Chris Judd came back in
And Waite played some blinders
In amongst some terrible floggings

Both floggings to top 4 teams away from home, the last flogging v Port when we were terribly depleted. 2 weeks later Port gave Tiggs a similar bath in a final, a team coming off nine consecutive wins. Just some perspective amongst the emotion.

Oh I got it wrong
Honorable losses and floggings are accepted these days.
Sorry I thought Mick was brought in to take us to the next level where we could compete with the top sides.
I must have misunderstood his appointment

How do you explain the end of last season then BV?

Chris Judd came back in
And Waite played some blinders
In amongst some terrible floggings

That doesn't account for how we moved the ball smoother from HB to HF and delivered some great inside 50s, of which Waite was only one target.

Mentally fragile players matches up a lot more with all of our issues. That's a by-product of our culture since 2002.

It's not just about personnel. The past 2 years we've been 17th and 18th for uncontested possessions. i.e. our game style doesn't promote retaining possession. We play the boundary, kick down the line and continually give the opposition an opportunity to win the ball back.
Compare that to the successful teams who do everything within their power to retain possession. How often do you see our players play on? We continually go back, kick over the mark and rely on contested possession to win the ball. That's 90's football.
Watch the successful teams play. They make every effort to avoid kicking over the mark so they can keep the ball low to move it quicker through the air. Our ball movement after quarter time on Thursday was snail like. You can have Carl Lewis and Usian Bolt in your team but if they don't play in an offensive manner, it means jack shit.

I chuckle when I hear the coaches say the players aren't creating and taking a risk. Yet when the risk doesn't work, Mick is the first to admonish them and kick them up the arse.
You can't have it both ways. The coaches can't ask the players to be creative and take risks and then admonish them when the risk doesn't work.
That creates confusion and when the pressure is applied, the players will always revert to "safe" football. That's where we are. When the pressure is applied, no one wants to be the one to play on, to leave his man and give a running option. No one wants to stick his head up.

Oh I got it wrong
Honorable losses and floggings are accepted these days.
Sorry I thought Mick was brought in to take us to the next level where we could compete with the top sides.
I must have misunderstood his appointment

We can't play,
Carrazzo, Bell, Curnow and Cripps all in the same team..
Cripps and Carrazzo for me, the other two offer no skill at all..
Need some zip, Buckley, Tutt and Boekhorst offer that..
Will Walker come straight in??
Would like too see Yarran play forward, Docherty, Buckley and Simpson take care coming out of the backline..
We have about 15 quality players then their is a massive hole..
Anyway for me this week,
Simpson Jamison Tuohy
Buckley Rowe Docherty
Carrazzo Cripps Gibbs
Everitt Henderson Yarran
Menzel Jones Casboult
Wood Murphy Judd
I/C; White Boekhorst Tutt or Walker if fit
Sub; Smith
No chance Bell and Curnow will be dropped but they lack skill and pace..
Casboult at least offers a presence in the forward line...
Need class around the goals and Menzel and Yarran will fit that bill..
Just my silly opinion

Cant believe you guyys being scared of the Eagles.............holy shit fellas,they are mediocre at best.Barely middle of the road opposition and we are shitting ourselves.............

Bell isn't slow.
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It's not just about personnel. The past 2 years we've been 17th and 18th for uncontested possessions. i.e. our game style doesn't promote retaining possession. We play the boundary, kick down the line and continually give the opposition an opportunity to win the ball back.
Compare that to the successful teams who do everything within their power to retain possession. How often do you see our players play on? We continually go back, kick over the mark and rely on contested possession to win the ball. That's 90's football.
Watch the successful teams play. They make every effort to avoid kicking over the mark so they can keep the ball low to move it quicker through the air. Our ball movement after quarter time on Thursday was snail like. You can have Carl Lewis and Usian Bolt in your team but if they don't play in an offensive manner, it means jack shit.

I chuckle when I hear the coaches say the players aren't creating and taking a risk. Yet when the risk doesn't work, Mick is the first to admonish them and kick them up the arse.
You can't have it both ways. The coaches can't ask the players to be creative and take risks and then admonish them when the risk doesnt work.
That creates confusion and when the pressure is applied, the players will always revert to "safe" football. That's where we are. When the pressure is applied, no one wants to be the one to play on, to leave his man and give a running option. No one wants to stick his head up.

I haven't been able to attend a game for neatly 12mths, question to those that do...

Is it our mids that can't hit our Fwds on a lead or our Fwds don't lead, no structure or blocks allowing genuine leads, obviously tv doesn't show up the ground. So frustrating how every other team hits their Fwds lace out on leads throughout games yet we continually bomb it. We are the team that should be hitting leads because our Fwds strengths is there speed.

Two points

Gibbs played on quickly, squared the ball up into the corridor. Result turn over and goal against.

Simpson 3 minutes later exactly the same thing.

My point is its as much about play on selection as it is about just playing on.

That requires players making the positions to give safer options. Just isn't happening at the moment.

How do you explain the end of last season then BV?

We can't play,
Carrazzo, Bell, Curnow and Cripps all in the same team..