beelzebub

Just most of us quietly... ( if not for injuries)

Starting to like this bloke

I really wish Jayden all the best. Thanks for being a Dee. Go well young man.

Very happy for both to get another year. As we go through a "change" I can only believe we are much better with their experience and effort for the coming season than we would be without. I do sense there will be a decent amount of change on our list. Some natural , some not so much. Congratulations to the both 👏 Hopefully they can both impart some of their experience and work ethic onto the younger brigade. Kudos

Good stuff.... 👍

Just think 🤔 .. if he had only been still on the ground .. at times... in particular matches.. 🤔🙄

Please take tge well intended way.. Does he NEED to tell the world...... or just the Panel ?? He still has to fox/box clever in the bigger paddock just at the moment Id think.

Yep.. 26 is a sorting , building transitional type season imho. Get a few kinks out.... see what's what, who's who etc. Then keep structuring the A team off and on field for 27. We'll look and feel different at end of 26.. might attract a different ilk of player too.

Just aking who and how rate different? Cheers

Any link ? Cheers

Finally had a listen. This guy's ok. Fresh air 👍👍👍 Good luck Paul...

Now this is the $64 question. But perhaps a better question as opposed how are you going to 'fix' something...is... What are you going to BUILD and how are are you going to do it ?? For mine its the latter. Need to build an essentially new team. This ones worn out. There is the semblance of a new order coming through and imho that's what you take and build upon. Getting the duct tape out and slapping it around ... nahh !! I want a coach to create a new era side.

All you have to know 😉

Funny you say that.... an expat mate of mine ( a Dee tragic too ) watches from his US home. I mentioned the umpiring was ... well.. totally !%$@'d .. he also retorted.. a few came back too. The balance though firmly in their favour. He also saw what I saw... how often the umps were so super quick with their whistles they were practically prescient 😉

Understanding umpiring is actually very straightforward Red... its simple , it's black and white ....

Free Collingwood... obviously..

This won't be a popular idea as it will seem far too rah rah rah for some. I would be engaging some advice from Military Trainers. They are very well versed in what motivates and drives people. They also understand its not about training people to do "X" but its as much about showing people to reach beyond and attain "Y" . Qualities such as Resilience, Fortitude, Rapid and Lateral thinking will never go astray. Ideas about different forms of leadership, about self evaluation and development and I could go on. A sporting field , a combative sport , requiring both team and individual efforts... there are parallels. We seem very hesitant as a group. The idea of 'learnings' .. hmmm 🤔 Yes still much to learn... Someone suggested learning to win.... that's always a good one 👍

Doc is that the preferred priority ?

Nothing to see and crickets out of the commentators.... how surprising.

"If can get on park" See what you did there..

Boggles the mind how many times we let teams catch up to us by doing nothing. Take it on ff s .. make their defence sweat.. put THEM under pressure... we have the ball... USE it !! Bloody hell we stand around like dorks at a dance !!

You're probably right but that does possibly say more about our dilemma than encouraging our prospects. He's unfortunately very one dimensional in a 3D game 🥴

Just checked ... seems you are indeed correct.

Of the 2 seasons immediately post flag I can see where an argument can be had for... but but... we did 'this'.. we got 'there'. It's a seductive stance i grant you. But if we kinda apply the "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" filter then if the 1st season gets a ... "well we did OK really " stamp the second most certainly can not. A battle cry ne mantra has been "Learnings " Did we not realise how we almost lost that GF ? Seems not as it was our ultimate undoing in 22. Did we then not learn from 22 in 23 ? Again seems not as it was all but spin repeat. And to he honest I'm fiik what we really learnt in 24 and this year save we might be morphing towards doing some things right but we still do a hell of a lot wrong. So, generously, I'll grant you 22 as not being a failure. ( certainly not a success ) but 23/24/25 .. well a rose by any other name ....etc etc. All water under the bridge now. Let's all look forward to new beginnings and some success and growth in 26 Go us