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#HestoosmalakasWould you like me to get a group PM started with the mods?
Hang on a minute, they kicked 5 between them only because one of them kicked 4…I still find the criticism of Bruce and Membrey hard to cop. Not saying they’re above it by any means, but they kicked five between them yesterday, of which at least three (from memory) came from set shots as a result of being rewarded on the lead. Those opportunities are what allows key forwards to do their best work, and I’m sure we’d all agree such opportunities have been few and far between all year.
I just don’t think that any other forward combo will suddenly thrive given the same opportunities under our current method going forward.
Brucey has been under an injury cloud so that does need to be taken into consideration although to your point, his lack of performance needs to be addressed one way or another.Hang on a minute, they kicked 5 between them only because one of them kicked 4…
Bruce has kicked 6 goals from his last 7 games, Membrey has kicked nearly twice as many goals playing in the same forward line.
Bruce absolutely deserves the blowtorch as our number 1 key forward, he is just not performing to the required level in 6 out of our 9 games so far, not good enough for a senior player and one of the highest paid forwards at the club.
9 rounds in we're used to it by now.20:11 frees and hardly a murmur.
Because they had very little impact in the game.20:11 frees and hardly a murmur.
I think that's because fans in general are tired of seeing the same stuff served up. 8 years without much in the way of finals let alone success is going to do that. In a way it's a lot like Richmond before thier flag. Richmond fans were fed up, frustrated and angry. That frustrated anger nearly saw the coach and board get the boot. It all went away after they won the flag.In the cold light of day my thoughts haven't changed much. And apart from the modding, previews and podcast (Which I still enjoy doing) I reckon this will probably be the last of getting into discussions for me on this board for quite a while. To see the disdain from people here in the way they talk about those at the club is pretty poor and just the sheer weight of negativity has already driven people away and will continue to drive good people away from this place as long as it keeps up.
We are 4-5.
With our draw and the injuries we have, that’s a solid B for me, maybe even B+.
Last year was a D- so we have improved a lot.
I still think our structures hold up really well, especially taking into account our inexperienced back-line.
We were in the game up to our ears for most of the day yesterday against a very good team. We went toe-to-toe with them and gave as good as we got, we just couldn’t go with them in the last. I prefer that to being blown out early so I feel we improved on the GWS performance a few weeks back.
Geez, it’s been a nasty draw for us lately.
We can really only judge us after the next few weeks when we play some teams we should beat.
We kicked 10 goals or less 13 times last year.
??? You called Chiko?#Hestoosmalakas
Of Paddy, Robbo and Steven, IMO only Steven is a chance to come back. That's just how the cookie has crumbled. Gotta move on and hope we can get Hanneberry, Clark and even Coffield on the ground and really hope Bytel is not a bust by 2020. If we get them in the first 22 then we have put a lot of miles into our 2nd tier players who will give us depth.I understand we have an injury list probably too deep to contend but what saddens me is the potential of 3 of those players never returning. Paddy, Robbo and Steven.
That in itself is a whole lot of potential and experience and to have them pulled away from us at seasons end would push us back further.
No doubting Carlisle, Hannebery, Geary and Lonie will put a spring in our step but to lose the other 3 on a permanent basis would be damaging.
I’m not sure where we go from here, let’s just hope King, Coffield, Hunter and the like can develop quickly. Unfortunately can’t see any free agents convinced to come to us yet, in terms of young talent I still have us down the lower part of the ladder, am I right in saying that?
Our forward setup has to be one of the worst in the competition. I think Battle is a better natural forward than Bruce so I wouldn't be surprised if we switch those two around and really if Bruce keeps up the poor form I could see him take a spell in the VFL when Carlisle returns from injury.
Cheers
Fair enough, and I did mention I wasn’t defending either of them fully. What’s the solution?Hang on a minute, they kicked 5 between them only because one of them kicked 4…
Bruce has kicked 6 goals from his last 7 games, Membrey has kicked nearly twice as many goals playing in the same forward line.
Bruce absolutely deserves the blowtorch as our number 1 key forward, he is just not performing to the required level in 6 out of our 9 games so far, not good enough for a senior player and one of the highest paid forwards at the club.
Apologies all for my melting. The last four weeks got the better of me. I made some pretty strong statements around some of our leaders, which in hindsight were mostly from frustration.
What makes our low scores all the more damning is that we'd be in the top-5 or something for entries into 50 during that same period. To have significantly more chances to score than most teams, and to just crap over so many of those chances, is just unforgivable.Great post there Pakenhamsaint.
I was actually going to get all our total scores from 2018 this arvo and got sidetracked.
It's a massive concern for me.....we just can't kick big scores.
From yr stat above it was a massive issue last season and sadly.....is again this season.
What makes our low scores all the more damning is that we'd be in the top-5 or something for entries into 50 during that same period. To have significantly more chances to score than most teams, and to just crap over so many of those chances, is just unforgivable.
As Masquerade said, I had hoped we'd learned our lesson and were going to lower the eyes, develop a better skillset of precision passing inside 50. But alas.
We've talked about how we are a three-quarters team, meaning from a time perspective we often have one quarter where we crap the bed. But from a spatial perspective we are a two-thirds team: we deliver the ball well from the back-fifty, we often do some sublime disposal in the midfield... and then just lose our freakin' minds in the forward-fifty. If we could just get better at that one quarter of time, and that last third of the ground, we'd be quite the formidable side.
But we haven't. We don't. It seems we can't. So we won't.