dazzledavey36

Depends who you ask. I have current teammates that prefer the fear of god knocked into em with a spray and some dont. If I was to go down the coaching path, its not a method I would use personally.

No joke, that sounds exactly like my current coach in his first year. He has calmed right down but that was due to complaints from families. Definitely pick your targets for sure and you find that older players like myself can cop it on the chin but even anyone under 30 years of age can really struggle with it. Its funny byt we look back on it and laugh about it.. not so funny in the heat of the moment 🤣 Kingsley said in a recent interview that spray was his biggest one he has ever given and wasn't exactly proud of it so at least he owned it.

I currently play under an ex AFL player who was coached by Kevind Sheedy during their peak in the early 2000's. He is in his 3rd year now but at the start he was absolutely fire and brimstone and would tear strip's off player at quarter time and end of the game.. definitely old school approach. We have lost players because of it. It doesnt bother because I was coming through senior footy ranks where it was like that every week so im use to it and could take it. But I also understand that yes, its not really the right way to go about it. I definitely feel it still has a place in the game its just how yoo deliver that. Generation of today just cant cop it. I must admit when I saw the Kingsley spray I personally loved it... challenge the leaders more then anything and they responded with a win.

The Whelan hit on Hird 🤣 Very well done..

Grab em on the plums next time.. then they'll let go.

*Steven

DeakynSmith is pretty much done for the year.

From Taylor Whitford. "He’s a terrific competitor – he plays the game angry – he tackles hard and he’s ferocious. Sometimes he might not get a lot of possessions but it’s the little things he does that the coaches are always rapt in. And he’s a goal sneak – he can kick a goal, Paddy boy. I think he’s got the ability to find his way into the AFL, without doubt.’’

Great get.

Doesn't take long to lose fitness when your running is impacted especially as the first week would be as simple as resting and icing up. He'll need to build it all up again once he can resume running.

Love this. Reminds me so much of Fritsch with his marking and goal sense ability Welcome Paddy!

Because we have been failures.. Since the grand final we have sacked our premiership coach and lost a dozen premiership players and havent wont a single final in 4 years. At least Geelong have still being able to win preliminary final recentlyand play off in a grand final. The reset under King has come exactly at the perfect time.

First of all i thought the statement from Paul Guerra was pretty poor actually. Zero acknowledgement of his contribution as a premiership player. Definitely the best full back i have seen in my team supporting the MFC. He now goes down as a life member of the footy club who was an absolute beast in defence. Forwards around the competition have now breathed a huge sigh of relief upon hearing this news because at his best he was simply unstoppable. All the best Maysie.

May thread is locked for some reason. So putting it here.