Roost it far

I wasn't ready to be ordinary again. I really hope they make the correct decisions over the next few years otherwise this ends very badly. What worries me is opening the paper and seeing that Jason Taylor has left the building.

Mate of mine goes with his 4 kids. They drive over and camp in a beautiful spot about an hour's drive from the city. Saves them a bundle.

interesting listening to on the couch about the need for elite HB’s. Can’t wait to see how McVee and Windsor go once they’ve had some time together.

no thanks

I tried to stop complaining about it, I really did. Then I watched the game on Friday and now it’s annoying me again.

We’re not giving up we just don’t play with any fluidity or flair, we’re grinding. Playing the way we are would wear even the fittest sides out, out least that’s my hope. For if we actually aren’t fit enough then seriously, wtf!!

We keep saying we're moving to this fast transition football but then watch us time and again kick it long to a contest. We also ignored players in the corridor all night. I'm not convinced the players even know what it is they're supposed to be doing. We've got senior players clearly playing as individuals. If The Brand was serious about us improving he'd be driving the change, sorry but I see a petulant child more than I see an experienced leader of men. I'm shocked how bad we are this year. Bar Chandler there's not a player that has improved on their previous best, That's a terrible indictment. If it turns out we're also not fit enough then we are truly cooked. I still think it's the way we play that's killing us but maybe it's fitness as well.

Cutting the 4 o'clock deadline fine Kev. To be honest I'm not sure I care right now.

I'm docking a week for the soccer balls, Goodwin's got 5-7, Did he say love or vulnerable?

Tigers will smell blood and beat us, that could spell the end for Goodwin if Essendon and Freo pants us as well. WE could also win the next 4 and be 4 - 4!

Just one of the numerous things that needs looking at.

I'd say Scott made it pretty clear the whole club was laughing at our coaches. We were flat out embarrassed. The fact an opposition coach and player would ridicule us should see us breathing fire but can we even do that?

If The Brand wants success then he has to drive it. He's good enough and fit enough to play like Dangerfield well into his 30's giving him plenty of time to achieve further success when you look at our young list. Oliver either keeps his head down and keeps improving or he gets traded, whether that be for peanuts or gold doesn't really matter. There's only one version of Clayton this club can maintain. Whilst I understand the importance of Gus it was long enough ago for another leader to step into the void he left. We're embarrassingly short of leaders and that's something that needs to change. Bottom line as every loss happens its 2 people most in the gun and that's Goodwin and Richardson, you can probably throw Choco into that as well. The wolves are at the door and I really hope we have the leadership at board level to navigate the next 6 months. Buckle up folks cause here we are again.

You called?

Not IF we win my friend

MaCrae’s knock is his disposal, I’m not sure we could justify another poor disposer.

And protecting what little confidence the players have left.

Possibly but by all accounts of the preseason we should be fit.

I’m not convinced we know where to run and spread to. I’d release the shackles. Just play on, set your defence and then handball or kick forward at all costs. Everytime we start chipping it around the back half we just give the opposition time to set.

I don’t think it’s fitness as much as the way we are playing. It’s deflating, playing a slightly different way every week is not helping

The most frustrating thing is we played the game not to get belted, not to win but not to lose by too much. There's only one way to play when you have our list and that is to win. Give the players some licence to play on, to kick into the corridor to run. We have nothing to lose and if you want to learn to transition fast then set your defence and go for it. We're better off turning it over going for it than bombing it down the line and turning it over. So frustrating.

Simpson as Football Director New Assistants bar Chaplin and Bassett Best Assistant in the Kingsley mould as coach Brad needs to tell Simon he's got 6 -8 weeks and he loses a week everytime he says love or vulnerable or they train with a soccer ball. I'd be on the hunt for the next coach right now. I'd also allow Goodwin 6-8 weeks to show he has the players.

Is McVee back this week? If he and Lever are back and we can demote Petty or TMac our defence will both be stronger and have more run.

We kept our draft picks for JVR, Jefferson, Windsor, Tholstrup, Langford and Lindsay. On top of this we paid our stars big money as any club would have done. You can’t do either of these things and recruit the big names you seem to think were available. You seem to conveniently forget this. Our recruiting has been good and our drafting has been for stop gaps.

I'd be seriously offering essendon either Petracca or Oliver for our first round pick back. (I'm very happy with Lindsay by the way)