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Any chance Lockhart as a late inclusion?

*Bump*

More likely he played a full game on the weekend. The break was too short to take him.

Thanks Rusty, always appreciate your stats. I know it’s early, but a few surprises emerging. Clarry doing well. Viney, TMac Hibbard and Trac all trending the wrong way...

Tommy Mac...

How about back him?

So what I read into this is that the group have self identified that they have not performed in a way that can deliver the game-plan. Indeed, it sounds like they buy into the game-plan, but are owning the fact that what they have done is not good enough. Identifying this is a very important first step, and now the proof is in the pudding. Do we see acts that are 'up to standard', do we see consistency, or do we see 'cruising'? As the second youngest side in round 1, and with the leaders well down across the first 3 rounds, the team has not been led by example. Or not consistently enough. This is not a crisis moment, but hopefully a reset. Whatever 22 go on the park should do everything they can to meet the 'honest' expectation - What is required as a set of non-negotiables. I think the next step is 'no favourites' and drop those who don't live up to this, regardless of their stature of favoritism. If the club still believes in our game plan, and the players are 'bought in', then time to see if it works when delivered for the whole game. If not, then we have to ask some serious questions about the plan...

Just saw some photos on FB re training today. Anyone able to supply a report? Any special notice of players who may be IN for Thursday?

The guy has played essentially one quarter of football with us. Not sure what our expectations should be in this case. I think we reassess where he and KK are at after the bye. It is hard to 'go early' and criticise the trades, as we have no idea what value they will bring. On paper, they were excellent trades because (rightly or wrongly) the Dees saw that they had gaps to fill, and these guys were the most talented available for these spots. Lever and May should be a powerhouse backline for years to come. KK was steak knives. We were trading in for specific skills based on a belief that the list was ready to do big things. Unfortunately that has not been the case so far this year. But May is a big lad, and looked in very good shape when I saw him at the G on round 1. No defender would look good at Melbourne at the moment, with the system they are asked to play and the lack of accountability further up the ground. If we get that right, then OMac and Frost will look like heroes. Lever and May will be gods, and everyone will be happy.

In one contest on Friday night, the ball was on its way in to the forward line. Hibbo had 5 m gap (trailing) his opponent. As things we building and the ball was one kick away, Hibbo sagged off a further 5 m. Ball kicked to his man. He mad a last mad dash to close the gap and was easily outmarked. If he had have been body on body, the player would not have even been an option. This was just terrible craft. He may want to only jump for the intercept marks, but he has to be accountable to his man. Trailing and splitting off when Essendon were 1 kick away was inept.

Just a thought: what if the guys with potential for call up knew they limited game time. Others who thought they were close but in for the full game dropped their heads a bit? Potentially an us and them scenario. i would hope not, but could quite explain why so many were quiet, and others who had limited game time really stepped up. preuss obviously had a blinder in the showers!

Think that was also Goodies line in the presser, so probably came from the team meeting.

We need a full back. Can he pull on his old boots? Couldn’t be any worse than the giggle brothers we got back there now...

Biggest issue is we play Thursday. Keep an eye out and see if anyone is ‘time managed’ who is playing well at Casey. The short turnaround may impact selection.

Ok, that was shocking. The defenders failed to go man on man. They prefer to have 10 m or more of space from their direct opponents, and this really cost us. Tommy Mac was not even there. Nate Jones - first Quarter, then nouffin. Our gameplan is built on winning contest after contest - except we simply don’t. We have no legspeed. None. We are outrun all over the ground. We relied on individuals to do heroic efforts to make a difference. We took the game on, only when someone did something spectacular. Goody says ‘no exucses’. He owns this. Lets see what he does. Time for massive changes and a change in mindset. We are really back at the bad old days. I said some pretty bad things about the umpires during the game. I stand by every one of those. That was simply dreadful by the maggots.

Hot and windy conditions. Should be a cracking night for footy if the wind comes off a bit. off for a few thirsty ales before the game (preload at normal prices) as the weather suggests, then off to the ‘G no excuses, Mr Goodwin? Lets see....

Ok, Clint, here goes: Max is getting back to form. Midfield bulls getting their hands on it and should win more than their share against Essendon. play Tom higher to give more marking options between the arcs. Tag Saad off HB (Hunt or Lockhart) to stop their rope a dope. look for better skills into half forward, after being embarrassed last week. Better conditions for forwards. i hear Trac has been offered a large Hawaiian and a garlic bread if we win. Zac Dawson and bell-end should be covered easily by Max and Daisy the mascot. i think If we play poorly, we lose by 5 pts. If we are average we win by 12. If we get back some spark I see us winning by 40+. ready to buy what i’m Selling Clint?

Cats are prepared to work. Shows

Thanks guys. The old teamsheet bingo!

Kielty at CHB ? I thought they wanted him forward...

Wow. All the angst over selection. if Goodie believes that the guys that were down on form are a better chance than fringe players of delivering for the team, then he’s gotta keep the faith. From outside, and with just the Captains run, what can we know? think if we go down Friday, the axe will swing hard then....

Then we can rely on the subconscious also recognising the physical action of ‘smashing through’ the negative comments and destroying them?

Hore, Kielty, C Wagner, Stretch in May, Sparrow, out, 2 more out of a group you could throwblanket over ( about 5 others) who would be lucky to hold spots. Hore into the backline, Salem to HB. Kielty backup ruck and 3rd tall forward. Stretch to wing. Wagner as pressure forward. TMac to play high, weids from pocket or square. Trac from pocket or square. Garlett back via Casey.

Contention: until the team can deliver ‘plan A’, There is no use even having a plan B. Evidence. Plan A has not been sighted. Plan B not sighted either. Whenplan A works, we don’t need plan B. When plan A doesn’t work, it’s because we are not delivering plan A. Simples. Plan B is a conspiracy theory.

2nd youngest side in round 1. Runners Limited on ground. we need a leader on each line, regardless of their ‘title’. Somone who gets the line group together and quarterback’s the play, gives them a rev, reminds them of the task, or whatever. Lewis and Jones and maybe Nev. after that, I’m looking at who is going to stand up and lead. Who will rally others with words and inspire with deeds. Until everyone is 100% on plan A (which we are clearly not) we can’t expect a leaderless team to shift mid game to plan B. Call Brayshaw what you want. I’m Looking for leadership beyond titles to move us forward. Not seeing much of that.