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And that could be the main problem. We all know that for a number of years we recruited only the contested beast, while the game was evolving to a game of precision disposal, to avoid the opposition scoring. We are now left with a lot of poorly skilled footballers, who can win the footy and get it forward, but not accurately enough to maintain possession, inside or near our F50 where the scoring is done. The stats don’t lie, we lose games weekly while having more inside F50’s than the opposition. That’s it in a nutshell. The problem is we haven’t fixed it in the last few years and therefore it keeps repeating. Fix that problem and select a better balanced forward line and we will win a lot more games. The fear of many on here is that Goodwin can’t. That is fully understandable, given the weekly repeated scenario.

And the way we are going, he will be the greatest player of all time.

We are handing North pick one. Watch that kid win 3 Brownlows and be the greatest player of all time.

Agree. Our use of the ball is the AFL’s worst. There is no system or game plan. That is not emotive rubbish, it is fact.

Well the players aren’t responsible for not selecting another key forward, to give us at least a chance of taking a contested mark inside 50. That is a joke.

What about the Vice Captain, disgraceful. Now the turnover king.

Disposal ha ha ha. Not under 10’s standard. Oliver not a disposal to us. VDB can’t run or take possession.

Wish I could draw it as an example, but I have seen guys allowed to run outside the boundary line for say 10-15 meters and then kick the ball into play and it it is all ok with the umpires.

What, you can run outside the boundary line, past the mark and keep running there, out of play until you kick it in and that is ok. I don’t think so.

Appears to be a new rule. Players taking a kick outside the boundary line, aren’t being made to bring the ball in over the mark, but rather are being allowed to continue on outside the line . Should be thrown in, as soon as they play on or kick it outside the line.

Ordinary last night.

Good luck with that one. There is a 30 year contract in place and works projected at the ground based on that income stream.

If we had King I would still be happy with the 3 we took last year. I really wanted Rivers and and am very keen on Petty and Jordon.

I know hindsight is wonderful, but I wonder how many DL’s would now rather Ben King than May. I am a fan of May, but wonder if we had Ben King and then kept Frost as a result of not getting May, if we would be better off, certainly so in the long term.

If Weid is not injured, then it is starting to get very concerning he has not been considered for the first third of the season.

I know how you feel, this season is tiring me already.

Well I certainly don't get stressed or upset watching Footy Classified.

That's interesting, as I find that Caro talks over everybody else and it is very off putting. Eddie was obviously only doing his Pie protection best. He is a brilliant TV operator.

Yes true except that Grundy hits to advantage and then follows on as another mid.

Tell that to the Pies, who actually have the best ruckman in the game. He is better than Max and without him, IMO, the Pies would struggle. Grundy starts most of their play and is the one player they can’t afford to lose.

They both have had injuries, but were part of a defence Sunday that only conceded 7 goals. Pretty good I would have thought.

And that is why anything is on the table, as the season is on a knife’s edge. We are in the middle of the worst pandemic in maybe a century and we are trying to keep sport going.

They beat us with two players effectively out of the whole game and even Danger off for nearly a quarter. Getting close is not the issue here and those who think we did ok, are sadly mistaken IMO..

Any decent side would have beaten the Cats yesterday. Stewart was off early and Atkins was injured early, he had one possession and they had another injury later, as well as Danger off for most of a quarter. We don’t convert opportunities and it is because of the selection of the side, the game plan and the lack of skill of the players. Other teams have us worked out and that is why the Cats played that chip game yesterday. Name one time when we found a forward leading into space and he was given the ball. We are incapable of maintaining possession of the ball. We are a team of hard at it players who lack basic disposal skill. With our unbending game plan of bomb it in, we are doomed to more losses than wins. The dumb mistakes we make have to be down to Coaching. The Coach seems unwilling or unable to change. I love Viney and Oliver’s attack on the footy but they simply turn it over far too often. Watch the game again and you will see Viney swing into his left and kick it to a pack or nowhere near a teammate. Oliver too often kicks without even looking. He is a shadow of himself in his first year. People on here are not against their club if they write what they see, despite some attacking others for not simply showing blind loyalty. Any fan watching the last half of the Blues game and yesterday’s game would have to be worried and agree that we play ugly footy that is hard to watch and the footy world seems to agree. If we don’t fix up our poor skill, poor game plan and poor selection of the team, we will remain the same.

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