I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

Edited May 14May 14 by Adam The God

11 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

I love your optimism but I just can’t see it happening. I think we are actually heading in the right direction but for me we clearly aren’t fit enough and doubt that is going to change this season. Mentally I don’t think this group is ready to grab and rise to the challenges and overall I think we have too many question marks.

I hope you’re right though.

28 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

we are not dead yet, but blood pressure is 20 over 10, pulse is at 2 bpm and we being placed on life support.

31 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

i really dgaf about this season was over before it started, put may and lever on ice and put them in the coaches box for the rest of the year to learn for after they retire i suspect they will stick around, play the kids. langford and x in 50 games will be amongst the best in the comp and add lj and who ever else we pick up this year. and stick to this new game plan just dont lose to many games to give dons a top 5 pick. easy done

I will make sure I bring a defibrillator to the game on Sunday just in case !

2 minutes ago, jaydenh10 said:

i really dgaf about this season was over before it started, put may and lever on ice and put them in the coaches box for the rest of the year to learn for after they retire i suspect they will stick around, play the kids. langford and x in 50 games will be amongst the best in the comp and add lj and who ever else we pick up this year. and stick to this new game plan just dont lose to many games to give dons a top 5 pick. easy done

Even if you think the season is lost (before it started apparently), we need to play May and Lever until players dislodge them.

I'm on record saying if we're to substantially improve this year, May will find himself on the fringe. There's Adams, Turner and even Kentfield at Casey.

It will be about wanting to up our speed of ball movement, but wanting to balance this with guys thet can win contests behind the footy. May isn't the player he was, but he still goes alright 1v1 when not playing Tom Lynch.

41 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

Got to give you 10 points for optimism.

But not even Laziraus can come back from this.

43 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

DELUSIONAL at best admire your spin but mate we are so far away and yet again will finish bottom 4. BANK ON IT!

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Got to give you 10 points for optimism.

But not even Laziraus can come back from this.

Hawthorn were Laziraus last year were they?

2 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Even if you think the season is lost (before it started apparently), we need to play May and Lever until players dislodge them.

I'm on record saying if we're to substantially improve this year, May will find himself on the fringe. There's Adams, Turner and even Kentfield at Casey.

It will be about wanting to up our speed of ball movement, but wanting to balance this with guys thet can win contests behind the footy. May isn't the player he was, but he still goes alright 1v1 when not playing Tom Lynch.

If you are who you say you are, make it happen! 🙌

4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

DELUSIONAL at best admire your spin but mate we are so far away and yet again will finish bottom 4. BANK ON IT!

Let's wait and see, Picket. This is the thread to hold me to account.

Edited May 14May 14 by Adam The God

6 minutes ago, Random Task said:

1 minute ago, Adam The God said:

Hawthorn were Laziraus last year were they?

Alright, I will try to be more positive.

It's a shame we had the injuries on the weekend and an abysmal showing from our entire forward line.

With Fritta and Jvr coming back from the seconds and Jeffo still a pup in terms of games and Melksham out, I don't know how Goody expected us to kick enough goals and was as usual his slow to make a change, self. Otherwise if we won , and while only one game I think with four on the trot, we'd well and truly be back on song. Our Gws game and 3 quarters v Hawks showed our best is very competitive.

But I just feel with players like Oliver and Salo and Fritta having the seasons they are, is having a large negative impact. And Lever and Petty who is much younger always have issues. Although I think Petts was a concussion.

Maybe a new coach might inject some new enthusiasm and make us more respectable but it's really hard to see finals with no forward line.

But keep going to the games ATG , because we need good supporters like yourself to keep us going in the dark times.

But a miracle comeback would be so sweet. But Im sure if we polled, we are definitely in miracle territory.

Sorry but that's the best I can do.

12 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Even if you think the season is lost (before it started apparently), we need to play May and Lever until players dislodge them.

For me if one of the youngsters is remotely close to selection I am picking them in front of one of May, Lever or McDonald if he needs a rest or form drops off. I will probably be on my own here but I am not sure Lever is an automatic choice in our best team anymore.

I think Brisbane are gettable. Win that and i think there is a pulse even though I wrote our season off after the Gold Coast game.

Get Petty and Melksham back in this week and then Lever and Viney the following week.

All this pain proves we're alive.

Or glass half empty. Here is the ladder after round 10 2024. Notice West Coast

1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it will be interesting to track this over the rest of the season.

I haven't given up on playing finals in 2025 and although we don't look fit enough, if we can start to take more of our chances in front of goal (a big if), we'll be in most games with our new method. Do that and we give ourselves a chance of playing finals.

Here is the 2024 ladder at the end of Round 10. Notice Hawthorn...

And here is the 2025 ladder at the start of Round 10. Notice our percentage.

So media darlings, Hawthorn, were 3-7 with a worse percentage after this round and made a Semi Final.

The players have started to believe in the system and back in their team mates. There'll be ups and downs this year, but the overall trajectory, IMV, will be upward.

And the main point? There's plenty of time left in this season. We're not dead yet.

Love the energy @Adam The God we just haven't had consistency throughout the pre season.

The messaging and vibe wasn't positive, stories floating around about players being unhappy, injuries have hampered us and our fwd line mix has been all over the place.

We make the easy look very hard when it comes to finishing off our good work and it's starting to have a detrimental effect on our team.

Case in point against the Hawks, we had them on the rack for 3 quarters and let these little up starts walk away with it.

We have needed to improve our squad year in year out this hasn't happened for 4 years, it's why we are in this current predicament.

While there are some great signs with our young brigade coming through, its not all doom and gloom.

Some of the senior players have seemingly lost their way i.e Trac, Clarry, Fritta, Salem and May

We need to trade this year, we need to trade this year, not fugging scrubbers either like Shaq, Billo, Dunstan,Hunter etc. If its a Derksen or a Leek that are hungry young players under 25 we need to get them in to improve our current squad.

Trade currency is essential in this draft before this Tassie team come in and eat everything up, this is the year to do it.

Whether it be one of Fritta, Clarry, Trac unfortunately one of them have to go.

If Jacko wants back in we need capital from somewhere, do we really want to give up Kozzie going the other way? I say no as there is other ways to get it done but it might come down to this.

We've let go of our 1st rounder I'm OK with that (at the moment 😂) We drafted in Langford and Lindsay who will be 200 gamers for us excellent drafting which has been our strong point.

We need to find our next premiership mix, if players don't want to be here fugg them off for the right compensation and thank you for your contribution.

We start finding out now who wants to stay and who wants to go. We can't go through another off season like the one we've just had.

Conversations need to start taking place as we are losing members by the thousands do we really want this trend to continue?

Get friggen cracking Dees, get back on track.

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@YesitwasaWin4theAges vis a vis not improving our list year on year, I reckon we've had the same strategy as our initial 2013-2015 drafting strategy. Bring in an elite group together and build the team around them.

In 2013-2015, it was Salem, Trac, Gus and Oliver.

We've brought in Windsor, Kolt, Langford and Lindsay in two years. I'm not sold on Kolt, it's clear to me he's not of the same ilk as the other three. However, I hope he'll be an important glue player like Gus was in that group.

I think we should be looking for 1 or 2 more elite picks to join our latest group.

Then, I presume we'll follow the same strategy as 2016-2019, with Lever, May and Langdon, and we'll target some FAs.

Overall though, I think our list is improving, but we need more class in the midfield and better finishers forward of the centre. We need to bring in guys with x factor, who will hit the scoreboard.

Edited May 14May 14 by Adam The God

Hawthorn last year were like a horse winning at 100-1 .... unusual. We're too far behind at 3-6 to genuinely be in the finals mix. It was so annoying last week - good kicking and we're probably 5 goals (6 if a competent umpire saw the Pickett trip) up in the final quarter and probably win. If so everyone says we're a middle of the ladder side and 4-5 are a smokey to make the 8. Instead Hawthorn are 5-2 and probably in most people's top 3.

10 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

Hawthorn last year were like a horse winning at 100-1 .... unusual. We're too far behind at 3-6 to genuinely be in the finals mix. It was so annoying last week - good kicking and we're probably 5 goals (6 if a competent umpire saw the Pickett trip) up in the final quarter and probably win. If so everyone says we're a middle of the ladder side and 4-5 are a smokey to make the 8. Instead Hawthorn are 5-2 and probably in most people's top 3.

I don't think there are any rules around this. Brisbane also came from 0-5 last year. It's about game style and ability to execute. So far we've been patchy on execution, but we are seeing good signs, just not for long enough.

41 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

Hawthorn last year were like a horse winning at 100-1 .... unusual. We're too far behind at 3-6 to genuinely be in the finals mix. It was so annoying last week - good kicking and we're probably 5 goals (6 if a competent umpire saw the Pickett trip) up in the final quarter and probably win. If so everyone says we're a middle of the ladder side and 4-5 are a smokey to make the 8. Instead Hawthorn are 5-2 and probably in most people's top 3.

Not my horse 😭

3 hours ago, Random Task said: