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To be honest, while I disagree with him, Barlow raises some good points.
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Not to be rude , but i would have thought blind freddy could see what he is saying. I feel like our first 5 games could dictate the season. If we can get some wins on the board and then get our top end players back it will make a big impact as far as confidence to the younger players. Mundy, wilson, pearce, hogan, hamling are massive outs for us.To be honest, while I disagree with him, Barlow raises some good points.
Not to be rude , but i would have thought blind freddy could see what he is saying. I feel like our first 5 games could dictate the season. If we can get some wins on the board and then get our top end players back it will make a big impact as far as confidence to the younger players. Mundy, wilson, pearce, hogan, hamling are massive outs for us.
Yep, agree with all of the above. Could easily see us 0-3I was worried about losing the first three games of the season even before our players started dropping like flies.
Given West Coast consistently win derbies when they're the better team, Geelong are a good team as well and North should be a tough beat in Tassie that could easily add up to a 1-6 start to the season (presuming we don't lose to Gold Coast again.)
We should have our sights higher then bottom-4 (let alone Wooden Spoon), but as a fan I'm not optimistic.
IGiven West Coast consistently win derbies when they're the better team, Geelong are a good team as well and North should be a tough beat in Tassie that could easily add up to a 1-6 start to the season (presuming we don't lose to Gold Coast again.)
We should have our sights higher then bottom-4 (let alone Wooden Spoon), but as a fan I'm not optimistic.
Seriously... I hope that you get your depression under control...I know it’s off season and emotions are like a seesaw... but gee get behind the team, rather than acting like anchor!
This, and while I personally don’t see us going 1-6 to start of the season, I could see it happening as well. Essendon are a massive question mark, Hawks are expected by some to have a good year and who knows what Melbourne is going to do. Not to mention Norf rarely lose in Tassie and Geelong will probably remain a good side and of course we have the derby. It’s not that hard to see it being a possibility.The teams not going to fall to s**t just because I"m not confident going into the season.
This isn't Cuba. People are allowed to have and express opinions.
This, and while I personally don’t see us going 1-6 to start of the season, I could see it happening as well. Essendon are a massive question mark, Hawks are expected by some to have a good year and who knows what Melbourne is going to do. Not to mention Norf rarely lose in Tassie and Geelong will probably remain a good side and of course we have the derby. It’s not that hard to see it being a possibility.
I have no idea whether he can coach but he has zero charisma (like Alan Richardson). The sort of guy you would only want to listen to if you had a pre-existing reason and not because of anything he would say on its own merit. Contrast with Ross or Buckley who I could listen to talk about footy all day.I tried listening to JLos podcast and I Just don't get it. I listened to Ross on a podcast last week and it was so good I listened to it twice.
It's going to a be a frustrating year seeing Ross in the media and watching JLO in our media conferences.
I could not imagine looking up to a coach that doesn't have a sense of humour. The guy just seems so vanilla to me.
Bell isn't a silver tongue. He sounds like a generic corporate figurehead, which is totally fine since he is not required to do any more. I don't find him engaging beyond the Fremantle link.Bell is enough of a silver tongue for the club. Longmuir is a coach ffs. Ross was a good speaker but he also talked a lot of glib shite.
Enjoying the fresh start and very, very happy that Ross the BS boss is almost behind us.
Exact same leadership group this year
Turns out last time they lost a r1 game which they were the home team (playing “away” in a Melbourne doesn’t count) was 1980 according to the article below. Admittedly they’ve only had 12 in that time (10 to 2016 when it was written and then 2017/18)If I recall Essendon haven't dropped a R1 home game for a number of years.
It's a weird stat, and Essendon are probably the only team more f’ed with injury than us, but I'm not confident ******* with that stat regardless.
I tried listening to JLos podcast and I Just don't get it. I listened to Ross on a podcast last week and it was so good I listened to it twice.
It's going to a be a frustrating year seeing Ross in the media and watching JLO in our media conferences.
I could not imagine looking up to a coach that doesn't have a sense of humour. The guy just seems so vanilla to me.
I tried listening to JLos podcast and I Just don't get it. I listened to Ross on a podcast last week and it was so good I listened to it twice.
It's going to a be a frustrating year seeing Ross in the media and watching JLO in our media conferences.
I could not imagine looking up to a coach that doesn't have a sense of humour. The guy just seems so vanilla to me.
The reflex is to take one position or the other: But while Longmuirs apparent lack of charisma and as yet poor media work do not preclude him being an effective coach behind closed doors, it certainly doesn't mean he isn't going to be a poor one. I would say there is a definite correlation between apparent (i.e. on camera) leadership and communications abilities and actual ones. It wouldn't be one to one by any stretch, but that doesn't mean it's not there. People are right to be at least concerned.
People have a right to be concerned or to feel how they like just as I have the right to question what relevance Ross' current media performances have to the coaching ability of our current coach.
100% this. I was an unashamed admirer of Ross when he was our coach and was probably in the minority in feeling sad that he left.People have a right to be concerned or to feel how they like just as I have the right to question what relevance Ross' current media performances have to the coaching ability of our current coach.
Check out the charisma oozing from this bloke: https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/...dal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1380857333001