Clutching at straws but really the defence is a shambles.

No Lever, but surely we were better than this without him last year...

And how about  buying a forward coach whilst we are at  it. 

And a bloody sports psychologist 

And a psychiatrist for us fans

Edited July 1, 20187 yr by monoccular

5 minutes ago, monoccular said:

And how about  buying a forward coach whilst we are at  it. 

And a bloody sports psychologist 

And a psychiatrist for us fans

Totally agree, apauling result 

Our forward and backline are a disgrace.

Peter Jackson what is going on.

Troy Chaplin has destroyed our backline. All our players gone backwards. Jetta, Hunt, Hibbered ect are a shadow of what they were last year. 

59 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Our forward and backline are a disgrace.

Peter Jackson what is going on.

Thanks, I forgot he was the coach.

4 hours ago, monoccular said:

And how about  buying a forward coach whilst we are at  it. 

And a bloody sports psychologist 

And a psychiatrist for us fans

Neeld has some time in his diary.... Sorry, too soon and not funny after a loss. 

Backline had the same issues multiple times last year, when the forward and midfield pressure is off they are caught out time and time again.

We used to blame Rawlings. Now we blame Chaplin. 

Rawlings seems to be  enjoying the freedom to run his own show to an extent at Casey. No point moving from there. I'm sure all the coaches will have a say about the backline issues.

I'm not sure how much the backline systems were to blame today. Personnel is/was a problem. Lewis just can't defend against any footballer with a pulse and Petty was move off talls to limit how much he was caught out. There was a lack of coverage speed.

But a lot of the Saints goals came from terrible midfield or exiting the backline turnovers, soft free kicks, dodgy 50m penalties from the midfield. I wasn't convinced it was really a backline issue.

Today I was far more worried about the midfield spread and terrible lack of forward pressure. And the lack of system going forward. 

46 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Thanks, I forgot he was the coach.

He oversaw there hiring didn't he?

Bring back all the threads from the last couple of years where he was being buried.

13 minutes ago, Supermercado said:

Bring back all the threads from the last couple of years where he was being buried.

Haha. I’ve seen a few posts wistfully recalling Roos’ defensive game style too. 

Anyone who is not angry about what is going on is a Loser with a Losers mentality.

I don’t understand why they sent one of the most experienced backline coaches in the AFL to Casey and replaced him with a rookie. 

A career move?

Stuff that, how about getting serious at a tilt at the flag?

3 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Anyone who is not angry about what is going on is a Loser with a Losers mentality.

Gold. Didn’t realise anger was a critical ingredient to success ?

8 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

I don’t understand why they sent one of the most experienced backline coaches in the AFL to Casey and replaced him with a rookie. 

A career move?

Stuff that, how about getting serious at a tilt at the flag?

I'd suggest he has ambitions of having a run at a senior gig in the future and is looking to improve his resume.  

I really rate him, but I'd say the move is a promotion in his eyes.

1 hour ago, olisik said:

Troy Chaplin has destroyed our backline. All our players gone backwards. Jetta, Hunt, Hibbered ect are a shadow of what they were last year. 

Actually, when Lever found his Mojo, our backline became the best it's been, with this group.

The issues now, are since Lever has been unavailable.

14 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Anyone who is not angry about what is going on is a Loser with a Losers mentality.

Panic has never ever won a finals match W4tA's.

We are still building, and we are on the right track...  We are trying to find a way to patch-up our Key Backs, which will also help us with the kids who will be in our next GF.

Now isn't a time for Panic, or wrist-slashing.

3 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

I'd suggest he has ambitions of having a run at a senior gig in the future and is looking to improve his resume.  

I really rate him, but I'd say the move is a promotion in his eyes.

I'd say your spot-on TPF39_

Exactly my thoughts when announced, that Rawlings took on his own team.

Have you watched the Presser of Goody's DV8? its friggen depressing mate. The little wins the Journey over it. We lost to St.Kilda DV8. Come on.

23 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

I don’t understand why they sent one of the most experienced backline coaches in the AFL to Casey and replaced him with a rookie. 

A career move?

Stuff that, how about getting serious at a tilt at the flag?

I don't think SENT s the right words, DZ.

I think Rawlings wanted his own team to coach, to show his wares.

Better in RednBlue, than some other colours.

Edited July 1, 20187 yr by DV8

8 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Have you watched the Presser of Goody's DV8? its friggen depressing mate. The little wins the Journey over it. We lost to St.Kilda DV8. Come on.

No, I haven't WftA. I'm been moving house for the past 6 weeks, on my own.   A few hours each day.

So I've been distracted from the negatives of the past 3 weeks.

 

But also I've been more a realist, than most this year about our hopes, for 2018.

I know what AFL is like, and the temptations of getting ahead of ourselves happens to some club every single year.

We're NOT as good as some thought... and we are not as bad as some now think, from the past couple of weeks.

 

We are young.  We are inconsistent.  We lack mature leaders in the prime, 27Yrs +.

We lack class, inside the midfield !   We lack speed amongst our midfielders.

Edited July 1, 20187 yr by DV8

Here are a few GREAT Coaches that certainly Coach/ed angry.

Clarko, Barassi, Pagan, Malthouse, Kennedy

Those that didn’t eg Hafey & Matthews didn’t have to as they had unbelievable teams. 

Just now, goodwindees said:

Here are a few GREAT Coaches that certainly Coach/ed angry.

Clarko, Barassi, Pagan, Malthouse, Kennedy

Those that didn’t eg Hafey & Matthews didn’t have to as they had unbelievable teams. 

Hafey and Matthews coached angry, when they needed to. 

Particularly T Shirt

I found out we werent that good last week live against Port. Yes i agree with you DV8, but we should not be losing to St.Kilda.

Flat out Embarassing this is, there is no excuses or hindsight, the journey or little wins involved with this loss.

At least we can get on with other things in our lives, hope the moving hasnt been to strenuous.

3 minutes ago, goodwindees said:

Here are a few GREAT Coaches that certainly Coach/ed angry.

Clarko, Barassi, Pagan, Malthouse, Kennedy

Those that didn’t eg Hafey & Matthews didn’t have to as they had unbelievable teams. 

Missed that era but surely Hafey coached angry! Kill or be killed mentality