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4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

This is absolutely spot on, and I hope you don't cop stick for it from the usual rosy glasses suspects. 

I'm a fan of Goody and have been since day dot. But he's coaching this year has frustrated me more then ever purely with everything you have stated.

I was hoping by now we would have seen some tweaks in the game plan after we got exposed through a few of those early losses, but I've seen nothing to suggest otherwise and this what concerns me the most. If we're not willing to tweak the game plan now then we're in big trouble come September. 

The continued rolling door selections of the likes of Bedford, Weideman and Melksham has really confused me when we've had blokes like Chandler, JVR, Laurie and hell, even Baker who all have been consistent and shown better form then those other guys.

I have admired the way Collingwood have gone about even though I hate it at the same time. They're top 4, and have just polished off 9 wins in a row. They've had 5 debutants who have all come in and added new life and enthusiasm into their line-up and play a exciting brand of footy that certainly stacks up with the best. We've had one player debut this year and the club that's used the least amount of players this year. Go figure.

 

The selection has been baffling. 
We don’t replace Tmac, we tried and no one brings what he does. So change it up, bring in a different player and give a kink to the game plan. 
After Bowey last year you would think he would be open to shaking things up

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    19 hours ago, P-man said:

     Beat me to it. The AFL average is 10. Swans had 22 against Adelaide. We had goose egg.

    In a weird way that gives me cause for hope cause the scope for improvement is so huge. We put ourselves in a position to win  with a pretty non-existent forward half defense. The only way is up.

    I suspect that the lack of forward pressure acts is the result of umpiring - our players in general are hesitant to tackle - often too late in the decision-making processes to effect a good tackle. Why? Against the Doggies, nearly every time you tackle a red, white and blue opportunist you get a free paid against you - just check the statistics. Fanciful? Possibly so but it makes sense in some quarters.

     

     

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