chookrat

Kick the dog or sonething

Richmond should have sacked Hardwick in 2016 and Collingwood Buckley in 2017. Lighten up champ.

Boo hoo negative Nance

If that happens then we're not allowed to get ahead of ourselves

As long as it's related to the game played and not a whinge about how Collingwood would not accept what we accept and hence why we are bottom dwellers.

I'd like to propose a month of no whingeing on demonland where our members can analyse and critique our performances and that of our players but are not allowed to: 1. Draw a link between how we perform to the last time we won a flag. 2. Play the victim when we lose and complain about how the club gives nothing back. The club owes you nothing. 3. Bemoan the lack of communication from the club. 4. Mention how Collingwood were happy to see the back of Gary Pert. 5. Mention how our Coaching department didn't review the Preliminary Final loss to West Coast. <INSERT DEMONLAND WHINGE HERE> I'm not saying we can't be critical of performance but rather do so in a constructive manner. In short, lets be more like Amber Whalan and support our club unconditionally without the veil of negativity as Paul Roos described it. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2019-05-02/amber-whalen-pink-lady-ambassador-2019&ved=2ahUKEwjZvIzziP_hAhVXVH0KHSRPDb0QwqsBMAF6BAgFEAU&usg=AOvVaw00-SPaJTThpwtEbCd6hpvg Dees!

The opposition would have put alot of work into home to negate Tim Smith to reduce his impact. The late inclusion of Keilty keeps them guessing. Goodwin is a tactical genius.

So is it time tp pull out the old Tom Scully moneybags jibe again.

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again

Poita, Im in need of a Megadeth tshirt in size M/L. Would you have one that you could part ways with?

The good news is that we should avoid a delayed start to preseason this year as players will be on holiday in the first week of September - Dees!

Is Brashaw the same guy who polled third in last years Brownlow despite not playing AFL in the first couple of rounds?

They won't need a first round pick, third will get it done

Re outside speed I don't think Roos values it as highly as playing accountable two way footy. The reason we are getting smashed on the outside is work rate, ability to apply pressure to cause opposition to turn the ball over, and not turning the ball over through poor decision making and skill execution. To often we are too loose and fail to apply enough pressure on the opposition, which is even worse when we turn the ball over. Re Howe, Roos praised that Howe played the best low posession half he's ever seen v Geelong. For whatever reason Howe wanted to play for Collingwood and we ended up with Ben Kennedy which worked out poorly. Re Dunn, I really liked him as a player but for whatever reason fell out of favour. We chose to instead play Oscar and Frost and brought in stop gaps like Georgiou. Lever should be a 10 year player and elite intercept defender with strong leadership credentials, and while it will take a few more years to determine if the trade works out, is the sort of player who helps build the right culture. Re Tyson and Salem v Kelly, Tyson was important in turning our team from a rabble to a team that could beat sides. I think he hasn't been the same since he hurt his knee and also our inside mids are elite at winning the ball. Salem would probably be our best player so far this year and is playing at an elite level. We do need to bring in a Josh Kelly or similar player to complement our existing midfield. I was sad to see Kent go but understand that we weren't prepared to match St Kilda's offer given his inability to string games together. In summary I don't think our speed is a big problem and definitely not the reason we are losing. We are simply not playing the way we should and need to keep chipping away and hopefully win our share of games before getting into form and smashine the opposition. With how we are playing it's highly unlikely we will challenge this year.

Re Stretch I thought it was his best game at AFL level. On previous occasions he's tended to get lost in the speed of the game but last night in such a pressure game he consistently won or halved contests, was good with the ball and looked to gain confidence as the game wore on. Hope he backs up with a good game next week and builds confidence from here.

Buckley is pretty switched on and great to listen to when he talks footy and also delicate topics.

Chook, we had similar issues in the first 4 rounds last year before we worked into form and won 6 in a row heading into the bye, where we had a poor loss to Collingwood where we played ok, had a bad loss to St Kilda and then we're in red hot form v WCE, GWS and then Geelomg and Hawthron in the finals. Last year when we were winning Goodwin had a similar message that we were working to improve and still not playing the way we want. Goodwin has been consistent throughout and I have confidence our Footy Department will get us playing well at the pointy end of the season but it will be a matter of being able to tick over some ugly wins and get to playing our way sooner rather than later. The way we are playing there is alot to fix and with Hawks and WCE in the next couple of weeks there is a good chance we will be 1 - 7 which would practically mean Finals are out of the picture, which is pretty much the case already.

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Jake the Snake killing it in the midfield. Jack Watts like in his delivery but mad as a cut snake around the ball.

His forward half pressure will be import t to our structure and one of our main issues re ground ball gets and he can lead up and take a contested mark

Whats with the 4-5 week? Is it a slightly more optimistic version of the dreaded '4-6 week' which results in 2 - 3 games peppered in by end of season, or is it something entirely new that we have not before experienced?

Or the Geelong player not getting suspended for breaking silvias jaw in VFL praccy

Tom Morris is a Tom Morris fan.

Tom Morris is a feltcher od the highest order. He said the same thing last year re McCartney just before we went and won 6 on the trot. Put up or shut up muppet.