bigcarl wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 10:46pm 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

So send all the coaches home and save some money for the club, pay off the debt.

bigcarl wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 10:46pm 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

So send all the coaches home and save some money for the club, pay off the debt.

5 Marshall
4 Owens

That's it.

Welcome back - at least now it's warranted.

We are either useless or tanking. Which is it?

The Fireman wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 10:55pm2025

2035

shrodes wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 10:53pm Has Dow even been on the ground since half time?

56% tog.
Not injured.

Dropped marks, poor kicks, one too many handballs in the chain, out on the full, butchering forward chances. All more critical than umpiring decisions.

We don't want to win.

We don't want to win.

Last qtr prediction - Collard 2 goals.

Steele, Webster, King - all 10 touches or less.

We are lucky they have missed quite a few gettable shots.

Ross is a seasoned media performer and his pressers and appearances should be considered with that in mind.

I think not rewarding good form at Sandy is a bigger picture decision than Jones alone. You have to say that you value performance at that level as a metric for AFL selection.

Ross needs to give the on field leaders license to make those calls in game.

I think he's still a bit too much of a control freak, despite the outward demeanor.

I haven't heard the line "this group is so coachable" at any time this year. What does that even mean? Talks in monologue/riddles at press conferences like some great guru. If you don't understand you must be stupid! Last year the reference was that the team over-corrected when coached. I...

I'd rather not make the 8 than stumble in and lose a final.

I haven't heard the line "this group is so coachable" at any time this year.

We are not playing to win games. We are playing to be competitive in them.

That much is clear.

Add no end game tactics, no scoreboard awareness, and we are playing like a team that doesn't care about the 4 pts each week.

Is that tanking? It's mighty close to it.

I think the crowd this week will be a statement piece and a big scare to the club.

15,532 is my prediction.

Be interesting to see if Jack has got quicker. Pies rely on speed on the large MCG. I wonder who Jack would have replaced in our team that beat Collingwood earlier this year. I didn’t watch the game but it looks like he was sub initially, came on for 7 touches… maybe finished the game off? Concusse...

I work in retail. We had a 17 y.o. boy who complained about having to do menial tasks that we all have to do, and he dragged his feet, and if he had to collect shopping trolleys (which a lot of us have to do) he would complain of a headache and say he needed to go home... He would rather talk with ...

If we won GWS, Essendon, Geelong and Hawthorn games we would be having a much different conversation.

I wonder if perhaps the club and players (and supporters) are being made to feel inferior to kick in the next level of development.

I think the mandate to rebuild was then met with surprise when we ended up top 4 for most of the season. We (the fans) got excited and expected a step up this year, whereas we (the club) stayed the course. The last finals tease (2020) got us excited for a quick build & have a crack but it, which...