GT and Lyon had one thing in common: they got the players believing they could win. Doesn't matter how good you are if you don't believe you can win. And if you do believe, anything's possible - look at the doggies' flag. GT got them believing in themselves, Lyon got them to believe in his game plan.

Caracella

CURLY wrote: ↑Thu 13 Oct 2022 10:17pm To friendly with the players it seems. To much of a mate.

Tough call brave call and rather than worry about the perception from outside the club they just did what needed to be done.

How did nobody notice this when he first filled in for richo. King of the kids from the get-go.

Somebody said we developed him for five years - i suspect the real problem is that we didn't.

This appears to be the result of a club operating at the extreme end of the 'professionalism' spectrum. They've behaved like a cult. Stripping players of their phones. Demanding they should have no distractions. Cutting them off from their old lives. Whichever poster said they were sure the coaches ...

The verbatim reporting of allegations/stories from one side in an extract from a third party report does not provide balance. Particularly given the shock/horror slant the ABC is giving. The stories/scenarios outlined could easily be depicted completely differently by an objective assessment of pla...

Equalisation seems to have worked pretty well - geelong, Richmond, dogs, Dees - all lifted themselves off the mat in recent memory. We did too of course for our brief spell in the sun just without reaping the ultimate prize. Brisbane too had that miserable dip after their dynasty but have risen agai...

Good coaches don’t demand anything Are you a boss/manager?! Do you demand stuff?? If you did, your employees would consider you a c***! Good. managers aren't too fussed about seeming a c***. Your boss isn't your mate you know. Freely, you are clearly clueless about leadership and managing a team. Y...

Just saw the score against the hawks ) Course so far we've only played expansion teams and wonder how well go next wk against Melbourne. still abhor the nds appointment but can't help grinning while we're winning!

B.M wrote: ↑Sun 04 Sep 2022 5:19pm Good coaches don’t demand anything

Are you a boss/manager?!

Do you demand stuff??

If you did, your employees would consider you a c***!

Good. managers aren't too fussed about seeming a c***. Your boss isn't your mate you know.

Gershwin wrote: ↑Thu 01 Sep 2022 4:14am

Banger9798 wrote: ↑Thu 01 Sep 2022 4:03am Battle conceded the fewest goals of all key defenders in the league this year, apparently.

Better than a scrapper.

Yes, Battle has found his niche in the backline and is a valuable player.

I don't argue with this.

Sadly, our core group should be headed by Billings who, for one reason or another, disappoints every season, and Ross, Steele, Marshall and Membrey, who are all good but not good enough. These are our senior players and unfortunately they're just not good enough to build a dominant team around. Thes...

The Fireman wrote: ↑Thu 25 Aug 2022 7:24pm Sinclair is probably the most skillful player we have had in a long time
who have we had that has his skills recently ?

I reckon Hunter Clark's got the goods if he puts in the work. I hope the rumours about him getting traded are wrong.

No one wants to go to Essendon. And even if they did no one to sign a contract. The President, Coach and CEO just left. They are not travelling well. And remember McDonald-Tippungwuti. If there is one thing I am confident of at present, it is that Essendon is a less attractive club for players to j...

The thing is, I understand that sometimes things don’t work out for a player at a club. Maybe for whatever reason there has been a falling out between Longy and some of the leadership group and maybe even the coach and list management. Maybe the list management meetings over the last few weeks have...

We were lucky they didn't have to carry him on.

saint6709 wrote: ↑Mon 22 Aug 2022 7:23am

groupie1 wrote: ↑Mon 22 Aug 2022 12:10am I feel for him for not getting a chair-off with Hannebery & Ryder.

Bad oversight by the lads.

What about Geary ? Has he already been chaired off earlier in the season?

Difference is Geary hadn't announced his retirement before his last game.

Impossible to enjoy this game. We play badly, same-oh same-oh, we play well, why couldn't we do it when it mattered?

kosifantutti wrote: ↑Sat 20 Aug 2022 3:06pm Or as Channel Eddie tweeted it:

Whoops!

We were desperate to look like a "destination club" - whatever the hell that means. So we payed overs. Same way we were happy to pay whatever it took to get Hanners. So we became the perfect destination for any player that wanted a fat paycheck in return for doing f-all.

Is it Brett Rattens fault that Jade and JB are injured? Have you forgotten Alan's record as a coach Did you want Ross getting 30 touches each week and missing 2 out of every 3 targets by foot? If Cho was a good coach we'd have developed a lot more players instead of just having to turn over the lis...

Did Kent NEVER play a decent game of AFL footy? You can't play 100 games of AFL if you are completely shite as some on here suggest. :roll: Can you play 99? if you get to 100 what do you think ? Maths not your strong point. :lol: :lol: What I meant to imply - we oughta have left him on 99 games. He...

I hope they manage to figure out why our player development is so poor. How many players come in great and go backwards. Max, anyone? McCartin even. I mean - wtf?

Wayne42 wrote: ↑Fri 19 Aug 2022 11:55pm

B.M wrote: ↑Fri 19 Aug 2022 11:41pm Did Kent NEVER play a decent game of AFL footy?

You can't play 100 games of AFL if you are completely shite as some on here suggest.

Can you play 99?

tony74 wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 4:20pm Needs a check on his hand

Omg - that's all that's keeping him out? Exhibit A when this review gets going.

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