jnrmac

Great job Harvey. A bright spot on a dark day

I think most of us were reasonably happy with rd 1. The effort was there. Rd 2 and rd 3 saw an alarming drop off in basic skills - chest marks, tackling, kicking, handballing, two way running etc. Our expectations are that we know how to do those basics already (except for goal kicking which is a shambles). Getting the ball turned over because we are trying to run and handball fwd or kick into the corridor etc is something we can live with short term. What the club has dished up is sadly reminiscent of the dark days of 2012-2013

The problem I have is that this might be true of us. But it doesn't excuse missed tackles, dropped chest marks, handballs to feet and 20m kicks to the opposition. And losing clearance and woeful leg speed. Oh and our fwd 50 entries. Fundamentals of any game plan. Other than that I get your point.

I'd really like to see Campbell play. Scott has a history of targeting Max - and Max's for has been down - so some aggression from Tom might give our mids a lift

That would send a strong signal Fritsch is next to useless at the moment so a shake up is no worse than what we are getting.

I think the club would back itself to be returning to finals contention. Most likely shellshocked that the players are struggling with the change of game plan. I know I am

I am reliably told on Demonland that this sort of 'cohesion' tales multiple pre-season's to occur......

To me the key problem is lack of running to create space. Our players are always under the pump and you can't pinpoint passes in that scenario with any certainty. Kicking a ball to a player in space is significantly easier We also don't kick instinctively. Players stop, prop and its too late. That's confidence. It doesn't explain the missed tackles, lack of talk and dropping of chest marks, handballing to players feet etc

Have been calling for this for some time. In at least 9 games last year he had 2 possessions or less in the first half of games. His weak efforts are a cancer in a team game. Petty is close behind him.

Which players have improved since the end of the 23 season? That tells you a whole lot about this mob.

Thats because we have form at being crud

This does my head in. FFS Clarrie focus on the ball. Kozzie does the same. I watched our centre square set ups closely yesterday. We have gone back to bees at the honeypot. This to me is everyone trying too hard to do it themselves with teamwork or trust in your teammate to get the ball. In the past 11 games we have won clearance twice. Our vaunted mid-field is nothing of the sort.and we'd be better running Chandler, Sparrow, Laurie and Max through there.

Goodwin said the fwd line wasn't the problem because we had 26 entries...

The 'old cohesion chestnut....

We have won clearance twice in the past 11 games.

Our last 11 games we have won clearance twice. I'd say its a fairly important part of the game that we have dropped dramatically

There will be zero accountability for this loss. That's the problem. No standards, 'Head down, we'll work harder' i can hear Goodwin saying But they've got no idea what they're working on. Totally confused. No idea where to run, how to tackle etc etc Total clean out is needed. Very little to salvage

Just turn the lights out

Centre clearances 13 to 4 against Good job Jonesy Bathwater in short supply at Melbourne

We list the first 7 clearances out of the middle that qtr Anyone wondering why we are [censored]?

Careful you'll be slapped down. Apparently his GF performance gives him a lifetime free pass to be useless

Anyone still defending Fritch??

This has 10 goal thumping all over it But they love each other

Sittingin the top deck you can see we have no ability or idea to run to position, hit targets, Our skills are agricultural. We don't work hard enough Our stoppage work is pathetic. We're back to bees at the honey pot We are incapable of winning one on one battles No accountability for your player We can't stick tackles We're slow of foot slow of ball movement Scared to move out quickly Not one single thing to be optimistic about Oh and the umpiring is disgusting

Riversplaying like hes out of here