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If I could ask him one question it would be......

Can you explain why Frawley, Jamar, Garland, and many others have gone backwards in their careers since 2011?

 

Why did you come to a club that is over loaded with bone-lazy conceited overpaid softies?

For me, with all the talk about system/ accountability, why can we not even get a player loose from the kick out? It's comedy capers down there. Where is the run? When we played Port they'd spot up a bloke outside 50. We dream of that.

Sorry, there's a couple in there.

 

Mark, Hold strong, I know you can do this

Mark, Hold strong, I know you can do this

I'm Ron Burgundy?


Hi Mark,

How many cups of coffee do you have on game day?

Bonus question do you think it's too many?

Thanks

Cards13

Hi Mark,

Thanks for taking your time away from our elite training to answer some questions.

Just wondering what you think about the beards?

(Oh, and can you take home a few of your personal items each day until Rnd. 4, just to get a head start?)

Regards

Teflon Schwabby

 

Why do you talk so softly? Man I would be bursting blood vessels in my neck if I was you


Why are most players unable to lead up and hit up targets on a regular basis and why are our disposal skills, both by hand and foot, some of the worst i've ever witnessed by any team after 2 pre seasons?

Why do we allow outside players to have so much space at the stoppage and run/spread, seemingly at will, from the stoppage?

Why is there seemingly no effective forward press after 2 pre seasons?

Why do we use what appears to be a "rigid" zone press at the oppositions kick outs when the AFL coaching standard is more commonly a "rolling" press pushing to the direction of the kick out and closing down space?

Why was Heppell (among a few others but mainly Heppell) alllowed to run riot during the first half on Saturday night and at no stage did it appear we tried to put a lock down on him?

Why was Gillies allowed to remain at full back on multiple opponents for 3 quarters (approx) and till the game was well and truly gone when it was clear he was being smashed at pretty much every contest?

Why didn't you say no to the camera fiasco and save our boys and the club the embarrassment of the 'behind the scenes' TV intrusion?

Who was the idiot that came up with that idea?

Is he still at the club?

If one train leaves the station travelling west at 30kmh at 6pm, and another leaves the station on a parallel track travelling west at 50kmh at 6.30pm, when will they meet?

Too funny!


Dear Mark, the board say they support you, does that make you nervous?

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What, right now, separates the "core group of players" you continually refer to from the non-core players? How can the non-core become special like the chosen core?

1. Have you observed that our players do not man up/put pressure on the opposition, and when we are in possession nobody leads/makes space to move the ball up the ground?

2. Have you communicated to the group that this is possibly the most fundamental concept in the sport of football and should not even need to be mentioned?

3. After this communication, did you then observe that most individuals had apparently ignored your instructions?

4. Did you then have these players dragged, screamed at and dropped from the side for not complying with your instructions?

5. Does anyone in the coaching staff believe in points 1-4, or do you operate completely independently?

6. Have you observed that point 1 is just one issue of many where the team is seemingly unaware of the most basic concepts of the sport?

7. How in the name of God did you end up being our senior coach when you seriously seem to have inferior abilities to most junior and amateur coaches?

1. Have you observed that our players do not man up/put pressure on the opposition, and when we are in possession nobody leads/makes space to move the ball up the ground?

2. Have you communicated to the group that this is possibly the most fundamental concept in the sport of football and should not even need to be mentioned?

3. After this communication, did you then observe that most individuals had apparently ignored your instructions?

4. Did you then have these players dragged, screamed at and dropped from the side for not complying with your instructions?

5. Does anyone in the coaching staff believe in points 1-4, or do you operate completely independently?

6. Have you observed that point 1 is just one issue of many where the team is seemingly unaware of the most basic concepts of the sport?

7. How in the name of God did you end up being our senior coach when you seriously seem to have inferior abilities to most junior and amateur coaches?

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. No

5. Yes

6. Yes

7. I dropped Mick Malthouse's name. Easy as. Gaz just about creamed himself.

Why did you give Jamar 3 years?

Why did we recruit Dawes, Pederson and Gillies when it is our midfield that is easily the worst in the AFL?

Did we make a play for Caddy, Jacobs, Young, Stevens, Goddard or any midfielders aside from David Mackay last year?

Do you regret turning the whole club upside down in your first year as coach? In hindsight would you have been better off just gradually tweaking/emphasising defensive aspects, rather than turning everything on its head? It seems we did a few things well in 2010 in particular, and now we can't do anything well.


Do you regret turning the whole club upside down in your first year as coach? In hindsight would you have been better off just gradually tweaking/emphasising defensive aspects, rather than turning everything on its head?

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Why did you give Jamar 3 years?

Why did we recruit Dawes, Pederson and Gillies when it is our midfield that is easily the worst in the AFL?

Did we make a play for Caddy, Jacobs, Young, Stevens, Goddard or any midfielders aside from David Mackay last year?

Do you regret turning the whole club upside down in your first year as coach? In hindsight would you have been better off just gradually tweaking/emphasising defensive aspects, rather than turning everything on its head? It seems we did a few things well in 2010 in particular, and now we can't do anything well.

A lot of mocking on this thread but also some good discussion

I picked this post WJD as I think it highlights how we haven't gone anywhere since Neeld was appointed. My question and my real worry is - the club was in termoil when you (Neeld) was appointed - Why are we in exactly the same position now as when you were appointed?? Why is the playing group not committing to your coaching style?

What really worries me from all the speculation is that there seems to be a second time in 2 years this playing group seems to be rebelling against two seperate coaches... And it only takes 2 or 3 on-feild to not put in to get punnished at AFL level now.

Why did you make 2 inexperienced footballers captain and and p1ssing off Frawley,Rivers,Moloney in the process causing dissent in the team.

Why did you think replacing Moloney with Rodan and Martin with Pederson was a good idea-i'd take those 2 back in a heartbeat.

Why do you persist with a useless zone defence when our players don't buy it,we stand so far off our opponents that we can't even tackle them resulting in 54 and 35 tackles in 2 games,there is no pressure on the opposition ball carrier resulting in an avalanche of goals.

After your next 2 games of coaching,what are your plans for the rest of the year?

GWS will beat us,those kids are skilful enough to hit targets under no pressure and Cameron/Patton will kick 12

 

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I would like to know from you Waltham and Watts jurrah Dunn why you think change wasn't needed or what changes should have been made?

Are you saying the club was in a good position at the end of 2011?

Do you think the free flowing game style with little to no defensive accountability would flourish in the ultra pressure (floods and presses) that now is AFL football??

Are the players to blame for their performances or should they be allowed to solely blame the administration? I don't see blokes like Sylvia, Jamar, Dunn standing up for the club right now - on or off field that is a real worry as these blokes should be leaders

Why stay at the club if they aren't happy? Dunn could have left at the end of 2012 if he was unhappy with 09 or the current coach? None of this [censored] makes sense

I am not saying the Administration who appoints and runs the FD are not to blame - but how is changing the Admin going to solve short term on feild issues??

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Was the Bellraine League easier than AFL, or were the Ocean Grove players better than those at MFC, and more interested/motivated?


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