darkhorse72

On one of the footy shows, they showed he is rucking event more this year than ever. We need to bit the bullet and bring in a second ruck if we want him to keep playing for us.

good for half the qtr... poor skills when we have control to deliver the ball to the advantage of our players. Goodwins tactic were shown up in the 2nd half in terms of positioning the players. lets see if they change it up to adjust this qtr.

10 metre kick!

AT least we are running.. but skills!

all that good work and that lack of skills to finish it off

yeah, that was so short..

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Lets go boys

Lets go boys...

I agree, as are thread is about trading quality players out now, hence my post. I believe we have and continued injected high quality talent in the last few ears through the draft as you stated. My point that people are looking to trade out experienced established high quality players for draft pics. I don't agree with this approach, we tried it once and it nearly killed the club (Among other factors) as it kills culture. As for the current state of play for the team, the coaching team need to fix it. If they cannot then naturally the club will find someone who they believe can.

What model do we want, the Geelong model where they retain their provide stars and build the young players around them for sustained success or Hawks model or trading them out for some currency to quicken a rebuild. (not that they got along for their players in the end) I like the Geelong model. The question is their ability to stay competitive as a rule compared to other sides through great trading and player development. Yes they offer a point of difference compared to us due to their location (As yes there seems to be some fishy deals to get high profile players there). But internally they run an orgnaiustion that has been consistently competitive. The other point is their and the pies ability for older stars to remain at th top of their game till the end.

Great to know....I'll put the hose on us :) Fingers crossed your right.

Your right, we continual to bring in the young players when they are ready. We also need to ensure we retain experience on the list otherwise the young players will get smashed and have no one to learn from. We have made that mistake before, so did the Roos and they are still trying to climb out.

Agree they have great list management and refresh when needed. I believe with the focus on frequent early draft picks and playing the kids we are already doing that process. The difference between us and a Geelong recently are the recruitment of high quality established players. Though we were in line to do this with Houston for the first time in years. (Though long term I prefer the players we drafted) We have lots of what appears to be good young talent to keep the team competitive. The issue is how the talent is being used. Can a different coach with a different philosophy improve the team? Based upon our last 20 games, our current model is not working.

I've ben a supporter of Goody, and had high expectations for this season with a better preseason and a fitter squad. But gee, we look really under prepared for the season. That is on the coach and his staff. I feel that if he doesn't fix it quickly after last season there will massive media and supporter pressure for him to go.

thats for the updates, fingers crossed its a lesser ligament

[censored] game today, but thats another topic. Any update on Xavier Lindsay?

We ar ein the process of an ongoing rebuild with the recent trading for high draft picks. We have a good core of young players. What we need to a coach that can get the skills back up to play the game style we need. Look at the skills of the hawks, same when Clarkson Tok over, they spend time developing this skills once draft. Before I switched off today (2nd week in a row which is rare) so many fundamental basic skills errors cost us the ability to move the ball quickly without pressure and/or lead to a turnover and a goal against. Whatever changes Trac demanded to improve standards is not evident.

man impairs are bad, they call that one not 15, and it was well over and the other one was fine...

Totally agree... its been woeful and there isn't even massive pressure forth the sun oc cause it. basic concentration errors.

wtf, how was that 15...

At last.... gee how bad has our kicking become.

hopefully Lindsay is just precaution :(

Why did you just go a say that.... :(

Thanks for fixing my login and its look great, big improvement