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I like people that have eyes 👍 Good call

In the news.. oh yeah.. Think about it My God... are you that dim ? Daz...tis the off season.... time to grasp at straws mate. Disregard the noise... it's fugazi !! 🤔🤣🤣🤣 ( the irony eh )

To emphasise a point... And yes...purely observational.. and derivative of reports.... I get the impression King's thinking is when you're out there your mind needs to be concentrated on the game... no let up. It's not nearly about you being the very best forward, very best mid, very best back , very best any ducking thing... but it IS about being in the game, in the moment, switched-on.. Mindsets often beat presumptions. 18 blokes moving as a team.... playing with one...ONE.. method... They'll prevail. Classically.. a champion team.beats a team.of champions. That said... now revisit our trading and drafting. Penny dropping ?

F M D.. what a beat up... Kingy wasn't planning on Maysie at all If...OK.. if no bigger Apparently a hand has 7 fingers 👉 😉

Nupp

Something strikes me about Kings standpoint. If your mind isn't in the game 100% Then 100% you won't be in the game

Wendouree... yeah nahhh

My obs. He'll very much engage when he feels fit. He'll stop things and reset. He'll explain what he means and how to do it. He'll bollocks a player if he feels warranted He'll sidle up later and take a player through 'whatever' Make no mistake, King has empowered his delegates ( coaches etc ).... but this is HIS show.... Further... I think he knows what he's doing Further to the further... I sense the players think so too. There's a vibe.. We're ON !!

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 🤔🤷