As someone who witnesses training twice a week I can assure you it’s not the game plan. The training drills and ball movement are fast, in some cases kamikaze speed. It is basically all out attack. But obviously the defensive part of those drills are less than frantic as injuries would happen all t...

As someone who witnesses training twice a week I can assure you it’s not the game plan. The training drills and ball movement are fast, in some cases kamikaze speed. It is basically all out attack. But obviously the defensive part of those drills are less than frantic as injuries would happen all t...

Perhaps the fact our mids are struggling to win clearance and we played a very good midfield has something to do with this tactic. Without Crouch we lack clearance strength so to negate this perhaps this is the tactic which has been used.? I think it has everything to do with it and he is probably ...

As far as I can tell our midfield is setup to try and negate rather than do anything constructive I get that our midfield is not flash but they need to play with some freedom and dare Coaches need to stepup and make proper use of what we have Crouch, Clark and Ross will make a difference and make u...

Clearly playing the list to see what’s what. Collard over Membrey Patton over Ross Yeah of course he’s going full tilt Are you suggesting we're tanking? Certainly may as well now. Not saying he’s tanking I’m saying he’s developing the list. Yep, I think he has carte blanche from the president to de...

Last night there was hardly ever space for our forwards to lead into. Our indirect, sluggish and uncertain ball movement allowed the Dockers time to crowd our forward line. They then scored with ease on the rebound into a wide open forward line. Forwards need space in which to operate. Congestion is...

Yes, you are correct Marto. I feel, however, Ross and the club have put the queue in the rack for 2024 and are looking to the future

Who should be playing that is match-fit and isn’t? Look I daresay Seb Ross would offer more than, say, Phillipou … but the sad reality is that we aren’t contenders this year. And won’t be until we unearth some players

Hammerniti

Teflon wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 9:42pm We’ve actually had more of the play
Can’t score

We’re kicking into a massively congested forward line and then they score on the rebound to a wide open forward line. Maybe drop some numbers behind the ball.

Mitchito

Michito

Jumping Jimmy Webster. Good, strong football

I maybe and hope I am wrong But I am completely staggered that Collard gets a game His form in the VFL has been ordinary at best and I think it does nothing for selection integrity for him to now get a game Sir Doug Nichols round? That and also we desperately need a small forward. Maybe not deservi...

Don’t mind the changes. It seems an attempt to address our midfield (Dow and Jones) and forward (Caminiti, Sharman and Collard) shortcomings. And it’s not necessarily a reflection on the guys omitted and managed. Will it pay off on Saturday? Who knows, but at least Ross is trying things as he must. ...

Owens attended only 3 ctr bounces for the entire match. That's crap! Just start him at ctr bounce and let him drift forward like Horne-Francis, like Prestia, like De Goey, and like Dusty I remember those three times well. We looked like we had ball-winning intent. I agree with your ideas of how Owe...

If they don’t put work into him, he might have 50 Windhager should actually tag him!!! Cut the head off the snake - he is the fire starter Windhager is the only young fella that has shown any attacking flare around the stoppage contest and his game against the Pies is his ceiling in that regard, it...

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If they don’t put work into him, he might have 50 Windhager should actually tag him!!! Cut the head off the snake - he is the fire starter Windhager is the only young fella that has shown any attacking flare around the stoppage contest and his game against the Pies is his ceiling in that regard, it...

In my opinion, it's counter productive to expect Jack Steele to try and contain the best player each week from opposition teams. Who the hell is going to win you the footy? Your 3rd or 4th choice inside mid? How many times do you see mids from both teams getting high numbers. It's going to happen. ...

I think we’ve got to back Ross in as coach for the long haul … and it may be a LONG haul. It’s now a developmental year, so we should play kids … but only if they deserve a game. The agenda has to be to address our weaknesses. In particular, our plodding midfield and inability to take the game on an...

Thanks for that. Selection will be interesting. Dow, Clark, Jones, Caminiti, Phillipou, Cordy, Sharman possible ins. Presume Schoenmacher did not play

Marto, where is the rundown?

footynut wrote: ↑Sat 11 May 2024 11:18pm Finals must now be a pipe dream, so what's the plan??? How do we look forward?

Start by addressing our weaknesses - clearance midfield and forward line - and making changes to it. Positional and/or personnel

Says something about the rest of the clearance midfield that he’d feel the need to make the clearance himself. But as you pointed out, there’s a fair possibility he was instructed to do it.