Southerntakeover
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You're walking back your last statement.
He played better when he moved up the field, which reveals the real problem.
It wasn't the forwards.
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You're walking back your last statement.
He played better when he moved up the field, which reveals the real problem.
It wasn't the forwards.
We had about 10 substandard players of which Murphy and Fogarty were 2
Just bringing up hypocrisy, yes Murphy will play again , a bad game amongst about 10 blokes you’ve been waiting for all summer doesn’t mean ‘told ya’
They hear a bloke kicked a lot of goals in a state league side and they think he's good. Our recruiters got sucked into drafting Rowe for that reason. It's embarrassing.
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Sholl is a poor fit for our squad and there are not many other AFL teams he would get a game for .
Laird and Crouch are a crap combination for the centre square.
They offer no drive in unison and are a liability on the defensive spread .
Murphy had a shocker and even though he gives his all he is not best 22. He provides good depth and there are certain games he can be effective but he should be on the outside pushing in.
Twas a rubbish first 3 quarters but it is only one loss and at least we woke up albeit little too late . We need to come out breathing fire next week .
No excuse.
I like Matthew Nicks , good bloke , drives the team pretty well but is he a premiership coach ?
Possibly ..... Probably not .
The very best coaches have that edge , an ability to cut through in communication and stir the desire of the individual and group in various ways and at different times .
They command respect not demand it.
And generally they are a little different upstairs , deep thinkers , lateral and decisive in risk strategy .
Adam Kingsley has it in spades .
Those lads would run through a brick wall for each other and him .
That intensity rarely waivers .
He is Tough , Fair and Positive with an open emotional connection with his troops .
We are not there yet mentally or consistently and that is the job of the Coaches to instill within the group that battle ready mindset and complete belief in themselves and teamates .
Does our coaching group have the ability to inspire that ?
We will know at the end of 2024 .
Or possibly by Round 15 .
Laird and Crouch are a crap combination for the centre square.
They offer no drive in unison and are a liability on the defensive spread .
Murphy had a shocker and even though he gives his all he is not best 22. He provides good depth and there are certain games he can be effective but he should be on the outside pushing in.
Twas a rubbish first 3 quarters but it is only one loss and at least we woke up albeit little too late . We need to come out breathing fire next week .
No excuse.
I like Matthew Nicks , good bloke , drives the team pretty well but is he a premiership coach ?
Possibly ..... Probably not .
The very best coaches have that edge , an ability to cut through in communication and stir the desire of the individual and group in various ways and at different times .
They command respect not demand it.
And generally they are a little different upstairs , deep thinkers , lateral and decisive in risk strategy .
Adam Kingsley has it in spades .
Those lads would run through a brick wall for each other and him .
That intensity rarely waivers .
He is Tough , Fair and Positive with an open emotional connection with his troops .
We are not there yet mentally or consistently and that is the job of the Coaches to instill within the group that battle ready mindset and complete belief in themselves and teamates .
Does our coaching group have the ability to inspire that ?
We will know at the end of 2024 .
Or possibly by Round 15 .
Tall take longer to develop but WTF?
He does that often enough to himself
To be fair it’s hard to find depth players that cost nothing that come in and dominate games , no gun player is coming in on lowish contract to come in and be depth Thilthorpe Tex and Fog
All we need is a contest and some goals occasionally and to be better than Himmelberg
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I've seen plenty of him at Gold Coast and I'm confident he's a better player than Himmelberg.
He's not really AFL level, he's a depth player, but he's generally reliable to play a role, clunk a few marks, compete and do some ruck work
Southerntakeover
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You were claiming, three posts ago, that you weren't critical of the bigs in this game.
You'd have to gain territory to ever be a halfwit.
So you would have played Himmelberg
It was just a comment on people not managing their expectations properly. I'm not hanging the bloke yet. I don't rate Himmelberg and I've made that pretty clear before.
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I’d prob go a little bit harder at Fog than Burgess guys
One is a genuine AFL talent and the other been a very good VfL player over last 2 years
Both will improve next week
Ben King goes more than ok and hardly touched it …and he wasn’t playing on Glenn Jackovich
Better next week?
If Tex is back on Friday and Burgess is still considered as "best 22" then I think we have real problems.
I wasn’t critical of them re goals marks etc
Just of one and lack of involvement in first 45mins . You know the guy in leadership group you have a badge of that didn’t touch ball or put on a tackle or bump in first 45 mins of game
Also gave credit for improvement in effort after first 45 mins despite not being able to influence much with goals marks etc due to weather, ball movement poor delivery etc etc
Control what you can control in a game as an individual
Get your Fog coloured glasses off , they’re fogging up
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I think Himmelberg is better than Burgess as a forward, but that's not saying much.
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So that’s a yes then
Southerntakeover
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Deranged rambling.
Pick a position and stick to it. You're not critical, except for all the stupid criticisms.
Southerntakeover
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No one thinks you're smart mate.
