selwood?

 

[nicko74]

Just watched it. Same old shit regurgitated in a different way. It makes me sad

 

[DarwinRoo]

Im not the biggest Scott fan but absolutely nothing wrong with that press conference.

I like that hard stance on Thomas too, we absolutely love him. But enough is enough with the staging/diving. He needs to get rid of it asap.

Does that hard stance apply to drop knees Swallow and duck head Thompson?

I'm sick of this bullshit that he dives and stages all the time. He ****ing doesn't.

Why isn't anyone kissing his arse for having his eyes on the ball and landing on his head and still playing out the game. He was as courageous as Archer yet all people will only talk about is one over-exaggerated free kick.

Funny how an aboriginal player needs to stop diving yet a white player is applauded for drawing head high free kicks. Pisses me right off.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Mo

The reason he stages is because the umpires are idiots. And the rules of the game are a joke. That's why he plays for frees so who cares? How is it different from dripping the knees or lifting the arm like selwood?

motlop injured himself dropping his knees quicker than pamla Anderson.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Does that hard stance apply to drop knees Swallow and duck head Thompson?

I'm sick of this bullshit that he dives and stages all the time. He ******* doesn't.

Why isn't anyone kissing his arse for having his eyes on the ball and landing on his head and still playing out the game. He was as courageous as Archer yet all people will only talk about is one over-exaggerated free kick.

Funny how an aboriginal player needs to stop diving yet a white player is applauded for drawing head high free kicks. Pisses me right off.

It's not so much racial, Motlop was doing it all night and got himself injured once for doing it, his and farmer's faces are becoming quickly punchable.

 

[Elroo]

"James thinks I'm Elite"?

 

[Elroo]

Im not the biggest Scott fan but absolutely nothing wrong with that press conference.

I like that hard stance on Thomas too, we absolutely love him. But enough is enough with the staging/diving. He needs to get rid of it asap.

I was glad to hear Brad mentioned/ the club he is not happy with LT's diving.

 

[Dodecahedron]

I don't care because I stopped watching them 10 weeks ago.

 

[Kanga1996]

Scott's press conferences are always good , he says the right things .he just forgets what those things were come Monday. I remember Scott using the word ruthless I bet he doesn't .. Lol

 

[Event Horizon]

Pretty good presser to be honest. Don't disagree with much of what he said.

 

[Elroo]

Scott's press conferences are always good , he says the right things .he just forgets what those things were come Monday. I remember Scott using the word ruthless I bet he doesn't .. Lol

I think the word "ruthless" translates into "grumpy" when he faces the players based upon Swallows comments.

 

[royals1922]

Scott's press conferences are always good , he says the right things .he just forgets what those things were come Monday. I remember Scott using the word ruthless I bet he doesn't .. Lol

The ruthless part relates to how he eats a salad sandwich.

 

[kelman]

Does that hard stance apply to drop knees Swallow and duck head Thompson?

I'm sick of this bullshit that he dives and stages all the time. He ******* doesn't.

Why isn't anyone kissing his arse for having his eyes on the ball and landing on his head and still playing out the game. He was as courageous as Archer yet all people will only talk about is one over-exaggerated free kick.

Funny how an aboriginal player needs to stop diving yet a white player is applauded for drawing head high free kicks. Pisses me right off.

C'mon - Thomas stages and looks for the free all the time. He also goes down like he is shot too much (so do a couple of others).

I love him, i just wish he would stop it. Your question about why people are not lauding him for his courageous acts is exactly the point about him stopping his staging/looking for frees. It distracts from all the amazing things he does and he doesn't need to do it.

 

[snapperbowler]

I had two issues with the press conference
1. His comments on Thomas were uncalled for. The umpire paid the free because he was pushed in the back. He had both feet off the ground so nobody knows how the touch from behind pushed him forward. There is no comment about Christensen staging when boomer pushed him or Selwood who throws his head back when tackled.
2. His comment about turnovers saying that they haven't affectec us much. Turnovers have killed us all year. Even the teams lower on the ladder wait for us to turn it over.

 

[Roosurgence]

I was glad to hear Brad mentioned/ the club he is not happy with LT's diving.

That was one of the worst comments of the whole press conference. It happens multiple times in every game, by all players. Do we remember Jimmy Bartel diving in Round 2 last year to draw that free kick? He was hailed as smart and a hero.

Brad would have been better to shut his mouth and tell the Journo's to go look at every dive that takes place in every game. All he has done is bring attention to Lindsay for no good reason. Do people actually forget there were hands in his back? Yes he dived to accentuate it, but so does every other player in the league. Shit why isn't Nick Reiwoldt labelled as a diver? He does it more than anyone.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

1. His comments on Thomas were uncalled for. The umpire paid the free because he was pushed in the back. He had both feet off the ground so nobody knows how the touch from behind pushed him forward. There is no comment about Christensen staging when boomer pushed him or Selwood who throws his head back when tackled.

They're not uncalled for. He stages, He has staged for a long time, and he does himself no favours by continuing to do so because the umpires won't give him shit now because of his reputation.

He was asked a direct ****ing question, there's no comment on Christensen because noone asks the question.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The double standards with regards to drawing free kicks is hilarious.

Selwood is lauded for his 'technique'. Thomas is lambasted.

 

[snapperbowler]

They're not uncalled for. He stages, He has staged for a long time, and he does himself no favours by continuing to do so because the umpires won't give him shit now because of his reputation.

He was asked a direct ******* question, there's no comment on Christensen because noone asks the question.

All he had to say was the umpire paid the free that was there. Its not good when your own coach lables you in this way.

 

[DarwinRoo]

They're not uncalled for. He stages, He has staged for a long time, and he does himself no favours by continuing to do so because the umpires won't give him shit now because of his reputation.

He was asked a direct ******* question, there's no comment on Christensen because noone asks the question.

What a bunch of crap. Every player in the league stages. Why is Thomas the only player singled out?

The umpires don't give him frees now and he cops plenty of high tackles.

 

[shintemaster]

Brad would have been better to shut his mouth and tell the Journo's to go look at every dive that takes place in every game. All he has done is bring attention to Lindsay for no good reason. Do people actually forget there were hands in his back? Yes he dived to accentuate it, but so does every other player in the league. Shit why isn't Nick Reiwoldt labelled as a diver? He does it more than anyone.

Well. Nick is labelled a diver by me. The difference is he gets looked after irrespective of his diving.

I don't like it full stop and I'm not convinced that it doesn't do more harm than good to a player and team in the long run. Spot on that just about every player does it. The game has been engineered to encourage it. I will say one thing. Lindsay Thomas would have got games and been brilliant even in the hardest eras of the game. He is tough.

What a bunch of crap. Every player in the league stages. Why is Thomas the only player singled out?

The umpires don't give him frees now and he cops plenty of high tackles.

Last night. Selwood tries to evade tackle, contact to neck. Free kick.
Less than 10 mins later, Thomas, tries to evade tackle in forward line. No free kick.

Agree he cops plenty but he is making life hard for himself also. I'd love for him to reduce it, I'd also love it if guy like Daw grabbed the next player to even look at Linsday Thomas sideways by the scruff of his neck and smash him. It is a travesty that the biggest protector of our best small forward, or even best forward is his own tenacity and brutal efforts. Some of his team mates need to take a good hard look at themselves and make sure he gets space. He will win games for them - if they get off their arses and help him do so.