Previously known as LITD.

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Copped a hasty hip to the head.

Thems good odds. Given we have the kick Dr onboard.

That's why these games are important. We play every youngster and discover who to keep.

Did I hear the commentary correctly that Chocco is the kick Dr. Good Lord .

I do appreciate that he was good enough to win us a flag. But we should have won two. I believe that losing Melksham and Gus was a significant factor in both years. That's not on Goody's head. But our lack of depth of fwds and inaccuracy which contributed to our finals losses is. And they have been ongoing for over three years now reflecting our current status. We need an infusion of proactive coaching which involves making hard calls in cutting players and staff. I don't feel Goody is mean enough. In any case we will be lucky to string together 8 wins this year so surely a new coach can't hurt. If something isn't done we will miss finals for a third year in a row.

Dropping out of two sets of finals without firing one due to poor kicking and aging fwds was bad enough. Then eleven wins last year with still no improvement in the previous issues. And this year will see even less wins with the same problems. Definitely time for Goody to go and quite a few others including players. We are tending down each year and on our way to a wooden spoon. Bad enough to blow two years of double chances but what we have been serving up this year has been both sublime and atrocious. Sadly mostly atrocious with our tallest forward averaging a hearty seven goals out of ten games with maybe a total of 17 for the year. Wth?

Any coach who has failed to address a record like ours on goal kicking accuracy should be well and truly given the boot. No hesitation.

Yep we have played Petty fwd and Jvr in the middle way too long.

I think you are correct in using him in the middle has negated his progress as a forward. He's been struggling on the latter and using him as a ruck has only added to the struggle. The clubs negligence in recruiting another ruck has been woeful and we are seeing it's results. It's interesting because at one stage after losing Jackson we got Grundy and had two ruck players including the best. And then just one. Why we didn't find a replacement for Grundy was very strange And here we are all these years later. Imagine if Max went down this year and he's getting on a bit. It's just down to Maxs great fitness he's not injured all the time. Club just puts it's head in the sand so often.

Max is probably exhausted by this time. Why don't we have another ruck?

Tracca smashed it in the first. Dropped off button whole a good game. The rest is a solid analysis except maybe Lever. Sparrow and Fritta sum this team up

Well it looked touched on the eastern wing at Adelaide Oval. Not sure it doesn't matter. If we were closer players may have been more motivated. What sort of review system takes a perfect umpires call and deems it wrong?

Blow winning. Season gone. Let's just find out who we are keeping from here on.

Yep. What happened?

I wish I'd bought some too.

Could they also go back and rule on that 21 insufficient intent act by the crows where we.lost by a point? Just for posterity.

What's going on with Windsor. Is he injured?

Good God we almost beat another top four club and should have if these mugs could learn to kick straight. It kills me. After the dust has settled and the alcohol has warn off we played a bloody good game yesterday. We almost knocked off another genuine flag contender on their home turf with feral supporters that clearly sway umpires. The umpiring was it's usual sub par standard both for and against each team but on balance unfortunately started to favor the croweaters in the second half. We did get a good run in the first half but most of the frees to us were genuinely there as the crows were often sloppy and seemed overwhelmed by our pressure and fast ball movement. It seemed umps needed to find things to level it out, and they did. The score review system clearly needs reviewing itself. Now the game itself was a sea sawing event with us totally dominating the first 45 minutes led by Tracc and Kozzie who unfortunately dropped off the boil big time for twenty minutes after that. I thought May was excellent down back and father time has been good to him. Lever ( despite two horrible handballs which seemed the theme of the day for most) finally proved why he needs to be selected but I feel for Tmac who is suffering from Adam Tomlinson syndrome. Viney was strong and involved. Sparrow as usual the opposite. I don't understand why we have kept him. Never gives enough. Just another game. Nothing to see. He may be useful as a sub in the fwd line but that's it. Had we kicked better in the first quarter it would have been three scalps....I'm including Cwood because we were robbed there like never before. I'm singling out Tracc here who as a now seasoned player and leader in the club certainly doesn't lead by his goal kicking. That said, after his scintillating start looked great but he practically disappeared for a quarter and we struggled to get the ball past the centre. He seems to be slowing down and many players find him wrong footed and seem to step around him.... cement shoes. But unlike Fritta I never question his intent. Fritta didn't show enough pressure and it is an ongoing issue. Either on or off and annoying to see him try some glamour footy after failing most of the game. Our other fwds were problematic. Except of course for Melksham who like Maysie is still standing tall despite his age. Jvr a few moments of good stuff but nowhere never enough and really only gets a gig as second ruck. He's a different player to his first year. It's a worry. Jeffo a bigger worry who showed zip. I know he's a kid but we need much more than some jogging around. All that aside for a team with no forward line we almost won. Our best is as good as the lions...pies and crows. Our worst is less than North. Oh dear. Our form is like many of our players...on one week off the other. I know I've canned our fwd line but Jake was brilliant and it's a shame the fwd supply totally dried up from the middle of the second for two quarters. He could have had six or seven. He did miss a soda. We could have wrapped this game up at the end of the first and while good to see our goal kicking tighten up it's just rinse and repeat year after year. Same with our lack of fwds. I've backed Roo far too often. He and Jeffo don't seem to be the Future. But Petty isn't either and as bad as it was we were probably better without Petty. Would have been good to see Goody be more involved. Disco up fwd and Howes was being smashed. Leaving Oliver to tag way too long when we were getting smashed in the middle and why we lost is why Goody needs to go. Max works way too hard without any help. We lost Jackson and Grundy and couldn't be stuffed finding a replacement. The club has clearly suffered from one flag contentment syndrome. After such a a long drought some would say fair enough but I'd argue the other way. I see more years of pain ahead because from our 21 list quite a few good players like Nibbler, Harmes and Jackson have moved on. And in their wake we have been content picking up lots of has beens that we rightly haven't played. The game has moved passed Salem and maybe a couple of others. It may seem contradictory to can a few players and the coach and club after waxing lyrical about almost beating another top team after so many away games but that's the problem right there.... ALMOST It's just not good enough. And then we will get smashed by a lower team. Our consistentancy is non existent. It's synonymous with our goal kicking. It ain't there. It's the same with our recruiting and Goody's moments of cryogenics. Anyway credit to Kozzie who despite a quiet spell in the second is worth every penny......Viney...May...Disco and Melksham our one man forward line. I think Oliver should probably just play his usual ball get game given the clearance stats. Langdon needs to reign in the chip kicks that get intercepted too often and they all work harder on handballs to players with some space and not to ones with an opponent with their hands up someone's jumper. Bowey ok but a few shockers. I think Max needs a well deserved rest. Some props to Lindsay. Not so for Chin who you never know what you'll get. Mostly a great start but then a complete slow down each year. Well this post is like us. All over the place. Watching the Giants....Lions...Pies and yesterday's games reveal a talented team without a fwd line that gets beaten by bottom teams so who knows what to think. I just know our skills coach especially goal kicking should hand back his salary and hang his head in shame. And ultimately I think Goody who despite being a good coach doesn't get the best out of everyone and therefore time to go. I mean we can't do that.much worse. We will finish lower than last year and before any mug argues we are not bottom , that's not the litmus test for a club that won a flag in 21 and had two years of two chances . If you thought going out in straight sets twice was a bust it was much better than our season last year. Sadly this year makes 24 look good. I shudder where we may go in 26, if huge changes aren't made. Now credit to the club for wooing Kozzie and signing him up. He's worth every cent. Id suggest we dock the pay of players like Fritta...Salem... Jvr...and a few others. Damn contract law. I'm not sure if keeping Jvr was smart unless we got him cheap. He's played fifty games now and while his first year was great it's been two years now of going backwards rather than the much anticipated breakout year. Now it's way too early to make a call on young Jefferson but he better start pedalling sooner rather than later and shake off some cobwebs. Yes I'm banging on about our fwd line because we only have one decent fwd and that's Melksham. Despite his often state of off or on...I'll hold back because he's the best we've got. Even at his age. I hope he stays on to coach. Id love Kp up fwd fulltime but with Oliver's downhill trend, Viney getting older we must have Kp on the ball. Rivers was ok yesterday but another who seems to have gone backwards somewhat. We need several things to play finals. A ruthless clean out at end of season. Good bye to players like Sparrow who never change a game. Pay out his contract if necessary. I want a club that set the standards so high that if you don't perform you don't play. That's you Fritta. That's you Oliver. He was ok yesterday but a shadow of he used to be. Some big bodied fwds ....the more the merrier. Throw in the kitchen sink if we have too. Let's salvage what we have of our 21 list. Another big ruck who can help Max. Someone experienced...not another bloody trainee. Someone who can ruck and play fwd and kick goals too. For the love of God no more players that are five years away. Get rid of players like Billings. Is he still around ....what has he offered....why did we even bother. Name some names. Who is responsible for these decisions? I know Schacke is gone but another example....Tom Fullerton?....McAdam... Laurie.....Sestan...Culley...Adams.. Henderson. A few of these blokes are 22 plus so where are they all and why don't we see them? Why haven't we tried Verral just once....he's almost 22. This would be the time to give him a crack . Same with a few others. The remaining season is a bust but on the flipside a great opportunity to work out who to keep. And this is a must do....don't let this opportunity go by. Maybe Goody is trying to notch up our wins but it's not worth it. Big picture demands finding the cut of each youngsters and some not so young. Not like the team is knocking it out of the park. It doesn't seem too hard to be able to get a spot. It's seems to me players down on form continue to get games. This needs to stop. So cull the list. Take more risks and no more hand me downs. Another big experienced ruck...two big experienced fwds. Two experienced mids and fix our goal kicking and panic handballs. A new coach or two starting with the head coach and a dozen of Psychiatrists for our goal kicking. Before I have to start seeing them. I've been good Santa. My rant is over. Promise. Oh yes....as bad as our fwd line is please play Disco there and not Petty again

Lever finally played a good game. Tracca was good but went missing too long. It's players like Sparrow .. Fritta...Jvr and Jeffo...our fwd line that failed.

All about clearances. We won the free count...marks... tackles...kicks... handballs but got smashed in the clearances.

On balance a two goal loss is admirable but our forward line sucks big time. Apologies to Melksham.

As far as I'm concerned we delist as many players as we can at years end.

Good call. Just way too many passengers. Fritta the perfect example unfortunately. And of course that one is called touched.

Why do we make so many hospital handballs? It's killed us all day.