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Good for him... 🙄 There are any number of scenarios whereby 13 wins with approx 105% gets you 8th. None of those matters nor apply to us. We'll struggle to clock another 3 or 4 wins the way we're going. If Simon's brave and racks the cue and trials a few players the ladder position will reflect. Though I'd be happy enough to explore that. No other chocolates being on offer. Reality is I'm inclined to think we'll finish no higher than 2024, with less wins and a worse % That's really all you need to understand. I don't doubt we're dead for 25. For mine the question is can we start the 26 resurrection now.

It's always fun to head into a game against an opponent who was a surprise loser the week prior. They'll be primed to avenge that loss, especially at home. Our Football Brains Trust ( i-don't) will have its work cut out. Our kicking essentially a 50/50 [censored] shoot at goal v Suns 60% on target. Ranked 4th. So for mine, though it sounds ridiculously simplistic , and given much of our game WON'T/Can't change we have but two areas we CAN hopefully direct the outcome. 1) kick goals. I know , how has this Einsteinian element escaped use before now . Maybe because we haven't left anyone there long enough who might have this craft as key. Im no particular fan of JVR but if he's selected then ffs play him as a forward, not a wandering minstrel. Whoever lines up, leave them there and find the solution to the other problem ( ruck-relief ) elsewhere and otherwise. 2) stop them kicking goals. I know, clever huh. This is actually part of a two-fer special deal find . A bargain at the Albert-mart 😉 Tighten up the backend, not have a mare of a day letting off a leash some wally to kick 7 goals.. just sayin' 🙄 There are other things but they could fall under the realm of swings and roundabouts...i.e.. might be countered and the result not a lot different. So for now just 2 things.. More goals than points and cut down opponents shots on goal. All jokes aside to win that's what you do. Why do we lose ? Because we don't do it. A lot of things you can't change , not wholesale. Some you can. Finding some stability and functionality up front is key. This is exactly what the Suns will be attempting also as at there last 3 outings they've suffered from the Demonics... the act of kicking more points than goals !! We just need to do it better. Apparently we get it in the arc OK ( though arguably not in best parts of it...but.. ) Even if we can muster a 50/50 hit rate we will win. So.... in summary. Stop stuffing around with forward setup and personell. Let it play out the game. And it's the two BIG sticks 😉 !! Go us...

Applying a little Dave Allen .... not a foot wrong, or not a foot... anywhere ? Club continues to languish going nowhere fast and we're now apparently even further away from a new training/hq than we were a year ago. I acknowledge he's directly responsible for neither. But I would ask what is he responsible for ?? He's doing a damn fine job of caretaking. It could be worse.

Are you to suppose kicking.. the very essence of the game changes ?? Many suppose the modern game requires modern 'imagined' solutions ?? It doesn’t The fluidity of the game has increased tempo.. but kicking a [censored] ball hasn't really changed one iota. A few 'new' techniques has come in.. but the ought to be "classical" drop punt , set shot...hasn't. There are any number here who will have been taught and practiced the same shtick . I chose to ignore the sanctimonious derision.. Oops !!

It's not easy... that's the point ;)

I've posted how I trained. Only a " suburban boy" back then ... but a couple of guys who had mentored me knew their stuff. ( both very well known vfl players of the day .. both exceptional forwards ) Me and a mate...sometimes just me.. A football and a park with sticks. Set routines... positions kicked from. Positions around arc...and I used 30m and 50 m ( 45 tttt...lol ) ( not dissimilar to basketball shooting practice in idea ) .. 2 to 3 times a week. And hour ago go. Rain or shine. The point of which is to kick without thinking... you just do...it becomes second nature. Later when older .. 25-30 .. just once a week... but i was only amateur, had a job.. wasn't paid squillions as my ONLY gig !! That's my respectful genuine answer. Practice Practice Practice Edit...an advantage of a mate... took turns... didn't have to fetch ball as much and could also practice 'on the run marking or pickups ...kicking etc. I never took my selection as a given..

Or ...another posit.... they do some( practice ) ...go ok....then.in their minds they've done enough. Until game days when we know otherwise

I do agree about the corporate spin job. I'm not expecting much for rest of season but am intrigued to see how it plays out. We're really an enigma wrapped in a comic.

Yep, we're flying eh !! lol

Had a coffee yet ? Asking for a friend...

Your missing the point. I'm not debating the good bad or otherwise of pokies. I'm suggesting it matters not whether we have them or another. The problem truthfully is the player. And they always find a machine. We haven't solved anything, if that's the litmus, by moving them.

No. It's effectively foolhardy to pretend. What really happened. Did the machines stop ?? I'm fully aware of what gambling is. You make a bet... not my problem... it's yours. Own it. Should we stop selling drinks ?? Hell, stop selling chips and pies.... save a lard [censored] or two. Ppl, society, needs to stop pretending it's always someone else's fault. If anything is a problem, of course seek help.

Yes... it becomes essentially empty virtue signalling. You're not saving the world

I'd argue we would have gone ok. 🤷‍♂️ We'll never know of course.🙄 Meanwhile FF 2025 And we still play a similar style Melb v Melb+other = D'oh !! 🥴

I reckon we're that good at it we might still find a way...

I hate stats Find them a poor guide as there's far too many nuances to the game and some very rubbery interpretations to consider them valid. But the one extrapolation possible is where we are and where we're headed and as you suggest Mr Fence we're not pointing upward. If that doesn't change ... well change must happen

My opinion of the review is ... it failed. Someone got some easy $$$

It kind of begs the question. If the 'new' location is possibly better than the other, why wasn't it looked at in the first instance ? 🤔🤷‍♂️ Anyway. Will be interested to see how take 2 progresses.

To all who suggest P.M. Ever tried to get to that place.. ??

Thought you were channeling our kicking there for a moment.. Prefer 11/7 😉

Yes and no. Reminds me in a fashion of French justice . IYKYK 😉

We have 9 games left If we win 5 of those and increase our% by just 5 I'll go he..but I'll concede Simon might have made a case for staying on. I'm not a fan. I'll make that gambit. Who on the converse will sign his papers eos if we don't??

What are the knocks ? Asking for a friend

I'd be happy to release him 😉 Win , win Happy Families

No good with logic I'd suggest Bing. The current regime has created ALL the factors. He's been there over 9 years The easy answer is to stuck your head in the sand and pretend it will just come good. Goodwin isn't the scapegoat. He's not accidentally compromised by being in proximity. He IS the Coach. He's da man !! The man in charge of others who he's picked to shape and form us. It's 2025 and we're [censored].