Hi All,

I was there yesterday as I am every week. I am still hurting now and it was really hard to sit there and take it.

The one burning question I have is who under Bailey is a better player now then before he started ?

I can think of one (maybe two if I am being generous) but I would be interested to see what Demonland posters think

Sylvia

Jamar

Warnock

Frawley

Grimes

Morton

Garland

Give or take a couple.

[quote name='demonwithin' date='28 March 2010 - 08:20 PM'

I can think of one (maybe two if I am being generous) but I would be interested to see what Demonland posters think

Got any harder questions?

nah wont use phone a friend for this one eddy.

Pretty sure most of the oppostion players that played us

have shown improvement

Sarcasm had to do it

Hi All,

I was there yesterday as I am every week. I am still hurting now and it was really hard to sit there and take it.

The one burning question I have is who under Bailey is a better player now then before he started ?

I can think of one (maybe two if I am being generous) but I would be interested to see what Demonland posters think

First of all, about 50% of our list has arrived at the club at the the same time or after Bailey did. So the question is moot on those players, not only because they are too young to be judged yet but because they can't be compared to how they played under Danners. In any case, most of these guys have started their careers rather well in Jurrah, Morton, Grimes, Trengove, Scully. For the 20-odd players Bailey has drafted we are doing quite well really with the way they have started

Also, Macca/Bruce/Green are nearing the end, surely there is no expectation for Bailey to have got anything more out of these players

So you are left with about 20 players to whom the question applies

HAVE IMPROVED:

Jamar, Warnock, Sylvia, Petterd, Frawley, Moloney

AROUND THE SAME:

Davey, Miller, Meesen, Newton, Dunn, Bate, Jones, Garland

GONE BACKWARDS:

PJ, Rivers, Bell, Bartram, Wonaeamirri

Now ask yourself this - how many of those blokes that have not improved are actually just spuds for which you would not reasonably expect any coach to get something extra out of? I would say most of them... Miller, Dunn and Newton for example, how could anyone hold Bailey responsible for these guys not improving they are just not up to it and never were