dazzledavey36

Watched the first quarter late last night and just finishes watching the rest this morning After watching the replay nothing has remotely changed my opinion at all. We were soundly beaten in the clearence and stoppage game until we decided to pull our finger out in the last quarter. This sums up our year as a whole. We missed so many gettable opportunities that it would have infuriated supporters at the ground. Again, where was our plan B? For instance it looked like there was a hard tag on Viney but yet we tried nothing to either mix this up or break this. When I say mix it up, where was the Pickett to midfield move to get a spark? I would have thrown Viney as a half forward and Pickett into the midfield. Another thing that backed up my argument was the need for an extra tall defender. Lever is being greatly exposed and its costing us big time. God he was awful. He's so bereft of confidence that it's like seeing a completely different player to what he was back in 2021. This experiment needs to end immediately effectively. I also thought Grundy was the better ruckman between he and Gawn. I'd like this to see Grundy spend big minutes in the ruck if it means we have to play Gawn deep. Anyway, as I said, watching the replay did not deter from my original argument at all. It made zero difference. I'll repeat once again in that we seriously need a huge monumental change in attitude from both the coaches and the players.

Nor should you have to apologise. You have every right to vent and show frustration after a loss. The ones telling you otherwise can seriously get in the bin. If you're calling it as you see it then you shouldn't be made to feel like a negative nancy. Nah I'm with @Jaded No More. This is absolutely a [censored] take. You genuinely think supporters actually take a kick out of losing? C'mon mate. When you're investing money into the club it shows a great level of passion, loyalty and support for this great club. People should be allowe to express their frustration and disappointment after every loss without having guys like you accusing the same blokes of getting a kick out of a loss. I take no joy or pride in any loss. A loss is a loss, it [censored] sucks on all levels.

Ben Brown having 19 possessions is odd. Did he play much higher up the ground?? Still think there is a place for him in the team but he isn't exactly hitting the scoreboard at VFL level either. Looks like no one really put their hand up at all. Shame.

DS has a history of seeing the game in a completely different set of lense to everyone else. Majority of the comments in the post game thread supports your argument about ANB's performance today.

This thread isn't about today's game bro. Clearly don't have set of eyes on you. This is more of a summary of information built off the back of last years form, coaching concerns, forward set up the losses we've had this year and how we're losing them and also a few others.

Because our supporter base is far too kind and forgiving. Reminds me of certain individuals on here who get up on their high horse (they know who they are) if you critique a players performance or give an honest opinion on footy related matters because their emotional attachment towards the players gets the better of them. I don't boo players and most certainly wouldn't have clapped and cheered.

It's an absolute myth. The same blokes that were banging on about it went MIA after the finals run. Funny that.

Definitely doesn't get spoken enough. Langdon especially, decline in form at a rapid rate is concerning.

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.