Scotty

Rpfc, Your reference to toughness - it seems to read to me as being 'hard at the footy'. If that is the case. I would like to add in another tangable point of; Mental toughness - this is a hard one to teach, some of the players will have it to burn, while some unfortunatly will just not possess the mental toughness required of them in the modern game. Its difficult to assess where a players head space is at times especially younger players who are yet to learn to control the thought process. It will develop as their game times and numbers progress in addittion to individual fitness levels as they learn to push themselves harder and further physically and mentally. One of the problems I see right now is that the continual losses, injuries and constant microscoping of the club will start to take its toll on the players mentally. How do they get over this? Good question. I would hazard a thought that the 'leaders' have started to define themselves within the playing group, some players in the group may only now be identified as having the 'mental toughness' and leadership to get the group through the rest of the season. Its a hard task to have younger men as part of the leadership group, as they lack life skills/knowledge of what it takes to show the others the 'I am not losing anymore to anyone! mindset'. Its how they respond in the next couple of years that will be the true test of where they are at.

Juicebox thats my point, why do we continue to not not see the results expected out of these younger players. Green will retire at seasons end, unless injury prevails Davey would be on my short list despite a contract, unless he has some blinders all of a sudden (wishful thinking)

Who is responsible for Melbournes football development? is it an individual position? or a group? if so; How many people work in that area? How long have they been there? any info would be appreciated.

I think both go hand in hand, I am sure you all have witnessed a player making a good decision but lacking the skill to deliver the footy thus resultin in either a very ugly passage of play, or a turnover. More of the latter has me teaching my kids new words they don't need to know just yet. Player confidence is down, I am seeing players placing themselves under 'percieved' pressure making terrible decisions with poor execution.

I blame Watts for the decline in spelin, riting, and abbrv8tns also for the fact he helped start social media and was a back up singer with one direction

All I want to see is a red hot go at the footy / contest for 4 quarters, matched with continual pressure when we dont have possession, with a desire to be first to the footy and not letting yourself get beaten in the one on one's, second, third, even fourth efforts must be maintained when the tempo/intensity increases. I want to also see players at top speed with aggression backing up and protecting each other. All up show me controlled agression at the footy. I want to see who wants the footy when its there to be won.

Wouldn't it be more of a re-inventing of the 'team mentality'.