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OMac in your best 22? Pfft

Wait till Bruuuuuuuuuuuce gets a hold of it....OMG

Did well by the club retiring AFTER the draft....

4 players going up to spoil. So they practice this now? How Melbourne. No wonder we are good at doing it in games.

How is it that 99% of posters here knew that Fritsch was solely a forward about 15 matches before our brains trust worked it out?

Weiderman, Maloney, Trengrove,....we have a long history of such things

This is the most obvious factor that seems to be glossed over regularly. A shiny new coaching panel that need to gel immediately if we are to do well. We won 5 games last year. 3 by less than a goal. This was more than fitness and Goodwin has said that players were questioning game plan etc. We have the talent and yes it needs to be on the park but a 0-5 start will see the club face a huge backlash from supporters, staff, players etc who will question everything that is being done. This is the fine line we now tread. Goodwin will be under the pump and how he changes/matures will largely define our year.

Good stuff many thanks

I am in the camp that says this almost never happens. It's largely an inate trait Altho I did see him being quite aggressive in a training clip so hope springs eternal.

Comprehensive response. This is where game plan comes into it. Richmond were complete t/over merchants until they developed a plan that the players believed in. They didn't suddenly develop elite skills but the game plan took pressure off the player with ball in hand. Players running to the right space, for example make the kickers job a lot easier . Running to space allows the kicker to put the ball in front of the leading player rather than trying to pinpoint a pass under pressure. Open fwd lines also make it easier for fwds to run into space. A large amt of this stuff is coaching which is why I blame Goodwin for the appalling year we just had. Sure we had injuries but players were hopeless with ball in had and our fwd structure was terrible. He admitted as much himself when he said that we didn't focus n the basics but tried to introduce "nuance" to the game plan.

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1. May 2. Gawn 3. Petracca 4. Langdon 5. Fritsch 6. Oliver 7. Lever 8. TMac 9. Harmes 10. Viney

The problem with this is that when he's in a chain and he is responsible for stuffing up that chain the effect is well, a chain reaction. The ball is turned over, efforts are wasted, frustration is built and player buy-in to the the team ethos is eroded. Similarly when shots at goal are frittered away it is a cascading affect - bad for us, good for the opposition Role players are great if they can play their role. Not do 6 or 7 things out of 10.

Maybe because he refused to run a time trial because it was too hot.... The lack of leadership at our club was unbelievable as evidenced by announcing the youngest AFL captain in history. It was a cluster888k of the highest order that we are still emerging from.

Moloney looking on in disgust,..

And C Data had the Bulldogs at 15 in 2019, 2nd this year.

Because we're so good at doing that

Pretty sure its so you can tell how the ball spins in the air....

This is all that is required. Good teams are full of role players. They key is knowing what that role is and getting buy in. We have enough talent. We may be a bit short on game breakers but Goodwin has admitted that players lost faith in the plan and weren't playing for each other. They were confused and hence got caught betwixt and between with ball in hand. He said they didn't work enough on the basics and tried to add too many layers of complexity and nuance which all fits (except if you are a happy clapper who screeches 'injuries!' at every turn) Hopefully 2020 is a lot clearer - my question mark remains over the whole new shiny coaching panel. They need to get their act together very quickly. We can't afford for them to be out of synch - and find that we are 0 and 5

They don't need his help for that...

Shame its not a beauty contest

Serve's them right

Sure Cam

How about we wait to see whether the pre-season s 'interrupted'?

80 games over 8 seasons. I liked his best footy but lets not call it a real career. He was fringe at best