Gawndy the Great

Best you’ll get for either is a 2nd rounder

Back to celebrating an AA jacket or maybe two and watching other teams in the finals series. I can’t even golf anymore to keep my mind off footy, which got me through the real tough years.

That is 100% on the money. I’m not saying we go back to 2018 attacking style, but we have gone way over the top with defence. We have lost all dare and creativity. No wonder the effort is waning. This was genuinely a lost year - we gained nothing game plan wise. Yes saw some kids, but our plan is diabolical and rudderless. 2025 is not going to be smooth sailing if we keep this up. We need to see something, some positivity. Hell I’d even take winning 2 consecutive quarters.

Lingers and McVee will get rubbed out. May will miss too. Get ready for a nice pantsing. I’m expecting a 10+ goal loss.

Bevo was close to getting booted this year. Funny how he has turned it around. We however go the other way.

Double straight sets a success is it? Win at least one of those and we probably have a flag. I think it’s the right time for a FD reset. Things have turned stagnant and we need to search for our next premiership coach.

Go up for the ball at least. [censored] weak.

ANB doing stupid things again.

I’m not even angry anymore. We are literally rock bottom. No fight, no class , nothing. We are fast becoming a joke and irrelevant.

It didn’t look like it in the telly. And no one is questioning it.

We have to be the club with the most FD up score reviews in the history of score reviews.

It’s not a witch hunt he’s gone.

Trac and Oliver with a preseason, is not the difference here. Don’t be fooled into thinking everything in 25 will be all right. There’s losing and then there’s losing. This game should be over. Doggies should be up by 50 points. That is not a 1 -1.5 player difference. Yes we are banged up but guess what, guarantee you that half their squad is probably carrying something too. Goodwin has got this team playing so conservative and so slow that there is nothing positive about anything we do. The season is done, take the shackles off and play with some flare and positivity and implement changes now. Don’t wait until pre season.

What is going on Rivers?

I’m changing my mind every 5 mins with reload or rebuild. Premise being reload what? a super soaker?

Seriously pull the plug. We are on life support. Have some pride for the jumper and respect for each other.

Coming off a 5 day interestate game. Ripe for the picking.

I suspect #FreekickBulldogs will be in full tonight. 28-11. 4 goals from frees to Naughton and JUH; 2 from 50's with a real distance of 135m. 4 throwing free against Oliver; 0 against Libba. :D

Doggies off a 5-day break, they are 5 from last 6, ahead of themselves after knocking Sydney, 1.28 odds. Well beat them just because it’s going to be the anti favourite round

Waterman and Houston would be huge acquisitions IMO. The right ones too. Doesn’t completely solve the midfield issue or address the Ruck dilemma, however it will allow Petty to swing back as TMac likely to retire and put Rivers permanently into the midfield.

I’m not. Both have been below their best by a fair way.

It is what i think every pre-season - so am sure its not that bad. I thought it would have been harder to keep the weight off without the exercise. Those with Mediterranean upbringings will know what i mean. Mum and Nonna would have been having daily bake-offs to ensure whatever Trac had lost weight wise would be put back on with a bit extra.

But we reverted back after the bye. So it tells me that we are in no man’s land. Players are confused, frustrated and without clear direction. The issues are deeper than most people care to admit. Our game plan is outdated. contest and defence has been superseded by fast ball movement from defensive half. We don’t have the ability to defend that nor do we have the ability to implement that. Houston will make us better if we continue down the new direction. But we still need a good ball user in the forward half too to complete the play. EG Lions rebound a lot through Zorko - why he isn’t getting tagged is beyond me - and a lot of their f50 connection comes from there midfielders in mcclugage and Neale.

[censored] - thread titles like these make my heart stop. Can we add a bit more context to the thread title to help poor souls like me :D

Perhaps. I dont see it that way. Goody tried to make adjustments to the gameplan to improve our turnover scoring issue. I think its safe to say it didn't work and we reverted back to our forward half pressure game, which also was inconsistent. Consequently we lost our ability to defend ball movement and have had the worst defensive record in the last 5 years. We are a bit lost from a DNA / gameplan perspective. These things need time / pre-seasons to sort out and hence why im a bit concerned for '25. Is it impossible, no its not - but it needs a lot of investment from the team and potentially some trades. The other aspect is our list management strategy, do we load up and trade again (ala Geelong and Sydney style) or do we take a slightly more conservative approach and plan for longer term success.