DeeZee

Their hearts just don’t look in it this year, non invested and very low intensity. You can see when they lifted the tackling pressure and work rate in the 3rd quarter for 20 minutes we suddenly looked good. They are not sustaining it though, and have been very ooor in all 5 last quarters. Fitness or lack of buy in and care factor? Maybe not fitness coz we were poor from the start. A lack of connection or chemistry suggests not every one is on the same page. Something is not right at the club and I think it’s the whole, petracca, Oliver , Kozzie wanting to leave thing from last year, hearts not in it.

Bowey Langdon Gawn Petracca Oliver Kozzie

Who would have thought after such a promising pre season that we would so quickly become the basket case of the competition?

This is horrible, so sad how low we have fallen in a relatively short space of time. They have somehow completely lost confidence or something is terribly wrong behind the scenes . Our forwards refuse to lead and prefer to wrestle. West coast and Richmond would beat us at this stage. WTF ?? I want answers not small talk from the coach and club.

We are unwatchable, bottom 4 for sure this season . Coach absolutely has to go now.

Maybe we could organise a practice match with Melbourne Victory?

Crows absolutely robbed.

Can’t see Goody staying if we finish bottom 4

We just have too many passengers and players who are out of form. Guys like , Sparrow, Rivers, Petty Fritsch, JVR, Sharp, Melksham, even Henderson is finding it tough at AFL level. We look slow and one paced. The despair on Tracs face at the end is probably him realising it ain’t gonna happen with this group anytime soon. When Lever returns TMac must go forward as he is the only player who looks like marking the footy right now.

Bowey was our best.

We needed to catch a break, great young kid.

We were no good last year as well, and after an opportunity to bounce back hard after a disappointing performance against North we were pathetic again. I really hope we can improve but I see us flatlining at best, and a number of teams have now gone well past us as well.

I agree Sparrow is a nothing footballer . Our only hope to to inject more pace with the likes of Kozzie, McVee, Windsor and Kolt, skilled players like Lindsay.

JVR and fritter have been gifted games for the past two seasons with the hope they will improve, one is clearly past it and other doesn’t look like he will make it. That’s our forward line in a nutshell

We are too slow around the ball , that seems the main problem to me. We have three bulls in there that can jump on the ball , but the problem is their opposing midfields are getting to it and moving it faster. We need Kozzie in there badly and I would even try Windsor in there. I would also play May at full forward for the rest of the year , TMac can hold down full back. Desperate time call for desperate measures. I’d rather see us try something different than watch us get belted every week.

Totally bereft of confidence , fumbly and indecisive, no forward line and looking old and slow. Sad how the downward spiral can happen so quickly. If we finish near the bottom this year Goodwin is almost certainly gone , and there will be a few years of pain before we can hopefully get back up there again, led by the likes of Windsor, Langford, Lindsay , Mcvee. When you’ve gotta bring in guys from the VFL and blokes like Billing’s , you know the end is near.

Van Rooyen is a bust , I think I’d rather Turner at least he is a good mark.

Old and slow

We are officially a basket case

The fact the we can’t lower our eyes and hit a target inside 50 and continually bomb it in as if we have Tony Lockett and Wayne Carey down there is totally on the coach. Why is there never any movement in our forward line or players leading at the ball? Its been happening for far too long, and we have wasted the opportunity whilst in the premiership window with once in a lifetime players such as Gawn, Trac, Clarry , May etc..

Watching his highlights before his 150th game made me realise how far he has fallen. He used to fly and take some brilliant marks , which I haven’t seen for a long while.

Remember we were also a chance for Houston before all that Carp went down.

They brought the heat in spades and we didn’t. It was pretty evident from the first bounce how much more they wanted it than we did by their pressure and work rate. We look sluggish and must respond in a big fashion next week or we are in dire straits.

I though Toby Green was

Gawn is starting to look old and tired.