Roost it far

I think the plan will come together I’m just not convinced it’ll do so in time to save Goodwin. I also think we’ve had too many injuries to start the year as well as we hoped. McVee and Windsor are critical to a new way as I think Lindsay was. May and Lever obviously critical. We need all those 5 on the park. I prefer Rivers off half back and doubt Salem has much use left in him beside a good quarter here and there.

We play football and our skills need improvement.

Goodwin says in his presser that our skills aren’t where they need to be and then has them playing soccer at training.

Maybe he didn’t realise how poor our skills are.

They can walk and chew gum. Practicing foot and hand skills can be part of recovery.

I fully understand the need to change plans. However I don’t understand how our contest game has collapsed. We’re getting smashed at clearance. On top of that during the first quarter on Saturday we had multiple forward entries that fell down because of poor skills. We’re currently over thinking everything, the players look clunky, apprehensive and confused. I’m going to give them another 6-8 weeks to show something. After that I’d like to see some results. It also really irks me that we’re playing soccer at training. There’s not a player on our list who couldn’t work on their skills. Also please stop playing Billing’s.

The new coach when The Brand asks are we playing soccer today?

Soccer??

Pain Plane?

Our list is easily a finals list.

I don’t think it’s going to happen soon either. Doesn’t change the fact we have talent and likely more at year’s end. It’s looking like we need a new coach but that’s not decided yet. He’s got 6-8 weeks to recover this. With the talent he has there’s no doubt he can recover but does he really want it? Like is there a burning desire? Currently I don’t see it.

We undoubtedly have the talent to be a finals team. These big names need to pull their collective fingers out and get busy.

That’s 6 good ins. We just need our leaders to stand up and pull this team forward. It’s easy leading when you’re winning now we’ll see what they’re made of.

Oliver and Petracca need a new coach. I’d be replacing love with reality. Ideally that new coach is at Melbourne.

There was 5 easy goals left on the table in the first quarter. We bumbled going inside fifty time and again. Then late in the second we were 2 goals down and got opened up in the middle. That’s the game right there. Our experienced players got smashed. That’s on them. I’m still a believer but we need a lot more from our leaders. Play Petracca, Langford, Lindsay and Windsor in the middle, put Viney forward and see what happens. It couldn’t be worse than what we saw the last 2 weeks. Leave Langdon on the wing.

The next 6-8 weeks will tell a lot about the leaders at this club. Do they want to drag this group forward or are they going to leave it to our young guns.

We keep our current list minus retirees. We add White, Silema?? and trade up to add a top 10 pick. We replace the coach, Richardson and whoever else is deemed dead wood. We reset and go again. Our list is good enough, our mindset looks shot.

I don’t think trading out our best players is the answer. Keep drafting, chop the deadwood, get a new coach. Trading JVR, Rivers, McVee is going backwards. A new coach will want the best players secured. The chances of trading Petracca or Oliver or both is pretty slim in my book. Viney isn’t the issue the lack of cohesion is the problem

I don’t think it’s a player issue, I think it’s just time for a new set of eyes. We have talent on the list. Goodwin likely goes at some point in the second half of the season unless we pull it together.

This game could well become an embarrassment.

Apparently football has little if anything ti do with love, in fact I’ll go as far as saying it has nothing to do with love. As far as I can see we play the way we train, soccer balls, laughter, a few hugs and away we go. In all seriousness we are alarmingly bad atm. Goodwin has probably got 6 weeks left as coach. Richardson can go now. I was extremely confident preseason so I’m feeling a little let down. Langford looked good, jeez I hope Lindsay is ok. Viney is done by the looks of it and 4 years on a new contract, oh boy wow wee! Petty has gone backwards but worst is our clearance game, we’re getting smashed.

Dee’s by 17 in a rather uninspiring affair.

Enjoying Harmes endeavour, really seems to have lifted his intensity

You play Howes because we’re clearly trying to make him a defender and Turner needs forward time at Casey to find his mojo which appears he left in 2024.

Great stuff, love it.