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PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 2nd February, 2024

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1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 I believe you didn’t mean to start anything on Schache, fr_ap.

The thing is, there are some posters who simply don’t rate our coach and any opportunity to express as much is jumped on. Pretty much any mention of “Schache” or “sub” or our semi last year, among a whole host of triggers, will see these people absolutely in their element. 

It's Ok to not rate the coach we all have a view good bad indifferent

No body can say with sureity the coaching staff do everything well

They don't and some here are more troubled by it than others. All views are relevent

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    4 minutes ago, Kent said:

    It's Ok to not rate the coach we all have a view good bad indifferent

    No body can say with sureity the coaching staff do everything well

    They don't and some here are more troubled by it than others. All views are relevent

    It’s not others’ views with which I take issue… it’s the constant, mind-numbing repetition of these views as well as the use of any thread (no matter the original topic) that is the source of my exasperation. Along with the poor attempts to mask their dislike of Goody, in the guise of a perfectly appropriate footy discussion.

    BTW, I appreciate your calm and inoffensive reply. I’m still smarting from being unnecessarily rudely taken to task on this subject on several other occasions. 

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    I reckon we should change the name of the thread. Title suggestions "the Schache Delusion" of perhaps "the Schache myth"

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    6 hours ago, BangBnagBang said:

    Gawn went into the game injured with a broken toe. Itywasnt a break glass move it was an insurance move with not knowing if Gawn was going to be able to get through the game. Gawn played the game out, Schache didnt get on.

    Can people now see why Schache was sub back up ruckman?  

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/7news.com.au/sport/afl/max-gawn-battling-broken-bone-on-eve-of-afl-semi-final-against-carlton-clayton-oliver-also-injured-c-11874677.amp

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    Just now, BDA said:

    I reckon we should change the name of the thread. Title suggestions "the Schache Delusion" of perhaps "the Schache myth"

    I wouldn’t bother, BDA. Tomorrow we’ll have a new training thread, one which hopefully won’t be driven into the ditch, and that should spell the end of the BS. Hashtag not holding my breath. 

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    8 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I wouldn’t bother, BDA. Tomorrow we’ll have a new training thread, one which hopefully won’t be driven into the ditch, and that should spell the end of the BS. Hashtag not holding my breath. 

    Why, I was gonna suggest.

    To sub, or not to sub, that is the question:
    Whether 'tis Nibler in the mind to suffer
    The T Macs and Shacks of outrageous fortune,
     
    I am clearly bored 😐 
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    1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Why, I was gonna suggest.

    To sub, or not to sub, that is the question:
    Whether 'tis Nibler in the mind to suffer
    The T Macs and Shacks of outrageous fortune,
     
    I am clearly bored 😐 

    Willy S be rolling in his grave right about now. 🙃

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    5 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Willy S be rolling in his grave right about now. 🙃

    Willy sent me a PM. He believes the unused sub wasn’t an issue. 

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    24 minutes ago, BDA said:

    I reckon we should change the name of the thread. Title suggestions "the Schache Delusion" of perhaps "the Schache myth"

    The Schache-mâché?

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    36 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Willy S be rolling in his grave right about now. 🙃

    yep, the game has never been the same since bill hung up his boots

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    5 hours ago, Macca said:

    Can people now see why Schache was sub back up ruckman?  

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/7news.com.au/sport/afl/max-gawn-battling-broken-bone-on-eve-of-afl-semi-final-against-carlton-clayton-oliver-also-injured-c-11874677.amp

    A team is 23 not 22 and despite all the hoo har it makes sense  to make the option of using the Sub. In any circumstances. 

    If you fans think like the MC and Coaches what hope have we got . Blinded by lack of creativity. 

    A Sub for one player in a final ?

    No thanks never again.

    They can change their mind if they actually want to but that’s the problem, one person can be so stubborn. 

    So can  a number of D/Lers who are blinkered by saying Schache is no good and wouldn’t have made any difference. As John Kennedy said “Do something “ Our bench did nothing and I am struggling to understand how the defensible are/can defend the indefensible!!! 
     

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