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Senility is rampant at my place !!

HEY !!!!!! This is a world record for the Doubters . The Bloke hasn't even started and people are into him. Even before his appointment, the bloke has a terrific reputation around the AFL, Do you honestly reckon the person is not professional enough to follow through his comittment to his current employer i.e. Geelong until the end of the season. I assume we have picked him for his competence and loyalty. Based on the arguments of some, Assistant Coaches cannot apply for a Head Coach job UNTIL the season after He finishes. This was brought up in the Media conference where he said that Today is Melbourne Day and then I am are locked in to Geelong for the rest of the season !!! Get real !!!

I think it shows how out of kilter society is when there are more important issues than a persons sexuality (chosen,apparent or otherwise). Without starting a dog/cat fight why is the sexuality of a player not such a big issue in AFLW (because they are more tolerant !!)

Agree with nearly everything said. Last Qtrs require confidence and our younger brigade need learning . I reckon Oliver & Petracca have been pretty good the last few weeks. Tracc is getting confidence back in his body and Clarrie is kicking better and LESS bombing. Seems fitter and happier. Provides a good base for next year and bring Rivers (after improving decision making) Langford , Lindsay and Windsor with another pre season under their belts back AND maturing bodies Feel confident. JVR puts in, and WILL make a very good player. We were beaten by a side who are well drilled, experienced and have an extra umpire (the crowd).

Maybe we could extend this "precedent" to Spectators as well. (I think they are part of society). In which case Collingwood , (Carlton, Essendon,etc.)......would not be able to have many people at their games at all if it was based on the way they talk to opposing (and sometimes their own )players based on the the "standards " they now expect of players (who often are not the brightest tools in the shed, unless they have a footy in their hand). For what it is worth I do not condone speaking to people like that, buuuuuuut some perspective please !!! So......in this new world it is more dangerous to call somebody a F....t, P.... than to deliberately/carelessly charge into a player after he has kicked the ball (and put that player out of the sport.

Yeh, Lindsay too. (Herbert is a smokey from Patchewallock U16's)

Or have to come back from their holiday OS !!!!

I think you are under-rating: Culley : Good size matured body. Seems to have ticker !! JVR : Good Size has still a bit of maturity to go (Probably has had more asked of him as a young player) Windsor & Herbert : still in "boys" bodies , but lots of potential Langford : a quiet "gun" Bowey : is a gun (albeit a pocket pistol) Chandler: has really had his first year without ANB & Spargo so is a VG small Fwd and has a degree of toughness Howes: has improved markedly , but is a little limited McVee : Still here ??? (I hope) Turner : has a bit of Sicily about him insofar as his ability to intercept. Has arrived as a regular !!! Jefferson : Don't give up on him . He needs a few feeds !! I feel he was just starting to get into the tempo required (until VFL duties took prededence ??) We need to be patient, especially the taller blokes. . Gawn was a match stick !! Kalani WHite could be potentially anything , bbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttt must be given time and must eat at the same restaurant as WIndsor,Herbert, Jefferson All is not lost !!!

And then we criticise Howe/Melbourne defenders inability to match up on Gunston and Hawthorn forwards. Get Breuss as our Forward line coach and leave chapman as the defensive coach

From afar i.e. TV It appeared that Melbourne bomb the ball to the tallest target and get over run in return. Whenever Hawthorn got the ball via mark /free kick there were 2 players running past BEFORE everyone settled down. The result was Melbourne were not in a position to defend. We rely too much on Max being able to mark. I see the previous poster has hit the nail on the head insofar as leading etc

I think you are a bit harsh on Chandler & Sparrow

But he copped the end result of the free run that was going from their HB, so a bit harsh. (Our forwards would make a killing if they got the delivery they got through their running in waves.) I also thought on few occasions that our blokes did not move the ball (especially in the first half) and that gave Hawthorn a chance to set up the rebound. The way they played today ,they are a really good side !!!

Disposal disposal disposal. Check the numbers, because Hawthorn always seemed to have someone free AND they were aware of it. A good lesson for the younger players.

What motivates/irks Buckley is that he left Brisbane thinking he was going to a Premiership Club like Collingwood buuuuuut..................... Brisbane done him in . I feel Buckley is a fairly self oriented person and the real good coaches have a broader "institutionalised" perspective. Really good footballers often fail to measure up really well as Coaches because of the inate "arrodensity" ( Yes I know Leigh Matthews was a VG/Exc Player) Chris Fagan a non player (AFL Standard) & Alister Clarkson (battler) are examples of what we need. My recollection is that Goodwin was a more team oriented player than Buckley . Furthermore he had to deal with career ending/ potential decline in 3 generational players which is pretty hard to cope with. Mark my words, a player like ANB would make a brilliant coach and for what it is worth Chapman comes across as a very team oriented person. So I would go for Enright or King !!

Who was the last coach we got from Collingwood ? If Goodwin's ideas were too old etc, why not get a "newby" i.e. Enright, King, Skipworth etc. By the way, I was extremely impressed by the way Chapman carried himself at his Press conference . Seems to have some balance. (Plus he could try out all the new moves on the C'well U 12's .....) Seriously though the players obviously listened to him (New & Old). I sincerely hope that the new coach is football oriented and not a "Marketing" choice.