This should be played to the players before every game. Some real home-truths exposed.

I still hate friggin smug Grant Thomas, who obviously has a significant hatred for us. Maybe it's all those thrashings he was on the receiving end of as a player. Pity he couldn't get his beloved aints into a Grand Final.

^^ Hate Grant Thomas? He's bang on the money...

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Why didn't Lloyd and the rest of the commentators take note of Essendon* not coming to Heppell's defence?

Malthouse noted on at least two occasions that every time the chance to tackle Heppell presented itself, we gang tackled him hard like it was part of a plan to stop him.

We were spooked by the tough Bombers.

So true Kouta. Waite bangs into someone after they kick it and its dumb footy from a dumb player. They do it and they are bullying us with tough footy. Our best answer to Carrazzo getting sniped and Murphy getting sniped was to go on and win the game with good clean hard footy. Go on and finish higher than them on the ladder and hopefully get a chance to smash them in a final again.

They won a small battle but the war is not over.

True Club 29.

Managed to watch the replay (hurt a lot) and it was nowhere near as poor a performance as it seemed watching live sitting behind the goals.

50+ thrashing next time.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

If you read my first statement I quite clearly stated that they revealed some home-truths.

Yes, I still hate Grant Thomas.

According to BV - and he must be correct because he posted it, it was just our attitude. All we needed on the bench was an A grade psychiatrist. Intervention from our coaching panel would have been a superflous exercise.
PS. Yeah our attitude was piss weak. Totally agree. But to denounce any other reason for the loss is simply churlish at best, ignorant at worst.

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No, he's simply focussing on what can be changed in the now. You can't throw out all tactics in the middle of a game and invent a game plan on the fly. You can tinker, but you can tear it all apart.

Changing the attitude of the team is something that can be done in the moment, and it can yield good results.

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Barrassi did

Anyone watching the Anzac match.. How did this mob smash us? Seriously.

In a different era of much simpler tactics and instruction.

Today teams run harder and further on the field, so you can't swing the big changes like you used to it, as they will lock onto players and weaknesses no matter what line they're on. It's up to the players themselves to execute their roles better.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

No intensity. No respect. No concentration.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Played their Grand FInal last week, see their celebrations?

Ryder is becoming a dirty prick.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Was thinking the same thing....crap side who always bring the same tactics to the table when we play them yet for some reason seem to make us look like easy beats....truly mystifying....

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Yep, I was upset with the players last week, but maybe more so the coaches.

They had a plan and Hawthorned us. We should have seen it coming. Learn from it and move on immediately.

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dane's trolling again

Credit to him - it usually doesn't take this long to morph into an Essendon* thug. I was hoping for a few long term injuries to the bastards - oh well, there's always the second half.

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Want a tissue 99?

Nowhere did I say "it was just our attitude". You ask for a Plan B and I asked you for a viable plan.
The theory you served up earlier was impractical. If there was a tactic that Ratten missed, let us know about it. Dont sit back and bemoan a lack of something that is nonsensical supporter speak. Teams dont have a playbook with a Plan A and Plan B.
Players are trained to make split second decisions by repetition of training and shitloads of theory. It's probably taken our MC 3 years to get our players playing our gamestyle let alone trying to introduce spare ones!
From there its minor tinkering of tactics and positioning on the day. You cant make systematic changes of style at the drop of a hat.

Ratten changed our midfield structure at quarter time with judd filling the spot at 45 degrees. The area where Essendon* were directing their taps. We matched up their spare player around the stoppages and the forwardline was like a revolving door. With limited personnel, we made plenty of alterations.
Essendon* were too hard and too good on the day

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

The hadn't beat us the previous 4 times J&tK?

I'm still haunted by their 3 year hoodoo over us....I firmly believe they are massively overrated and should be easy beats most times we play them....they have no real weapons....maybe Watson and thats about it....They are a team that only knows how to play one way....so there is no guesswork involved when you play them....if you take the game to them and block their run thru the corridor they are toast....but in any case its all about Friday night now....4 and 1 and back on track....or 3 and 2 and things would not have seemed to have improved much....pivotal game....we should win it comfortably....SHOULD....

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre