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3 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Are you conceding we're a basket ...?

( the Coaching is at least)

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7 hours ago, jnrmac said:

pretty sure they dominated the air with two rucks and Grundy rucking by himself as Max was injured. A sorry wet day and we were poleaxed. Grundy's fitness and attitude was called into question and I suspect that was the beginning of the end for him at Melbourne

So with Turner dropped we look like going in pretty short with no back up for Max.

Could be deja vu all over again

Just now, jnrmac said:

So with Turner dropped we look like going in pretty short with no back up for Max.

Could be deja vu all over again

We're in a loop

 
1 hour ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

With JVR in ruck and Max on bench, we're very small up forward

Hope they don't go slow and bomb it in....

Maybe thats the plan -drop one of your tall marking players to force the butchers in the middle to spot up a leading target

2 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Maybe thats the plan -drop one of your tall marking players to force the butchers in the middle to spot up a leading target

When have we ever honoured a lead ?


3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Maybe thats the plan -drop one of your tall marking players to force the butchers in the middle to spot up a leading target

Presumably Fritsch, Trac and Melksham are going to be played as marking/leading forward targets to support JVR, and particularly when Gawn's on the bench and JVR's in the ruck.

Just now, titan_uranus said:

Presumably Fritsch, Trac and Melksham are going to be played as marking/leading forward targets to support JVR, and particularly when Gawn's on the bench and JVR's in the ruck.

And we'll burn them all

This could be spectacularly terrible. Everytime in the past we’ve gone in with a small forward line we’ve consistently bombed it to no one.

No idea what Goody and the match committee are thinking, but he may fall on his own sword if we get smashed.

There’s really no rhyme or reason with our team selections this year. The structure of our side has been consistently changing, so how are we trying to play?

If they want to go the small forward line we are going to have to be precise with our kicking and we will also have to put on high pressure for most of the game. Don’t do that and we will lose this game by 6 goals easily.

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It's not the changes I would've made but I get it. We absolutely suck at marking inside 50, so let's run a small forward line to hopefully force better shot selection.

I personally don't see Sharp or Spargo in the 22 but our depth is just not where it needs to be, so it is what it is.

Remember last year when we had that great 2 weeks this time last year when we knocked off Adelaide and Port?

Lets just hope we have success this weekend


We absolutely have the least talent and goal kicking power in our forward line in the whole comp except for maybe Richmond. Our Key forward stocks while ok for numbers are really lacking in quality compared to most of the competition.

Hopefully JVR rediscovers his form ASAP.

We need to find out if guys like Turner, Fullerton and Jefferson and even Kentfield when fit, have what it takes. If Fullerton continues to bang down the door in the VFL we surely have to give him a go !

Our small forwards too, apart from Pickett who is now more a mid just don’t play like regular scoring threats either.

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Meanwhile how can any of us have any confidence that the FD knows how to improve our forward half woes, when we don't appear to even know how we want to line up in the forward half?

Round 1 we went with JVR, Jefferson and AJ. AJ relief rucked, during which we had JVR and Jefferson.

Round 2 we went with JVR, Jefferson and Turner. JVR relief rucked, during which we had Jefferson and Turner (until Jefferson got injured).

Round 3 we went with JVR and AJ. AJ relief rucked, during which we had just JVR, until the fourth quarter when we also sent Petty forward.

Round 4 we went with JVR and Turner. JVR relief rucked, during which we had just Turner.

Round 5 we are going with just JVR. When he relief rucks...?

AJ's suspension and Jefferson's injury have obviously mucked around with our plans, but to me this is all over the shop.

If Jeffo was fit he should have been straight in!! He and a few others need to be played!!

16 hours ago, picket fence said:

Looks great, what if he gets dropped?

That’s the chance we take. We like living dangerously 😁

1 hour ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

This could be spectacularly terrible. Everytime in the past we’ve gone in with a small forward line we’ve consistently bombed it to no one.

No idea what Goody and the match committee are thinking, but he may fall on his own sword if we get smashed.

There’s really no rhyme or reason with our team selections this year. The structure of our side has been consistently changing, so how are we trying to play?

If they want to go the small forward line we are going to have to be precise with our kicking and we will also have to put on high pressure for most of the game. Don’t do that and we will lose this game by 6 goals easily.

And move it super quick before their defence sets up.

You can just see this as the break out game for Ben McKay.

I am perplexed as to why other senior players were not dropped and Tom Fullarton given a chance to play?

Our forward line looks very small.

Simon Goodwin is certainly coaching for his career.


57 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Remember last year when we had that great 2 weeks this time last year when we knocked off Adelaide and Port?

Lets just hope we have success this weekend

That was incredible. But it wasn’t two weeks. It wasn’t even a week. It was two matches five days apart. When the fixture was revealed remember how angry we all were? And rightly so. But we pulled off two wins against the odds. Both wins were fantastic but the win over Port was extra special. It was even worth the drive-by bottle of water to the head that I copped while waiting at the traffic lights after the match.

#Port=NextLevelSoreLosers

Lots of angry blaming going on of Goodwin, then lines like “play Fullerton”, “drop Fritta”, “drop Spargo”, “drop Viney”, etc…

I see it that for two years now we have been trying to transform our game, recruiting quick skilled players to attack from the half back through the corridor, a recognition that forward entries from contested play often turns it over and hurts us… the transition was abandoned last season due to injuries, and this season we are only now getting back the key players critical to making this transition click, Pickett last week, XL this week and hopefully McVee and Kolt next week.

In part I suspect it’s easier to teach a new game style to new talented kids than have our older crew change the way they’ve played for years. But, and a point Goody has made repeatedly, these things take time.

So buckle up, quit bitching and buy in to what our club, coach and players are trying to do.

If it clicks, we beat the Dons and the moaners can chew their gristle in silence for a week. If it doesn’t, well it’s another week of angry whining on D’land, and I’ll just tune out and hope the club continues with it’s transformation the following week.

Spoils to the brave.

Go Demons.

5 hours ago, MrFreeze said:

It's not the changes I would've made but I get it. We absolutely suck at marking inside 50, so let's run a small forward line to hopefully force better shot selection.

I personally don't see Sharp or Spargo in the 22 but our depth is just not where it needs to be, so it is what it is.

Spargo, Sharp or maybe Sparrow at CHF?

5 hours ago, DemonJack 14 said:

We absolutely have the least talent and goal kicking power in our forward line in the whole comp except for maybe Richmond. Our Key forward stocks while ok for numbers are really lacking in quality compared to most of the competition.

Hopefully JVR rediscovers his form ASAP.

We need to find out if guys like Turner, Fullerton and Jefferson and even Kentfield when fit, have what it takes. If Fullerton continues to bang down the door in the VFL we surely have to give him a go !

Our small forwards too, apart from Pickett who is now more a mid just don’t play like regular scoring threats either.

The likelihood is we won't ever know the answer for those two DJ as Simon refuses to play one of them and the former's potential form and/or settlling in with the other forwards / mids and learning his role / how play the role and improve on playing the role (at the senior level) is treated with contempt.

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Wondering Season 4 GIF by The Simpsons

Inside Goodwin's head.

If you know the full clip, the rest of the AFL is Lisa.

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8 hours ago, picket fence said:

If Jeffo was fit he should have been straight in!! He and a few others need to be played!!

I don't think rushing back a player from a broken hand is smart at all. Six weeks for fractures and hands are tricky. They did it with Oliver last year and it didn't go well at all

7 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

That was incredible. But it wasn’t two weeks. It wasn’t even a week. It was two matches five days apart. When the fixture was revealed remember how angry we all were? And rightly so. But we pulled off two wins against the odds. Both wins were fantastic but the win over Port was extra special. It was even worth the drive-by bottle of water to the head that I copped while waiting at the traffic lights after the match.

#Port=NextLevelSoreLosers

Port the South Australian version of Collingwood 🤢

 
12 hours ago, bing181 said:

Happy with the changes, Lindsay in is a plus, and backing the players in to get the job done sends a strong internal message on what's expected.

The idea that we have fringe and developing players running round in the two's who'd make any more than a marginal, move-the-deckchairs difference is just delusional.

Would not the strong internal message be to omit players who aren’t, won’t or can’t play to expectations of the new game plan? At least to a level to reward players showing good form at Casey. Gawn mentioned on MMM we spent 2022-2023 trying to capture the magic of 2021 and we now realise the game has changed. I sense Goody is still trying to capture it by backing in premiership players that don’t fit the new direction due to stage of career, amount of preseason, lack of growth or lack of desire.

13 hours ago, demoncat said:

Irrelevant when he’s now been our best forward at VFL level for the past month and can’t get a look in

Selection is absolutely cooked when we don’t reward players who are in strong form - especially when we don’t have a single forward who is in any type of form

Covered it well demoncat. It beggars belief.


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