Ted Lasso

Just as he starts to look good, maybe a couple of weeks off will do his mind some good, see if he is desperate to get back or not Everyone is expecting us to get belted, i wouldn't be happy but i'd accept 40 points and a good effort from the boys, a win would be fantastic but it would take our best game for the year by some way and carlton off their game abit

I want Sheedy or Mathews to coach us next year, failing that Mark Williams, convince them with the challenge of returning the oldest club to it's former glory and a nice pay cheque A coach like this would get some supporters that may have stopped watching football fired up again, god knows we need all the support we can get plus they would command the respect of the players and be a great help in terms of luring players from other clubs i want them to recruit some of the good young dees fans around the comp and get rid of some of the lazy sods, ( gaff, prestia and wines would be a nice start) watch jack grimes and jack viney, two dees fans full of passion and fight, exactly what we need Culture changing midfield coach, namely brett kirk or cameron ling 1 genuine superstar midfielder, pay him whatever we can but if we sign it would be fantastic

Great post buddy, there is a huge if your not with us you're wrong and we are going to completely ignore your opinion about this forum which is amusing, I'm sure Neeld has his plans, and anyone who doesn't understand them ( good number of people ) seems to be anti Neeld, but as you said this is going to take time nomatter what we do, we aren't going to sign one free agent and then boom top 4 next year, but i think a port type rise is on the cards as our list isn't that bad and we are capable of kicking big scores if we as much as break even out of the middle i would imagine we would be in most games for a long period because we are effective going forward the big concern for me is our skills, i am hoping it's just confidence because alot have been good users at one point or another. the structures and stuff should becoming more effective when the players actually have the fitness to play them Frawley should be the priority, if he does go we should chase mitch brown hard because unfortunately i don't think Tom mcdonald is near ready to hold that post alone Having said that i think we can convince chip

Jones in 24-25 not 100% sure, played 140 games, our best player really greatful to have him looking at this, he could play 300 games for our club and go down as a great by the end of his career hopefully in the next 140 he plays some finals

Lets move the oldest club in the comp and start a new one with it.... don't think it's at such a desperate point yet, just quietly

I can't see Dal Santo leaving the saints, unless it's to go to a team in a premiership window. can't hurt to ask though

How much does it help trengove that it was a cream rather than injection, and during the off season? potentially cut or eliminate a possible suspension or it's not going to matter? Sorry if that's a stupid question.

Pretty disgusting :/ deserve whatever they get in my opinion

Dunn to me is like Tyson goldsack in a poor team, his kicking would be a nice bit of icing on the cake for a top side but we lack some other qualities that allow him to play like that

So glad he is getting on board, hopefully he can sort the mess out

I'll be tipping us to win either way, might be wrong but that's fine.

We had a couple of bad games, that has dinted our percentage a fair bit, can't be ignored but i am more concerned with where we are now. it's not that we and everyone else is kicking bigger scores, it's that we are doing it without out best forwards or best forward set up, to me that says we have room to improve further in this area and when you combine that with a better midfield possibly next year we are heading on the right track.

Last year we scored over 100 twice 135 against GWS with clark and rivers each kicking 4 goals 108 against GCS with brad green kicking 5 goals our highest score against a non expansion team was 84 So far in 2013 we have scored 83 and 94 against non expansion teams and 144 against GWS without a power forward dominating this would suggest our offence has improved significantly. the fact we had a bad first two rounds and a bad third quarter against west coast costs us stats which provide the numbers you have posted but don't really reflect any of the improvement i have just shown.

Improvement is there, and winning the ball out of the middle will add to that, i don't think we are out of the woods by a long shot, but with so much doom and gloom around it's nice to look at one thing and say that could definitely take us somewhere.

Perhaps, but i'd rather be positive about things.

I admire the amount of logic behind going to one of the only positive threads and posting negative comments, i don't see how scoring around 100 points in games without our big forwards kicking goals is anything but a positive regardless of the opposition, I understand being a demons supporter can be tough, but things like this only make it tougher.

We know our issue is our midfield, Magner and couch are mature bodies who if nothing else will provide support to Jones and co which is a good thing, the biggest thing to work on this year is stopping teams running through the middle so easily, and getting rid of this zone, Neeld wants our young defence to learn how to play, lets go one on one and teach them, wins and losses aren't as important as setting in place the right habbits and structures, Odds are Neeld won't be our coach next year, the bonus being that these positive things will remain, fix up the zone and stop the ball moving forward as easy and the wheel starts turning, add to our midfield and get our forwards on the park and it keeps turning and then build the confidence in our guys like grimes, trengove, toumpas, viney and see them become elite level players all this can happen in 2/3 years

I just hope we can find more reasons to be positive, the thought of coming through all this crap and winning a flag down the track always puts a smile on my face, if it will happen i don't know for sure but obviously i believe we are in with a chance

Don't care what rules are in play, to score around the 100 mark without your main forwards having any sort of impact and getting smashed out of the middle is a huge positive

Couch and magner might well be a big midfield boost for us, with watts, clark is down so i think we should play him at CHF for the next 8 weeks, it's his natural position and see how he goes, the big fellas need time so back him in for the next 8 weeks, and if he fails we look at our options at the end of the year, we might get a first round pick for him and be able to get another good mid

Dead right, and that can be the fault of the coach in terms of set up, lack of fitness, lack of experience knowing where to be and what to be doing, i am inclined to think it's possibly abit of all of those the big positive is, 3-4 years down the track, Trengove, grimes, jones, howe, clark, dawes, hogan, frawley, mcdonald, toumpas, viney and whoever i have missed plus no doubt more draft picks and people we gain from trades and free agency will all be in their prime and we again in theory could have a real crack at a flag

Really nice to see a bit of passion out there! I really hope Sylvia stays with us, i think we are now capable of getting his best football out of him

I agree, i can't understand those people who say we are 10 years off being good, the wheel is going to turn very quickly for us i think.

First thread i have started so see how it goes, One thing i have been really impressed with in the last two rounds in particular is we are kicking good scores, for a team that is getting belted out of the middle basically every game, and the last two clark has kicked one goal and dawes has not played, to score 94 and 144 points in these games shows we have good options up forward and we can score that much without winning the ball out of the middle, against poor sides sure but we also scored 83 against west coast. To me this says we are on the way to being a good team, if we recruit a couple of mids, start getting first hands on the ball, get the confidence up, the pressure comes off the defence which i think is quite solid, and we should in theory be quite a good team. winning clearances with clark, dawes and hogan up forward next season and we might well be able to do something similar to what port power are doing this year. if Mark Neeld is coach or not i think we may find we are nowhere near as far off as our on field performances are suggesting. Thoughts?

Watts and dawes up forward won't be too bad, just hope the big fella is alright!