At 57 he’ll coach into his 60s He’ll be the longest serving coach without a flag in history! Rebuild Doesn’t work… You just continually build! Sydney has rebuilt since 95 Geelong since 2003 Richmond since 2012 Teams the have, had absolutely no guarantee of success Really? Why haven’t those sides bo...

I am sorry but a mini-rebuild is the issue. A mini rebuild is what you do when you are at the top and just starting to slip because of a few older players not when you are middle of the pack going nowhere. We are in a position where the coach has one of two choices: one go all in saying we should be...

If you think Ross is happy with that performance you don’t know him. He doesn’t rave and rant but he’s not cuddly. He is honest and to the point. He takes no prisoners and knows what he wants. And if you don’t deliver you know. Trust me Well I hope that is the case but from what I have seen I have ...

The issue is with have a game plan that is completely inflexible. When Carlton started getting a run on in the third quarter we went into pure defensive mode (Ross's favored approach) taking the ball as wide as we can and refusing to look inside. That continued into the last quarter when we were cha...

So we cut about 10 experienced players bring in 2 very average players including SOS's own son and 8 kids. At least 4 of those kids will be pick 60 plus so unlikely to ever play a game and we have them for at least 2 years. If we are so desperate to rebuild why wouldn't you try to trade out our olde...

I will admit to thinking Sinclair would become nothing more than a good ordinary player.
I also thought Glen Coghlan and Daniel Healy were going to be stars of the game.

It was stupid by him but didn't warrant a suspension so the correct outcome in the end. However, he did get the kick reversed because of his need to be the big man.
As a player I like him but there is no place for this in the modern game you will never get away with it.

I don't think it is Max's fault that he doesn't gather kicks up on the wing I think it is a coaching directive. When we have the ball our strategy is to bomb it to 20 metres out in front. We did it on the weekend to but Hawthorns defense is deplorable and it meant our forwards had an easy time. I ca...

Hawthorn, the side currently sitting 3rd from the bottom kicked over 90 points against our backline. That is only the third time this year we have conceded 90 points this year but sure our backline performed better without Howard. If by looked better you mean made for a more entertaining game as bot...

If we want top end draft picks you need to trade out either top end players or young players with huge potential. There is no point in trading out any of the young brigade as they are who we should be building around. Now, if Ross decides to trade out one or more of Steele, Sinclair, Wilkie or Marsh...

We simply are not a big enough draw card to trade for top end talent we can only get it through the draft. If we want to improve and Ross is serious and not just on a nice pay day then harsh decisions need to be made. The problem is the players that we would be reasonably OK with leaving won't get u...

The squad is not Ross's fault. He took on a team with poor skills and hasn't improved them in any way. Maybe he needs more time to improve the skills. I do not blame the coach for our win loss record and I don't know if we would have won more or less with Ratts. However, what cannot be excused is th...

Ross has us playing anti-football again. He has sucked any joy out of the game by having no interest in making the game entertaining. I have been a member for over 30 years and I now am unable to watch us play. We are not just bad but we are depressing in the way we approach the game as well.

Is he Ross's new Robert Eddy maybe?
Limited player but whole hearted in effort and will follow the coach's instructions to the letter.

True, because the structure was proving such a success in the previous weeks when King was there. The approach of bombing to 30 metres out straight in front is not working. The intercept defenders are having a field day against us and it not because we lost King in the first minute of the game. Bara...

Too early in the day for me so count me out as well.

The umpires did not cost us the game, the coaching did. I am sorry but I cannot believe that it is all on the players that we constantly go to the area 30 out directly in front. It must be a deliberate ploy by the coaching staff. We do it every game and every game the opposition's intercept half bac...

WC are going to do everything in their power to lose. They will not be bringing players back against us they will need one more week. If they win against us it will give North a sniff at last place and WC are not going to risk that. This is truly a year where two sides are tanking as hard as they can.

WC are going to do everything in their power to lose. They will not be bringing players back against us they will need one more week. If they win against us it will give North a sniff at last place and WC are not going to risk that. This is truly a year where two sides are tanking as hard as they can.

He needs to learn a role. He can not be the big bodied mid we were hoping for because he is glacier slow. He could become a key forward but will need to build strength to do that. He needs to play at Sandy and have a big summer in the gym to get up for next season.

Yes, they are tanking and they are far better at it than Hawthorn whose approach to securing the prized number one pick was to get rid of anyone over 25 who was any good. The problem was they hadn't explained the plan properly to the players unlike the Eagles. I think the Hawthorn brains trust are p...

I think we have done alright with Membrey as well. The swans let him go a delisted free agent, which they didn't have to do, so he could come to us.

I don't get the standard arguments on this site. When we are playing a team that lost the week before it is all "They will come out firing, they will be angry they lost." Yet when we lose it is "We are looking fragile, we are not performing well." We have lost 2 games by 7 points...

Cleared to resume full training doesn't mean cleared to play a competitive game even at Sandy.
He will need a couple of full weeks training before a couple of games at Sandy then up to the Seniors.

Rowan as a key forward is wasting his talent as he is only average at the position. Rowan is almost your quintessential follower, it is his ability around the ground that hurts sides not necessarily his tap work. Campbell is a good tap ruck but his influence outside of the ruck contest is minimal. I...