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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...urne-says-nathan-buckley-20160414-go67kw.html
Is anyone not alarmed reading this?
Here we all are for weeks now talking at how negative and boring our football and style of play has become and then the coach comes out with this?
This reeks of a guy desperate to save his job, rather than for the betterment of the club.
Play some entertaining football for crying out loud. We can then at least hang our hat on something.
If we go ultra defensive and still get pumped by Melbourne, that would just be an absolute train wreck.
Is anyone not alarmed reading this?
Here we all are for weeks now talking at how negative and boring our football and style of play has become and then the coach comes out with this?
This reeks of a guy desperate to save his job, rather than for the betterment of the club.
Play some entertaining football for crying out loud. We can then at least hang our hat on something.
If we go ultra defensive and still get pumped by Melbourne, that would just be an absolute train wreck.
"The danger is it'll become a little bit dour, but I'm probably prepared to look like that and pay that price in the early stages, while we re-establish our defensive intent," he said."
What's so alarming about that?
He wants the ball in the front half more often. How's that news? Doesn't each coach want that?
Better defensive mechanics in the front half. We complain about the ball coming out of the forward line too easily yet bemoan better defensive mindset and practice from the forwards and mids?
So it becomes a shit fight because we are relentless in pressuring them? Good.
Regardless of the style of footy, we get pumped and Buckley still has a target on his back. He knows this and I don't believe his main motivation here is to stem his bleeding.

