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A forwards only as good as the delivery to himTrading Brown???? Serious? Jesus ******* Christ we would need an absolute kings ransom, he had an off week vs hawks and was absolutely torched by sub amateur disposal. This loss was on the midfield group, pretty livid about the performance from Higgins (pre injury ) particularly
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Not to mention the influence of Razor Ray Chamberlain.Looked like Walker was on him for one goal and JMac for another.
Not to mention the influence of Razor Ray Chamberlain.
No argument from me. I was commenting on Taz more than anything - Bruce kicked six but that one on 3/4 time was a disgrace.Bruce was really just the upshot of what was happening further up the field. Make no mistake, this was as bad a flogging as we’ve had under Shaw. The losses against WC & Geelong last season could be mitigated to a degree (travel after two close losses + horrible night in GMHBA). Last night, there were no excuses. If that game had’ve been normal length, we would’ve lost by 12 goals. It was at our home ground to boot!
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Because the thing is, we would've lost by 15 goals if he wasn't there. There were so many instances, especially in the first half, where our entire back 6 shat the bed. Teammates spoiling each other, falling over, you name it. Taz was the only one of the back 6 to keep his feet consistently, and he took something like 5 intercept marks in the first half alone.Can't understand the votes for Taz. His opponent kicked six, was best on ground and made us look like fools. Taz BoG? Nup.
At the time I thought that, in order to more quickly regenerate our list, we should trade one of these players if we could get a good first round pick. Thought I was wrong after the GWS game, now not so sure.Recent form puts the Goldie and Higgins re-signing last year into a different light. Keeping them is great if we’re near the pointy end of the ladder, but we’re not. Just imagine the recruiting power we would be taking into this year’s draft/trade period had we let this two go...
Hey Mutts,THE most basic skill in football, a 10-20m kick to a team mate, preferably at a decent speed, with not too much hang time, almost without exception, as a team, we suck at it.
Problem is you can't make soufle with horse sh*t. Grit and hardness is the only way we can compete at the moment.
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Phillyroo just put you on ignoreI know it’s stating the obvious but too many of our players are letting themselves down at the moment. Even Jy - good as he’s been in many ways - butchered his kicking on a couple of crucial occasions early in the game. Polec & Higgins did the same. These errors pretty much set the tone for the game. We never got going properly. When JMac lost that one-on-one in the centre of the ground, that was the game. The ball favoured him and he lost out to a much less experienced opponent and it led directly to a goal.
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Does he have a mandate to restructure it? Is the Board prepared to bottom out?
This requires a minimum 3 year rebuild just to get us back into finals contention - let alone thinking about success at the pointy end.
We are in this dire position because of previous short cuts, a 'topping up' mentality, a mass over estimating of the ability of our players and an unwillingness to make unpopular decisions.
Brady seems like the guy who can fix this - but he is going to need a mandate to
(i) cut deep into the list over a 3 year period - only around 10 current players should still be there in 3 years time
(ii) make trades of senior players if we get offered overs
(iii) invest heavily in the draft - 5 picks inside 35 for 3 years straight
My guess is that we wont do the above - the Board wont have the stomach for it.
I made this same post 3 years ago and look where we are today - exactly the same position we were then.
And my guess is that we will do what we did 3 years ago - top up, aim to finish middle of the ladder and 'talk' about our 5th flag without making any hard decisions to actually achieve it.
Any good?i hung in there for the 3rd but then watched terminator dark fete after that.
If the Snoz is as ruthless on the delist button as he was as the human glove then we’re gonna turn this s**t around!Rawlings doesn’t come across as a snivelling yes man to me. I would also think that to get him across he must have been given some assurances that he do what is needed.
The board finally found the stones to sack Scott, so hopefully they’ve got the stomach for what you suggest.
We always hang onto players for one contract to longRecent form puts the Goldie and Higgins re-signing last year into a different light. Keeping them is great if we’re near the pointy end of the ladder, but we’re not. Just imagine the recruiting power we would be taking into this year’s draft/trade period had we let this two go...
Rawlings doesn’t come across as a snivelling yes man to me. I would also think that to get him across he must have been given some assurances that he do what is needed.
The board finally found the stones to sack Scott, so hopefully they’ve got the stomach for what you suggest.