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Take it we can Texta in 26 for a flag eh 😉 Go Dees

Maybe not 😉 An idea for many... disregard 25 26 will be different.... better... Emphasis on DIFFERENT

How would Deakin be involved with us ? 🤷

Its not about punters financial literacy. Mine's fine, thanks for caring. This is, never was about money.... that grows on trees and is accessible when required if..IF ...the deal stacks up. We obviously don't have that deal. Thats the problem imho. We have intent, a few nudge nudge winks... possibly a backroom "well if you do this we'll do that etc".. But there is an impediment... I sense it's not just a what but more a who. This isn't that [censored]hard... not really... its a [censored] oval or two and a warehouse with a glorified atco hut attached. We can't be anywhere close.....or they'd all be lining up to chirp. This has been derailed. I wait.

If anyone can post the latter bits... marvee 👍 Reading what I could did prompt the little grey cells.... particularly about 2 things but they in turn nudge a 3rd. The writer was a little surprised that Windsor is progressing well now through the middle. Strangely I'm not. Recent vision seems to indicate he's more than ready and ought to do well. We'll need it. 2nd.. The Langdon conundrum. A valid insight. Im wondering if we didn't see Langers as a negator purely as a result of the footy brains trust running out of methods to curtail oppositions ? I much prefer seeing Ed in full flight. He can be a very good and dangerous user of the ball. This then leads to how King will instruct our game. Are we going to back ourselves play an attacking style and make them.worry more about us... or go all negative Nancy? Without wanting to dredge up much this is i think where we started to come unstuck. The brains trust ran out of ideas or ability to keep OUR game flowing so we concentrated on stymiing them !! What I've seen so far suggests we'll attack games... I'm truly very dubious about stats . The notion that Kozzie doesn't seem to rate 'high' on defensive tackling to me is bordering on illogic. He is elite in attack... his role is to attack not defend. You invariably only tackle as a forward if they have the ball. This isn't the reality of Kozzie imho. Im happy for him to have 3-4 goals ... 3 to 4 assists ans sfa tackles. I.e... the opposition is trying to get him and thats the way we want it 😉

Is the door even revolving..... or is it closing

Whats the current demeanour of the MRC now a change of folk 🤔

I'm inclined to 2nd most of this especially the idea that we may actually be better off without Trac and Ollie. Have no doubt this will be a bitter pill for many. But just for a moment I invite people to look at our games, remove the emotion, remove, the bias and just critique the games via effort and effectiveness. ( because thats really all you ever really should do ) . There were any number of reasons we failed over the last few seasons. They pivot about thee two metrics ( above ) and then they're either tempered or expanded by a third. Cohesion. Tbh.... saw sfa of that last one for quite a long time. What I've been gladdened to see is its creeping back in ( if training is any guide ) This will be what brings us back... cohesion. Not about playing one particular style of footy..... but playing with one shared mindset. Go Dees

Or in the vernacular of the location......'scratched'

Im not trying to be in the slightest revisionist or sensationally argumentative for the sake of it. I detest statistics as invariably flawed in concept and deprived of reasoned context. Classically only the scoreboard matters and in reality thats the one that dictates my perceptions. I, and a number of other punters here watch and look. We track (npi...well... ) what players do and note all the little things ( as many as can ) Where this goes is .... what effectiveness does any player have ?? I'll stand by my impression that neither of Trac or Ollie are nearly as much of a loss as some suspect. Maybe if this were the start of 22 and not 26 that view might be different, but it's not and that's the crux of it. They are both very handy players on their day and I have no doubt will be good pick-ups for their new clubs.... but are we left with gaping holes?? Far from it. Im actually going to go as far to say had we retained them it may have proved an impediment to developing the team. Neither were what anyone would call ball delivers of excellence. They fit an older mould. Ollie is really the enigma of the discussion. His ability to read the ball and play was amazing...but in recent times the follow up of putting it to our advantage had all but deserted him. Trac... at the risk of arrows I will say his efforts post injury were not the same as before. I get that. But his effectiveness is his role as he'd become accustomed had slid... markedly in my book... a just 'is'. Happy for others to different. With the 2 players as was we played a particular way.. with almost (lamentably ) predictable outcomes.. This prevented other players progressing and developing craft . Now this would be fine if we were thumping teams and playing finals. But we weren't. We were God awful plain. Sometimes to improve you need to prune hard. This is what we've done and Im very optimistic of the results ( eventual ) going forward. In short we wont miss them as we'll play a better style of football with others bringing their abilities to the table.

🤔Almost like the place is run by Amateurs 🙄

Short answer YES

I'd happily put a slab on us not !! We'll play like a TEAMthis year. Huge difference.. more likely to be a chance to knock on the door than bottom 3.

I like Jake. Very interesting to talk to. . A very different cat 👍

Having cause to park in that northern area recently and take it all in as a location.... well... the South is by far the better outcome.... should it come to be.

I seem to remember some mention of them coming on board. Does it really matter 🤔🤷

They're not their respective corporate colours. Those logos are worth mint to them. Thats what the $$$$ are for. So when was the last time anyone watching Bang...bang bang bang ever considered the logos on the jumpers.. That's right.... Some need to get over themselves.... just saying.

All those complaining.... either ante up.... or stfu Penrite is a worthy Australian Company with a proud world beating history. Bloody hell... this is hardly a problem. Losing games is

I disagree... There's undoubtedly ( hopefully) a process in place. This will have milestones..... Currently we have only ...... millstones

There's to be an announcement about an announcement very soon or maybe a bit later, but soon ; sometime before Easter/KBW/GF/Christmas ( insert year of choice ) ......

My take... CJ is a line breaker.... wont be his job to hold down anyone... he can take a mark... he'll be the first 'explosion' off the backline. One thing in particular I've been noticing as a major point of difference to how we USED to play... we used to 'stop'... maybe only a second or a handful, uncertain of where the next kick or play went. We seemed to want to 'know' it was safe before proceeding. This gave all opponents that extra time to setup and/or cover. That's gone. We move quickly now with a kind of if " if you move it, it will come" approach.... IT being the next link. The players are being shown to believe and trust that the next play is there, whether it be an actual player or possibly just space. Conversely players are expected to BE that next link or get to that space. All this starts somewhere and I can see a lot starting from the likes of CJ. McVee was very over rated imho. Bowey comes in and out of 'very good' We played apples, we're moving to oranges. Well look and play like a very different this year.... it might take a few games to mesh .

You're almost answering your own query... almost. Part of the quality to any reply I think.firstly needs to revisit what our midfield was really like. Not the mythical invention... not once was etc... but just how good and effective we were. I deliberately left out 'efficient'.. this is where a lot of 'data' gets recycled....and for mine its often only represents SISO. Much is made of the 'loss' of Tracc and Ollie. Tbh in their recent guise and form for us I see no real loss at all. Sure a lot of 'numbers' there... I hate number's. I watch the ball.. and that ball got murdered more times than not. Our ability to bring the ball out effectively and deliver was atrocious . So back to where you were heading... the new midfield. Expect more from the likes of Windsor, Kozzie.. maybe Bill ( maybe not... interesting one that lad ) . Steele will be there and dare I sat less wasteful than Viney ( though tbh he has improved... [censored] he's had to ) I think well utilise a hybrid swarm . Look to see some bigger players with explosive abilities coming through the guts. In reality the only time the 'traditional' midfield concept really is used is at centre ball ups... so our real 'midfield ' ability brings in the runner on the respective wings.. and extractors ball users off/on the hf/hb lines. Im not the least concerned about the 'midfield' .. it'll be how EVERYONE runs and connects. This requires a team of 'lieutenants' out there directing traffic. I think we have a few. Interesting year ahead Go US !! 👍

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Hallelujah !!! Outdone yourself ... Take a bow 👏👏👏