Day out in the big smoke.

Posted June 14, 201510 yr

Drove up yesterday,it's now 2 1/2 hours with the geelong bypass.

Noticed we now have some maturity in the ranks.

But still have players from the old regime,they will be gone in the next 2 years.

Watching on telly,i always think we dont pump the footy into the forwards quick enough{fear of the turnover},its also happened at the ground yesterday.

Watching on telly,it looks like we dont go for the quick exit when the oppo scores a point{yep it happens at the match live also}.

The youth list that everybody worried about for the past decade,seems to have been fixed and looks absolutely bright for the future.{dont panic,things are falling into place}.

Watching live,I appreciated the will to win and the hatred of losing a contest from certain players.

Spots in the team are not easy to get and will be tougher by years end,any bludgers look to be getting whittled out of the squad and trade time this year should see the list go to the next step.

The spine whilst not perfect,has the look of a top 8 team,

The mids need a bit more work and that will eventuate over the Pre and next draft.

All in all,very impressed with the team considering where we come from and what the coaching panel started with.

Pizza at Kardinia cafe on the way home 7/10{didnt get to wear the beanie}

No 31 is getting back to playing the footy we expect from him.

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June 14, 201510 yr

Drove up yesterday,it's now 2 1/2 hours with the geelong bypass.

Noticed we now have some maturity in the ranks.

But still have players from the old regime,they will be gone in the next 2 years.

Watching on telly,i always think we dont pump the footy into the forwards quick enough{fear of the turnover},its also happened at the ground yesterday.

Watching on telly,it looks like we dont go for the quick exit when the oppo scores a point{yep it happens at the match live also}.

The youth list that everybody worried about for the past decade,seems to have been fixed and looks absolutely bright for the future.{dont panic,things are falling into place}.

Watching live,I appreciated the will to win and the hatred of losing a contest from certain players.

Spots in the team are not easy to get and will be tougher by years end,any bludgers look to be getting whittled out of the squad and trade time this year should see the list go to the next step.

The spine whilst not perfect,has the look of a top 8 team,

The mids need a bit more work and that will eventuate over the Pre and next draft.

All in all,very impressed with the team considering where we come from and what the coaching panel started with.

Pizza at Kardinia cafe on the way home 7/10{didnt get to wear the beanie}

No 31 is getting back to playing the footy we expect from him.

good onya jazza.... glad to hear you had a good day out.

I'm off to Newcastle & back, starting today.

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June 15, 201510 yr

Thank you Jazza, reading your comments has been theraupeutic.

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June 15, 201510 yr

Glad you had a good day out, jazza. Didn't realise you were going to the game, or I would have arranged to meet up. As for the ball movement, my take on it was that when we did move it quickly, we looked so much better. However, there is a fine line between moving it quickly and bombing it in long, and we did plenty of that both this week and last. The sooner we ban Dunn from the kick-ins, the better.

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June 15, 201510 yr

Glad you had a good day out, jazza. Didn't realise you were going to the game, or I would have arranged to meet up. As for the ball movement, my take on it was that when we did move it quickly, we looked so much better. However, there is a fine line between moving it quickly and bombing it in long, and we did plenty of that both this week and last. The sooner we ban Dunn from the kick-ins, the better.

Presumably Dunn is acting under some coaching/team directive. Don't think we need to change who takes the kick - Dunn has the tools to be a good kicker in with decent skills kicking it short and has the bomb in his arsenal when appropriate - just need to change the way we structure ourselves when we do it.

This problem is surely a very coachable one. That's probably why it's so frustrating that we seem to have sucked at it since forever.

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June 15, 201510 yr

Presumably Dunn is acting under some coaching/team directive. Don't think we need to change who takes the kick - Dunn has the tools to be a good kicker in with decent skills kicking it short and has the bomb in his arsenal when appropriate - just need to change the way we structure ourselves when we do it.

This problem is surely a very coachable one. That's probably why it's so frustrating that we seem to have sucked at it since forever.

Fair point, Nasher. It just seemed to me that when Watts took a couple, things happened a lot more in our favour, like the sequence that ended up with TMac's goal. Also, Salem back in the side will give as another very good kick-in kicker.

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June 15, 201510 yr

What has happened to Tyson? Made some awful errors and had little impact.

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June 15, 201510 yr

Drove up yesterday,it's now 2 1/2 hours with the geelong bypass.

Noticed we now have some maturity in the ranks.

But still have players from the old regime,they will be gone in the next 2 years.

Watching on telly,i always think we dont pump the footy into the forwards quick enough{fear of the turnover},its also happened at the ground yesterday.

Watching on telly,it looks like we dont go for the quick exit when the oppo scores a point{yep it happens at the match live also}.

The youth list that everybody worried about for the past decade,seems to have been fixed and looks absolutely bright for the future.{dont panic,things are falling into place}.

Watching live,I appreciated the will to win and the hatred of losing a contest from certain players.

Spots in the team are not easy to get and will be tougher by years end,any bludgers look to be getting whittled out of the squad and trade time this year should see the list go to the next step.

The spine whilst not perfect,has the look of a top 8 team,

The mids need a bit more work and that will eventuate over the Pre and next draft.

All in all,very impressed with the team considering where we come from and what the coaching panel started with.

Pizza at Kardinia cafe on the way home 7/10{didnt get to wear the beanie}

No 31 is getting back to playing the footy we expect from him.

Jizza in the big smoke -FMD! Looking like a pin striped Barry McKenzie in gumboots. Did you wonder why all those people were pointing and taking photos Jizz?

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