Neil Crompton

I think it’s little wonder that the “soccer” coaches are called managers, not coaches. Because that’s what they do - manage. From what I can gather, AFL coaches are really not coaches as they were in say the Norm Smith era, they are now managers. They have to manage the gaggle of assistant coaches (who really do the direct coaching of the players), the support staff as well as the players. And in our case, we have someone (Richo) overseeing Goody and the whole process. (Smithy would have loved that!). The point I’m leading to is that the coach doesn’t win a club a premiership,, he is simply one (important) cog helping to manage the collective parts making up the whole. Therefore to say that one modern era coach is better than another because they win a premiership is, I believe, no longer an accurate statement. What you can say is that in 2021, the MFC was the best Club as a whole, not that Goody necessarily was a better coach than Bevo.

Haha We purposely kept our distance.

Speak for yourself!

What happens to your system when Tasmania joins?

haha if i drank that and i somehow managed to wake the next day - and knowing how i'd feel - i'd gladly walk to my coffin!

Came on here to see if the facepalm posters to my 3/4 time post that "we could still win this game" had the courage to put their hand up - but sadly they haven't. But there is plenty of time yet ......

English teachers and grammarians will say that "could care less" is wrong because it should mean the opposite of "couldn't care less." Logically, if you could care less, it means you do care some. But in informal speech people often use "could care less" to mean they don’t care at all. "Couldn’t care less" and "could care less" are both used to mean someone doesn’t care at all, but English teachers and grammarians will say that only "couldn't care less" is correct, so that is what you should use in formal or academic writing.

Chocco said he thought it was the first time the crowd noise got us over the line.

Oh yes we can you disbeliever

We can still win this.

Not sure I could move interstate and leave my 3 children behind.

Winners, sorry if you didn’t realise I was having a joke. (My fault I guess). I luv WCW and would not deliberately offend her. Have a look at the so called derogatory comment I made to WCW. I said “haha they will never get you off the field”. WCW even offered a laughing emoji to my post. I have also used the word “deranged” in a number of posts to her. It has been used in jest on every occasion. I’m pretty sure she would have PM’d me if she found my use of that word offensive previously. I do like the fact that WCW is held in such high regard on this site that she has a white knight coming to her defence. I’m sure, if she sees this, that she would appreciate the comment you made.

Thanks THBT, my comment was a bit tongue in cheek. And you will notice that the only derogatory comment I’ve made on this post is about that deranged Demon Army lady thinking she’ll take over Reece’s job.

Haha they’d never get you off the field!

Sorry, but I didn’t realise you actually had to have been to a game before you are allowed to offer an opinion on our teams performance.

Thanks WCW, i know all the reasons why he didn't get recalled, and I also understand the backlash Cummins probably would have received from some quarters in Australia if he had been recalled and we'd lost. However, i think Cummins' decision enraged Ben Stokes in particular, and because of this, I very much doubt we would have seen his magnificent innings - which would have been a tragedy - had Bairstow been recalled. I also think the boys are going to be in for a very hard time next test, both in the way the Poms will play it, and how the supporters will react to our team. I certainly hope we win this test convincingly for our own sake. However, it will not surprise me if we actually lose this test.

Despite Australia acting within the rules and in spite of all the hypocritical in-hindsight whinging spewing from the English players and their coach, I think there was a great opportunity lost by Australia in this whole episode. Australia don’t have the greatest reputation for fair play - think sandpaper gate and underarm bowling as two prime examples. Given this was an Ashes test, at the very home of cricket, Cummins, and this Australian team, would have covered themselves in glory if Bairstow had been recalled, and our reputation under this new Cummins reign would have been enhanced no matter the outcome of the game. I have to admit that watching it live, the dismissal did not sit well with me.

Sorry WCW but we were awful today, and not a performance that can be justified for any reason. (Don’t even try Binny, haha). Evidence also suggests that our goal kicking coach needs some skills’ updating.

How did SVR go Pennant St Dee?

I think Alice has got word of Uncle coming to town and has simply responded accordingly. This weather certainly cannot be a coincidence. And I believe it’s going to be more than the weather that gives Uncle the cold shoulder this weekend. I just feel sorry for his niece.

Jaded, this is exactly what our football department believe. Our Pres recently stated this, saying something similar to “ their belief is that we are unlikely to see the quality of football we played at the end of ‘21 again in our lifetime”. Disappointing to hear, but certainly doesn’t mean we cannot win another premiership, within this current window, with a less perfect scenario.

Haha casks do travel better than bottles, BBO.

D, Did you attend the supporters club function last week?

Titan, I appreciate that both you and Binman have gone to great lengths to explain your positions. Neither position is “foolish” as none of us are privy to the real answer. All I know is that we have lost 4 or 5 games this year because we have played poor quality football - for whatever reason, be it dumb wet weather football, poor selections, poor game management, or just poor execution of skills - and I am sick of it and we need to be much better than that. This “loading” may influence some of the reasons listed above, but only some. These are professional athletes that train to execute their skills under pressure and when fatigued, and under both dry and wet weather conditions. There just is no excuse for poor skills or dumb wet weather football. None.

This is the team I’d like to play with next week: B. Lever, Tomlinson, McVee HB. Rivers, Petty, Salem C. Langdon, Petracca, Hunter HF. Bowey, JVR, Fritsch F. Smith, May, Pickett R. Gawn, Oliver, Viney Int. Grundy, Brayshaw, Sparrow, Chandler Sub. D. Turner Tommo thoroughly deserves a recall (and shouldn’t have been dropped). Petty stays back and will be better for the run(couldn’t be worse!). The club believe he will become a better player than May, so has to stay back. Hibbo managed and have assumed Oliver is ok. The big call is to play May forward. I think he could be our answer to some of our forward line issues - particularly if Tomo and Petty are able to perform down back. I could be wrong but I have little faith that BBB will be an answer for us. Also time to see what our side looks like without ANB and Spargo. Both have not earned their spot for some weeks now, and it’s time they found their form at Casey. Disco has earned a call up and have him as the sub.