moshe25 wrote:
BigBlueWave wrote:
moshe25 wrote:
BigBlueWave wrote:
Sugarcane wrote:
[quote="BigBlueWave"]Another lost opportunity ... 'weak as water' by the MC. Still ... its what we have come to expect.
Why?
We are still trying to make finals , arguably not right time to blood kids
Continuity
Hmmm ... you can't have it both ways ... either we have a side thats good enough to cause trouble in September or we don't. Making the finals only to be ejected in the first week is a pathetic excuse for not taking risks at the selection table. There are players in the side that are not performing. For example ... Rowe. He and others have been given a good run the last few weeks ... so now ... why not try to improve the side ... why not shake it up. When you take risks you find out more about your players ... Now I know tricky Micky would like to make the finals (especially when he inherited a side that really should now be higher up the ladder) but if he is really about making this side better ... thats what he should be doing!
As for other comments about players in the vfl not knocking the door down ... I think those posters should go and have a look at the Northern Blues the last couple of weeks. There are several names that are up in lights and we need to start trying them out.
Pathetic by the MC. And yes it is as expected ... safe ... unimaginative and ultimately not in the best interests of the CFC. Even if we win against Fremantle ... and I hope we do (I'll be jumping for joy) ... in the long run it does not help when you don't take risks ... 1 or 2 changes would not stuff up the continuity of the side ... Pathetic by the MC.
Yep. We should win the flag by a record margin. Especially since MM inherited a team that..... er ....... um ........ a team that ...... well ....... got smashed by an expansion team that had won 3 games all together and had 9 of its best players out. Even uber-coach Ratten wouldn't be able to pull that one off, how do you expect a dud like Malthouse to do it.....
Well ... how many times did we beat Collingwood and Richmond last year ... enough said. Its an old story and we can go round and round ... last year Ratten was criticized when he could not get us to Prelim. Yes ... we do have a talented but under performing side. Forget about Ratten ... we are talking MC here who have a policy of being safe and unimaginative which is not in the best interests of the CFC.
Man I hope we win tomorrow night ... I've supported the Blues for 40 odd years ... and I just want the best possible outcome ... but sometimes you need to take risks to build a side ... opportunity lost ... badly done MC again.
He wasn't criticised for not getting us into a Prelim. He was criticised for:
- bad development;
- losing the players;
- having a game style that couldn't withstand good pressure;
- implementing inappropriate game plans that were picked apart by top teams.
..... and probably hundreds of other things that those folk who know a lot more than I about footy, could probably articulate.
Everyone in the world (except maybe you) knows he wasn't the right coach for this footy club. Now, will any coach make a difference, given the cesspool that over 20 years of mismanagement has left this club in? Who knows? But at least with Malthouse we have someone who has proved he can:
- turn around a club culture;
- extract the most from good ordinary players;
- build a team that can make it to consecutive preliminary finals;
- take a team ALL THE WAY (THREE TIMES NOW!!!!)
All Ratten could do was beat Collingwood and Richmond during the H&A season, quote stats, eat lollies, barrack hard, and ultimately fail.
I know which one I'd rather take a risk on.[/quote]
Spot on
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