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12 hours ago, TGR said:

Spot on.

The positivity will evaporate, Goody will get a bit nervous, and Ross will suddenly be thirsty for coffee.

 

 

Who knows, the club might be turning another leaf.  The ditching of the co-captaincy and leadership group pscyhobabble might be small signs that the club is finally doing things their way.  Failing is OK, but be bold and do things our way.  Get inspired by others, but don't go the easy copy cat.  The well worn path doesn't last.  In 2015, the smart folk (Hardwick & TiGeR) were watching how the bulldogs were going about things; while the simpletons were trying to photostat Hawthorn who had just three-peated.

If Goodwin feels the pressure in 2020, like I think he will, instead of giving him the flick, just make him a long-term no.2; which means Richo or Ross get a 4 year gig as El Supremo.

 

C'mon man.
You can't talk of watching the Bulldogs and Tigers and then throw in Ross Lyons name.
Polar opposites.

And if we want to build a clubs membership that people want to watch getting free to air TV time and sponsors, you can't have Lyon killing any creativity the players have with his mind numbing game plan.

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    1 hour ago, Ron Burgundy said:

    Didn’t The Roar predict that we’d finish top 4 (or better) in 2019?

     

    If correct. Then I hope their predictions are just as close.  I think with the bounce of 18 th spot that just puts us in the eight. 
    early morning arithmetic sorry need more coffee !!

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    6 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

    C'mon man.
    You can't talk of watching the Bulldogs and Tigers and then throw in Ross Lyons name.
    Polar opposites.

    And if we want to build a clubs membership that people want to watch getting free to air TV time and sponsors, you can't have Lyon killing any creativity the players have with his mind numbing game plan.

    Genuinely there would be one thing that would make me question renewing my membership, that would be getting Ross Lyon on board. Overrated, and negative coach.

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    21 hours ago, sisso said:

    I don’t think 0-2 would be a complete disaster with our draw as long as we don’t get smashed by 10 goals in each match

    Agree. Its how we perform in the first 2  games that counts.

    Close losses will make everyone afraid, and the team could/should easily go to 3 -  2 up(Freo, saints, Gold Coast) and then onward and upward

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    7 hours ago, Ron Burgundy said:

    Didn’t The Roar predict that we’d finish top 4 (or better) in 2019?

     

    2019, predicted us to be 4th and Brisbane 12th.

    Adelaide to win the 2018 flag and West Coast to finish 8th.

     

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    1 minute ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    2019, predicted us to be 4th and Brisbane 12th.

    Adelaide to win the 2018 flag and West Coast to finish 8th.

     

    In April 2019 the Roar predicted the final 8 and had only one place correct. They correctly tipped 6 of the 8 finalists although those 6 picked themselves and had this gem of a prognostication about the Dees.  I loved the nothing had happened in pre-season comment.

    Melbourne tops the ladder with at least 17 wins
    And here we go. This column has already covered its feelings towards the Dees, and nothing that happened in the preseason has changed its mind.

    Melbourne will start the year with a couple of its key pieces on the sidelines, but it won’t matter given the strength of its midfield, and the aggressiveness of coach Simon Goodwin and his crew’s strategies.

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    6 hours ago, Pates said:

    Genuinely there would be one thing that would make me question renewing my membership, that would be getting Ross Lyon on board. Overrated, and negative coach.

    As Roos says:

     

    ”I am a Leo Barry dropped mark away from being a nil flag coach; Rossy Lyon is a Milne bounce and Ablett toe-poke away from being dual premiership coach”.

     

    Trust a supporter of a club that has been failure personified to view Lyon as overrated and negative.  

     

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    11 minutes ago, TGR said:

    As Roos says:

    ”I am a Leo Barry dropped mark away from being a nil flag coach; Rossy Lyon is a Milne bounce and Ablett toe-poke away from being dual premiership coach”.

    Trust a supporter of a club that has been failure personified to view Lyon as overrated and negative.  

     

    True, but that's not what has happened. And while he got Freo to a Grand Final, since then they've been mostly mediocre and constantly going backwards (while putting their supporters to sleep). Perhaps overrated is unfair, but negative is not, and he's done little recently to have me want him at the helm. 

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    On 3/2/2020 at 7:05 PM, JakovichScissorKick said:

    Someone tell 'The Roar' we have pretty  much a fully fit list to choose from , the total opposite to the start of 2019.

    Oh and we added elite and electrifying talent in Pickett,  LJ and Bennell to a list that won two finals 18 months ago.

    #theyknowearecoming
     

    The quote from this Cameron Rose, "expert",  in the article is "Maybe it was injuries that cruelled the Dees last year, even though all clubs have them. Maybe it was complacency after having achieved nothing."

    He's a Richmond supporter. So easy to criticise when you're on the winning side. Ignore him.

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    13 hours ago, loges said:

    The words egg and face come to mind.

    Actually, the words fllog and Richmond come to mind

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    On 3/2/2020 at 5:29 PM, 640MD said:

    If any of you bother to read the online Roar, they have an article comparing Bombers and Demons. The end result we are 13th and bombers 12th.

    Not much love in the artlicle for Viney.

    I think they are mistaken but I would read your views   Go Dees 2020 !!

    The Roar are a bunch of muppets.

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