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I have never seen a bloke so obviously injured before the game started, to be selected for a game of footy.“Possibly” ......FFS, was full Weekend at Burnies vibe.
Xerri, Brown and Hall offer nothing defensively. Liking Mahoney but he isn't quick or known for his defensive pressure - he's the cherry on top of a front 5 that can compensate for his deficiencies.Another big issue.
We can’t retain the ball in our forward 50.
That’s when your half backs look dangerous.
When you maintain territorial advantage they have time to setup and defensive kicks are generally rushed and more easily mopped up.
That’s when Jasper and others start to get going, when they can setup 80 metres out and attack quickly.
Bulldogs worked it out too easily, mightily assisted by some f’ed non-calls from Ray Ray and the Frog f***ers.
Remember when we were convinced that dropping Ziebell would solve it all
Ray Ray and the Frog f***ers.
The good news is it can't get any worse.
Brady knows the list is poor.Our issues are are between the arcs. Have been for years and still we don’t address them.
Robbie Tarrant is our best kick coming out of defensive fifty. Our FB. That is a disastrous situation to find ourselves in.
How can our number 1 stopper also be our best avenue out of defence?
I believe there is a spot in the team team for Marley but only as a lockdown defender. He must never kick the ball. Ever.
Luke as well as shown a bit but those two are the only negating types I want.
Atley, Pittard and JMac all need to be moved on in some way or another. I can’t stress how dumbstruck I am that we have the worse users of the football in the league at half back. How does this mess happen? Who ticks it off?
The midfield needs to be worked on further and I believe LDU and the draft this year will help but I’d like to we some smart trading if we can ever do it successfully.
The forward line is a shambles. We nees more players who can lay pressure and lock the ball in and playing two blokes over 200cm down there isn’t the way.
We have always let the ball waltz out of there and I hope we address this by playing and trying different options.
I think Rhyce is learning what it takes to be an AFL coach. Three weeks running we’ve seen Horse park Lloyd, Clarko park Sicily and Beveridge use Wood as the spare man next to Brown.
We kick it long and their spare cuts it off and then they’re off to the races.
It is so easy to beat us right now we need to change it up. The * and Tigers are going to cut us to bits with our current set up.
We need to bring in some youth and change the mix.
I have ruled a line through a dozen senior players but I hope Brady is up for the ruthless challenge that is heading his way. The list is bottom 6 and it’s showing.
But apart from that we look goodA very dirty night but we aren’t this bad. Something is awry structurally and psychologically. It can turn.
For the moment, however, our midfield is well out of whack. Our forward entries suck. Our aerial game is rubbish and we are moving it atrociously off half back. Also have crucial players injured or out of form.
The only silver lining is that it’s not our young players are the issue, it’s middle of the road experienced players.Brady knows the list is poor.
Agreed. Shaw has inherited a number of players that have been Scotted. :stern lookAt one stage I grabbed my abacus and noted that the starting midfield was Ando, Simpkin, Dumont and Hall . That right there is not AFL standard .
Then Xerri , Zurhaar Anderson and Simpkin .
So while it seems many of you are furious, the truth is we ain’t any good.
This also isn’t Shaw’s fault ! Remember that please .
TazCurtis
Kyron.
Rest can gagf
Understand this DR, he is not a poor footballer he is just a poor half back flanker.Pittard may have had a poor couple of weeks but to move him on is just a ludicrous call.
The only silver lining is that it’s not our young players are the issue, it’s middle of the road experienced players.
We might be in for some pain for a few years, but there is definitely the foundations there in some of our young talent.
We need to find another up and coming key defender for when Robbie retires (Durdin and McKay just aren’t it), a small pressure forward, a good rebounding defender (Williams from GWS would be perfect).
There are players to build around, we just need to clear the deadwood.
I think a lot of our midfield issues will be sorted out as soon as some of these young kids start emerging.We’ve had different mids over the last 10 years yet still been consistently killed with run and spread. We are suffering some terrible meat grinder hangover. We are all filler, no killer.