dazzledavey36

I'm not talking about today. They're so far in between the best and worse. Tmac is the same. All 3 are honest battlers who don't improve us. Laurie not consistent? Which part of the below numbers at VFL is not consistent in your eyes?

I didn't watch the game today so I'm not going to to really talk in depth about it from an analysis perspective. What's the go? Why with the list that we have, why are putting in performances like this. Are we simply overrated? Because I'm starting to believe so and have felt this since after the Essendon game. For me here are some factors that we haven't been able to fix since last year. Selections Goody showing once again how incredible stale we are in this department. Continuing to gift games to the likes of McDonald, ANB, Sparrow, who add nothing to the team. Salem completely bypassing the VFL and not being made to earn his spot. We have guys like Laurie, Schache, Howes, Dunstan, Turner who are putting in consistent good form at VFL and yet Goody is still way too stubborn to reward their form. Sticking with the same usuals who have been ordinary since last year. Here i was thinking it was all going to change this year and nope. McVee and JVF have looked tired for the past few weeks and yet they look vulnerable out there. Forward Line What on earth is going on with this. We've had all summer to find what out best forward set up was going to be and it's an absolute shambles as we speak. How the coaching staff can sit there and think that Tom McDonald is actually worth investing time into is beyond me. Honestly, the sunken titanic moves better then Tmac. Guys like Schache and Joel Smith are actually performing at VFL level and would add far better mobility and ground level ability. Give them both a good 4 week stretch of games and let them settle into the team. We have 4 smalls in there who are all out of form. I'm so perplexed what ANB adds to our teams. You put the smallest amount of pressure on him and he just turns to water and fumbles like crazy. Even our forward 50 entries is a shambles. We're purely focus on just bombing in there and hoping for the best. We knew this was a massive defiencie last year but again we've done nothing to rectify this. The only forward worth holding his head up is Bayley Fritsch. The rest have been incredibly disappointing. Midfield and Gawn/Grundy combo Death, Taxes and another game beaten in the clearences. I think people actually overrate our midfield. It's Gawn, Petracca, Oliver then daylight. I'm only going off stats, but It looks like no one stood up and in the absence of Oliver. Once again it's disappointing. Our depth is very thin as well, the likes of Jordon, Sparrow, Harmes are genuine battlers who won't really improve us to the next level. Adding genuine midfield talent in the off season is the biggest need right now. Utilise the draft and trade period as best as we can. The Grundy and Gawn combo? I haven't seen any evidence to suggest it's working unfortunately. I was hesitant with the Grundy trade and still am. Both of them just look cooked. I was expecting the Grundy of old this year but just haven't seen it. Even with these two in the side it's actually bizarre how bad we are around stoppages and clearences. Coaching and Development We've had the same coaching staff since the end of 2020. There's been no new coaching assistant that's come in and added a fresh new voice for over 3 years now. Are the players simply getting stale with our current coaching set up? Do we need a fresh new voice at the end of the year? When Yze and Choco came on board you could tell they looked really rejuvenated and energised in 2021. Since then our game plan and method just looks stale and bland. Feel like even Goody is not as innovative as he once was. There seems to be zero plan B when teams get a run on, there's no willing to try and be creative with our players whether that's trying something with positional changes etc. Speaking of positional changes, all summer we heard about the Pickett midfield move. After his round 1 performance I thought this was finally the move that would add a completely new dynamic to a midfield set up. Now it's completely non existent... was he used in there today?? Why has Goody gone away from this? The other thing also is why have we gone away from our traditional 3 tall defence? Lever is CLEARLY struggling with being the 2nd defender which then has a domino effect on Steven May's form. We built our premiership defence purely on having the 3 tall defenders which means Lever plays his preferred role as a sweeping 3rd tall who is able to cut up and intercept. We have seen his form dropped significantly since Petty went forward. It's time to start we start putting games into Daniel Turner if Petty is the preferred forward moving forward. He's got the talent and ability just needs experience now. Hibberd or McVee can make way. General Summary Imo these are some of the contributing factors of our poor form. I think there is more to add but right now we're stuck in a rut and some of players are bereft of confidence. Am I confident we can turn it around. Yes and no, we play the poor teams again layer this and I feel all this will do is put a band aid over the cracks. I've seen nothing to suggest that we've made any gradual improvement since last year and I don't know I have thr faith that he can turn it around this year. It'll take a monumental shift in attitude change from the players and coaching staff.

Oh deary dear.. 😅

JJ it seems. Boring.

Subs?

The fog up here will be lucky to be cleared by 3pm today. No joke.

Ok

Should win today. I would like to see McDonald really have a presence today. I just remember Brown and Weideman were non existent last time we played them at the G. I'm going to back him in for a big one today. Petracca and Viney to really stand up and show that no Oliver, no worries. Max had an absolute stinker. Rarely does this two weeks in a row. Kozzie to get back into form starting today. Won't be watching the footy as I'll be kicking the dew off at 2pm so hoping for some good news once I open my phone again at 4:45pm.

Curnow. He's an absolute star forward who doesn't get enough credit especially as he is surrounded by poor individuals. Would happily pay him a mil a year.

Just win ffs

Incredible that he simply can't kick a drop punt for a goal.

Happy Saturday.

Carlton potentially missing all of Hollands, Newman, Kennedy, Hewett ans maybe Cerra next week. If you can knock of the blues and then I'll be happy with thay result heading into the bye.

Ryley Sanders is a big watch for me.

It's amazing that a 19 year old kid at the time (Scully) still triggers a lot of outdated individuals on here. Kid accepts a huge salary upgrade so that he can set up his future financially. Didn't know this was a sin..

Absolute space cadet.

We also didn't have langdon and Petracca was sick the whole game and played majority up forward.

I get the point you were making. We were bad in the 2nd half of last year. Yep, totally get that. We've improved this year. But we've also played 3 of the worst sides in the comp who really are VFL standard so of course alot of our numbers and keys stats will jump up. I still reserve judgement on us as a whole until we can show we can beat a top 4 quality team this year without getting smacked around the clearences and stoppages badly like we have. Right now, so far on both occasions meaning Port and Brisbane, we've been incredibly poor in both performances.

Him being out didn't affect us at all. We still won the game that he missed. A game we knew we'd win easily and simply get the job done. It was simply one game. It's not worth even putting him amongst the likes of Lever, Salem, Petty and May who actually missed significant games during the year against quality top 6 sides.

Oliver missed one game last year which was against Port Adelaide where we won.. All good teams have injuries. Richmond lost Rance to an ACL at the start of 2019 and won a flag. You're making excuses now.

Sorry, but those stats were damning. As King said, taking away the 3 incredibly poor teams that we've played this year and we're poor for some critical stats that have made us top 4 quality team the last 2 years. It's concerning for me because since the 2nd half of last year we've been poor against the top teams and it's creeping into this year already. The stats showed that tonight.

This is fantastic news! To hear the Woewodin name streaming down the field will be heart warming.

Craig Cameron an architect for their success?? Oh please lol.

They are cooked.

Reiwoldt, Cotchin and tarrant to retire at the end of year. Dusty, Grimes and Lynch are slowing down. No first round draft pick this year after spending on Tarranto and Hopper. Hardwick is smart. That cliff os coming quick then some thought.