One thing I'm getting very sick of is our so called leaders coming out and saying shit like "we didn't work hard enough tonight"

Like Jamison today

Here's an idea Michael (and based on last night this also goes for Marc, Bryce, Kade etc) , as a leader here is a novel thought ... How about you grow a pair and also grow some psychological fortitude, confidence and pride, and actually work hard and go in hard every week??

I know that must be a shock to the system, but seriously, instead of admitting every second week that you didn't work hard enough maybe you could try to work hard every week?? You know, like be consistent.

Go hard at the ball and the man
Chase and tackle hard when we don't have the ball
Equally, run hard when we have the ball to create options for your team mates
And try to do it for four quarters
And try to maintain this work ethic even when the ball doesn't bounce your way and the opposition jump a couple goals ahead

I dunno, maybe it's too hard to work hard all the time

No more lip service please
Actions speak louder than words

a battling team is a mediocre team

we are in this business to win premierships not to continually be mediocre

obviously real effort is required by all players but you also need sufficient A grade players to win premierships

If the players are not playing hard enough, it is the coaches fault. This game reminded me of the game against gc with ratten coaching his 2nd last game.

I just hate that we had a reasonable list 2 years ago and expectations were for top 4. Ratten has an injury plagued season. Misses finals and sacked. Bring in mick and l cannot think of one improvement. Team has gone backwards and not playing for him. He will be lucky to finish out this year if the team continues with this lack of effort and intensity.

BS re Simmo......he was our best by a long way. But the rest, fair enough.

Put more effort into your posts, I don't think you're trying enough

If the players are not playing hard enough, it is the coaches fault. This game reminded me of the game against gc with ratten coaching his 2nd last game.

I just hate that we had a reasonable list 2 years ago and expectations were for top 4. Ratten has an injury plagued season. Misses finals and sacked. Bring in mick and l cannot think of one improvement. Team has gone backwards and not playing for him. He will be lucky to finish out this year if the team continues with this lack of effort and intensity.

P.S. Why can injuries be used as an excuse for Ratten and not fir MM this year ? After all, 22 players had opps over pre season, and we've had no Judd, Kreuzer and Carrazzo virtually all year.

Problem is half the team are battlers with no skill, and the other half are skillful but don't battle hard enough.

Problem is half the team are battlers with no skill, and the other half are skillful but don't battle hard enough.

And please,if i ever hear " we are young and developing " one more time i will fair dinkum jump through the screen.................thats just the biggest copout .

Look, the rebuild failed, we just need the administration to accept it and start again, hoping we get it right this time and learn from our mistakes

The problem with our "rebuild" is we started in the penthouse.

We really need to start with the foundations this time.

Although we'll need to get rid of most of those who are in the penthouse at the moment.