GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Richmond

[Lord Travis 10,730]

Scary thought, we might be handing North Melbourne pick 1 at this rate. Absolute shambles.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

13 minutes ago, drdrake said:

Hopefully some of our senior players stay home.

Move May forward

This is THE most obvious move of the day...

Thommo covers Lynch and Fritta to Thommo's wing.

Goody  ....WE NEED A [censored] BIG BODIED MARKING TARGET MATE....WAKE THE [censored] UP!!!!!

Edited July 5, 2020 by Rusty Nails

[Coq au vin 755]

2 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

That is not the game plan, can't we lay the blame at the players for a change or is that too hard

Irony is not your strong point.

[Satyriconhome 10,878]

2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Agree. Our use of the ball is the AFL’s worst. There is no system or game plan.  
That is not emotive rubbish, it is fact.

Not sure which bit people don't get, we get glimpses of the game plan like the Melksham goal, but if players make simple skill errors and wrong decisions, what is the point?

[loges 6,767]

1 minute ago, 3Dee said:

The clear headshot on Fritta right on the siren and seems as if NO ONE went after the Richmond player who did it. smh.

But should have been a free and a fifty meter penalty

[Jaded No More 68,915]

1 minute ago, Satyriconhome said:

That is not the game plan, can't we lay the blame at the players for a change or is that too hard

Of course players are to blame for their shocking skills. But the fundamental game plan is flawed. It’s a high risk low reward. It doesn’t play to our strengths at all. 
We refuse to play a second target up forward which is forcing the players to bomb long as we have no leading targets. We also don’t pressure the ball carrier at half back which means the ball rebounds straight out and the back line is all at sea and the opposition can pick a whole host of players unmanned. 

[TheoX 1,222]

Smith is a joke.

Pickett will end up costing massively in picks

Edited July 5, 2020 by TheoX

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

1 minute ago, loges said:

I'm afraid we're all just praying for a miracle.

https://youtu.be/D1EDKvXRKd0

[Gorgoroth 12,954]

7 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I don't think this ones on Goodwin - we've had opportunities skill errors have killed us

It is. It’s his team and his game plan. If this was the first or every now and again you forgive him, a trend is he fault.

[Optimus D 283]

1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Yes it was the moment to show some team spirit. And nothing. Nudda from his teammates 

Clearly shows that this team is not playing for each other.

[forever demons 2,220]

5 minutes ago, binman said:

Fair suck of the sav. At training we rarely miss a target.

Yes I know it is pretty well known that in an AFL game there is usually a fair bit of pressure but hey let's get training right first.

The key thing is that there is lots of learnings. That our players could expect pressure in a game of footy is one of those learnings.

no more learnings,just a rocket up the [censored] or get out the club,that inludes the coaching(joke of staff)staff

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

15 minutes ago, Jaded said:

For the love of god what is the coaches job if not to ensure we can play under pressure? Or use the footy? Or have a forward to kick to? 
What is Goodwins job mate?

Don’t feed the troll.

[monoccular 17,429]

So frustrating to follow this disappointing side

Just glad that there are no crowds allowed because I would have been tempted to waste my time going today. 

[Cards13 9,117]

12 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Can’t believe I voluntarily give up hours of my life for this. Sigh. 

Man that is like a Picketfence ranting and raving post from you! The sky is literally falling in. 

[drdrake 3,163]

Stop pushing forwards into the midfield go one on one in our forward line.

We need to stop Richmond attacking of half back.

 

[bringbackthebiff 654]

Never seen so much smiling from an opposition 

[Satyriconhome 10,878]

Just now, Jaded said:

Of course players are to blame for their shocking skills. But the fundamental game plan is flawed. It’s a high risk low reward. It doesn’t play to our strengths at all. 
We refuse to play a second target up forward which is forcing the players to bomb long as we have no leading targets. We also don’t pressure the ball carrier at half back which means the ball rebounds straight out and the back line is all at sea and the opposition can pick a whole host of players unmanned. 

Of course they are coached to stop the ball carrier, but they don't do it, solution?

[WA Demon Boy 966]

lol they're laughing and joking mid game

we're fake tough guys

we're nowhere

we ain't playing finals 

[godees 863]

Melksham, Hunt and Lever have to go. Had enough of Salem too. Plenty of others on notice.

Omac and Jetta into the backline. Weid and Bennell into the forward line.

Wipe the smiles off the tigs faces this half dees.

[jnrmac 20,065]

I'll write Goodwin's press conference now:

They surprised us with their intensity

They didn't allow us to play our brand

They are reigning premier, but we expected them to bounce back

We had trouble connecting with our fwds

Our mids got a lot of the ball but they were under pressure

Smith is starting to string some games together

The tigers ran the ball out of our defence really well

Our fwds had trouble holding the ball in there 

We'll take some learnings from this game and you'll see a different side next week. 

We've got a few things to work on. I mean we spent 6mnths training how we want to play but we're far king useless and have run out of ideas

 

He won't say the last one but he should

[Brownie 5,981]

2 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

We have not changed the way we play  football in two seasons now.

Still can’t find a way home And constantly butcher the ball and make poor decisions, nothing has changed.

Nothing to do with being emotive , we are simply a poor football team and have done nothing to prove otherwise.

Watching this team every week is like being loaded into a shopping trolley at the top of a steep hill.

It can start really exciting but by halfway through you realise you're totally out of control and about to crash and burn.

Lucky the coach is there to take you back up the top to give you some learnings and send you down in the trolley again.

[Rednblueriseing 824]

3 minutes ago, The Swimming Dee said:

I just don’t understand it. That handball makes no sense at all

Viney is all heart unfortunately dumb footballer 

[Deesprate 1,324]

Declared us for wooden spoon after Carlton game. Nothing new about this performance. As I say it not about one game. Finishing in a prelim grossly overstated our list. It led to May and Lever undoubtedly a complete disaster. That decision has assigned us to a decade of failure. This is not a happy club. This could get really ugly

[layzie 33,805]

I love not knowing where the next goal is coming from.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

15 minutes ago, Jaded said:

For the love of god what is the coaches job if not to ensure we can play under pressure? Or use the footy? Or have a forward to kick to? 
What is Goodwins job mate?

Don’t feed the troll.