praha

hannan has a high football iq and knows positioning. his performance is ultimately determined by the quality of possession coming out of defence. he gets 10 possessions but they're often possessions that put us in a good position to score. once he figures out how to win more of the ball consistently he can be very damaging for us. we're always well placed when he and/or Petracca are getting good touches around the wing and half forward. i don't think it's a coincidence that a low impact Hannan game often results in a loss.

Thank god. AVB, Hannan, Viney all huge and big impact. Oscar an important inclusion. Oliver and Max had clumsy games. Their speed challenged us at times but we held firm. Still major concerns about conversion and skill efficiency. Our turnovers continue to kill us.

That's game. Solid win.

We can still Melbourne this and lose.

AVB Viney Hannan and Oliver had had huge second half.

lol you can hear Lyon sigh in the background whenever we make a mistake.

These umpires are cooked.

Petracca doing his best to lose this game for us.

lol there you go.

Presence. That is why Weiderman is playing.

5 entries for 3 scoring shots.

CHOOFTA. Weeds with more impact in 2 quarters than Mcdonald has had all year.

Insanity from Goodwin not to have Weeds in sooner. He is the target we need.

but we're not. you could say that about a majority of our games the past 18 months. this isn't an uncommon issue. it's a consistent theme. turnovers are symbolic of the broader issues.

GC were a 3-4 goal better team that quarter. We look completely uninspired. There's no identity to what we do. GC have a clear goal and they are bullying us.

We play uninspiring football, lacking in synergy, structure and urgency. When fast it's erratic and unpredictable. When it's slow it's unaccountable with zero risk. The life has been sucked out of this team.

We have had flashes the last two weeks of 2018 quality football. That goal was a flash.

Rough on Weeds there.

Was Lockhart practicing his [censored] golf swing during the warmup? Is this under 10s?

They are going to smoke us for pace but gee whiz on paper you'd think we are a 10+ goal better side. Make no mistake, tonight is a battle of the coaches. Dew and the Suns will see this as exttemely gettable especially given how they probably should have beaten us last year. My honest opinion is that everyone here brace themself and mentally prepare for the worst. Which shouldn't be hard as I'm sure it's something you've all been doing with this club for 30+ years.

I have been in similar roles, albeit in a media advisory role. My experience is that CEOs are often merely "faces" for organisations and don't often have as much pull as people think they do. My guess is that Jackson came in as CEO when the club actually needed a CEO to make the calls, and he was grooming someone in his shadow. Whereas Pert had the media exposure and experience and could probably be pulled alongside the board. Ultimately most company decisions that have broad impact on the entire organisation are the decisions signed off by a CEO but most decisions are signed off and incorporated by those around and below them. So your CEO experience probably isn't uncommon in the modern corporate world especially if the company is a subsidiary of an overseas company. CEOs bear the most responsibility because their KPIs would be 100% weighted on company KPIs, so there is far greater responsibility bestowed upon them, but really much of the time all they are, is media experts and spin merchants. That said I think Pert and co have done wonders for the club given the circusmatnces. Minimising debt is key atm and so I suspect much of the focus atm is on ensuring financial stability before prioritising on field performance. Hard to swallow but ultimately the reality given current circumstances. Yes on field performance impacts the bottom line but this year is very different.

Running as a boutique organisation is fine in an environment where your direct competitors are also boutique. A boutique firm goes after boutique clients for a personable service. They don't go after big clients because they're suited for the big corporates. Our competitors are your Eagles and Pies and Hawks. We would thrive in the short term but once the pressure is on we would continue to be trounced. At the time when Jackson came on board, a boutique approach was probably needed, because we couldn't afford a quick, erratic transition into a big club, which dictates big spending and big visions. Five years into Jackson's plan, with sponsorship and crowds on the up, alongside vastly improved onfield performance, is was completely reasonable in 2018 for the next phase to be introduced. We either come to the table to bet big or we can sit at the $5 a hand table for eternity, and get whiped out whenever a big time player joins the fold. Pert's vision is non-negotiable imo: either we start playing and acting and doing business like a big club or we will forever be irrelevant. Getting 75k supporters to our first and second finals in a decade I think is a reflection of what's possible. The ceiling is higher than what many can see.

after leading by 8 goals at three quarter time.

we are actually in a good place if our only issue is conversion. I think our skills is less a talent issue and more a synergy issue. the team doesn't seem to be clicking right now. if we "click" then I think we are top 4 potential based on our contest winning capacity around the ground. I know conversion isn't an easy fix though. And I think we're as close to top 4 as we are to bottom 4. I can't see a middle ground.

Geelong were a player down for most of the game. Richmond, too. And the skills on display were horrid. It was two top teams that barely left second gear. Geelong should have been further ahead than it was. Richmond, too. If not for some solid defensive synergy we'd have lost both by 8+ goals such was the gap in effectiveness and structure around the ground. I know who.