The players lost this game, not the coach

[TheTimeCometh]

hi jack!

 

[cat in sydney]

Byrnes - cant kick (still)
D Johnson - ordinary decision maker (still)
King - no good (still)
Kelly - lazy (still)

Replace these guys with Selwood, Djerrkura, Ottens and Rooke and I will be confident we will finish top 6. Continue to play these guys and we will miss the finals.

Yeah, welcome back Jack.

I agree with your thoughts there, as I think most would. Although I think DJ still has a place in the side, but needs to improve on decision making.
The other three have what I would call significant, if not career-threatening, uselessness.

 

[year of the cat]

Byrnes - cant kick (still)
D Johnson - ordinary decision maker (still)
King - no good (still)
Kelly - lazy (still)

Replace these guys with Selwood, Djerrkura, Ottens and Rooke and I will be confident we will finish top 6. Continue to play these guys and we will miss the finals.

Can we add Thompson to that list as well? DJ can be used in certain specific matchups. The jury is still out on Kelly.

 

[winty]

Found it interesting that we had something like 40 more touches than Hawthorn did, but they had 10 more clangers. I think the fact we stuffed around with it most the time didn't help matters.

I'd have thought we'd have played more direct, attacking footy, especially in the 1st and 3rd quarters when we had the wind at our back. Wojack's goal in the 1st term should've highlighted the fact that when you go long and direct with a wind behind you, you generally score pretty well.