Gawndy the Great

Lucky for us. We don’t another plonker, down hill skier. He is mid range made to look good in a strong Sydney outfit.

The issue with the new game plan is that it has somehow been worked out by opposition after watching it for the first half and now employing some counter measures. but it all stems from effort and work rate. We are not losing CP diff and clearances due to the game plan. That is wholly work rate and effort. It was the same against WC. It’s the fact we have dropped away in that area that everything is falling apart. Now is that a result of fitness, depth, form, culture ? Who TF knows, but effort and work rate should be main discussion this week. If we get done let’s not let it be as a result of losing CPs and clearances it’s our 1 wood and engrained in every players DNA. Especially against a VFL side + Daicos.

It ls more the length of quarters, and 4 day breaks and hubs etc.

If anything, the Tigers premiership ‘20 is the mother of all asterisks. That season was completely compromised.

A side without Pendles, DeGoey, Elliot, Mitchell, Mihochek, Cox is significantly on the back foot. Any other week I would have penciled us in with an easy 6+goal victory. But alas, we are Melbourne, we seem to find incredibly innovative ways to screw things up. I really don’t know what to expect. I can firmly make a case that will see us finish bottom 4 and top 4 from here. Do we persist? I know the game plan change is making us look really bad. Is it the old adage of it’s the darkest hour just before dawn?

Yep it’s full of courage, heart, skills and football sense. Maybe I’ll head down to training on Thursday… *again, I’m joking but this time with a salt bae sprinkle of seriousness *

Asking for a mate, were any of the boys carrying backpacks full of bricks? *only joking* #with a sprinkle of seriousness

Can ANB or Langdon play a hard tag? Don’t need a brute to follow him around.

Daicos will leave him in his wake. Oliver needs to be dropped or played in the f50 to at least try to win a contest. He is ineffective as a midfielder atm. I’d go with Trac, Sparrow and Viney. Spaz and Viney playing a defensive role at stoppage. McCrae doesn’t tag so Trac will have a bit of freedom.

I dont think new coaching contracts are setup like they used to be. I could be way off here - but isnt the payout something like 6 months these days? i recall hearing this when other coaches have been discussed.

It appears that way as well. A lot on here put down some alarming decline in key performance areas (Clearance, CP, i50 differentials) as a result of change in game plan. I think its fair to say that this was likely not intentional and there are other sinister things at play. Could Goodwin have lost the players? Possible Is the game plan not right for the list? Likely - we just have to revert back to our old game style. Was our off-field program / preseason modified to heavily? Possible - The emphasis of having our players fit and firing in finals may have caused an overreaction. As Buckley has put it, are we carrying a lot of unfit players in the same style as 2019? Is our list problematic? Are our bottom 6 not up to AFL standard? Likely - Not just the bottom 6, but our reliable AA players too.

I’d go a bit more and set up for a longer stint of success. Mini rebuild for me. 2-3 top 20 draft picks, one of LDU, McCluggage (both would be awesome) and to reinforce our midfield. Id trade a few players too - Oliver and Petty would definitely get us at least 2 possibly 3 Round 1 picks. Sounds a bit over reactionary but this list cannot play the modern football style. It was built a decade ago by Roos and co in a style that has now changed and we didn’t.

I wouldn’t be surprised if something was going on in the club. Our midfield is so out of sorts not even bad form is enough to explain it. What ever it is, the leadership group need to take hold, bridge all gaps, reunite the group, find that mojo. I don’t think they’ll be able to hide it for too much longer if it’s something of substance - these things have a way of leaking and a belting will only make things move a little quicker.

We are no hope next week. Im not a betting man but I’ll be dropping $10 on the pies to win by 40+ points.

I think we need to look at moving a few players on end of season to get 2-3 picks inside the first round. Forget trying to bring in readymade as the list is done. Start with Salem,Rivers & Oliver. Tommo and BBB will be gone. I’d also look for a new coach as I think Goodwin has lost the players with this plan. We won’t contend for a while but it’ll save us from bottoming out during Tassie draft years. Sad conclusion to our window but I think it has been on the cards for a while now. - o longer an aberration but definitely a trend.

This has been on the cards for a while. Good that has happened now so hopefully something can be done for the sake of this list - forget this year. It has been ruined by poor coaching and skill execution. A team that has trouble scoring against the #2 scores against team will kick over 20 goals. Goodwin hand in your resignation- you have lost the players.

Anyone think we have a chance this year - time for a reality check.

There is absolutely no way out of that suspension.

Onya Doggies

You’re playing basically a VFL side . Dogs are absolutely shizen.

Pies getting the roll of the green here in HTB.

You just knew it would happen. It was as clear as day. Pathetic

John Noble - turnover merchant. That’s why you didn’t get picked for the GF.

If we aren’t ready for a fast starting Collingwood outfit, I’ll spew up.

If you think we’d do anything of the sort, you don’t know Melbourne