Sigil

Just now, Nasher said:

Onya coach, me too. I’m honestly shocked to jump on to Demonland to a funeral-like response, I thought I’d be sharing the love with fellow Dees fans. Guess I should know better by now.

Pfft. Confirmation bias. A bunch of us are having fun

7 minutes ago, Jaded said:

No matter what, Goodwin refuses to play man on man. We must always leave a player loose in our back half, which makes our forwardline constantly outnumbered and playing 2 on 1.

When will we learn that without proper numbers up forward we can’t influence the scoreboard, no matter how many times we bomb it in there? 

We cannot hit a target sure, but TMac is always playing on two defenders. And Garlett gets the ball kicked over his head and there are two loose GC players. We have no chance because we are conceding a forward. 

First point. That's why we aren't getting smashed at the moment. 

Second Point. It's the bombing in that's the problem.

Third Point. If we have a man back and TMac is has two players playing on him..... we have a one on one if we don't do dumb crap. Garlett can't have two players loose if TMac has two defenders playing on him.

Not particularly good viewing...

But at least we're defending rather than trying to blast many many goals and lose by heaps.

Might mean we win a few more games that we probably should until everyone is fit and firing.

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

Not fussed one bit how others see it and how I support the club.  I'll feel how I please, you are free to do the same.  Cheers.

Not quite what I was trying to say. Cheers and apologies. Cheers.

Just now, Wiseblood said:

I love how they keep gushing about the Stack bump.  That's right, tried to run through a bloke running back with the flight.  So courageous.  Did so much damage that Jack's already back on the ground.

I err on the side of optimism and I think you said you wouldn't panic until we were 5-0, but this is not good mate.

I've seen some Monty Python pics today, but if you can be optimistic after today.... I think there are some Black Knight pics coming your way

1 minute ago, P-man said:

Andy, time to open up the draft and trades board ?

Just now, Sigil said:

Open the draft and trade board please.

Great minds, crushed spirits

Open the draft and trade board please.

We're about three rounds too late with 6/6/6. Glad we locked on.

Just now, Rusty Nails said:

Was that Frosty's best performance?  Through he played a great blanketing role tonight apart from maybe one ugly Clanger.

How many times does a good forward get goals on us.

How many times does a spud get goals on us.

Might not be his best, but he was bloody good tonight and if there is positional coaching that allows him to be that player again... DO THAT!

Probably missing comments (hopefully)...

But Frost was very good tonight. 

When he wasn't playing zone he negated one of the best players of this era.

6 minutes ago, Smokey said:

Sure this post wasn’t meant for 4chan circa 2003? 

Yes, I'm sure.

AFL: *coughs quietly*: Might bring in some new roolz.

Dees: *blink*

Dees in trade season: Need some ruck, we like moar ruck. Very good, we will ruck. Roost the Preuss!

Fans: WTF is this nonsense. Can’t play two Ruckz0rz. Preuss dum, will neva play!

AFL: Haha yeah you silleh buggz, we like speed. Very ferarri, much wheel spinz!

Dees: We woz gud!

AFL: Look at the the 666 format. You are sillehs

Dees: Oh sheet, da dood we got in to play with Gawnee didn’t actually play with Gawnee. An’ when he did we were gud. Preuss gr8.

AFL: We still h8 u.

I'm going to Jinx this. But Frost has actually been alright, he's been a quicker Garland with wobbly arms on Buddy and it's kinda worked.

I just don't want to see a zone in our backline where we see two players do nothing and then the oppo take an easy mark.

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

But he will get a game next week because Goodwin is obviously obsessed with him running around like a [censored] headless chook.

Welcome to the dark side young Jedi!

Young Jedi really doesn't work, he could be a corrupted Padawan or a Sith Apprentice...

I think they said May is out for a few weeks alas.

4 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

@binman

ANB can get stuffed, though.  That dropped mark in the third term was it for me.

Haha, never seen you that cranky.

I think Frost was worse tho.

I think the worst thing tonight was that we were sorta just in it, so my brain kept coming up with these wonderful set pieces that would allow us to win and me to think our season might just be back on track. Stopped me from turning off unfortunately.

2 minutes ago, Deesprate said:

Anyone blaming the umpires is kidding themselves. Spine Wied, TMac, OMac, Frost = years of heartbreak. This team is absolute crap.

4 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Suspect that the FD realised that. You don't send all those players in for surgery, thus compromising the pre-season for the whole team, if you're in a premiership year. I get the feeling that they realised that we still have some developing to do, so took the chance to sort out any potential longer term injuries so that they wouldn't impact the seasons ahead - when hopefully we really are premiership contenders.

Short term pain, long term gain?

I'd like that to be true!

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

The midfield is not the problem

back and forward we are a dogs breakfast, nobody cares enough....

Getting the ball is great, but hacking it forward, always being under pressure, delivering slops to our (admittedly poor) Forward line is a problem. 

Forward line is stuffed, but there are massive problems in our midfield as well, which I think is worse.

Choo choo get's a pass, but the way the rest of them play is yuck. They get the ball, move it forward to no advantage whatsoever, and make us trivia questions on biggest loss after "statistical" dominance.

Trying to find positives right now, but it's bloody hard.

5 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

I don’t care if Viney isn’t 100% fit yet, just as long as he smashes the Ducker into the turf at every opportunity possible!

If that happens Christian will send him to Azkaban for life.