layzie

Great job Trac!

If this game was like playing Wolfenstein 3D I'd definitely be playing on 'Don't hurt me' difficulty

Look I just hope we come out tonight with a good solid win, which will be a loss within 5 goals.

It's the worst when they randomly change stuff. Unfortunately it's the only way to keep the device running smoothly ☹️

God that would be a year round drainer right now!

Grundy. But the less said about that the better..

With those guys in and a bit more confidence than we're currently displaying and I'm pretty sure the gameplan would start to bear fruit. Wouldn't be perfect but I think we'd generate a lot more scoring chances.

I haven't received it yet. And that's why the team is in the damn shape it's in.

I want all 5 for sure, but near enough would be better than anything right now.

First mention I've seen in reference to the endeavour to make the new gameplan work but also the buy-in levels. We've heard all about the players buying into this style over pre season, it's another thing to trust it when the whips are cracking. If they buy in during training but then revert back during the season, is that really buy-in? What is preventing that last bit of brain re-wiring and trust? At the start of 2021 you could really see how much the team bought in to the gameplan. They were doing everything and more to show that they trusted the process. They would even go beyond the basic mechanics of the gameplan and give that extra 5% for each other, the memory that often sticks in my head early that season was Jayden Hunt leaving a man and committing full bore to a 50-50 contest in a close game. This showed that they had drilled down this model so well that they were even able to do things outside of the system if needed. I think you make a great point about the outside noise and distraction. We had no-where near that level of distraction in early 21. Now players reportedly want out, boards shuffles, front office staff shopping players around and more. How can we expect this to be drilled in if off-field stability isn't 100%?

Chalk it.

I would REALLY like to see a game with at least 4 of these 5 in the team.

A glance on DL this week: Back to the dark days Time to Start a rebuild? End of an Era Media Madness Time to go Goody? It's a tough one, certainly has people thinking.

I always think RS nominations in terrible team performances are much deserved, you're not being carried by anyone. Well done Harvey, the start of great things to come.

I'm really missing Windsor for this exact reason. He's one of the few players in the team right now that takes that extra step and produces a higher percentage kick whereas most are hack kicking like frazzled rabbits.

Hopefully Andy can find a software fix for this!

That's just it, win some games, show that the gameplan is taking some kind of shape and the blowtorch will simmer down a little.

Didn't Harry Madden once say that he didn't really do any fitness work and that rucking all day was more than enough to keep him in shape? Something like that.

Tragic. I don't think any AFL calibre team let alone us should be losing 7 straight centre clearances. We started the last quarter against North in a similar position, down and needing a lift, we responded by losing 4 out of 4 centre clearances and proceeded to be blown out of the water crushing any hope of anything. Holding the width and being balanced at the contest was something we really nailed from 21 to 23. It's sad to see we've gone back to the bees to the honeypot mode again.

Appreciate the hope.

"No time trials, I'm a footballer not a marathon runner" "No recovery sessions at Elwood Beach, I'm a footballer not an Iron Man" "No heart rate monitors at training, I'm a footballer not a science experiment"

Maybe a re-modeling? What about a renovation with a rooftop garden?

This is what I think of when the term rebuild is mentioned. Knocking down the house and starting again. Trading up for an occasional first rounder and injecting a little youth isn't what I'd call a rebuild.

And the moment this happens we'll probably hand him another 3 years..

We've done it once to get better picks, last year, for a player who was probably ready to go. A rebuild to me is slashing the salary cap, trading out top 10 calibre players to accumulate more picks and focussing predominately on youth.