Moonshadow

Dazzle, with all due respect, this kind of crapp is really pathetic. Whilst Omac has not had a great year and is very low in confidence, he is not the main reason we lost last night or any other game this year. He looked completely different in 2018, had more good games than poor. Something has changed. I'd rather the club find out what is causing this and fix it. We've burned the development of too many players in the past.

The fact remains they won a flag from Goschs and we got to a prelim training there. Must be an outstanding achievement given how terrible posters are painting it. Whilst it would be great to have all the riches of Collingwood and train on a stadium-like oval, pointing the finger at Goschs is an excuse IMO. Even if we trained on the G, it's still the same personnel, same coaches, same drills, blah, blah.

And our 1 goal 8 b had nothing to do with it. Sheesh!

Yet Collingwood won a flag training from Goschs. Go figure...

Irony much?

Mere 'alternative facts' DD. How very dare you! ?

Yet you never elaborate with hard facts or nuanced detail SWYL. It's always doom and gloom and finger pointing, and then referencing 50+ years since our last flag, as if the players and coaches could care less about then. Tell me... Have our finances deteriorated in the 6 months since PJ left? No. Have we lost significant personnel within the club? No. Do you hold GP responsible for our on field results? For our amazingly poor run of injuries? Or for the run of player operations and interupted preseasons over summer? Probably. Do you blame GP for Hogan leaving and the recruitment of May? Probably, despite it being before his tenure. Is it GP's fault that PJ's Yarra Park plan was never likely to take off, especially given the park has significant protective overlays, no political party supported it and the vocal residents group hated it? No. Whilst our on field results have been disappointing this year, our list is still strong (not complete but strong), our membership is at record numbers, we are getting good tv coverage and our sponsorship levels are strong. This is not "stumbling at every step", as you misleadingly claim. Our injury list is shrinking, good players are coming back and we are about 2 weeks from fielding our best side this year. I hold hopes of winning about 7 more games this year and seeing us have a real crack in 2020. Not dissimilar to the lead up of the Dogs/Tigers recent successes. May not happen like this, but a first round pick, chase a key forward lump, snaffle a FA mid and things could very quickly turn around again. I'm glass half full (which doesn't equate to being easily pleased), as opposed to being outraged at every setback. And this is elaborating.

More SWYL hyperbole and outrage

This ?

At least we wont have to put up with Razer Ray tonight making the game all about himself

I believe Nate's wife was close to her as well

Razer loves to create a stir about himself by doing that. Craves the attention. Remember last week when he played one against us despite being 70m away? Had a [censored] eating grin on his face as he did it

No he didn't. If you're going to ramble in disagreement with another poster's reasonable point of view, at least get your facts right.

"Our main key man" became a running high half forward, a linkage player who has taken less and less contested marks over the last 3 years. Now averaging less than 1 per game this year and less than 1 goal per game this year But I agree we need a stable, key forward who can successfully take the no 1 key back. I'd still like to see Preuss play forward, whilst not a kpf and having limited ability, he would be a hand full for any backline to deal with. He'd probably take the no 1 back, leaving Tmac with no 2 and eventually Weid no 3 Perhaps they have a kpf in mind for next year. Regardless, our delivery forward has been so terrible this year, I reckon even Jeremy Cameron would struggle

Or we kick directly to an opposition backman on his own

Finally found some footage of BBO sans make up, a bit like Kiss unmasked An oldie bit a goodie!

Gee, Noah Anderson would be nice. Do we have any decent academy prospects coming up?

Agree, we lack polish. Will this develop as our list matures or are the current cattle just not up to it, bearing in mind our outs?

Still to play out, but I think we will eventually come out better from that trade. May will be a good footballer for us, just needs to get fit and on the park which will happen soon Not sure about Finlayson. He was good on the weekend, but we let him of the leash way to easily. Does he play well against a better team or better opponent? I doubt he would've done much against May or Lever. Jeremy Cameron? Yes please, but I wish we could poach a few FAs rather than give up players or picks in return. Reckon we'd have cap space for him.

Lost interest in footy?

Hogan was a key forward, contested marking beast in his first 2 years. Just what we needed. Soon became a running high half forward who would kick a couple of goals per game. Could hardly take a contested mark in the end. Loves to party, wanted home to his 'mates' in WA, pictures tell a thousand words. We need a stable key forward, whether that be Tmac, Weid or someone like Cameron.

Cogniglio #gettherabbit

Finlayson is not in the same league as Dusty. And Dusty changed a lot before they won a flag. Remember, he had no serious takers, including us, when his contract was up before then. There was a reason for that at the time which was more than his price

The Paul Roos theory: one dhead will suppress the performance of 10 others