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"Their game's in pretty good order but they can't score and efficiency continues to be their biggest issue." Kane Cornes on the Dees

Delusional. If we lose this one (and a few more), the list of players to be traded/dumped will get longer. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, it's the list, stupid.

While a couple of those 8 goals are the result of some dodgy umpiring (coupled with some poor discipline), most of them are the result of us being unable to put a score on the board. 12.8 is not necessarily a winning score, but 10.10 is probably a losing one.

Not quite. We have a list that was built around one kind of footy but the game has moved on.

Not the point I'm making is it? Read the original post again.

The wheel will only turn with improvement in the list. That can come from within (e.g., more maturity and experience in the younger players) or by bringing in established players who can make a difference.

Agree with your post, but not entirely in agreement with this. Yes, we have some good/great players. But the trouble is that their work is being undone by the half-dozen who are yet to confirm themselves as AFL-capable. Success on field isn't so much about your best players, but your worst.

Yet me guess, you believe in the tooth fairy as well?

Ah, so you can have a great coach and yet the team can still be losing matches depending on the players/list. You're just saying what I'm saying. Glad to see we're in agreement.

How's mega-coach Alistair Clarkson going at North in his third year?

That's right, because no matter how good or bad the players are it comes down to the coach. Your premise is basically that next week we could put the Casey team on the field and when they lose it's Goodwin's fault.

How anyone can watch that and think it's the responsibility of the coach is beyond me.

He lost a slab of pre/early season and has been playing catch up all year. Young players need full pre-seasons or it really sets them back.

Yes, bring in players who can kick.

Windsor has looked a bit more like himself. Unfortunately, so have some of the others ... Tholstrup, Jefferson, Sharp.