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Were some players complacent with their preparation? Did they do the extra sessions they did the year before? Were we too comfortable with performances of certain players? I think this kind of thing eats away at any ‘culture’ that has been to the summit. I don’t think it’s the reason but I think a certain level of comfort and complacency being a factor is hard to argue with really. Shame is a great driver though looking for a response.

I think we showed some hubris, yes. Don’t know about some of these examples but we talked too often about how we are are the exemplar and we’re not. Primarily Roffey and Gawn.

Yeah, they’re already here.

Agreed, with the addendum ball movement needs to change too. Know what you’re trying to say about Brown, TMac, Fritsch, et al. Bayley is so quick on a lead but doesn’t spend those tickets to stop defensive transition - he plays like he is our FF and that he doesn’t need to do that and when he does that; he looks lazy and we look so slow. I am hopeful with; an actual FF (either Brown back where he competed for Colemans or McKay-like trade) who plays out of square, TMac back at CHF, JVR as a taller HFF who competes on the ground, Fritsch can be removed from the ‘the tall brigade’ that doesn’t chase and harass, that we can ameliorate a lot of what we saw in 2022.

Yeah, all my patience is for the head coach who always cops win, lose or draw. And I am salty as we all are. I’m going to give myself a pass for it though. We are out in straight sets and people on here were annoyingly overconfident. I will even out when my eyes stop bleeding.

Going back to back is hard because our training had to be moved a few times across town? And our unreliable fan base means what and is relevant how to going back to back? Honestly, sometimes you write some pretty cogent things and then you just throw out so of the oddest stuff into the ether. It’s like your posts were written by committee and you get this disjointed output. Like a Chris Pratt film.

I love the smell of facepalm in the morning…

Simply must keep him. There are always ‘replacement’ players that are inflated after a flag win, their future is deigned as they are so close to stars they are artificially illuminated - Sparrow, Spargo, JJ - they have ceilings much lower than what their market speculated. They can go. Pickett, LJ, Petty - these are our only bonafide star players under 22. We can’t lose two of them.

I don’t think we set the world on fire in the first two and a half months either in second halves. We played some bad teams and mostly only played a good quarter. Some of them we won on reputation before the game started.

We just weren’t aggressive enough and we sat back after getting those leads and lent on our flooding Demon Web and our back 6. Think about how many times in win steak it would be one qtr of dominance and 3 qtrs of meh.

This is Chaplin’s defensive scheme: the Demon Web. Goodwin is a players coach. Now they can change tactics and go with the wind there BUT they stick to players for years past their ‘use by’ date because the economy isn’t built around performance, it’s built around commitment and that can also be a problem that needs to managed and reigned in.

We have always got back into the 1st round so this isn’t a ‘selling our future’ problem. Also, we are in ‘win this decade’ mode so yeah it’s fine.

Well, one of the benefits for all this pain is do think it builds empathy as you imply and educate posters who don’t really follow footy closely, only the Demons. When we were [censored] all we needed was a coach and a list to compete but the nuances build up when you are a flag chance every year; form, injuries, playing style, et al. They all play a part and they can all bring you back down to earth…

Entitlement? Some are frustrated at the ‘tutt-tutting’ and the (perhaps entitled) palmed heads they endured when the raised their concerns on here. And it’s only as astounding as the occasional victory laps from the palmed head crowd after the Brisbane wins, now after the Brisbane loss…

Our best players weren’t healthy. Your larger point is correct though IMO, we actively avoided using our squad in favour of players limping with tape supporting their knees…

Oh absolutely, which is why I am wondering where all those that said ‘she’ll be right’ are to argue that point. Or don’t, it doesn’t matter in the end.

Where are the FD/Goodwin Truthers? I mean that lovingly… Coz I have nothing other than ‘yes he should keep his job sheesh’ after last night.’ Defend your people! Dispute my lying eyes! C’mon!

He is a gun. But jeez he needs work on his marking form.

Didn’t sound like those percentages, Mr say what…

The measure of the club will be to respond and go top 4 next year.

We’re all upset. And as someone who has been raising the alarm since even before the end of the winning streak, through the ‘loading malaise is a red herring’ months, and into the ‘we are struggling to move the footy’ month leading into finals; I can understand your frustration. We are not what we were and a lot on here didn’t want to hear it. That’s the way it goes sometimes. They’ll be better for the run, and be more understanding posters next year I reckon.

That may be. But our role for him and how we moved the footy was the skillet on which he spent his days at the Dees.

What do you want us to do? Round them up and smack their bottoms for every face palm of a post that noted how our pressure compared to last year was through the floor and I am on board… @1964_2 Get. My. Paddle.