chookrat

Earl Hood, while I appreciate we're bottom two and only won 5 games I doubt we will turnover 10 players. We have four retirements - Lewis, T Smith, Maynard and Keilty, maybe one to two traded and probably a couple delisted. I can't see more than 7-8 changes. I also don't think our situation is anywhere near as dark as when Roos walked in and expect we will bounce back quickly next year. Whether that means we are at the pointy end or battling for a position in the 8 will com down to how well we address the issues from this season but I cannot see another bottom 4-6 finish.

Suspect he will end up at St Kilda, would fit right in.

I'm ok with 3 on the basis that if he starts to slow down he plays VFL and transitions into a development coaching role. Suspect $ and ability to play AFL for 3 years may lure him to the Gold Coast.

I'd argue Daniel Cross and Bernie Vince had as big an impact as Jordan Lewis despite the former players having not won a flag. Also I reckon Crossy migjt become a development coach for us next year.

The positive is that they are getting to play together to start to get some continuity, [censored].

I reckon Chaplin and Rawlings are safe. Chaplin because the club got him doing media around the time the mid season changes were implemented. Not sure re Plapp. I'd expect Richardson to head up development and Rooke and Egan would probably go in favour of people Richardson has worked with. Also interesting that Mahoney hasn't done any media since late July, however that might be because he's busy reshaping the Footy Department and Perty has helped with some of the external communication. In all, despite the horror of 2018 I feel the club has a good handle on what is needed and seem to be working as a team and making the righ moves. Hopefully it catches on to the pkaying group ?.

It makes me laugh that people on here are disappointed with the loss. If John was here he'd laugh too.

Glad thats out of the way. The positives I took from the game: 1. No injuries. 2. Showed patches of good ball use, particularly in the third. 3. Fritch, Hunty and Melky playing forward together along with Jones at HF. 4. Petracca in the midfield and midfield balance better in general. 5. Maxy kicking for goal. Looking forward to the players coming back in terrific shape, trading in/out a couple of players, pick two and the footy department changes.

Ben Brown is a poor man's Fritsch

Im furious

Firstly we need to stop using numbers instead of letters to spell words and then can have an adult conversation.

It's pretty normal to have these sort of meetings particularly when there is change. When working for someone else I'd often have these sort of meetings to understand how a change eas likely to impact my compensation plan and if I didn't like response it provided a way to work towards and acceptable position.

With the loss of a KPP in the VFL following Tim Smith's retirement, Jenkins would be a great get and fill this role perfectly. We need a strong VFL side to put pressure on thr Melbourne team.

I was told at a different business meeting that the MFC we're in negotiations to buy the MCG for..... 1 million dollars.

Just had a look at the AFL ladder and were 17th, only above lowly Fold Coast. I was getting ready to book tickets for September, what the [censored] is going on?

Sue, they may even go full toddler and introduce AFLX rounds for premiership points or half time cheerleaders.

I think the number of players in rehab in January and even February had a big impact on our ability to spend enough time doing match simulation. To meet it seems that on reflection, hindsight being a wonderful thing, Goodwin had wished we'd spent the limited match simulation we had on the fundamentals to our game plan, rather than adding layers. As a result we went into the season with a game plan we couldn't execute.

Interpretations, especially ones that change from week to week and even mid round (i.e Max Gawn ruck rule) are brilliant as they fire up the unwashed masses. To fix the state of rules and umpiring is the same as dealing with a toodler having a tantrum, don't react to it and the AFL will stop changing the rules to create controversy.

I haven't bothered reading the article but will say what I want to anyway. The more subjective the rules the more difficult the game is to umpire, which leads to controversial decisions. Controversy means there is more to talk about AFL from Monday to Thursday which is good for ratings and revenue.

Does this mean we're not going after Ian Zering??

Natalie Fyfe is will need to lose the arm guard if he wants to play for us. It's a no for me.

2017 is relevant to the players that were on the list at the time but Im not sure how our playing list is in any way responsible for the late 60's through to early 2000's given that most weren't born, let alone on our list for the majority of that time. Imagine if you were at work and it kept being brought up how [censored] the company has been since the 1960's.

SWYL don't get me wrong I think the players let themselves, the team and supporters down badly. The different opinion I have is that making the prelim last year should have provided the motivation to do everything to win prelim and GF this year. I don't see 55 years without a flag as motivation, at all, for the playing group. Footy players have short careers that can be glorious (Jordon Lewis) or forgettable and they need to approach all aspects of the game with this mindset.

Good point Lord Nev, I don't think the players really understand how much every moment counts. I'm optimistix that this year will be a massive wakeup call, its now a matter of how far back we have fallen and need to catchup.

I think Goody has covered for the playing group in press conferences and the media. The players will learn from this year and with Burgess on board I'd expect they will come back fit and hungry.