mooney showed us how its done

[Gorgoroth 12,308]

3 or 4 times he took a mark handballed to a player running by and then took out the chasing player or atleast made them change direction

how many shepards did we apply this game?

how many times did we get run down or tackled with a player standing a few meters away unwilling to take 3 steps and a hit for their team mate?

how many tackles did we break?

how many did we miss?

why have we slimmed down when we still cant match a pretty slow outfit in geelong?

why is there no hurt in the players faces when they walk off?

[QueenC 74]

3 or 4 times he took a mark handballed to a player running by and then took out the chasing player or atleast made them change direction

how many shepards did we apply this game?

why is there no hurt in the players faces when they walk off?

That last question I can't answer......

But my dad noticed the total lack of sheparding in last weeks debacle.

There seems to be a distinct lack of "teamwork".

[H.B.K 0]

To be honest I thought PJ played well on him in the second half and if he continues that form he will easily replace Holland, who IMO is woeful

[Gorgoroth 12,308]

i agree pj played well on mooney, but my point was there is no desire or willingness to do the 1%ers, the unrewarding stuff, but the stuff that helps win games

no one took it upon their shoulders to do any of it

[Guest dee'viator]

3 or 4 times he took a mark handballed to a player running by and then took out the chasing player or atleast made them change direction

how many shepards did we apply this game?

how many times did we get run down or tackled with a player standing a few meters away unwilling to take 3 steps and a hit for their team mate?

how many tackles did we break?

how many did we miss?

why have we slimmed down when we still cant match a pretty slow outfit in geelong?

why is there no hurt in the players faces when they walk off?

Yes, Yes, Yes, exactly 'condemned 84' & that somes up pretty much the whole team.

They've lost their belief in the club itself IMO.

[Gorgoroth 12,308]

when i played footy more or less every drill that you gave a handball to someone you had to run behind them or you copped a massive blast

and during training we were told how many times we missed the chance to shepard and the like

a little of this wouldnt hurt

[BAMF 3,787]

yeah mooney was great today, his kicking for goal was terrible, but his toughness and aggression really showed us how weak we are.

Best move all day was putting PJ on him.

I was watching PJ for most the match and he was really putting alot of effort in.

[Jaded No More 57,789]

There is no talk out on the field.

Players handball to stationary teammates, who go for a run and get caught from behind.

Why don't they talk to one another?

Jones would put himself in a winning position, but would get attacked by 3 Geelong players with absolutely no teammates in sight to land a hand.

It's just so disappointing, because these are very basic things that every coach should insist upon. Chasing, shepparding, talking to your teammates.

Nobody can expect us to win with such a large injury list, but for god sake, there is a profound lack of intensity and hunger that has nothing to do with the fact that we're missing key players... or is it that Neita, Robbo, McLean, Bartram and Rivers are the only players who give a damn about winning and about the jumper?!

[Gorgoroth 12,308]

that last question is the $1million question isnt it?

[Brockstar 1]

3 or 4 times he took a mark handballed to a player running by and then took out the chasing player or atleast made them change direction

how many shepards did we apply this game?

how many times did we get run down or tackled with a player standing a few meters away unwilling to take 3 steps and a hit for their team mate?

how many tackles did we break?

how many did we miss?

why have we slimmed down when we still cant match a pretty slow outfit in geelong?

why is there no hurt in the players faces when they walk off?

They should look absolutely heart broken, peed off and disappointed. They don't seem any of the above.

[Rampaging Demons 1]

Are they selfish? Content with having made finals? Being paid well for playing footy?

Their lack of teamwork is frightening... i have said it every week so far but they do not do the little things that make a good team... running into space to take defenders, creating options, do the unselfish running, run from behind the ball, lay shepherds, talk to team mates, blocking but the worst in my opinion is the lack of enthusiasm - not congratulating people on kicking goals or doing good work...

I watched the Blues play and they were just awesome - a young team that worked their butts off.. they took chances, they played long and direct footy.. admittedly we have lost our captain but we hardly even provided a contest yesterday!!

honestly, i am so disappointed in the team at the moment but i will continue to go and watch the tripe that is currently being dished up in the hope we can turn it around!!

[waynewussell 4,088]

Carroll went to Mooney at the beginning of the game and immediately got into him physically (as he does evey week). Mooney was well contained early on. Then we moved Carroll onto Hawkins who was just too tall for Carroll. I would have persisted with Fergy, Holland, PJ on Hawkins (in that order). I feel that ND made a blunder in taking Carroll off Mooney.

[pantaloons 2,018]

I watched on forlorn as James McDonald handballed to his teammate in front of the interchange bench in the last quarter and did not even think to shepherd his teammate from his nearby opponent, nor did he chase afterwards to help. That effort from our king of one percenters and captain for the day exemplified the indiviual tripe that has been served up from the team in the first three rounds.

Seeing players mown down from behind because their teammate two metres away didn't think it was important to talk to him, or watching Ben Holland run around like a baby giraffe after three opponents because no teammate would come to his aid - just terrible signs of 22 individuals not prepared to do the dirty work required to win football matches.