dazzledavey36

No I agree wholeheartedly mate. Goody coached poorly in this regard.

All good Colm. Hope we can go as far as we can.

Is it time to bite the bullet and bring in the extra tall? Weideman/JVR Dunstan to also come in and release Petracca to play majority up forward?

Regardless what happens I'm extremely proud of the boys this year. Physically hunted all year and still finished top 4. Aa I've already said. Next year I'm extremely confident we can finish top 3 again if we can tweak our game plan and fix up our forward structure. The age and games played demographic is right in the sweet spot for next year also.

No. I just see it from a realistic point of view and our inability to not tweak our game plan at all this year to counter these top 4 teams. We should beat Brisbane because they're actually average. Geelong on the other hand are well drilled across the field. They're like Sydney and are extremely well disciplined and yet have just won a final at the MCG when most of you erote them off as having no chance of winning a final at the G. Our game plan simply doesn't stand up against these tops sides. Simple as that. We're also physically banged up. It's very evident last night with the amount of guys we had with knee bandages. Add that to the 5 players that all had to get scans today and proves my point that we're just banged up physically. That alone won't stand up against these fitter sides like Geelong and Sydney who have managed their players well this year.

Read my response to @Sir Why You Little

Sir, I'm extremely proud of the boys for getting this far and I applaud them for how hard they have worked this year. But I think having being hunted all year and being physically bashed each week I think it's unfortunately caught up to us mentally and physically. I think we still beat Brisbane but coming up against Geelong who are another gear up will be an enormous task. I'm more confident that next year we'll bounce back really well.

Nothing. It's just not our year. Next year on the other hand. Supremely confident if we can really fix our game plan and forward line structure.

Season done.

Watching today shows we're fair way off these teams. BTW.. suck a sausage Collingwood!!

We're talking last night, not what's happened the last 2 years. It was very evident early that Jackson was struggling against Hickey. He was man handled physically and was overwhelmed. We looked more dangerous when Gawn rucked because he know, he's a 6x All Australian ruckman.. Gawn should have rucked 90% of the time after half time. Goodwin and the coaching staff were simply slow to react to this. Starting Gawn at FF in the last quarter when we were 12 points down is simply poor coaching. Get your best players right into the action at all costs.

Collingwood are the real deal. They're really impressive to watch. To think we were so close to snaring Jamie Elliot at the end of 2019 .. 😭😭

I hadnt really noticed until someone had made mention of this a few weeks back. His delivery inside 50 is horrible.

Winner out of Brisbane and Carlton.

The issue is our stars didn't dominate last night.

I think this comes down to the players decision. Petracca would have just told them it was a cork and he'd be fine to run it out. We've had so many instances this year which has baffled me with the way we've managed some of our injuries.

Seeing a number of our players play with heavily bandaged knees was a concern for me at the start of the night. And these same blokes looked poppy all night and barely had any impact start different to Sydney who looked fit and fresh. I mean, we have fit and fresh guys ready to go.. why not use them?

It's not just that. Look at Collingwood, they play such a exciting brand of footy and a small part has been the enthusiasm and energy some of their young kids have brought to the team. Collingwood have had 6 debutants this year, we've had 1 who lasted for 2 quarters. Seeing the like of Nick Daicos and Ash Johnson and what they've added to Collingwood has been enormous. I see the doggies brought in Sam Darcy the last 3 weeks into the senior team and watched him make a sudden impact down back and then up forward against Hawthorn when he was clucking some big contested marks. He's given the dogs a whole different mix to their line up and teams have had to now put time into him. Even Chris Fagan having the balls to play a first gamer in Darcy Willmot on Friday night against a 3 time premiership team. Young Willmot looked right at home and even showed great composure to kick his first AFL. Goody has had no innovation this year in changing our team selection. He plays it far too safe and it's bland and boring. It's no wonder we have looked so stagnated this year. Goodwins stubbornness has gotten the better of him this year.

Yeah look I understand your point. Jackson up forward Is a liability. Has no natural forward instinct nor does he take any contested marks or ever look threatening. Him up taking up a spot in our forward line has stifled our ability to play more natural forwards in Weideman and Jacov Van Rooyen this year.

Jesus surely we're doing everything in a power in chasing McKay.. And I agree with you, forget Grundy.

Me and @Gorgoroth have banging on about this like a broken record since the 2nd half of the year. Goody's refusal to reward blokes in the 2's had been the biggest frustration and disappointment of this year. Seeing guys like Chandler, JVR, Laurie, Baker and Dunstan continue to put in consistent form at VFL level for little to zero reward is disappointing. To stay contending for the next few years you have to find ways to regenerate your list and team structure along the way. Find and trial players that can come into the team and add a different element or X factor to give us a different look. Look at the enthusiasm Bowey added to our team last year We've tried absolutely nothing new this year with team selection and Goody's stubbornness in continuing to play the same names over and over who have been out of form has been a big concern.

Yep..

This was one of the most bizarre coaching of the night. We've had the best ruckman in the game just gather his 6th AA as a ruckman and bloody Goody finds it fit to start him at FF. Goody and the coaches were incredibly sloe to react to this. You can tell Jackson was getting overwhelmed by Hickey but yet we stuck with this same plan going into the last quarter. Knew then and there we were gone when Gawn started FF in the last quarter.