I know it can’t be the reason but geez….it just sometimes feels like mediocrity and failure is just ingrained into the fabric of this clubWayne42 wrote: ↑Thu 14 Jul 2022 10:44pmIt doesn't matter how many changes the club makes, in almost any era, the results are nearly always the same, how did the club perfect incompetence ?Teflon wrote: ↑Thu 14 Jul 2022 10:31pmIt takes us 5 years to work that out gets meWayne42 wrote: ↑Thu 14 Jul 2022 10:29pmNow that Ratts has 2 more years he needs some churn at years end.Teflon wrote: ↑Thu 14 Jul 2022 10:21pmDo you think those 3 just showed up in the car park the day McRae lobbed or do you think just maybe McRae knew what he wanted cause he has a clear plan????Wayne42 wrote: ↑Thu 14 Jul 2022 10:18pmWill we be up or down on Friday Night against the Dogs.Teflon wrote: ↑Thu 14 Jul 2022 9:56pmThat just doesn’t hold waterWayne42 wrote: ↑Sun 10 Jul 2022 1:09amThe players could be asked to do things they are just not capable of under the pressure of a game. Maybe at training they look like world beaters but in a game they look like spuds.Teflon wrote: ↑Sun 10 Jul 2022 1:01amFair playWayne42 wrote: ↑Sun 10 Jul 2022 12:58amI think the list is the biggest issue, but fan forums are there for supporters to post their opinions and that's what happens.Teflon wrote: ↑Sun 10 Jul 2022 12:52amNot at all
Anyone who tries to convince us coaching is not the problem is deluded.. Yes, our midfield is not top 4, but we at least should look like we know what we are doing, we can only score if
1. Hope Kings/Higgins play a blinder and suddenly mark everything/ kick straight.
2. We rely on Ryder to win taps at centre clearances.
3. Pressure the opposition into mistakes
Other than that, there’s absolutely no systems/cohesion on how we play..
We don't have to agree, and we won't.
But list was ok at start of year ??
Now no good
I agree we’ve got some duds - Jones, Butler, Billings, Wood even Ross at times (whose had a good year) we just carry too many
But they look confused
Picking and choosing when to turn up
Players constantly running themselves and team mates into trouble
Zero system
All that is coaching imo
What can the coach do then, other than mark their cards, unless they have multi year contracts, which happens and with a lack of depth they keep getting games.
I wonder if a supporter would have the same opinion on a coach if he was able to sit in the coaches box for an entire game, no one really knows what the coach wants versus what he gets.
We were 8-3 now the players are being asked things “too hard for them”
It’s just an excuse
We have zero transition game plan - we are one of the bottom 4 in AFL from bringing the ball from defence to f50 and scoring ????
It doesn’t explain bombing CONSTANTLY on a skinny forwards head and a forward set up that has zero lead up patterns ???
It doesn’t explain the pathetic efforts against Bombers (a side who had won 2 games???….players too unskilled that day??)
Again, ofcourse we need an uplift in lost talent it’s obvious
But I’d argue the way McRae has turned Collingwood around since Buckley would indicate it’s not all lists…..they’re playing a consistent recognisable brand
We are up 1 week….down next ….that’s a coaches job
It's not just McCrae. In effect Collingwood has 3 Senior coaches on it's coaching panel, McRae, Leppa and the Green Shoots theorist in Bolton. Darcy Moore said they get tuition from all 3. It's not just
the one voice.
Does Ratten have assistants with that experience or are they just the equivalent of witches hat shufflers.
3 years for Brett to choose his team….at what point do you need to be accountable for those you do/don’t select??
It’s like saying ….it’s not the CEOs fault cause his management team are Shyte….FFS that’s a key part of his job!
Know what you want and who is the best and get them
Both with the list and HIS coaching panel.
If he doesn't get some better assistants then he reaps what he sows.
3 years on from Richo and we’ll again finish where we were then….mid table in no man’s land and a long way off top 4
I keep telling myself it only makes that day we win it even more special
I’ve had a week off after it planned for 25 years !!