What now?

[sante]

What will Terry Wallace do?


What should we do?


Do we play the kids now or persist to let guys like Morrison and Hilton prove they can play AFL and stay on our list?

 

[Infamy]

We're still in the 8 you know
Why should we just give up? Play to win
We're only just 13 WEEKS into a FIVE YEAR rebuild

Perspective!!!

 

[beaver's army]

well id put hall in for morrison bring shultz in for knoble(groin seems to be cronic) and let richo and pettifer be one out from the goalsquare. who ever isnt rucking plays round the 50 and shultz is our CHF.
if hartigan is fit enough to return after the break bring him in for graham(doesnt seem able to beat anyone one on one and put newman in the midfield. keep playing jackson in the centre rotating with raines from the HBF id like to see the return of tambling if hes right but bring him through coburg.

 

[madtiger2005]

Firstly dop Graham and Morrison. For christ sake take Chaffey out of the middle. Please Please give Jacko a run in the middle from now on. Bring in Schultz, Hartigan and Hall. The only good thing about tonight was that our forward line was structured properly, but our midfield was so bad that our forwards didn't get much chance. It was nice to see Pettifer, Krakouer and Richo waiting in the goalsquare. They had an open forward line. Let's hope we play like this up forward from now on. I'm begging that I don't see Chaffey in the middle anymore. That's one mismatch that will kill us at the centre everytime. Jackson would have been 10 times a better match up on Goodwin.

 

[TigerFan]

give Newman a go as our no. 1 defensive midfielder.

this kid is one of our great assets.

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

Just some information which perhaps we can hopefully relate to where our club is currently sitting and put it into perspective just where we are atm.

In 2002 the Eagles were 8 wins and 5 losses after 13 rounds ended the season with 11 wins and a % of 96 to make the eight after only winning 5 games in 2001 (they lost 4 in a row in the second half of the season) The start of 2002 the Eagles were considered by many as a rabble of its former self.

In 2003 the Eagles were 9 wins 1 draw after Round 13 and ended up with 12 wins and 2 draws to make the eight (so again after round 13 they only won 3 games for the remainder of the year)

In 2004 the Eagles we only 5 wins after round 13 and ended up with 13 wins for the season.

Look where the Eagles are now I'm not saying we will be copying the Eagles but it just goes to show just how a team can transform itself around with a decent plan and direction, it has taken West Coast 3 full seasons to get where there are today which is now their 4th year under Worsfold yet their seasons have an uncanny similar appearance to how ours is going.

 

[Infamy]

Fair go to Chaffey, he did pretty well on Goodwin, he didn't have much impact on the game

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

Will someone pay attention to my stats in my previous post to make me feel better !?




LOL

 

[sante]

Newman should be a midfielder. Hyde improved tonight and coped that whck in the head well. Burton is a ********er

 

[sante]

Will someone pay attention to my stats in my previous post to make me feel better !?




LOL

I read them

 

[TigerBabe]

well id put hall in for morrison bring shultz in for knoble(groin seems to be cronic) and let richo and pettifer be one out from the goalsquare. who ever isnt rucking plays round the 50 and shultz is our CHF.
if hartigan is fit enough to return after the break bring him in for graham(doesnt seem able to beat anyone one on one and put newman in the midfield. keep playing jackson in the centre rotating with raines from the HBF id like to see the return of tambling if hes right but bring him through coburg.

Spot on, you read my mind. Totally agree about Morrison and Graham (have for some time). Newman in the middle as the go to man because he can kick straight and the ball hits the player like an arrow. Very impressed with Raines last week and Jackson this week, both should definately stay in now. OH AND as we all know Deledio is a class act.

 

[Darth_Tiger]

Just some information which perhaps we can hopefully relate to where our club is currently sitting and put it into perspective just where we are atm.

In 2002 the Eagles were 8 wins and 5 losses after 13 rounds ended the season with 11 wins and a % of 96 to make the eight after only winning 5 games in 2001 (they lost 4 in a row in the second half of the season) The start of 2002 the Eagles were considered by many as a rabble of its former self.

In 2003 the Eagles were 9 wins 1 draw after Round 13 and ended up with 12 wins and 2 draws to make the eight (so again after round 13 they only won 3 games for the remainder of the year)

In 2004 the Eagles we only 5 wins after round 13 and ended up with 13 wins for the season.

Look where the Eagles are now I'm not saying we will be copying the Eagles but it just goes to show just how a team can transform itself around with a decent plan and direction, it has taken West Coast 3 full seasons to get where there are today which is now their 4th year under Worsfold yet their seasons have an uncanny similar appearance to how ours is going.

very encouraging prr. we will be ok, its just going to take time.

 

[The Dice Man]

What should we all do?

Realise it's only 13 matches since we finished bottom with 4 wins.

Realise TW has a 5 year contract to try and rebuild this list and back him for the 1st 2 years no matter what happens as long as there is visible improvement. At the moment we still have visible improvement.

Take some heart from the injuries we've picked up over the last 4-6 weeks. We've lost some important members of the team in Brown and Hartigan, also Rodan missing from the start of the season has left a big hole in our midfield depth. Richo and Stafford carrying niggles for months.


What should we do?

Not get carried away with negativity. Every week even in our losses there are good signs. Personally I was happier with Simmonds improved application last night, and am very impressed with Andrew Raines and Jackson last night/last week.

Just back the club and dont fall apart aftera couple of losses. Our situation wont be fixed overnight like we thought it was a couple of weeks ago.

Give it time Tigers, we're still better than about half the comp. In all likliehood, we've already come a long way from last year.

 

[Bentleigh]

We should be getting games under the belts of; Tambling, Raines, Schulz & Meyer over Chaffeys, Hiltons, Tivendales, Staffords, Graham etc.

We need to be playing Roach, Moore, Gilmour, Archibald and co.