The game plan is not working. Heck, nothing is!

If nothing changes, teams will only continue to shut us down more easily as the weeks progress.

Plan B? C? K? Do we have any backup plans?

Edited April 20, 20196 yr by Demon Jack

Oh man. Feels like the bad old days where you just wonder where the improvement is going to come from. It’s been the same story every week really - win the ball and kick it to a forward line that is outnumbered, talls don’t mark it, smalls don’t crumb it and sweet nobody puts any pressure between there and the opposition goals. 

  On 20/04/2019 at 09:10, Beetle said:

They weren’t even trying. Something stinks at the club.

But what is it?

I’m ashamed to say I left at 3 q time - literally never left before final siren. 

Absolutely gutted. 

The upside is my family will get to see a bit more of me this winter. 

And loving the fact I rushed to get a [censored] GF guarantee before round 1. I WANT MY [censored] MONEY BACK YOU IMPOTENT WANNABES ?

 

  On 20/04/2019 at 09:08, Wadda We Sing said:

Still havent beaten a team in the 8...

Really won one !

Sh.. FD 

Simples...we have an amount of talent.

Can't organise a p.ss up 

All the apologists forms a line...be patient...plenty of the special cordial for you.

All the excuses, and creative accountants ought to make for humourous reading.

My god ...wake up folks.

How's Buller looking

Game plan stinks and no Plan B

Stubbornly sticking with the way we want to play. I do get this strategy to an extent, but surely it is obvious now that it doesn't stack up and is easily dismantled. We need another game plan

Really poor coaching, or at least the players either refuse or don't know to carry out instructions. Or just simply don't know what to do because we have no plan to counter this type of game.

  On 20/04/2019 at 09:11, Clintosaurus said:

But what is it?

Not the players

The care factor for this club is pretty much [censored] gone 

Capitulated once again when game was in the line and winnable.

We look slow

Disposal is rotten.

Zero plan to actually score rather than spray and pray.

A coach who has no contingency plan.

We are 1-4

 

Yep. Good times.

 

 

 

I’m honestly concerned signing Goodwin for 4 more years on the back of a good month will be a crippling decision.

the trouble is that this feels so familiar it doesn't even worry me anymore.

More worried that my second team GWS .... lost

At The MFC a truth meeting only lasts for 1 week

Other clubs make a stand that lasts for years

Pack your bags Goody

You ain’t the man we need. 

But who is???

  On 20/04/2019 at 09:03, forever demons said:

yep at least pedo put in

My reason being that TMc is obviously injured.  He can't seem to run like last year...  same with Viney,  IMO.

As McClure said earlier in the game,  Melbourne don't have the running power... we enjoyed last year.

Add to this the 666 rule,  and now we are slow as well under this rule.    Open spaces open up with  '666'...  and then we are too slow over the ground when the Oppos' are on they're slingshot.

 

We have to change our teams structural balance...  more run, more speed.

We have No choice anymore,  but to play Stretch continually.  Sparro will be back in as well,  in my books.

I’m glad I moved away from Melbourne 2 weeks ago. Don’t have to watch that [censored] [censored] anymore. 

Nothing worse than having to spend an hour just to get home after a game like that. Now I can just stay at home and watch a movie on the couch.

Unfortunately about 47,000 people have been extorted by the MFC. Let’s take them to court.

  On 20/04/2019 at 09:16, Diamond_Jim said:

the trouble is that this feels so familiar it doesn't even worry me anymore.

More worried that my second team GWS .... lost

Your second team is Essendon. Broocy said so.

Only reason I blame Goodwin is because his keeping Chaplin around. Personally I don’t mind Goodwin but if he doesn’t have the balls to sack Chaplin then the heat will come.

  On 20/04/2019 at 09:18, olisik said:

Only reason I blame Goodwin is because his keeping Chaplin around. Personally I don’t mind Goodwin but if he doesn’t have the balls to sack Chaplin then the heat will come.

How can you possibly pinpoint which coach is directly responsible for this problem from the outside?

People can say the there was no heart, no desire, not trying, etc. but I disagree.

There was plenty of effort in the first half. The problem was the usual structural issues - we were absolutely slaughtered by a far better structured side forward and behind the ball. St Kilda absolutely schooled us in game style / structure.

So despite dominating most of the game, we were only 3 points up midway through the second quarter. The combined effect of not being able to translate midfield dominance into scores and the leaking of easy goals down the other end absolutely drained the confidence and belief of the players. Then you get what you get in the third quarter.

Time to make changes, especially behind the ball. The free players for the opposition inside 50 week-after-week is just disheartening and deflating for the supporters and obviously the players.

Unfortunately our style of defence is very high risk, super aggressive and only works when you're absolutely on top of your inside game, your forward 50 ground balls and your forward pressure. Clearly the players aren't at the level of last year at the moment and therefore we're getting completely exposed by our aggressive defensive structures. Surely we need some structural changes to help us defend better and stay in games when we're not producing the levels required.

Honestly thought half way through the second quarter we were about to run over them . Had all the play and just needed to tidy up inside 50 entries. But dumb decision making and poor disposal just handed the momentum back to them and it was though we just gave up.

just left the game and walked past the great barassi and just felt sad for him thst he will probably never see a premiership. 

What has happened to us since our last game. Maybe we should have reviewed that prelim. A lot of star players down 

Can we blame bartlett for getting pert in and pj leaving.  When he left he never would have thought we would go back to the days of playing woeful football 

Edited April 20, 20196 yr by dees189227

Come come now y’all

 

stick fat! It’s part of the hourney

 

remember the 21 premiership window (that’s 2121)

Had the Saints been a decent side we would've lost by 12 goals. We are that bad

Story of the night in our I50 stats - we had 8 more than them, but couldn't turn those into goals. Melksham and Tom Mac - who has been one of the best KPF's in the league - both down on form, Hunt still finding his feet up forward (if he ever will), Spargo same, Petracca still getting going after not much of a preseason. The list goes on.

This then creates issues elsewhere, especially that because we can't capitalise or keep the ball locked in, it provides a springboard for their attacks: 46 rebounds to our 32. Ironically enough, our attacks become the basis for theirs.