May 10May 10 3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:Of course itโs on the Coaches, itโs been the same return for 3 seasonsDo you mean we should have recruited better goal kickers?Fritsch missed 2 gimmes. thats on him, not the coaches. Edited May 10May 10 by BDA
May 10May 10 1 hour ago, dees189227 said:Game was lost at selection.Why did melksham need to be rested?Surely would have offered more than fritsch, van rooyen or JeffersonAt a pre match function Brad said he was rested due to hammy soreness.The didnโt want to risk him seriously injuring his hammy and being out for 6 weeks
May 10May 10 4 minutes ago, old dee said:Binman! Do you now see where my negative attitude s stems from? Your two CPF's had blinders again. Sorry but I could not help myself. To all those who think we have a good team need to open their eyes. We need at minimum a 2 year rebuild of our forward line. Jefferson, JVR and Fullerton will not take us into finals ever.Clearly Iโm typing with eyes closed. We were the better team.JVR looks everything he should be, just canโt break out. I see it as just a matter of time and when he does, it will stick.Oliver has a journey back but I believe in him 1000%, just hope itโs with us. Trac, Gawn. Gods. The youth are incredible, Lindsay was excellent, Langford sublime. Windsor set himself a high standard. Kolt shouldโve started. Thereโs a lot of improvement from McVee. Fritch was playing on Sicily which is no small task, thought he did ok.Honestly, it seems like a team that should be contending. Thatโs my frustration, the chemistry isnโt chemisting.
May 10May 10 51 minutes ago, DeeMee said:Well I was going to try and be clever and relate it to โThe Journeyโ but decided the most flagrantly bad umpiring decision Iโve seen in 50 years said it all. Not why we lost obviously but I truly canโt understand the umpiring.Kossie legged in the goal square and no free??
May 10May 10 Crucial maggot free kicks to them and to us, when we were no where near goal, or when they were.And they know.Pickett had to do something extraordinary to obtain a token free kick. Convinced me that they are all biased, not just cheats, but vengeful and getting instruction.
May 10May 10 1 minute ago, dees189227 said:I know he's probably missing lever, but what an earth has happened to may?Aging plus a multitude of injuries I reckon heโs still comfortably one of the better key defenders in the game, but heโs not at his peak anymore. Very few players can be as good as Gawn at this age.
May 10May 10 21 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:Today was still a fair bit of long down the line but it came with some switching and prodding and creativity at times too.We were also playing the best outside running side, why would you try to take Hawthorn on at their own game?Adapting back to a more contest and skinnier style was logical. And we created enough scoring chances that we couldโve been up 75-50 at 3/4.The plan was good. The ball movement around the back and middle fine. The ball movement inside 50 was ugiy. The finishing diabolical.It was a good balance of long down the line to Max and switching with a willingness for uncontested possession (to the chargin of some Hawthorn supporting nuffies), and cutting back into the corridor.
May 10May 10 38 minutes ago, pitmaster said:I should have mentioned that as invisible as JvR was in the forward line, he was terrific in the ruck and won most of his contests. It's a shame because I want him marking in front of goal. He had two chances at FF and blew them both then marked strongly in defence, 120 metres from goal.We had nothing from Jeffo who I have not seen much of but I can understand the doubters on that showing.Until those big forwards start holding two or three marks a game and convert we are going to struggle. When Lever returns Turner should go forward. Strong mark and beautiful kick. But until then it's grim times.At a club function today Lever David he might play half a game at Casey next week.
May 10May 10 Windsor is wasted off HB. Iโd look to play him as a High Half forward running up and back will give us some speed on shotgun.
May 10May 10 25 minutes ago, Adam The God said:We are playing a completely different game style than 2021-2023 and most of 2024.Goalkicking accuracy is a completely different problem to game style.No it isnโt. They all have to be in synchMultiple entries for no reward It all adds up
May 10May 10 1 minute ago, GS_1905 said:Windsor is wasted off HB. Iโd look to play him as a High Half forward running up and back will give us some speed on shotgun.Half back flankers are some of the most important players in the modern game now.Windsor has elite speed and skills, and is exactly the sort of player you want starting your attack from half back.It makes perfect sense to play him in that role, especially with Lindsay and Langford now both playing the wing role so well.
May 10May 10 6 minutes ago, Adam The God said:It was a good balance of long down the line to Max and switching with a willingness for uncontested possession (to the chargin of some Hawthorn supporting nuffies), and cutting back into the corridor.Although we didnโt cut much in the corridor and when we did it was stop and start. Defensive half turnovers have to move quickly and that requires the whole team to be on the same page and spreading to the right locations. If you have that the final piece is having skills to weave it lol together.
May 10May 10 1 hour ago, RedLegs23 said:You couldโve wrote the script for how that was going to end. Nice 3Qtrs but you knew the missed opportunities were going to come back to bite us in the [censored]. Everyone knew that & it played to script just perfectly.List of liabilities are as follows:JVR - thereโs nothing that he can do at the moment that is right. Nothing!Clarry - mentally itโs all over im afraid. No longer elite in close, nor damaging by hand like he once was. Always behind his direct opponent & is clearly unfit.Fritsch - struts around in 1st gear without a care in the world. Work off the ball & team first approach is putrid.Kozz was half invested today. That Freo game was a little while back now brother. Lacking consistency.Langford & Lindsay - future is in good hands. Love em.Honestly you two, what is it that you see in Jeffo @adonski @picket fence ??? Like seriously & respectfully.This is what happens when you pick a player out of form. Jeffo had NO FORM at all in the lead in so why pick him?? Its not his fault but the selectors have BIG questions to answer on this front!!
May 10May 10 Hawthornโs last quarter dominance rendered our countless blown opportunities and the Kozzie umpiring debacle irrelevant.Today 100% confirms that we simply donโt have the requisite AFL fitness to play out a game, specifically against quality oppo.And hawthorn were gettable today. 7 absolute best 22 out today and they played like they were gettable throughout a lot of the game. Edited May 10May 10 by Bring-Back-Powell
May 10May 10 2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:Half back flankers are some of the most important players in the modern game now.Windsor has elite speed and skills, and is exactly the sort of player you want starting your attack from half back.It makes perfect sense to play him in that role, especially with Lindsay and Langford now both playing the wing role so well.Yep, I hope we add another 2 first rounders this year to go with Lindsay, Langford and Windsor.
May 10May 10 23 minutes ago, BDA said:Do you mean we should have recruited better goal kickers?Fritsch missed 2 gimmes. thats on him, not the coaches.Betcha he still gets picked next week on his 4 possession game! Disgrace!
May 10May 10 Just now, picket fence said:Betcha he still gets picked next week on his 4 possession game! Disgrace!Views on Jeffo's game too, please, Picket?
May 10May 10 1 minute ago, Adam The God said:Views on Jeffo's game too, please, Picket?Should NEVER have played today, he had NO form at all so why did they play him??? How to ruin a player was evident today!
May 10May 10 2 hours ago, layzie said:Came to play, executed the plan quite well I thought. Matched them in most areas.But 7.14 doesn't win you gamesBut what was with all the fumbles, dropped balls,slipping over etc? It looked like we were playing on an ice rink with a bar of wet soap at times. Can't fault the endeavour or even the structure but the execution killed us.
May 10May 10 3 minutes ago, picket fence said:Should NEVER have played today, he had NO form at all so why did they play him??? How to ruin a player was evident today!When did Jeffo come off? Late in the 3rd? I reckon Jeffo helped our structure a little. FWIW, I moved to Brissy in 2017 and watched Hipwood play week after weekโฆ He went from an amusement to a grand final player and could have another medal around his neck by years end. Heโs no superstar but plays a role. Persistence has helped him.
May 10May 10 I donโt know about you lot but that hurt. We had them on toast and played some great footy. This year becomes all about next year.
May 10May 10 2 hours ago, William said:JVR should never be selected again and delisted/traded although I doubt we would get much from the trade. Some have said that he should be tried as a defender. The problem is that he is too lumbering and cannot change direction at the pace required.And as I have indicated before, the narrative that he is just 'out of form' or 'lacking confidence' is avoiding the issue. His running patterns are terrible, he cannot take marks and often is jogging on his own with back to play and trying to work out what is what. That is more than 'out of form'.It's almost as though we need a proper forwards coach to teach him how to play key forward.
May 10May 10 Just back at The Manor.We squandered our chances today and that cost us ....... but ...... [censored] ..... that was some of the worst umpiring I have ever seen.On a positive, our crop of recent draftees are fantastic!
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