Brisbane will be gunning for us in round 21 . Record against us is good and they won't be wanting that wooden spoon. Their kids are being bought up the right way - they play as a team.
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I think the ladder is a pretty good measure of where we are at. Bad but still ahead of a few teams.
They were 6 goals up against the Bulldogs in Melb before tiring. They beat Essendon in Melbourne 3 weeks ago without Beams. They were a goal down against Richmond in the 3rd qtr in Melb. That's pretty good form for a young team and they'll cop a belting from top teams still.
If we don't win another game - which could be likely - and given our recent performances and player attendance rate - teams below us can pass us.
Dangerfield was playing sore and had a quiet 3 weeks and they lost them all. Geelong are average without him.
Well you could also say we beat Hawthorn twice a team who could still make the 8. Lead to Melbourne at 3 qrt time before getting overrun. We haven't played Essendon but with a fit list we could have done the same. Remember we did beat Carlton ourselves earlier in the year. Fiorini, Ainsworth, Ah Chee i would have on par with them. I think 4 wins vs 6 wins is a good show of where we are at vs them.
I like your positivity
Had a pretty good team in.
Just on this, I read Jason Akermanis' book recently (dont judge me) and it was interesting how he talked about the mental side of the game. He reckoned that the Lions success on grand final day and in big games/when they were up against it was largely down to the fact that they genuinely believed that they were good enough to beat any side at any time, and that Leigh Matthews put a lot of resources and time into getting the best psychologists on board to obviously get the players psyche right, but also to help the players understand each other in order to play better together and understand how their teammates ticked. Then when he went to the Bulldogs coincidentally under Rocket the squad never developed that same mindset or put the resources in (the were broke so couldn't afford to) which he believed was part of the reason why that group never progressed past the prelims. He also says some other pretty insightful things about Rockets coaching style (not all bad), but it's Aker and he talks alot of crap so you take it with a grain of salt.
We had our best team in and lost by 17 goals to GWS. I also rate Sydney, Adelaide and Port and we haven't gotten within 11 goals of them. Geelong aren't really a top 6 team despite their ladder position.
I believe we've also put a lot of resources into looking after our indigenous players.
I think it would be a great addition to add Aker to our coaching staff. No one seems willing to give him a go, but I think he would be a great get. He is different, sure, but what we have been doing certainly isn't working. Would bring a lot to the table.
Aker would've made a great assistant coach, but... it's all about Aker for Aker. He's simply too wrapped up in himself and it just isn't worth the trouble.
Aker would refute that comment if he wasn't so busy updating his wiki profile
