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Time for a Change….Don’t wait another 2 years…

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I don't think the situation is as dire as most. Watching Sydney last night their midfield, particularly Warner are dynamic. Kozzie brings that in spades but he needs to be a full time midfielder.

Rivers and McPhee to spend extended time there rotating with Salem.

Oliver will come good again but he and Viney can't be in the centre at the same time as they are at the moment.

Our Trac record of managing players injuries needs a major overhaul.

 

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    2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    They need skilled guidance and mentoring

    We have none...  just what is.

    Yet 2 years ago Demonland was lauding Chico for providing this.

    I don’t by that either way it’s never simply that black and white 

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    6 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    Oh, the irony!

    Quite happy to change my mind when things change. But righto. 

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    Still very angry with the last month if footy but i think we must back Goodwin in to get things right. Sacking him before his contract is up would be disastrous and would set the club back a decade.

    HOWEVER the footy dept must get a shakeup. Assistant coaches need a freshen up and for the love of god get a proper forwards coach in. I would also like a ball movement coach (eg Caracella).

    With Petracca done we should be looking to send any players who need it off for surgery early so they are ready day 1 preseason. Viney I'm looking at you.

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    1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Assistant coaches need a freshen up and for the love of god get a proper forwards coach in.

    Changing the way the forwards play will do nothing if the mids can't deliver to them.

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    5 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Still very angry with the last month if footy but i think we must back Goodwin in to get things right. Sacking him before his contract is up would be disastrous and would set the club back a decade.

    HOWEVER the footy dept must get a shakeup. Assistant coaches need a freshen up and for the love of god get a proper forwards coach in. I would also like a ball movement coach (eg Caracella).

    With Petracca done we should be looking to send any players who need it off for surgery early so they are ready day 1 preseason. Viney I'm looking at you.

    We made a mistake by extending his previous contract BEFORE we knew the result of last year's finals.

    I believe he still had one year, this year, from the previous contract.

    Don't extend if we don't perform in the finals, then see how it goes in 2024.

    We would be having a very different discussion today. On top of that Oliver's off the field issues coincided with this whole situation.

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    5 hours ago, bing181 said:

    Changing the way the forwards play will do nothing if the mids can't deliver to them.

    It’s much more complex than that. The game plan is all wrong and needs a major overhaul. How can the midfielders deliver if the forward line is always flooded by the other team’s backs and midfielders and forwards??? We delay delay and then kick it in when the 50 is flooded with the opposition backs. Or we get it out over the back of the flood occasionally but there’s nobody there in the forward fifty to kick it to because we’re flooding back into their fifty to defend and have left no forwards in any position to kick to, 

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    We don't seem to realise we have problems until it is too late.  Mostly due to a lack of quality mids after Trac and Oliver. Trac has gone , Oliver is way below his best. We are also missing a Tall Forward who can kick goals. 

    There is nothing wrong will playing Petty forward providing he is HAPPY to do so. Petty when he came back from injury should have played for Casey as a FF or CHF forward. Jefferson could have played elsewhere. What we have produced a forward who is underperforming and is not much better when playing defence. 

    The decision not to play Grundy in one of the exit finals was a shocker , perhaps we need a five year old to pick the team!!!  A double final losses two years running is silly . If you can't buy a mid, you need to create one or two. Rivers , McV.

    Hodge ex Hawks became a mid so did G.Ablett jnr

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