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Who is our next captain?
I trust that Rick Lever can get back to being a consistent performer and is the next best leader. I wonder how Mcvee could go as the vice. Heās straight as an arrow and disciplined to a T. A drop off this year but poor pre season impacts that. Lindsey down the track.
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Time to go Goody?
Does anyone really trust the club to make the right decisions at the present moment? I trust that once Guerra and Smith come in we will but now no. Our history is full of poor management and decisions, I hope one day we learn from them. In respect to Goodwin I think he is a good coach and leader, with some old dogs not able to learn new tricks, or regressing into bad habits. But what is evident is one man does not have all the answers and an equally strong team of people around the coach is critical. In 21 we had Goodwin, Yze, Chaplin, and Burgess. All very strong in their roles, and leaders in their own right. I Donāt quite know what Richoās role is in that but his role has been stable. Each year we have lost one of these keys, and equal replacement just donāt grow on trees. Add to that the playing personnel we have lost, Brayshaw, Nibbler, Jackson, again with not for like replacements, proves for a decline. Add to this an aging leadership group. A team like Geelong have maintained a strong stable off field leadership group whilst attracting solid footballers, but more so great leaders. This off season we need to land a solid assistant, who will take over from Goodwin plus we need to move on probably Clarry with like player but with a lot more leadership (simpleš«£) Maybe a Petty (Surely Adelaideās offer is still there š¤£) In the most perfect world we kept Burgess or got him back, Brayshaw didnāt get Koād and Yze stayed on to be to next coach. Oh for a perfect world.
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Game plans, tactics and all that jazz
What comes first, a rebuild of a list or a game plan. What is the goal? Does a new coach change either direction? Who needs to be making these decisions? Can these be made without a ceo or president? Canāt sit idle but canāt make rash immature decisions either. Weāve done that before.
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POSTGAME: Rd 04 vs Geelong
At the game It was as though Geelong were able to create a spare in nearly every area of the ground. Even deep in their forward line. Iām guessing sparrows positional apponent just follows the ball around, especially once they got the ball past centre. Also Max for instance would run back to defence rather than forward, especially the first quarter. And with Trac, I think people are hoping he bleeds red and blue, and his frustrations are for the team. My take is for most of last year he wanted out, I canāt see that changing so why wouldnāt his frustrations be āWhy wouldnāt they let me leave, this situation is duckedā
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Welcome to Demonland: Aidan Johnson
Has he ever been tried as a defender? He is the same size as May, and being a competitor sounds ideal as a May backup. Heās had 1 season at VFL with 1 pre season and played well enough to make an AFL list. His footy growth should still be going up. Good luck to him!
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AFLW: Rd 07 vs Adelaide
I agree with most of what is said here George, but not the boring part. The girls were intense and went to work at the contest with a full team buy in. It took courage and commitment and is a lot better to watch than the dumb stuff they were dishing up 2 weeks ago. Every time Adelaide got out it got shut down. Of course goals are great and flow in the game, but that was a fight to the death. And Marks win games thatās for sure! Itās good to see players in their preferred positions thriving. Goldie is a good example of this. Certainly a game that made me proud to belong!
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Are the Dees Still a Destination Club?
Maybe Tim Lamb reads demonland and seeing a thread with āShould Tim Lamb go?ā Has him questioning are the dees his destination club? š
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2024 AFL Grand Final
For Sydney to lose like this again tells me itās an MCG thing. They can clog up their home ground and then keep contesting it forward. Sydney in this game clogged up the middle but left a Brisbane player or two last on defensive line and also offensive line. Same as Geelong and GWS last few weeks just kept kicking it to Starcevic. No numbers running forward all getting ready to defend midfield.
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Training Ground?
Please donāt put up the picture of the scoreboard for those that donāt get the link to this number š
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The Kalani White Thread
The Dees do have a ruck coach position available and from what I have seen Jeff Whites analysis looks pretty spot on. From a business point of view, being in Victoria would be beneficial as well. Then I suppose Khalani might like to come too.
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Have we lost an edge?
I agree we are way too nice and intimidated by opposition. That could be said about the supporter base as well. In 21 we did have an edge but I believe it was created from selflessness and parking of Egoās. The Nibblers hard defensive running allowed tracc to cheat forward offensively, Petty holding a monster along with May allowed Lever to play free. Ben Brown took the no1 backman allowing Fritta space and opportunity. Who helped who this year? Every player has a weapon, but is usually reliant on a team mate.
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Jeff 'Wiz' Farmer
Maybe the media department can put something out like āthereās only one Wizardā or āwe had the real wizardā or āAnything you can do he did betterā you get what I mean and just show off his highlights reels all day especially when the hawks do for their phony. The Wiz is still the best. I donāt even have to say his name, you just know. š
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AFLW: Rd 02 vs Brisbane
Brisbane worked hard to our number our girls and It looked like they brought their own umpires today. I thought it last week too, but it looks like they play to defend first, and score second. Defensive set up is ok but when we have the ball they donāt run forward and constantly get outnumbered in the forward 50. Easy turnover and run out. Itās a territory game and we just guard the centre of the ground. well done Banno on 50 games, but the ultimate down hill skiier. Zanker gets so down on her self she struggles to keep her head in the game. Kate canāt do it all on her own. Paxy still one of the better players, but maybe a little loose to be played in defence. B Mackin another good game as well as Goldy. A few too many injuries now makes for a potentially sour year.
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Darren Burgess Potential Return to Victoria
Part of Burgoās philosophy was resilience and playing through duress and injury. I wonder if part of the disconnect between the playing group is there is a split in belief. Max clearly for the model playing through injury half the year, Trac post incident certainly not, but also playing Spargo game one or Petty all year, surely created doubt in its effectiveness for some of the team. Even May might be thinking twice. Maybe this forms part of the grievances and a fresh approach needs to be sort out. At least a model that is universally trusted.
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Pert and Roffey - The Review Thread
Reading the book āBetween the flagsā by Ian Munro, a tough read in places, our club seems to have a knack of f ing it up. But thereās a paragraph that really hits rights now: it talking about country zoning and how alone it canāt be used at why we didnāt have any success. āA lot has to do with culture and leadershipā Greg Miller says. Zoning alone does not equate to success, and the most important one is the impregnability of the top people at a footy club. Those people set the tone and the culture. The President, the coach, the football manager, and cheif executive. Development through good culture is more important than recruiting. āYou have to have an impregnable force at the top, even more so now because the media will try to break you up. Itās the Chairman, itās the coach, itās the Cheif executive and itās the footy manager. None can have and ego and none can let the others down. people, the media, look at recruiting because itās measurable. You canāt measure leadership. ā Ianās Munroās book should be on the desk of any power broker in our club. A book on an awful history which many learnings should stem. Thankfully the book has a happy ending. But Our club has a talent for cocking it all up! I hope it doesnāt again.