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Might it be a bit of both Bing ? I'd concur that Clarry is not at his fittest and probably feels it somewhat. At same time the style of play being brought in requires a lot more of the quicker actions etc.. the juxtaposition of both might be what's adding him ?

Or both ??

Doesn't address the Elephants aka 'delivery system '

Upset might have been a bit strong... some were well, somewhat dismayed. I think we've been far too quick to knee-[censored] on many occasions. Been very inconsistent at it too. We have to wear it now. Edit... seriously.. that was censored ?? 😆

April already ??

Sadly i have to agree. So much of our movement is actually to someone stationary . They may be an intended pass-off player but quite often becomes either a turnover or a dead end... game halts... opposition fall back and clog options ; not that we ever seem overly keen nor adept at such anyway. There's now a hurry to move the ball but I'm damned often if I can perceive intelligence in what's happening. I think the savvy opposition coaching feasts upon this. Just pressure us and we'll cough it up at some point or just as bad bomb it. Maybe Salem just settles in his mind to do what he can. We certainly lack link men of skill.

Sorry to tell you Praha but that window's been shut a while now.

This is where I suppose an element of spectator assessments comes into play. It's everything in context. To me much of footy falls into the "no man is an island" focus. By this It's often more meaningful to appraise any act if taken as part of a group of actions and ultimately the result/no-result of that passage. Salem's talent, imho, used to be that he could make a pretty good fist of seeing what was, or could, unfold upfield dependent upon his disposal. He often found a player or a space that put the ball to advantage and the opposition caught out of position or off guard. That subsequent disposal was often a scoring assist or a mark/free with shot on goal. He was very good at that. I don't see this hardly any more. Salem's kicks ( invariably a kick, and not often a turnover as he can kick... one of the few ) now are more often to a VERY safe option. But that option seldom has much momentum potential. Salem often start passages that were quick and fluid. Now the conundrum, is it this manner of play now that is of Christian's own doing or is it an absolute dearth of talent available to utilise his passes ? I really don't When watching I used to get excited/intrigued when Salem had ball on half back going forward as I'd be thinking... something will happen here. Now...I just wait for the 'safe' pass and stall in play. Maybe just me.

I'm kinda thinking King has become content listening to his own voice these days.. quite a large club of such minded

Does it ? Seriously.. Doesn't necessarily translate if the next movement is ineffectual. Just another stat really. We seem to win a lot of these 'stats' yet somehow lose the games. Salem isn’t damaging anymore. Just isn't. Be great if he got back that element of his game.

We're not "one bloke" away... We're a system and implementer away !! We're miles away. Or...possibly ONE DECISION away .. Any which way we've lost ours ( way ) and need to find a way. Someone needs to go away.

Most eloquently summed up !!

Never happen. Eunuchs in charge

You may be very right in a way. To me Salem doesn't do a lot wrong. Others suggest he plays a lot of footy in "safe' mode. Not altogether a bad thing but given his part of the ground is often the preserve of attacking rebounding you might be wanting to ask if we now have players who can play that position better, with more dynamic impetus, creating more 'dangerous' passages of play ? He's become very vanilla.

Red... the MRO and Tribunal are not about equatable argument.

Actually if you whittle away everything about the game to its essence all you have is ... scoring. I mean that is the nucleus of the game right there. To Score. To outscore your opponent. And we're 💩 at it. The actual fundamental of the game... and we're cactus. If that doesn't spell out what's wrong with our 'Brains Trust' nothing does. The club's priorities are all [censored] about.

Dont need to watch pressers .. Just watch games. Now is the winter of their discontent !!!

Umpiring Standard ? Is there one ?

This has got totally FUBAR written all over it. This displays the closed shop bias of the league and how it's corrupt beyong the pale. Makes me sick.

You both have valid points . A question emerges ... which is the greater.. Gawn or the team ? I don't ask it glibly btw.

It's not a level playing field

This... this is what it's all about : Simon's belief. We sit here and lament the "spin" but I genuinely think he 100% believes in what he's doing. He's able to spread that 'belief' ( at least for now ) to those that make the big decisions. Shame Blind Freddy is not on the board as he can surely see both the fallacy of this predicament as well as the flaws in the gameplan/coaching to that end. Goodwin thinks he's on the right track. Sadly it's more like ...

Dees Forward line

I can see absolutely no reason to expect a different result to our last meeting with the Aints. Somehow we're favourites but I truly am unable to fathom how or why. Lyon will be licking his lips surely Some will think this is pessimistic. It's just how I see it. There's nothing to enthuse watching us play. Was really hoping to have a bit of a wet-sail trip home to end of season... but we're all at sea and dead in the water currently. I really would prefer May was playing even if a bit out of sorts but that's not going to be happening. Is Lever even fit enough to be considered? Does Petty have to come in and defend ? A long week ahead