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    48 minutes ago, Older demon said:

    It was a horrible day, stating the obvious.

    What was the medical report on Jefferson? Hand or wrist? Woewodin as sub was never going to end well having to cover a key forward.

    With May, Windsor, McVee, Picket, Melksham out we don't have the depth to cover. Spargo clearly underdone and perhapos the plan was to sub him out early and play Woewodin. I didn't see a lot at Casey who can step up except perhaps Langford

    Brisbane lost their first 4 last year when they couldn't get their best on the park. We have 2 first year players Lindsay & Henderson who have a go and weren't our worst. No AJ left us with sparse ruck options and JVR in the ruck left us undersized down forward.

    Its week 2 and last week we pushed the premiership favourites and this week struggled all day. WE know who the stragglers are and our turnovers were horrendous and amateurish but we can only improve

    We've been saying that for a few years now but have not progressed.  In fact we've seriously dropped off.

    So much so that we are now being passed by teams that finished in the bottom four last season ie;  The Crows & Norf.

    We can actually get worse in a relative sense vs 2024 and could well end up lower than 14th!

    Personally i love what Simon brought to the table that lead us to the 2021 Flag but he has probably extracted about as much as he can from this group now.

    I'm happy to wait till Rnd 8 or thereabouts but subject to an immense turnaround between now and then, his days as head coach appear to be numbered.

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    Just now, Lord Travis said:

    Bowey an elite kick. Haven't seen it for 3 years or so sadly. We really lack quality rebounding half backs. Salem is a shadow of his 2021 self, Mcvee injured and being made unnecessarily into a midfielder, and Hibberd is retired. 

    He's only elite over about 25 meters.  That's why he rarely tries on those longer kicks.  Even then, i have no idea who he was trying to hit up.

    Why would you play on there Rivers?  Then cant hit a target 17 meters away.

    Just Putrid smarts and skills

    No strength among most over the ball or when trying to stick tackles.

    Panic footy from pretty much everyone inside 50 whenever they get their hands on it.

    Bar Sparrow, Chin, Viney, Spargy and a few other occasional cameos, where's the intent and ferocity at the loose ball and ball carrier in a team sense?

    10 minutes ago, Brownie said:

    The selfish bugger needs to dish it off. He had a team mate off to his left with a paddock then.

    Gawn is not a goal kicker and keeps fancying himself that he is. Not good leadership 

    Very selfish.  They're mostly playing individual footy with only a sprinkling of players truly invested.

    The confidence, spirit, flair, selfless team work and skill of the 2021 premiership team is a distant memory now.

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    Can't stick tackles

    Can't chain the ball by hand, instead handballing to the feet or missing all together too often.

    Struggle to hit targets by foot.

    Continue to play in straight lines out of the middle (666) without finding targets

    Can't shut down transitions off HB

    Can't transition quickly or slickly enough often enough ourselves to worry the oppo and give our forwards better looks coming i50

    Continue to miss simple set shots from various angles not far out

    Our only KTF can't take a grab

    Our skipper can't kick straight at goal almost ever

    No apparent method or 'Effective' game plan or the semblance of a change in plan to one that works

    Conclusion...

    All we have (seemingly) ...is mostly just crash and bash

    I'll give it 5 to 6 more weeks for a few of the calvary to come back (namely May, McVee, Melky & Kozzy) but i'm about 70% convinced what needs to happen already.  The writing's on the wall.

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    Too many pretenders over and around the ball bar Viney.  And he a bit slower now.

    No one else capable of extracting now.

    And we continue to just play straight ahead bomb it i50 footy.  Horrible entries time and time again.  Too easy to defend.

    For as long as that goes on you can forget about beating most teams aside from maybe Richmond and this mob.  And even then we are no sure thing.