Jaded No More

And I think we have been hurt more than most by lack of runners this year. We are a young team and we lack leadership. To not have runners able to freely communicate moves has really added to our confusion and overall disorganization. I sit near the bench and my god the players can’t even organize themselves to rotate properly. I watched Frost run from FB to the bench yesterday only to be told to go back there.

Nobody on the sidelines inspires any sort of confidence in me to make us better. Our yet again long injury list means we must continue to play VFL standard and out of form players.

Lewis has one thing going for him, his leadership. I thought we would bring him back to help organize the backline, which is made up of mostly young inexperienced players and out of form players. Instead we bring him to play on the wing. He who can barely run, can no longer kick, refuses to tackle or run defensively. He is underdone and they played him on the wing. I have no words for the stupidity. He needs to retire but until that time he needs to play in a position where he can influence without hurting us with his lack of pace. The wing is NOT his position.

Anyone for a goddamn crumbing defensive forward. FML how many times can 17 players fly for the same mark up forward and watch a lone opponent run away with the footy?

His kicking, not just for goal, is very ordinary. That after 6 (?) years in the system he still hasn’t got the tank to play midfield is also a real letdown. Imagine him on the wing instead of Lewis *groan* Superb. What an absolute fail. I just can’t believe (or can I?) that it’s season over in round 5. Again. How is this possible? Our coaching and structures are deplorable. Goodwin seems completely lost and his players don’t look much better. Who came up with the idiotic idea of playing Lewis on the wing? Our backline is crumbling and Lewis is playing wing? Salem is the only player this year who has improved. The rest have gone backwards to the point where some of them should not be playing. Hibbo and TMac at the top of that list. Combine that with a good handful of very ordinary list fillers currently covering for May, AVB, Lever and May and you have the sort of embarrassing performance we have seen so far this season. Goodwin has never been someone I felt confidence in and I maintain he should not have got an extension so early. He has to work out things and do it fast because this club cannot survive another 4 years of losing.

They have to drop Hibbo. He is [censored] woeful.

Goodwin with zero answers. Our season is done with this loss and they came out after half time limp as impotent [censored] like we could not care less.

How we signed him for another 4 years without even giving him half a season to prove last year wasn’t a fluke, I will never know. Another season down the toilet.

That same old feeling of rage shame and disgust are back. I’m ashamed to barrack for this team right now. We are pathetic.

Also [censored] Tim [censored] Membery is surely the Kent Kingsley on this decade. FML!

This is disgraceful viewing. We are genuinely all at sea in every part of the ground. Lose this and the season is done.

Sorry I wanted Lewis back. He needs to retire.

Stretch will never make it if he isn’t given some time in the seniors.

Very concerned for the future of AVB and KK. Not good news. May’s lack of pre season fitness is really not helping his recovery it seems. Another massive disappointment.

You would hate to get an injury early in the game. Jesus.

St Kilda are on a roll. I, as I’m sure many others, had them penciled in for bottom 4 this year. And while they haven’t beaten the best teams, they are full of confidence and have a good track record against us. We need to win these games to stay in touch with finals. But it won’t be easy.

Legit the most pathetic bit of footy media on any channel at the moment. Which is saying a lot. Roaming Brian should be renamed [censored] Brian because he has no idea how to conduct interviews or what to ask players. He cut off Glen Bartlet last night who actually was saying some interesting stuff about membership targets, so he can talk to Josh Mahoneys kid. I mean seriously!

While given our history Sydney for us is a big scalp, let’s not forget they have only beaten Carlton this year and they are terrible at the SCG. I’m not taking anything away from this game, but had we played that first half against most teams we would be too far out of it by half time. We need to get a lot better to beat a very confident Saints outfit. I just hope this win gives them the confidence they need to stop fumbling and second guessing their ball movement.

He is an exceptionally smart footballer. His tackling for a big guy is also excellent. He is still very raw and needs time. He sometimes mistimes contests and his work in the air is hit and miss. But he is a beautiful kick and I have every confidence he’ll be a good player. We need to be patient. He is a baby in KP terms and has played less than 50 games.

Stretch was disappointing. He is a very very slow decision maker. However he never gets a decent run in the seniors and given our current injury woes I would give him a month and see how he goes. Remember he had a very short turnaround after playing for Casey on the weekend.

He barely made it off the ground and once he did he was on all 4. Nothing to gain from exaggerating his pain when the opportunity for a free was well and truly gone. He is a tough kid. If he was on all 4 in pain then I believe that he was really hurt.

Oliver’s contempt for Roaming Brian makes me love him even more.

It was a hard game to watch. We aren’t out of the woods by any means and we have a lot of improvement to do yet. But that was a gusty hard fought win and absolute credit to Jones. Led from the front tonight.

Needs to go. Lewis in Hibbo out. He is woeful.

We are woeful on the transition and as usual defence is all at sea