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I wonder when was the last game we actually kicked 4 goals in a row. Makes a world of difference (obviously)

So many missed opportunities this year. We're finally getting return for effort with straight goal kicking

Amen.

It's that woeful, he should be down there on Monday

1 goal 6 and an oooooof! Saw another clip of Gawny practicing hook kicks from the boundary during the week. These blokes are dead set amateurs in their approach and preparation. And..... The coaching panel should be sorting this pathetic attitude and lack of skills out...about 3 f'ing years ago. Dead set

Ok Deetime, here it comes

We obviously need lots more of no practicing to get our goal kicking sorted

Rivers is ripping in

The standard of umpiring has never been better

Geez poita, there's been quite a handful of [censored] seasons to choose from over the last 3 decades. You get to games like this and rely on Max and Kozzy highlights to bring small moments of joy. Hope the kids go alright and I hope Jeffo and JVR finally find their feet in this shambolic forward setup

I wonder what it's like to follow a footy team that. Never seems to have to rebuild Has a stadium up the road you can just dawdle up to for almost of your home games. Know that your team is almost always going to play finals And when the do play finals, you've just got to travel and hour or two to watch them at the G most times Be that spoilt that you both and moan about having to travel to the G for the finals One can only dream

Should be our defence coach

It's the whole "Petty had poor technique" BS. and the commentary wags the MRO dog again.

Hasn't been that thrilling really. A very teeny tiny rollercoaster. I could do with a big mug of hope right now

That's very gucking food

Or to reverse the kick in the first place to give it to May for being smacked by 2 suns players Loved the "Petty had poor technique"when he got concussed rubbish by the media It's along the same vibe as "Brayshaw deviated his line into ftards shoulder" kinda logic.

Really good post. It's one big lesson you learn when you step into a management role. You just can't be best friends with the staff. It just doesn't work. The whole place smacks of standards not being high enough. The commentary from Goody about goal kicking accuracy and that sometimes it's better not to practice it to take the pressure off is a prime example. all high performance sportspeople get into a funk with form at times. But, the whole place is smelling pretty funky right now. I know our list isn't great, but it's not completely horrible. Our injury list is pretty light. You can love each other at your workplace as much as you want but it wears very thin after a while when your processes and team skills are [censored], your workplace is chaotic and disfunctional, you keep getting belted and your customers (supporters) give up on you. Tracc, Clarry and May as well have all had a spit, but I haven't seen them "knuckle down and be the change" that needs to happen to transform their workplace. That's no letting Goody off the hook either. He has to drive them to be better. Too many Ted Lasso fans in the joint?

https://demonland.com/forums/topic/58776-time-to-go-goody/page/157/#comments

He has gold coast hair.

What an incredibly weird and uninsightful article and the response from the coach. "If you look across a bigger period, whether that be three, four, five years, our ability to convert is actually sitting OK. "This year it's not to the level, but it's one of those things, the more you talk about goalkicking, the worse you get. They're going to have more fun evidently but no explanation of what that means. afl.com.au'Refreshing': Demons rethink approach to turn goalkicking...After a season blighted by poor goalkicking, Melbourne is releasing the shackles ahead of its must-win clash with Gold Coast

You can't tell me there's no bias. Poor little champ had a tough night. Fox Sports‘Step too far’: Why Daicos tag could prompt AFL call afte...‘Step too far’: Why Daicos tag could prompt AFL call after fiery duel with Saint

I'm not watching a lot of other footy but Geez there seems to be a lot of very soft 50m penalties being dished out of late. Such gifts to teams and momentum killers to others. Is it just me noticing this after the Dees got hammered the other week or does it seem to be on the rise?

It's, interesting. I automatically thought about the lions forward line. Charlie Cameron is great, Kozzy is even better. Daniher? I used to love watching him when he was horrible. He's quite formidable now. The Lions midfielders and defence move it fast and accurately (in general) System and skills. I don't think our list is good enough for a flag right now, but it's good enough to make the finals if we had better skills and a better system. Goal kicking, field kicking. Kynan Brown is another who has the pace and evasiveness to be a full time senior player. He's wonderful through traffic and with his tackling. But.. His kicking has been letting him down. That's been the case for 2 years now. If Joe Daniher can transform their game. Anyone can with the right mindset, coaching and support. We've replaced a fair chunk of assistant coaches but nothing is changing with systems and skills. As ANB left us, he said that Yze really helped him with his kicking (remember he used to butcher it as well but he got much better). He said Yze taught him to straighten and take a beat before disposal. I.e. make sure of it. Made a world of difference for our team. He went from a second tier player to a vital cog for us. Gus was very much the same. Very steady under pressure. Windsor has been too but it feels like his calmness and disposal is starting to crumble now. There's a heap of players out there just hack kicking out of defence or into f50 right now. I can't believe that if they really were supported and time was invested, the likes of Clarry, Tracc, Max and JV couldn't dramatically improve their kicking. They may never be disposal guns but they could do much much better. What's going on? We still seem to be in a world of chaos on the field most of the time.

Yep the system. As mentioned above. Port had a better system not better players. Dump it into your f50 and try and hold it in is not a good system. I don't really watch enough AFL anymore to know who the up and comers are, but I think we need a younger bloke that focusses on a fast transition game style. We should be looking for a good assistant (like Yze was. Geez I wish we'd put him in as coach but the timing probably wasn't appropriate) and promoting them in. Goody has tried to make the change in system and it's failed. Continuously He's acknowledged our shortcomings going forward for over 6 years now and hasn't resolved it. Get the broom out