buck_nekkid

A really simple fix - teach the players to pass the ball to where the player will be, not where they are. Force the forwards to LEAD UP at the kicker. We continue to bomb the ball onto peoples heads, which then encourages JVR to play back shoulder and try to get over the back. When Koz put the ball in front of Turner into space, it made him lead up at the ball and got the mark and goal. We continue to handball behind or at the shoelaces of players and then have to stop to collect it, meaning we are under pressure and get tied up, rather than being able to move through and break out of the stoppage. This also means that we do not know where people are going to be and simply see jumper kick to jumper. Imagine if we fixed just this one thing!!!

I am emotionally distraught. The club appears to have no idea. They put in some effort but lack basic skills, team method and belief in each other. It’s gunna be a looooong season….

We are shockingly bad

May is a liability coming out of the 50

Last year Brisbane was 0-3 at this point of the season. Have the wheels fallen off, is this a slow start or are we just not that good any more?

If 20 is elite, we had no elite players in this match…

This is as bad as the Neeld era.

Aaaaand here we go! Time for some show and tell, Dees!

Interesting that Goody focused on “pressuring the ball” as a key reason these guys all got selected. This is where both Carlton and Hawks looked vulnerable - as soon as pressure on the ball and the player went up, Tiggers and Bombers both shut their opponents down. This may be the new way we win. Lots of pressure and 2 way running required!

this must be a record - 6 debutants in an existing side in R1. This speaks to the idea of change in the club, faith shown in the recruits and a chance for us to be very different than last year. it comes with risk, but having 1/4 of the squad new, having Ollie and Trac back, is exciting stuff. good luck to all the newbies and Go DEES!

Hardest tip is between the two wannabe but wont be’s - Pies vs Port. Who is going to find the worst way to roll over in this one??

Good luck! Remember if it doesnt work, IT would tell you to turn it off and then on again…

Hi all, I have received the digital demons text, offering me Kayo at $350 for the year. Seems a good price compared to normal. Do I just cancel my current membership and rejoin through this? WIll that work?

Yep, smooth mover, good footy brain, good skills at some of the preseason sessions I saw. Also a tall lad who will fill out over time.

2nd highest points for…

Biggest issue was how we got cut up by their pace and method off their hb line, leading to easy shots on goal. Do we have plans on how to defend it, apart from dominating clearance and not turning it over in space??

Feels like Alice Springs all over again!

At least he wont have to work hard to learn the song- and never sang the weasels one!

Play Koz, then send him up to Nan’s for a week or so. Then back to Melbourne into a final training block for 4 April….

They should send a big box to AMW as he has a bit of time to build the Death Star or the Millennium falcon…

Looks like we are allowing them to get it forward so we can defend. Slow exits and zero midfield pressure

Doing some things well, then gets beaten. A mixed bag, but it is not a bad showing by any means

Umps are getting lot of practice at blowing the pea!

Very nicely. Old Clay is back…

Would you prefer to cop it from Kenny’s Carr Or Horse’s Cox? Let’s see how these 2 handovers play out….