Chook

Seems a shame that players disobeyed instruction by kicking to a leading melksham to win the Brissy game then hey? Plenty of times I saw Gawn and other forwards motioning to get the ball in quicker but the player with the ball was indecisive and the moment was lost. That's not coaching that's on the players not executing the plan. Yes we have a plan to minimise damage by kicking to pockets and bombing at times but not all the time. The players lacked nuance in their play and that's on them not the coaching.

I think you'll find supporter morale at a post-flag year low. I'd be surprised to see dees fans turn out in much force unfortunately especially after putting up with Pies fans last week. A lot just won't want to go through that again.

That's just not true. Our forward line has functioned well at times this year and when it has it has come with quick entries. I think potentially our players were super-conscious of not letting Collingwood rebound from defensive 50 causing them to kick to contests which make them more likely to end in stoppages rather than pinging out through hands. However that would not have been the intent of the forward line coach. It would be the players failing to execute on the instructions they were given, which would of course have been to take the opportunity to hit a target inside 50 when it presents.

She's clearly given him a zoom and gone hang on buddy I know what you're going to do and let me tell you it's not happening on my watch. Very impressed with Laura Kane so far.

If it frees up May, Lever, Rivers to be more aggressive with their positioning and give us more drive from half-back that's exactly what we need. If it makes us even slower and stodgier moving the ball into our forward line then absolutely not, no thank you.

I seriously doubt that.

Your thoughts on Max Gawn as a forward?

Will do but if our players don't listen to their forward line coach what makes you think they'll hear me and my random mate?

Remind me to ping you early next year when Petty kicks 0.3 (two out on the full) after having the ball kicked on his head 21 times.

Yes like renowned forward Harrison Petty or longtime halfback flankers Jake Melksham and Bailey Fritsch?

The formula is so clear from these two finals: 1. Attack from minute one, instead of when you're already multiple goals behind 2. Kick goals instead of behinds (duh), i.e., score when you have momentum 3. Nope just two.

Also need to attack from minute one instead of from the start of the 3rd quarter.

The ability for teams to rebound quickly and score goals (against out of position defenders) has been so evidently effective across these two finals. We need to use that as our plan A instead of a last ditch effort in the final quarter.

Jeez the blues ability to get fingertip to ball on the goal line is elite.

Give me a good Bowey arrow inside 50 and even I'd kick a goal against Carlton. Give Curnow a rainmaker vs Moore and Howe and even he couldn't do a thing.

We can't kick goals when we're icy. This team is so timid and "cerebral" it kills me. A bit of fire might actually be a good thing. Think 4th quarter when we had to actually go, and we did.

Roo is tiring anyway and IMO is barely best 22. Melksham is a big out but is only good for 1-2 goals per game. I don't care who you put in our forward line anyway. Forwards kick the goals but they don't create them.

Did it just fine last week and the week before that and and and….

Please everyone cool it with the straight sets nonsense. It may happen but there's no point whinging about it based on two sides playing a game that doesn't involve us. You're just doing your own heads in.

Because we're bad or because the oppo are good?

Who is this post for? Is it venting? Do you think we care? Do you want to be proven right? Is it a way to hedge against the worst possible result. Would honestly love to know.

Who's kicking it in there? The ball ping pongs out (giving us record inside 50s) because the mids delivering it in are too timid to get it in quickly). Clean up accuracy and get it in quicker and we put q4 on the board instead of quarters 1-3.

Dees and Pies are still likely the best 2 sides in it (Brissy in Brissy probably 1st-and-a-half). Sucks to be 2nd best on the night last night but we're still a red hot chance to make it to the GF.

24 hours on the lack of maturity and poise in the 1st quarter demonstrated by our premiership side was the most disappointing thing.

Sorry you feel that way. I recommend reading a book or something. There are a few good ones that have been written over the years - try a comparitively joyful one like Grapes of Wrath where nothing bad ever happens and the good guys always win :)