9.17

[beelzebub 23,383]

Much wil lbe lamented about today. .... it was a fair crack.. and we nearly got there :-(

many will look to th eumps.. what maggots..how dare they cost us a game ..etc..

or you bunch of pathetic supporters...if only 10 000 more had turned up maybe that would have spurred greater achievement.

or the injury woes continue.. must be voodoo !!

But gentle folk... i am about to suggest something so extraordianry it barely deserves belief, something so bizarre that surely only the gods of other universes must be repsonsible for..

what is it that cost today ...and distinctly didnt help on many other occasions..

I'l tell you..

I'll tel you all..

and its remarkably simple

WE CANT KICK FOR [censored] !!!!!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen the game is called FOOTball...it requires kicking of said ball with skill and nuance.. and we cant do either.

We pass like inept apes at times, puttig the ball beyond lace out.. putting players under enormous and uneccesary pressure. its often the difference between a fluid continuous attacking play and a right [censored] up !! a turnover etc.

we place players in fornt of goal...and I certainly dont want to place bets of any kind on them !!

9.17

had it even been 10 .16...at least a draw

11.15 and its a win

A message for all coaching staff... forget plan A...or plan B..or run, ccarry... cash carry or any carry.. for the next few weeks ...just drill them for hours on kicking !! thats all...just kicking.. until they can do it like real footballers !!

it used to be the first thing taught...now apparently its the last thing needed !!

And if you think this is a crock !! name me 10 players (ours ) that you'd bet ya left nut on if 30m out in front of goal ??

scarey isnt it !!

rant over :-)

p.s The maggots didnt help either

[Gorgoroth 13,016]

hahahahahaha love the ps

i agree we shoudl have iced it with better set shots

also we really didnt deliver it that well into the forward 50, not alot of kicks hit the chest of a leading player

[beelzebub 23,383]

also we really didnt deliver it that well into the forward 50, not alot of kicks hit the chest of a leading player

exactomundo !!

[Gorgoroth 13,016]

we seem to like to flood our own forward 50 too

neitz should grab most of them and thrown them outside the 50 and tellt hem to leave it open for him and the other 1 or 2 forwards leading from the square

[LeBron James 41]

we seem to like to flood our own forward 50 too

right on...

How many times did a leading player run into a teammate, causing a spillage. We need to get numbers out of our forward line.

I think its because we move the ball so slowly from half back its so easy for the opposition to get into our forwardline

[Pates 9,660]

I recon they should make every player do 10 shots at goal at the end of training on Monday and if anyone misses one than they all stay until they get 10 in a row. Right now it is our BASIC skills that are letting us down. Costly turnovers that hand the other team goals and missing consistently in our forward line is a major issue with us. It doesn't matter how good your game plan is, or how much work you are putting in, if we don't kick goals than we won't win.

[45HG 1,559]

it's also a reflection on the mindset of the players. when we go on our winning streaks everybody knows we have possibly the most skillful team in the league. 9.17 is shocking, but 10.16 isn't much better. as the confidence in our performance grows i reckon our skills will improve too. don't forget sydney at the g last year, 10.3, good kicking, still got smashed.

really want to skip these stupid odd years though

[Rogue 585]

It probably didn't help that our forward line structure was a fair bit different to recent weeks, and many of the guys probably haven't operated together.

[beelzebub 23,383]

still doesnt account for attrocious kicking.. does it ?

Neeta gets a bit of a "get out of Jail" he even struggled for distance at one point ( not altogether comforting , but I already know all the arguments..lol )

would you employ a train driver that couldnt drive a train ?

why do we have so many players that cant kick ??

honestly it has me stuffed !!

[beelzebub 23,383]

****"It was a tough one to take," Daniher conceded. "I thought we played pretty good footy. We won enough of the ball, won enough of the stoppages, kept the Burgoyne boys under control, kept Chad Cornes under control but we just weren't able to kick it through the goals when it mattered."*****

Ah....even the Rev has twigged... we cant kick !!!....its rocket surgeryisnt it !!!!

It doesnt matter what else you do ...if ya cant kick !!!

....time to learn some basics boys !!!!

start enrolling for Footy 101-..and in the beginning....we kicked the ball...