Redleg

If I knew we could get an O'Meara type, Coniglio type, Viney and another good player at 11, I would gladly lose every game for the year. We need a major infusion of midfield, speed, skill and talent if we are to be a good side. The trouble is with the new side in New Zealand and South Africa we would lose all of them and end up with a bag of chips.

They could have worn red and blue jumpers, they performed that badly.

Can they play midfield?

Old Dee this might make you feel better. I think we will make several changes and play better next week.

That concerned me too. Any under 9 coach would have had someone on Black driving him mad and negating his effectiveness. He was alone for large chunks of the game as he destroyed us.

Never have I been more on the money.

Try and do a bit of analysis here. I know I shouldn't write so soon after a loss but I feel pretty calm at the moment. 1. Our midfield is slow, both in leg speed and reaction. 2. Our disposal as I have been banging on about for many years is the worst in the AFL. Can't kick to a player or handball to a player. 3. Our general handling skill is poor at best. 4. We allow match winners ( like Black ) to go unstopped while they are killing us. 5. Any game plan that relies on entry into the forward line, being by bombing the ball from 40 metres in the air is doomed to fail. 6. Our players don't run to position and create space. 7. Our first touch of the football is a fumble. 8. We have senior players who shouldn't be in the side and I will name some Flash, MacDonald and maybe even B & F Beamer and soon Green. 9. Too many players get the ball and without looking just kick it to the opposition. 10. There was no game plan in evidence today but I am prepared to give that time. 11. We allow flooding in our forward line and then one on one in the opposition's. 12. We show no passion in our play or anger towards the opposition or the situation. ( I am not suggesting violence ). 13. Our drafting and development of players appears poor so far over the last few years. 14. We are slow in too many positions. 15. We allow 33000 supporters to come along on a nice day at our home ground against an interstate side and play a game of crap football that is nothing short of disgraceful. BTW I can accept defeat as I have followed the club for 55 years but today was shameful. At least 186 was Geelong at Geelong with nothing really to play for. It just seems to me that other sides have drafted no name players who have speed and skill and play to the team ethic, while we seem to have not developed players or picked badly at the draft in the first place. We needed quality mids and we went tall for several picks over the last couple of years. Scully was a mid but I am not sure Trengove is. He will be a good player but not a quick mid. Surely Magner highlights the problem when from the VFL he is our best mid on the day and our second best is our number 1 key forward draft pick. Why do we fumble nearly every possession? Why do we pass 40 metres up in the air? These are major problems. Feel free to disagree.

I think the weather has turned in our favour.

Agree. Cotchin is class, Beamer is a bull.

Eddie's large shorts are the only thing I like about his club. Have hated them since my childhood.

As well as the mystery illness, we usually have a player pull out on game day as well.

That's 4-6.

Have I mentioned I hate Carlton?

We are miles away from the F word and galaxies away from the P word.

Surely the reason he is playing. His disposal in the NAB cup was atrocious.

That can't be the case. Sydney v GWS is on many times as is GC v Crows.

Don't want to nitpick and it probably won't matter if we lose, but I like to tape the Foxtel replay of the game as it uses less space on the storage guide. Live is much more than the replay without breaks. I noticed we are only on replay once the whole week at 2.30 AM sunday morning and as well another program is listed at the same time.I can see the recording failing. Other teams like Blues and Dogs etc are replayed 5-6 times that I can see. Why is that?

I would think under 20 is poor, over 30 is good and around 25 is not bad, given the interstate team.

You would think we would get a good crowd saturday, first game, good weather, we will see.

Believe it or not I am worried about the 29 degrees predicted. That will help them enormously.

Beaten a short half head on a hard leaders track. Great effort from him as he comes from the back and likes some give in the ground.

I hesitate to post this but I have Briefed running soon at Sandown at 4.40. If he can get a clear run at them in the straight from not too far back he should be in the finish.

Smashing Andrew Demetriou for starters. Getting stuck into Caro for being the AFL mouthpiece for another.

I taped all of the Stynes tribute games plus the funeral service today and I have probably got 15 hours to watch, in addition to On the Couch and my daily AFL 360 plus this weeks game against the Lions. I will have square eyes when I finish.

Well I put the Kiss of Death on Evans when I selected him to be my big improver this year. He may not even play this year.