Diamond_Jim

Good post AF although I have only selected one section to comment on. The deep press is good but you need some really good break away players to pressure the opposition on the rebound. Not sure if we have that (those players). I know a lot of people deride his skills and he is slowing down but the likes of Heath Shaw are fantastic at providing that brief run and deep kick out of defence that sets up the quick attack.

This is a healthy discussion. Not sure why some posters get so upset when we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the coach. Just like players they have strengths and weaknesses and just like players some coaches are better than others. Interesting that the WCE coach had to return to Perth due to a family emergency (daughter ill) and the assistant took the reins. They had a good win and the assistant made the comment that there really isn't much to do on match day as most of the planing is done during the week. I suspect he was being a little modest but it was an interesting comment nonetheless.

Beveridge .....Lost the players perhaps. While you are winning they will subjugate personal skills and enjoyment to the game plan but when the game plan fails the players quite rightly perhaps point the finger at the coach

The jury is out on that one still I think. We have better player development than we had.... (not very hard) .... but the next year or so will tell. Petracca needs an absolute break out year. Hunt has stopped. Salem ... we all live in expectation. Oliver has done well and O mac has been well developed. At present I would say we have adequate player development but nothing to write home about. Agree very much re match day. On the game plan ... not sure about the game plan. It could win you a flag on its day but because of inconsistency we may never get to the GF.

No Tom Boyd for the Doggies.... Difficult to just keep saying ... he won us the GF. What a bust

each to his own but I think you may find that I am not alone with how Oliver is perceived... a good player who could be so much better if he kicked it more

Those calling for Kent to be included: He had a woeful second half of the VFL season he was put up for trade over the off season and no one wanted him even as a fringe player On Friday Casey played Frankston... they are a scratch VFL side like the original Gold Coast Bears... cobbled together from players who were not at the top of their game in other VFL sides... (no disrespect intended to Frankston but that is the reality.) In the previous practice game I cannot remember him setting the ground alight... (could be wrong on this.) Sorry ... not yet from me.

11 kicks ... 24 handballs Needs to reverse that and then he will start getting the accolades he probably deserves from the commentators

Would like to add Goodwin to these wonderful assessments: After two rounds mine is: "Wasting the list" It is obvious we have a decent list but we are simply not realising the potential of so many players. Salem is a good example and Petracca could be so much better just to name two.

It was not too difficult to realise we would slow down in the second half due to the conditions. At the half time break we had a 36 point lead.... Smart coaching says let's take a little heat out of the game and chip it around. Slow possession football mixed with five minute bursts of frenetic attack. Play the game between the opposition half back line and our fifty metre line for ten minutes. We seem to have only one plan and it just doesn't work in all conditions. Remember our bad form with the wind last year cost us two games. There are lots of variations but this is what we pay big money to the coaches for. One dimensional game plans are just dumb.

The Casey practice game was against Frankston who are just a scratch team this year. Nothing really can be read into that game. If Kennedy plays well against Coburg next week and Bugg fails against Norf then I think you might be right in calling for a change.

Bombers have lost in the west ... big result in the context of our season with the Saints also losing. A Hawthorn loss on Monday would be good as well.

thank you ball boys ... I think we can mark down a Freo win

fingers crossed ... a Bombers loss would be pleasant

because if Norf had not beaten us twice last year they would have been the wooden spooners last year. And FCS we just cannot lose to them again

lots to think about after that game. Would like to believe that we will easily dispose of Norf next week

relax ... we have this don't we? What could go wrong with a team vying for top six against the wooden spooners ??

at this stage I'll just take a win by any margin

no goal since the 6 minute mark of the third quarter .....against a bottom 4 team .... not much more to say

Brisbane will lose to most teams just like Norf Saying we have to win this is an understatement re our longer term prospects

come on WB.... they are a bottom 2 or 3 team .... since quarter time we have kicked 4 goals .... not great at all This could have been a 60 plus point win and who knows what it will be now

3:3 to 2:3 that quarter ... a tad disappointing but I'll take it after last week The humidity will slow us down in the second half so I would like to see a 5 goal to 2 third quarter so we have some breathing space for the last.

a few more minutes to go in the half... now is the time for two more goals

come on 3 more goals to zip to finish a good half

well done Nibbler one more before quarter time and keep them goalless please