Players in unaccustomed positions? Careful, we'll done for tanking

Noticed the [censored] Robbo was at his best - Nathan Brown apparently plays for us!!

He said it about 4 times before he got the name right.

He is a bit thick the old Robbo.

Watts should be played forward anyway.

He was one of the most impressive junior forwards I've seen.

It is only because our midfielders have lacked skills, poise and decision making that Watts was moved outside the forward line.

Watts is fine as a forward, he'll go very well.

We will need to stop bombing it in though, we will need to move the ball fast and get it into Vince/Toumpas hands and use Watts and Howe is mobile forwards.

JKH as flanker running back hard - Pagans paddock style, open the forward line up... Have our forward line work to our advantage.

Roos looked rattled tonight on 360, so we'll find out how good of a strategist he really is on the weekend.

Watts forward? He can't even win a one on one contest against a mid at ground level, how the hell will he do it against a bigger defender in the air?

short memory man, last week he was bloody good in the midfield.

Players in unaccustomed positions? Careful, we'll done for tanking

won't need to worry about tanking this year because there is no way we are going to avoid the spoon...........its ours already, we will not move from where we are on the ladder now.

Watts should be played forward anyway.

He was one of the most impressive junior forwards I've seen.

It is only because our midfielders have lacked skills, poise and decision making that Watts was moved outside the forward line.

Watts is fine as a forward, he'll go very well.

We will need to stop bombing it in though, we will need to move the ball fast and get it into Vince/Toumpas hands and use Watts and Howe is mobile forwards.

JKH as flanker running back hard - Pagans paddock style, open the forward line up... Have our forward line work to our advantage.

Roos looked rattled tonight on 360, so we'll find out how good of a strategist he really is on the weekend.

Rubbish.

Watts should be played forward anyway.

He was one of the most impressive junior forwards I've seen.

It is only because our midfielders have lacked skills, poise and decision making that Watts was moved outside the forward line.

Watts is fine as a forward, he'll go very well.

We will need to stop bombing it in though, we will need to move the ball fast and get it into Vince/Toumpas hands and use Watts and Howe is mobile forwards.

JKH as flanker running back hard - Pagans paddock style, open the forward line up... Have our forward line work to our advantage.

Roos looked rattled tonight on 360, so we'll find out how good of a strategist he really is on the weekend.

I dont want him as a forward if he is going to close his eyes and drop chest marks

Roos looked rattled tonight on 360, so we'll find out how good of a strategist he really is on the weekend.

If that's Roos rattled I am very content.

He was in no way rattled.

I have a feeling this is our line in the sand moment.

Reckon we will run out and rip heads off on Sunday.

I have a feeling this is our line in the sand moment.

Reckon we will run out and rip heads off on Sunday.

If they come out and say as much, then we'll be heading for a loss. How long now have we come out and talked the talk, and have failed to follow it up with actions?

I'm sick of talk, from anyone at the club. How about shutting up and doing what is expected from them for a change, for more than 1 week at a time?

Certainly didn't seem rattled to me .....I always feel calm after I hear him talk !!

seems to me to be more frustrated by the 'actions' Not matching the 'rhetoric from the players', before Roos signed on.

he said the payers are in a rut & can't or won't change from it... so he will make change happen, because the players actions aren't following their wishes. they wish they were better, but don't want to do the hard things to achieve it.

words are cheap

action is what this club needs, or it will bleed to death Via a thousand cut players.

Watts forward? He can't even win a one on one contest against a mid at ground level, how the hell will he do it against a bigger defender in the air

Turn it up Cards,

he'll be so worried about a clip from behind he'll be 10 metres in front of any opponent, on the lead for the easy chest mark!!

Oh shyte...hang on

short memory man, last week he was bloody good in the midfield.

yeh in the midfield, not the fwd line.

Bayside who has the short memory? Have you forgotten a whole career to date? He does not have the desire or body to be a forward. He is so-so on a lead but well below par in a contest, any body contest.

I think Roos said a fresh team the implication being it would cut ties with what just happened to change the mind set. He is trying to get them to forget the past. My bet is he will put Dunn at FF and watts across HF with Gawn at CHF. We need the to provide the crumbs for blease. I expect terlich to be moved forward as well. Perhaps trenners to terlichs position. Howie to the wing. Could be an interesting week.

Absolutely loved the back and forth between Roosy & Bomba on AFL 360 when discussing Sunday's loss.

Both completely on the same page and this common sense approach should be an eye opener to quite a few of the exciteable types on this forum.

A video that captures most of it can be seen here:

http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/afl/what-you-missed-on-tv-last-night-melbournes-heavy-loss-collingwood-and-carlton-coaches-talk-tough/story-fndv8g1a-1226870360307

I don't think he was rattled by any means, but the blank response from the other three when he announced he was going to be putting players in completely different positions was telling.

I have reservations, I'll be honest. I'm not sure it's a great move this early, but if it is to the benefit of actually hitting the scoreboard, that can only be a good thing.

Who said Roosy was rattled?

Not at all

He just knows more...

Players in unaccustomed positions? Careful, we'll done for tanking

I thought exactly the same thing. This could be the beginning of a whole new AFL investigation.

Everyone involved at the AFL KNOWS that the rooster would NEVER condone tanking.

If he plays players in different positions it's to complete his dossiers, not to try and lose.

Information gathering could last all season.

Everyone involved at the AFL KNOWS that the rooster would NEVER condone tanking.

If he plays players in different positions it's to complete his dossiers, not to try and lose.

Information gathering could last all season.

And when he told one of his players to go forward and NOT kick a goal he was only joking

And when he told one of his players to go forward and NOT kick a goal he was only joking

A great prankster, the rooster. But never a tankster.

I have a feeling this is our line in the sand moment.

Reckon we will run out and rip heads off on Sunday.

You mean, run out, start a fight, and then lose?

ohhhh, so he's gonna do the old "forwards now become backs, and backs now become forwards" Auskick quarter time team-change.

Interesting...

We tried that before and got fined $500K.

I don't think you could be done for tanking after round two with our score line and besides I thought I heard Roosy say it 'could' be a different line up or words to that effect. Personally I would like to see Tommy M given a run up there with Watts and Fitzpatrick. Maybe play Howe up the ground and see if he works hard both ways. At least it would give us some size and a contest up there. even if its only a temporary measure. As for Roosy being rattled, I don't think he was but he would be aware that the pressure on him is increasing. Wouldn't like to be a player if we lose this week.