When should we start looking beyond 09?

[bigstyletiger]

0 wins from 4 rounds.

18 rounds to go so to make the finals we can only realistically drop 5/6 of the remaining games.

Rd 5 v North Melbourne Telstra

Rd 6 v Sydney Swans SCG

Rd 7 v Brisbane MCG

Rd 8 v Port AAMI

Rd 9 v Essendon MCG

Rd 10 v Fremantle Subiaco

Rd 11 v Western Bulldogs Telstra

I'd be thinking that we would want to have 5 wins from these 7 games to keep finals alive and for the football department to show that they haven't overated the list. Otherwise Wallace and the RFC must swallow their pride, play the kids and make sure we get a quality tall forward high in the draft. Last chance before GC and West Sydney.

 

[Nostradumbass]

There's going to be no miracle on 34th street here. We aren't going to make the finals, the team we have isn't good enough.

Wallace's papers are already stamped, he's gone. They'll start sniffing around other coaches very soon, if they haven't already.

Best thing is to start bringing in the younger players.

 

[bigstyletiger]

There's going to be no miracle on 34th street here. We aren't going to make the finals, the team we hwe ave isn't good enough.

Wallace's papers are already stamped, he's gone. They'll start sniffing around other coaches very soon, if they haven't already.

Best thing is to start bringing in the younger players.

I didn't want to say it out front but I tend to agree. I'm sh%t scared that
we do have a list clogged with too many 28+ year olds and not enough talent coming through and that the up coming draft concessions will condem us to another long period of mediocrity.

Could be time to Gaspar some players and pull Hughes out of the thirds and give JON a proper run at it.

We shouldn't have to be put through watching another generation of quality youngsters (Cothc, Deledio, Foley, Rance, Moore, McGuane, etc) being burnt by the RFC.

 

[Tigerballs]

Right now. Finals hopes are gone not because it is mathematically impossible but because we are playing the worst football i think i have ever seen us play (07 included). Get the kids in, pick who we want for coach next year and get them in asap.

 

[sante]

2009 is over.