Adam The God
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I'd be [censored] if Sylvia walked away from a club who's persevered with him across close to ten seasons. He's shown us very little. Glimpses. He also doesn't deserve to hold the club to ransom come contract time either.
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Didn't we play Port at Adelaide Oval in the last game?
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Close enough though. Our work rate under Neeld has been astonishingly non existent. I just can't see why you'd want to keep a coach who is clearly not getting results and his players are not even delivering on the basic fundamentals of the game. I'm not saying with a new coach we'll shoot up the ladder, but right now we shouldn't be keeping a coach just to maintain stability. Nothing is particularly stable about the way we're going about our footy. We're a train wreck on the field.
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What's worse: keeping Neeld until the end of his contract or paying him out and getting a coach that can motivate the players to actually have a dip? I know which one I'd choose.
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If you were to get Roos, I don't think he'd have a problem with his former colleague Dave Misson.
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Dal Santo wouldn't bring leadership, but he knows where to go to get the ball. Unfortunately, a lot of it tends to be on the receiving end. An outside mid. Still, he could be that second mid we need outside of an absolute gun A grade mid.
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Whilst some of it is cultural, the biggest issue we've failed to address until recently is a lack of resources in the FD. Now that it has been addressed, this will crush the cycle of poor development IMO.
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Clarkson didn't have the cattle. But he had clear "buy in" from his playing group. They didn't walk between stoppages or completely give up chasing opponents.
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Once again, he built that list. It wasn't always a good list. Roos and Clarkson head my list.
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Disagree. Clarkson is a good coach, because he is innovative. Further, he built that list.
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I disagree. I'm sorry, Paul. I completely disagree. We've played two weak teams over the past two weeks, hence perhaps the appearance of improvement. IMO we've had five shocking weeks, where we played one hard running, AFL standard quarter. This was against younger and less experienced bodies, on our home turf.
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I agree. There's a certain amount of guesswork involved, but when I sit there every week and watch players jog and at times walk around in the first term, that tells me it's not merely a lack of skills and confidence that has this team down the bottom.
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Very sensible and reasoned post, Paul, I'd be with you if I'd seen the team play more than one quarter this season at the required AFL standard.
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Unfortunately, we were still as loose as gooses defensively in that first quarter. It was very much Dean Bailey type football from both sides. Unaccountable. It looked alright if one team had possession, but if they didn't have possession, both defences leaked goals in that first quarter.
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I think in terms of cattle, we're not that far off. In terms of structures and footballing fundamentals, we're a mile off. We need AFL endeavour and work rate from our players. We're not getting it. We need at least one A grade mid, while a second would be handy. But most of all, in the meantime, we need work rate. Work rate. Work rate. Fitness doesn't come into it when we can't man up or chase the opposition in the opening minutes of a football match. I think if we get A grade midfield talent onto our list at year's end, get Frawley signed up on a long term contract and a coach that can extract work rate and implement viable structures, we're not as far off as it may appear.
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That's the MAJOR reason I'd be appointing an interim coach if this continues. Getting someone like James Frawley signed to a longer deal must be a priority. One player doesn't make a team, but equally some lament Moloney's loss in the context of our midfield. Frawley would leave a gapping hole in our defence. We need someone who can galvanise this team and quickly. I don't expect us to start winning every game, but I do expect a coach that can motivate most, if not every player on the ground to deliver an AFL standard work rate. Unfortunately, there's no doubt "this" will continue. If we get within 10 goals of Carlton this week, I will eat my proverbial hat.
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There's a difference between lacking the cattle and being able to get players to adhere to basic football fundamentals. Tackling, chasing etc. Neeld has been unable to do this. Footballing ability does not come into the aforementioned fundamentals.
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At least on the board he would be the member of a team of decision makers, not micro managing. Ultimately, I'd probably rather non-MFC people throughout the club.
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Gaff isn't A grade. I wouldn't be giving up a top three pick unless it was on an A grader.
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I'm not sure we need any more former MFC players meddling in the club's affairs. If Lyon has taught me anything, if the Ox is to come back, it shouldn't be in an advisory capacity. I love him, but we need successful people and external people to take this club forward. I'd be happy with him taking, say, a position on the board though.
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That midfield are all pretty much the same sort of player. All one paced. Thompson shafted us, but imagine if we had been able to keep him. I wonder whether his leadership in the midfield would have nurtured the earlier picks we've had in recent years? He was a good player even at Melbourne. He is really the only one I wish we hadn't lost. I'd still take the $%#* back for a season or two, via free agency though. Gun.
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It is possible (albeit unlikely) that Neeld and his FD simply felt the list was in better shape that it actually is.
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Unless he does have the backing of the board. Then again, how could you trust them?
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What else was Black going to say? Moloney's a bit of a flat track bully and won't get it done against the better sides?
