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This is why you’d have to pull the trigger mid season and start to get in season changes started. They’ll be tactical and unlikely to stick but it will be a start. The changes can continue in off season and will likely need a further season to ingrain. What ever way you look at it it’s 1-2 year proposition best case.

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Pre season should have had groups of 4 running at pace through the corridor against the whole team trying to get into the forward 50 at pace on repeat until it becomes instinctive. We need super fit ground ball winners that can go HB to F50. Kozzy is one, Windsor is two. Need 3-4 more.

May and Windsor will not be rushed back IMO. I doubt they will return given May was to consult a specialist late this week for next steps and Windsor was on crutches today in the rooms. I’d say both are 3-4 weeks away.

I think it is a rebuild. Our current midfield don’t have what it takes to be a fast transition team. Athletically and skill wise. We will need to replace them with the likes of Windsor, Lindsay, Langford, Tholstrup who all appear to be more balanced and skillful. But that will take at least 3-4 years to mature. In that time though Gawn, Maysie, Viney are all gone. Trac and Oliver in twilight. Lever likely done as well. You can only hope that Jeffo and JVR come on, Kozzy stays and Kalani chooses us. Every supporter dreams their team will contend for the flag every year, I just thought the dream would last longer than 2 rounds in 2025. Oh well.

It’s either 1-4 or frighteningly 0-5. I cannot see how we win next week. GCS will repeat what we saw today and will have better forward weaponary to maximise score.

JJ and Bedford are players we should have kept. Instead we have Laurie, Billing’s, McAdam who for their own reasons struggle to get games at AGL level. Playing Bedders, Chin and Kozzy as High HFs is exactly what this team needs in the transition game and winning ground balls in defensive half.

Life sucks - I know that feeling all too well and can empathise with him, especially if it is still raw. Hopefully he has some time to process it as it can take some time to come to grips with it. I know he is trying to lead - but i think It doesn’t help the team if he’s not mentally fit to compete. Should have played TC today. He competed well against Xerri earlier this year. Just make the hard call Goody FFS, we are losing at selection.

But we lost in round 1 and round 2. We needed to respond to last weeks defeat. Im not calling it yet, but we are starring down the barrel of an 0-4 start. If that comes to pass then the damage would have already been done. There is a reason why so many pundits had us outside the 8. Perhaps I was too blind to see it or wanted to admit it.

I’d say we are already at that point. What irks me is this is what I expect Collingwood and Geelong to be with their lists. We are a younger side and look like we are nosediving for bottom 4.

Yeah we were freakishly potent offensively. Funny that we still have the spine of that team.

Windsor won’t play for at least 3-4 weeks I reckon. They rushed him already, I wouldn’t do it again.

Firstly it ain’t me. But what do you expect? “Well done lads good effort”? I’m sorry they need to hear it. It was an embarrassing outing today. It’s the Melbourne of old. I now ask myself which Melbourne is going to turn up? I seriously thought we were done with that. F Me it’s depressing to be back here again. I don’t expect to win every game, but you have to try and do something. You can tell within the first 5 mins whether we are there to play or not. Last week they decided to rock up and put in a fair effort. I was devastated for the loss but was happy with the effort. You’d expect this from a young side. We had 11-12 premiership players on the field this arvo . It was unacceptable. The Roos were made to look top notch. They were good but not great. Bring the heat and we melt. Simple formula , works every time.

It’s not his philosophy. He is a defence minded coach - it is very hard to change that mindset.

Feels like wheels are falling off after round 2. That talk in Bright was better spent maybe doing a 2km time trial. Because they didn’t look like a team on the ground today.

I never did. These are the stats that are used every year to assess teams likelihood of playing finals. Also about assessing us against our own FDs publicised expectations.

This year is already ugly. 0-3 kiss top 4 goodbye. 0-5 kiss finals good bye. Both are likely prospects. There was absolutely no urgency and effort today. Contrast with the saints last night. That’s how I expect us to play every week. Haven’t looked like it for 3 years.

Pass.

That it’s for me today. Can’t bear to watch this [censored] show. Something still funky bout the club. Doubt it will get fixed this year. Goody - I’m afraid you need to go. We’ll need another 2-3 years with a new game plan. Bombers death riding us hard.

How do regroup from this. There is just nothing to take out of this.

That should be 50

The vultures will circle for us this week. We are very good chance of going 0-4, 0-5. Can’t see us winning a game for a while.

Maybe we should recruit comden as our CHF. We kick it to him enough.

Another list clogger.

Bowey just a nothing half back. List clogger. Have to get him out of the side.