Just a couple of comments after being at what was a disappointing game. I don't get to see the side live much having moved to Adelaide a few years ago, but this was the Blues first looss at the Adl Oval that I have experienced.in the last three years

It was interesting to see the speed and professionalism of the Adelaide spread after getting possession, disciplined handball and quick movement really left us flatfooted. Really put pressure on our ability to man up. From up in the stands you could really see the Adelaide players making opportunities. We, on the other hand were flat footed when we had possession. Difference in uncontested possessions obvious

TDK and others got monstered in the ruck and we got very little from clearances.

Adelaide is a physically stronger side, they shrugged or broke many tackles, stronger marking side as well.

Not sure who selected the boots for yesterday's games, but I got sick of seeing our players slipping over. None of the Adelaide players did that. Is there a length of sprig/stop issue? Do we not understand the condition of the ground before the game?

McGovern had a few absolute shockers of kick-ins, a frustrating player to watch. In general, far too may times the kick in came straight back.

Harry kept running under the flight of the ball and missed many marking opportunities just by bad judgement

Lots of Adelaide marks were taken by the third man in the contest floating in at the last minute while the tussle between a pair of players at the flight of the ball was going on.

All of the above is pretty much basic stuff, no excuses

Not many player highlights to report unfortunately, some who tried (Holland, Durdin), many others were invisible

Would have lost by twenty goals if Weiters hadn't been playing.

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We simply don’t get what it takes to be a successful team
We had a sugar hit in 2023
2011 was ok
That’s it in 25 years
In a period of equalization
What does that tell you
As I said last week Geelong were off
We won
That will happen again this year
Bu overall we are average at best

So the club must make some hard calls on players at seasons end
Trade McKay for a first rounder
DeKoning going gives us a top 5 pick
Start again
At least it gives us some hope
The club in the last quarter of a century have never been fully honest with themselves on where it stands compared to the rest of the comp
You can’t argue with that given we have had 2 good years out of 25

Hard to disagree. This current rebuild which has been 10 years in the making has peaked and is on the decline. It’s blatantly obvious that we won’t get anywhere near a flag in the era of Cripps, Weitering, Curnow, McKay etc


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While I don't entirely agree with your first line we do have a list issue, that has been proven over the last couple of years.
I would really like to know who was responsible for putting all our eggs in the Jagga Smith basket.
While I still think he'll be a gun, not trading in another quick mid to cover him while he developed or using 2 picks instead was a massive failure on our behalf.

Our wings are a shambles and our midfield is too slow, hence why our deliveries into F50 are so poor so often.
It was always going to be a tough win in Adelaide, but a shallow list with a playing style like we have is always going to come undone with a faster team IMO.
We may win some here and there, but the balance will always be in their favour at the end of the day.

Next week is a bigger test for me, in Melbourne so no home ground advantage against another quick team.
Let's see how the team responds.

Why wasn’t Binns giving a game after last weekend he was our best player in the VFL but to true Voss form refused to play another youngsters
Voss and he’s coaching panel are getting every bit they deserve

He wasn’t listed in the best players on the clubs website, and didn’t receive coaches votes from either coach.

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Syd, this is not a dig at you at all, but I really don't understand how Austin destroyed the list - it was pretty mediocre after SOS basically got GWS's hand me downs.

I think we should have been looking at younger players rather than Haynes, and Jagga was just plain dumb bad luck.

More than happy to hear opinions on this, I'm too far away to hear much other chatter about Austin.

The way I see it is the club banked on a core of 6 - 7 players winning us a flag and the rest is just filler

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my last one was rubbish

We have been in a window for 2 to 3 years.
You don't get too many chances like this
You need to compliment the list with established players so it builds on your depth
Austin, in the last 2 years in particular, has gone to the draft, and his selections have been poor.
He could have traded the 2 first rounders and got a quality player in. But he threw all his eggs into the one basket.
They were travelling well, Saad Newman Acres Cerra players that compliment the list

His drafting and Rookie selections have been poor. None of Motlop, the Holland's boys, Lemmey Moir Lord Orazio White Evans Wilson Carroll are ever going to be good enough to shift the needle.

We sacked the fitness coach because he couldn't get players on the park and then proceeded to move on most of the players who couldn't get on there and 2 players in Owies and Kennedy who could fill a role if needed.

There is no depth in this list. Last week, we had 23 selected and Young as emergency. We had 15 AFL listed players line up in the reserves. I'd be guessing, but I would say that is the most players we have had on the park for quite some time.
We lose 3 to injury. There should have been plenty to choose from and pressure on spots in the side.
There wasn't. No one in the reserves was putting their hand up saying pick me. So we selected an out of form Doc, a 2nd year player, one game back from injury and a bloke who is scared of his own shadow. We are also playing a kid who was delisted and hadn't been playing for almost 2 years and expecting him to do a job on 2 of the most dangerous small forwards in the game .

We play players who are carrying injuries because we don't have the depth to cover them.

We lose JSOS who has played a grand total of 7 games down back and the defence falls apart.
Geelong lose Stewart and can cover the loss.

You shut down one of Cripps Hewett or Walsh and the midfield gets slaughtered

You shut-down either Harry or Charlie and the forward doesn't function.

You lose the running power of Cotrell and you open up one side of the ground.

Williams was playing a defacto Miers role Geelong covered his loss we couldn't

We have no depth

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This game has left me flat.
We knew what Adelaide were about, yet we weren’t ready and didn’t want to commit to our game.
Disappointing after getting in a position to move forward.
This one is on the usual suspects.

need to stop mentioning players we had out poor excuse ,said this before any team that moves ball quickly we are toast because our players are to SLOW ,pies hawks dogs all quick ball movement our team is to SLOW ,how many years has this been problem so sad

Can we have an MVP thread please ?

I agree we are not the quickest team in the comp, but I don't think speed, or lack of, was the reason for any of our losses this year. You maybe right, I may be right. Just sayin'.

What about mentioning our quick players out injured? Can we do that? That didn't help.

We got beaten up in the midfield. The stats don't lie. Lost the midfield in every stat. See Sidex post today in Vossy thread.

See Cerra interview.

Our one wood, and its not speed, we got smashed in.

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