I pose this Q.
How will DP sleep tonight

I pose this Q.
How will DP sleep tonight

Denis is one of those guys who never takes full responsibility for any Loss...The guy either has some sort of a memory Loss or just lives his coaching life in Denial all the times...


I havnt watched his post conference, but the usual excuses will be presented... he just reads them off a Paper he prepared 3 years a go

Of all those blokes id keep Bentick and Blackers.
The rest can leave ....

Another concern is the form of skipper Lance Whitnall, who has been unable to train properly for five weeks because of a knee injury.

Whitnall finished last night's match on the bench but Pagan said he did not need surgery.

"We haven't played well here. We probably need to pick personnel who will probably handle it a bit better," Pagan said.

The Blues are likely to persist with their high-scoring game plan, although Pagan admitted that philosophy wouldn't be in place if his team was a genuine finals contender.

"We have tried every possible way with our blokes. We could put numbers behind the ball. We just don't use it well enough," he said.

"I think we got a little bit in front of ourselves," Pagan said.

"You are horrified to see everybody writing the Blues up. We are a young team; we are growing.

"It's easy for me to say this, but I genuinely think we got in front of ourselves.

some interesting snippets in the media


All I can say is whitnall should have been rested for his long term benefit - what makes it really galling though is that Pagan decided to play whitnall in the back half on atheletic power forwards (this week and last) - if he cant run properly due to injury why make him chase opposition players who are naturally more atheletic? FFS put him deep forward where he would contribute at least a couple goals/game. Pisspoor injury management/coaching.

What he said!

- blaming the dome? we played well here just a week beforehand.



way to inject confidence into the team - we have used it well enough the past couple of weeks and indeed earlier in the season - there is no way we should have lost by 100.


yup - so much better if all the press label us as shit and that our list is made of D-grade players. Tell me how we got 35k members again? - thats right, by projecting a positive image. Having our players/team written up is actually good for the club - it is the coaching staffs responsibility to ensure they dont get ahead of themselves.

He blamed the loss on Telstra dome.
Hopefully Hawthorn convinced our MC that the game is all about speed.
The following players don't possess speed and probably need to be moved on:
Whitnall
Saddington
Bentick (love the way he plays but the gap between him and Mitchell is the length of the Flemington straight)
Blackwell
Ackland
Kouta

In todays game you cant carry 6 guys that dont have the leg speed

Hey Rhys, hate to break the news, but the MC have been talking about the injuries to our quick young guys for weeks. Can't add speed if they are injured.

Expect us to be looking for pace in midfielders at the draft this year. In fact, our trend has been to go for the more athletic option each time in the last couple of drafts, and I don't expect that to change. And it does put pressure on some of our slower players - especially Whitnall if his knee remains a question.
We are the tallest list this year - I don't expect that to change. But over the next couple of years I expect us to be amongst the fastest as well.