jnrmac

I got set at $9.00 for 40+ If we lose it will be a blowout.

In 2018 Harmes was a great tagger AND an offensive weapon.

I honestly believe a good coach would have this team humming, We have all of the elements. The fact it has taken so long to try and fix the "connection" between the mids and fwds is telling. The fact that in critical games and marquee time slot games we fold like a cheap suit. Regardless today is really the line in the sand. Goodwin has made significant statements with selection and if we lose I think we are basically out of the race. And of that happens he should go as soon as practicable. The game today should tell us a lot. We basically have a full list, an ex-Saints coach and possibly a favourable venue. If we get smashed today I think the knives will be out and all hell will break loose.

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You're assuming a lot. Maybe it's been going on for some time Harmes has not been happy playing in the backline for some time it would seem

I'm siding with these comments on harmes I hope Goodwin gets selection right this weekend. I'm worried but it's a ballsy call Almost like his future will pivot on this one game. Lose and we're most likely done and he'll look like a chump. Win and he'll look like a brilliant strategist. Why does it have to come to this tho. We have so much talent and yet the coach can't seem to get them playing consistent hard football.

I heard Lockhart didn't clean his breakfast dishes

I'm interested in the harmes decision. Clearly playing badly and clearly not playing the way the coach wants. It seems clear to nearly everyone here that he's not a half back and he's a better on baller/tagger But we also don't know exactly the roles/instructions he's been given What's the verdict from ppl here. A bad move by the coach or should harmes lift his game and do what the team demands or is he stiff for being played out of position?

Sorry but I don't buy that at all. A clean kicking team that can pick targets is way faster than any defender

Out: Richardson In: Balme

GF will be played in Brissy so count out West Coke

I am sure that Peter Bell would do a great deal . He's easy to deal with...

IF the players are confused about what they should be doing then that is damning on the coaches. It may well be true but the evidence of our failures on the weekend are stark. Our midfield got beaten and our fwd line couldn't keep the ball in. The coaches know this. They see what we see, with better experience and better stats plus they know what players are trying to do. But they seem powerless to stop it; or, simply refuse to make any meaningful changes to alter the outcomes.

He's got one job. Get the players ready to play. He failed And when they're not playing as expected do something about it He failed

It won't make a difference who we bring in if Goodwin stays like an Easter Island statue in the coaches box

And the most obvious thing in the world was to tag Bont.....

Its the Melbourne way that we will get poleaxed by the Saints - losing our hard won percentage in the process - and then have to make a mad dash to make finals probably just falling short. All due to our own incompetence and laziness.

Sorry I think its clutching at straws. That really doesn't explain, effort, focus, pressure and dumb football - like kicking into the man on the mark and giving away 50m penalties.

The backline is starting to show signs of this buut the mids and fwds are non existent. IN the 3rd when they had kicked 2 goals it should be - lockdown on them for 5 mins and regain composure - but no, our one paced game plan (flat out) just keeps doing what they have done. Bang. Another 4 goals kicked in quick time. Thats leadership right there. Yes we dont have our Captain but it should be up t the senior players to address this. Very poor.

1. You are allowed to move sideways. "east-west" the umps would call in the early days of this rule. What you are not allowed to do is move sideways and fwd. But it's another rule that they pick and choose when to enforce or not. 2. Yesterday there were several instances of players being pushed in the back as they kick - and a free was paid downfield. It's wrong and no one calls it out. It's akin to a 50m penalty. Total garbage. 3. Players get pushed in the back ALL the time when they are kicking - more often than not when kicking for goal - and yet the umps rarely pay it. 4. Here's one that has been consigned to the dustbin of history except against Melbourne at the worst possible time - players running past the kicker within 10m. That rule was enforced with Nazi like enthusiasm and not rarely paid. The umpires are a joke.

We just had our test. Saints will kill us the same way they have always done. Membrey will kick 5.it's written in stone Let's see if Richardson can earn his money because we know Goodwin won't make one change to combat st kildas strengths

This riles me unbelievably How do the umpires not know this? It's like a50m penalty to them

So here's another question. We all know how the Saints will play next week. Fast breaks, stack the backline rinse and repeat We all have a pretty good idea of how to beat Melbourne But what is Goodwin actually going to do to counter that? This is where i think his weakness is. He plans for a perfect performance from our players. When it doesn't come - because they don't show up or the oppo does something diffenent - nothing happens in the box. It's very frustrating.

A lot of people make the same point here: We watch this team very closely week in week out. You can see (usually in 10-15m) whether they are "switched on" or not. Similarly with the opposition. I know what simulations they run having been in the coaches meetings and box in years gone by. They do play for all sorts of contingencies. But I never see that - well rarely - from Goodwin. Goodwin appears to refuse to acknowledge his plan is not working or that the oppo's coach is winning. I have heard it said you will never be surprised by Goodwin pon match day and I think there is a lot of truth to it. Maybe he just doesn't believe in stopping the oppos best player. But others have tried and succeeded in stopping Bont and it goes a long way to beating the Dogs. It's seriously not rocket science.

How is it that "we don't turn up"? And who's fault is it? And when we "don't turn up" who has the job of turning that around mid-game?