Melvey wrote:
Adam Chatfield wrote:
Melvey wrote:
Bull dust Ratts has a plan.
The improvement alone has come from the fact Dennis is gone and Juddy is running around in a navy blue jumper.
What plans has he have for our forward structure?? trading away our picks for a shit Freo player's
Matty Knights has been torn a new a*se hole cause his of his directioin to play attacking football. He will not budge on his plan and trust me the Bombers will be a better side for it. He does not have the cattle at his exposure yet but they have some neat young players and will grow from strength to strength because they are playing with a positive outlook
Where as our NEGATIVE keeping's off uncontested brand of football our young players are being instructed to play is uninspiring and from what i see as frustrating.
Last night and the past few weeks something hasn't looked right out there. Now i've heard this from a Kangas power broker he said he would love Murph at Arden street
This is the same guy who told me about how Pagan and sticks tried to woe Boomer Harvey across to the blues with a 600k a year contract and the captaincy several years ago. The dinner was held the night before the Kangas smashed us at the Dome by 100 points. He told me Mckernan was leaving back for Arden street as well
Disagree totally, for those who see endless attacking footy as the path to success, take a look at Hawthorn 2005/06, who were routinely criticised for over-possessing the ball/being defensive etc. Also Essendon* on Friday night werent exactly playing gung ho attacking footy were they?
The difference with Ratten and Pagan is, Ratts has a style of play to suit the personnel, whereas Denis just played his way, regardless of the teams strengths or weaknesses.
The reason why Hawthorn circa 2005/06 and Carlton of 2008 are not playing super attacking crash and bash footy is because the players physically aren't capable of it yet. I remember people thinking it would effect the Hawks development, which doesn't seem to be the case.
No the difference is Buddy Franklin. Take Buddy out of that side and the Hawks would be back with the rest of the pack
So what you are saying is without star players, team would be worse (Hawks minus Franklin, Carlton minus Judd).
So for Ratten or Clarkson to be classified as good coaches they need to set up premiership sides without any stars
In other pearls of wisdom I believe the following:
Geelong would be weaker without Ablett
Sydney would be weaker without Goodes
Bulldogs would be weaker without Cooney
Brisbane would be weaker without Brown
Freo would be even crapper without Pavlich
So from what you are saying Melvey, Ratten is in a no win position already. If we win, its because we have the personnel, if we lose, hes a crap coach.
Being a premiership side means having a combination of personnel & tactics which can get the optimum out of the group, and I believe with our list and Ratts we can achieve that.
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