22 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Langford had a very quiet game. Watched him closely on the replay and he was cruising.

hmmm. Young player but I hope the coaches have a word

Was strange wasn’t it. Sometimes you have those days on the wing. He is very slow, didn’t really bother him last year but it’s still something I’ve got an eye on

7 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I mean he never played van rooyen consistently & he'd put him in the ruck, petty he kept forward & he never gave koltyn much of a go.

I really don't get these kinds of comments. JVR himself admitted that he wasn't playing well last year, and he even became a bit of a whipping boy here. Playing a key forward in the ruck is fairly standard AFL fare.

Petty played forward because a) we had May, Disco, Tom Mac and Lever available down back and b) we badly needed a big-body foil for JVR, Jefferson and co - a role which is now taken by Mihocek.

As for Tholstrup, he came straight into the team Round 6 after his stress fracture without having to pass by the VFL, and kept being played even when he was only getting single figure disposals. There were also reports that he was read the riot act at his exit interview in terms of his attitude and preparation. Given all that, not sure of where "not getting much of a go" came from, from the outside looking in I'd tend to say the reverse.

I get it, the coach and a few others were moved on, but the Goodwin-bashing here is both tiresome and superficial. He was maybe not the right coach to be taking us forward, but as JVR summed up recently:

"Goody was such a good coach for so long, and I think Kingy’s done really well to come in and hold on to what makes us a great footy club, while also bringing aspects of his coaching style."

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

Langford had a very quiet game. Watched him closely on the replay and he was cruising.

hmmm. Young player but I hope the coaches have a word

He'll be fine, in his second year and there were plenty performing. Sometimes it's just how it works that the team overall does well and some find it difficult to impact.