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NeveroddoreveN   1,034

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2 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

Interesting to me that  he said " ruthless as a whole club" 

When you think that the Bulldogs just had their travel schedule altered so that they don't fly and play on the same day and were " outraged" to be asked ...it made me connect the dots a little. Some yes, but not ALL of this is on Goody and the players. Where the [censored] was the pushback and outrage from our president? There is no WAY the pies, the eagles, Geelong etc etc would have sat back and let that happen. There is no way they would have been asked. That single decision to stay quiet  imo  sent this season into free fall. The players were sold down the river by a gutless president. 

None of the clubs are using this season or the draw as an excuse this year.  They acknowledge that it is challenging, and preparation is harder, sure.    Have not heard any of the presidents really kicking up a fuss though.  Imo the one chance we did have to kick up a fuss was the Essendon game.  We should have pushed hard for the 4 points.  i believe if the shoe was on the other foot and was Essendon they would have pushed hard and got the 4 points.  MFCSS, perhaps, i don't think we take a strong stance when we have all the reason in the world to do so.

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1 minute ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

None of the clubs are using this season or the draw as an excuse this year.  They acknowledge that it is challenging, and preparation is harder, sure.    Have not heard any of the presidents really kicking up a fuss though.  Imo the one chance we did have to kick up a fuss was the Essendon game.  We should have pushed hard for the 4 points.  i believe if the shoe was on the other foot and was Essendon they would have pushed hard and got the 4 points.  MFCSS, perhaps, i don't think we take a strong stance when we have all the reason in the world to do so.

Well, at least ONE did. The bulldogs did and had their travel arrangements changed. You may be right re the Essendon game but right at that point no one knew how many times it would be happening in the year . There was the possibility of multiple forfeits which would kill the TV money. That was a losing battle but playing on the same day as flying was a fight we could and should have won.

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1 minute ago, Wells 11 said:

Well, at least ONE did. The bulldogs did and had their travel arrangements changed. You may be right re the Essendon game but right at that point no one knew how many times it would be happening in the year . There was the possibility of multiple forfeits which would kill the TV money. That was a losing battle but playing on the same day as flying was a fight we could and should have won.

Hmm probably right, it is a battle we could have pushed for a lot harder.  On the flip-side now it can be used as another excuse or reason.  What do we stand for ultimately?  Do we stand up to the AFL ever?  No, because they give us $$$.

Last year our draft was compromised due to GC getting a raft of concessions.  We were as much of a basket case of them for that season.  We roll over when push comes to shove.  Just imagine Kennetts or Eddies reaction if they were facing similar...You would not hear the end of it, they would use the media to pressure the AFL into making a decision in their favour.  Something i have rarely seen us do.

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50 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

Interesting to me that  he said " ruthless as a whole club" 

When you think that the Bulldogs just had their travel schedule altered so that they don't fly and play on the same day and were " outraged" to be asked ...it made me connect the dots a little. Some yes, but not ALL of this is on Goody and the players. Where the [censored] was the pushback and outrage from our president? There is no WAY the pies, the eagles, Geelong etc etc would have sat back and let that happen. There is no way they would have been asked. That single decision to stay quiet  imo  sent this season into free fall. The players were sold down the river by a gutless president. 

Seens that way doesn’t it, pity we didn’t find out about flexibility 

The difference between possible success and losing

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Many have knocks on him for being in some way sub par in their minds, but I think if we could clone Jack Viney's never say die attitude, I think we'd be well on the way to the ruthless attitude required.  Jack was the stand out player for us last week that looked like they were trying their guts out from the get go, till the bitter end against Freo.  I wouldn't say he was the only one (Gawn, Clarry, Langdon, Hunt and perhaps Fritsch) we the others that came to mind), but Jack certainly set the tone - what we need is for everyone to have that effort and intensity every game.

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As a club we are ruthless in search of the perfect Latte and Biscotti whilst we discuss a way forward.

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3 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

I resemble that...

There was a time when Flemington/Kensington was an area of ruthless slaughterman and inter-generational criminals.

Sadly,those days are gone.Now there is you and the other yuppies.

 

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