I just don't understand how we can go from an ok team last year to a absolute mess. I wouldn't have thought game structures would have changed much between last year and now. It seems like there may be factions forming between the playing group. Gibbs has stated he won't sign until he gets clarification on where the club is headed. This means list management, this would have struck a nerve with players on the list, in a way this is putting your teammates down. Simpson has now stated there are passengers on the list and need to lift their game, it's true they need to lift but why publicly state it. Your only going to cause disharmony between the group. Now i'm not sure who hangs out with who in their inner social circles but with the addition of thomas, could there be a new brat pack forming, I don't know just a theory.

Agree.

I question Buttifants program when observing how flat the players look.

You wouldn't question it if the reverse happened.

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Well look at the player turnover from last year we had one real marque player who departed but gained Thomas and Everitt. How can we go back so far in the space of 12 months. If anything Our list is still serviceable. Murphy quoted after the Essendon* game that the players were playing for themselves and not each other. What causes this? player disharmony, too many egos.

Quite possibly but what we need is people who are willing to give their best no matter what.
I'd tell Mick his position is being reviewed. His role will be streamlined and his support staff will be reviewed and replaced if necessary. (Which is very probable)
A list manager will be appointed and a senior assistant will be appointed.
Tell him Leading Teams will come in to build leadership as his efforts to do so have failed dismally.

What chance he will accept that without sooking up? His past history tells me he wont come to terms with it.
By all means keep the incumbents but if they can't come to terms with the radical changes necessary, they'll be holding you back.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

1: recruiting people,if we can get this right and choose correctly(not like the last 10 yrs)we would have something to look forward to , pin our hopes port did it and they get 50k mem.
2:Training for years our players to soft (no more malayasia, arizona)have we got a gym at carlton or new building behind the goals wat that for .Physque of our players arent very strong toughen them up.
3:We have to pick footballers with size and SPEED.
4If we fix our football team people wont worry about pres,board,ceo.

who is "we"????

me and u.. and mikky etc???

of course the president board and ceo would need to fix it...

but havent they been fixing things alot already???

u dont get a ripper team if u dont have a ripper president and board

thompson didnt structure geelong...

costa balme and cook did

how do i know it wasnt thompson

well thompson left geelong as a club that was written off.. and the next coach came in and won a flag immediately

but they obviously have good recruiters and developers

and they didnt just appear out of thin air

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And who did Chris Scott credit the 2011 premiership victory to???

The playing list led by extraordinary quality and depth in its leadership group

A leadership group comparable to the blues in the 1979-82 period. (+1987)

Cook, Costa and Balme should be given huge credit for demanding honesty from the players in 2006. And from themselves and everybody else.

Remember, those cats players up to that period under Thompson were the softest players mentally I have seen since the psychologically disturbed Collingwood teams of the 60s, 70's and early 80s (and those magpies were still succesful - its just that they couldnt get over that final hurdle in September)

In the end the players need to see the light...

forget the criticism and negativity.

Go out there, give it everything, enjoy the pain and have fun. Take on the game, the opposition and themselves - push themselves to the limit...

team ethics, workrate and 1%ers, start there - your skills will back these "basics" up...

If you go down? then you can walk off with heads held high - you front up again next week with the same attitude

Supporters will not be dissapointed with the players or the coach or the club - just the loss - thats ok. Nobody likes losing.

If you Play like the past 2 weeks???

Then you deserve everything you get from all angles.

and more! you &^%$*# clowns

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honesty turned that club around

honesty from the top down

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true

although the EFC* at the moment are the biggest liars in international professional sport and yet they are playing ok without a ruck division.

Sometimes the devil has some pyric victories along the way

For sustained success and truth only little baby Jesus can save you

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Get Peter Dean and Fraser Brown back at the club in a match day role to instil some serious mongrel into the group.

No 1 PRIORITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I see you watching me watching you.

We need to recruit those types as well

Yep

Selwood
Hodge
Lewis
Jack
Ziebell
Beams
Bartel

types

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I see you watching me watching you.

Mitch Robinson?

We need to get to the truth

Bring in Gerrie Nel

To our RECRUITERS ihave one word SPEED.Last year draft (cripps)lucky he has hgt,we need speed in the team.

Speed by leg or ball use?

Personally I think we need mentally tough elite ball users as our first priority.

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+1

speed by leg which then gives the space from opp,thus more time to find a team mate.

Is this one of those "the quick brown fox" thingies? So, your keyboard works.... great!

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