Gawndy the Great

Some of this is 101 forward craft. I think the issue is a combination of player IQ / composure and coaching. IQ - not using the free target or player in better position and long in targeted bombs into the hot spot. Compusre - fumbles, panic, long bombs etc. Coaching - No forward line structure (crumbers at the fall of the contest) , too tall , no movement in 50, hotspots kicking etc. I don’t think the coaching staff are this incompetent. I mean this is U11 tactics. I think a lot of this has to do with playing Gawn and Grundy in the same team and the coaching team are trying to make this work. Having Gawn in the forward line permanently is costing us atm. This is what Goody was referring to in every post game presser. Not sure what the fix is but Gawn needs confidence back and that is playing 80/20 ruck/ forward.

Put him in cotton wool and get him ready for next year. Move Kozzy into his role and give the kid a role to play as he is as lost as the city of Atlantis. There are many other factors we need to get right to win a flag other than Fritta. He won’t be the difference either way and that foot hasn’t been right all year.

I agree re 30 rounds or so. I can count a handful of games where we have played extremely well in the last 2 years. The fact is you can’t be out of form for nearly 2 years. Every team has a good day now and then - but it’s the way we play week in week out that tells the story. I think we are talented in the way the game used to be played. The newer game doesn’t suit us as we don’t have the speed nor skill. Either we reinvent a newer version of our old game plan or we restock our list and get with the program. Either way I think our chances for 2023 are on a knifes edge atm. We’d need to be turn things around and win 4-5 straight to resurrect a level of belief.

We are not winning this one either. Goody will be outcoached again. Saints will win by flooding backline and then score in counter attack. They have the ball movement skills and athletes to pull it off. Just wait and see.

Josh Kelly just always seems to lift against us and is rarely sighted for the rest of the season. It’s more than a coincidence now . Id love to understand the motivation, because it definitely is there.

He lacks composure. He rushes himself which leads to fumbles, high pressure kicking etc. He needs to watch McVee move and learn to move out of pressure situations before disposing the ball.

Gawn is bordering on as a liability. If he keeps this up …

And what did we do to overcome that tactic? Our game day coaching belongs on the G….at half time for the aus kickers

This team is just a joke.

Maybe that’s the problem? We think we have the list to win another one. Our list is out of balance. We need 2-3 elite ball users off half back and in the HF area that are reasonably big bodied (ie not Salem / Bowey) and are good natural athletes.

Yibbada yibbada that all folks.

This game will be lost at selection. Grundy/ Gawn and BBB in f50 together is so horribly wrong. That trade has ruined our teams cohesion.

Langdon is soooo [censored] now. What happened to him.

GWS will correct their setup.

He isn’t and never will be a great kick. It’s serviceable but it’s an attribute common throughout most of the team.

Georgiadies is a 3rd tall. Won’t compliment our list / game plan.

We’d have to show something seriously good tomorrow for us to have any chance at 4-0 in the next month. You don’t just click fingers and play great football. Form is largely confidence and that takes time to build.

That was my thought too. It was easily 1m too far right. Shouldn’t have counted. They need to tighten the whole line and mark nonsense. The umps are way too late in calling the goal kicking player running off the line.

Cracking game. Pies n Port Top 2 and will be the GF.

That’s not a free. He threw himself to ground. How gullible and silly are these umps.

So if the Bombers win tonight, it doesn’t bode well for the AFL in fixturing integrity where all teams off the bye lose against a non bye team. With so much other inequity, this just adds another dimension.

He had a lot of the footy but wasn’t exactly setting the house on fire. He’s a 2nd rounder at best. If Freo ask for a first rounder they are going to get a rude shock. He is playing as a winger and if he came into our side would need to dislodge one of Hunter or Langdon. Unlikely IMO. Could he potentially play a high half forward role? Can’t see him doing ANBs role, so it’s either Kozzy , Spargo or Chandler . Again I’m not seeing the upside.

Pies just look like they are centrally by by AI. Their game at times looks so ridiculously in sync that you would say it’s flukey - but it is not. Yes the Suns really suck and I think this game will just about seal Dewy’s fate. Poor fella - had a Rolls Royce list but could never really create a team environment. They need to bring in Hardwick and a brand new coaching panel.

I’ve held in long enough. How did we lose to this mob.

They are different types. Smith is very athletic and just needs continuity to build some solid form. He will be a difficult 3rd tall to match up on and allows Fritta to take the small defender which is better for him too. For all the criticism against our forward line, to me it’s not the players as much as it is the coaching and game plan. Fix the later and we are back to a 100+ points per game team.