layzie

Wouldn't mind some of Stokes' forward pressure

Surely West Coast can still feature in all this?

Well thanks media for letting us know, we'll now fix it.

I'll tell you what I've worked out? That I need to go home, been a long day and there's been a lot of food for thought.

If it's having a massive impact on the team and culture then the best we can hope for is they all get together, hug it out, bind together and go on to win the premiership like in Bad News Bears or some other feel good movie that I have no memory of.

They make it sound like our gameplan sticks and is in need of a massive overhaul.

I like the lateral thinking EO!

I'm sure someone will come up with the one example of someone who re-signed the day before trade period but I can't remember one off the top.

Especially if all this talk around here about team ethos is ruined now because of Jackson..

Merge with constitution thread.

He'll be fine!

To be fair he was off forward fair bit of that second half but I do see what people are saying. Thought he took a reasonable step in the right direction but is it enough?

If we know his decision, then that is the best that coudl have happened. We've got months to work on the best deal and there aren't going to be any surprises like Luke's parents going to 'have a look' at the Freo facilities the day before trade period. It's going to hurt and I'm not going to attack people for feeling down about it, he will be a loss no doubt about that. But this football club will move forward without him and only have people who want to be here.

This is the signing that matters.

Well I am regardless, these croissants and array of cheeses aren't going to eat themselves!

All about the best deal, the club will move forward.

I'm disappointed LH, I came up with the Loading End party idea. Hurt. 😜

That's the way the news goes..

We have been worked out to an extent and that is not a bad thing. Nor was it unexpected. There were moments even in our losses last season where commentators and pundits were saying you’d be better off trying to take the game on against Melbourne with quick ball movement and chaining through the middle as opposed to just bombing in every two seconds so May, Lever and Petty can mop up. There were also plenty who knew that if there was a chink in our otherwise brilliant backline it was that opposition teams may have found fortune in the ground ball game and getting looks at goal that way. Again this is not new stuff. The game style relies on massive amounts of pressure, if it’s a little off then teams are a chance against us plain and simple. If it’s on then a team like the Dogs may get some fortune throughout the game and some scoring but I’d say we still have the answers and pull away in the end. It would be silly to think that opposition coaches weren’t going to microscope us this year, it would be even sillier for our coaches to think that they weren’t going to do this and just keep doing the same old things against us. We knew it was coming and this is where we have to come up with our answer to that. So to answer your question yes we have been worked out to an extent because there is more film out on us but this doesn’t mean that our current game plan is dead in the water either. I’m also not saying there shouldn’t be little tweaks made here and there but overall it’s a pretty darn good system that has got us to this point in a premiership defence year. We just need to be bringing pressure and executing a bit more when it matters.

I'm just hoping it has a lot more to do with training loads and less to do with mentality and confidence.

Not this week..

Hunt might have been handy for when Garcia got free on the go-ahead goal. Hindsight but I'm still not over it yet.

This is where I'd expect a player of his calibre to be backing himself in and knowing that if he signs a 2 year deal with us that he will perform to a level that will get him that massive offer to mull over next time round. If he can't then I'd hate to think what his mentality is like when he's on that massive contract and expected to live up to it.

Oh I forgot to tell you guys but the other day I finally brought my limited edition Dees memorabilia. I can't wait to see the looks on faces of all the loosers who missed out.

It's been a rough weekend but you have given me some much needed laughs Demonstone!