I'm glad others are confident, because I'm feeling nervous. Nervous because to date, I've not seen much to indicate that our many problems have been either fixed, or even partially dealt with. We still look susceptible to sides getting run ons and our disposal is still below par.

I watched the Doggies yesterday and whilst it was only one game, I think we are miles from their level of intenisty and effort.

Lets hope our pre-season perfromance is like those of the 80's . . .

Watched a bit of the new afl documentary over the weekend and was really impressed with Adam Simpson. Absolutely no surprises he’s a premiership coach. Called a spade a spade behind closed doors with the players. If the performance was bad, he did not mince his words. Made it clear that there is a set of expectations when you put on the jumper and non-compliance won’t be accepted. Hope DT is doing the same internally, otherwise we’ll continue to struggle to get over the more professional outfits over the course of a 22 game season (West Coast, Richmond, Geelong etc)

Its a good watch! I have a lot of respect for all the coaches shown on it. The F word flows like water.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/afl-news-c ... 56ad278ed0

Saw this while slacking off at work.

The Clarkson to Carlton rumour has a little smoke, its been smouldering for a while.

Personally, I am happy with Teague, he needs to be given some time to see what he can produce.

Teague has coached 28 games with a 50% win record and shit is being thrown at him from all angles. I hope the club stays strong and not follow trial by media diatribe when we sacked Ratts.

I hope we have learnt from our mistakes by now.

Saints , tigers and pies ( yes pies who never kick a lot of goals ) have all scored above 100 against us

And they done it easily !!

Great coaching staff and great tactics to not work out a plan to free up Saad to run , like the cheats and Gold Coast !!

How many premiership winning teams over the last decade have had co captains?
How many grand finalists have had co captains? Not many if any at all.
Because it simply doesn't work. Co captains are what you go to when your not sure of yourself. We play like we are not sure of ourselves.

Teague should do himself a favour. Pick one captain and hope that guy stands in the front of the huddle buying into his message (not hanging off the back like Crippa every time) and leading by example. it is of concern that our co captains are both so far out of form.
He could also build some bloody trust within the group by picking guys on merit. Oscar almost changed the game last week in our favour. Levi was well short of a run.
So why not pick a guy who obviously busted a gut in the pre season to get on the list and who took his opportunity last week? Why go with a guy who is clearly in need of a run or three in the reserves? It has been hinted at by some including our former recruiting manager that Teague is gifting games to favorite's. That cannot be helping his cause within the playing group. He should grow some balls and make the decisions that need to be made if he wants to remain as an afl coach.

Game plan needs to be tighter. We consistently get torn up in the corridor on the turn over.

When we turn the ball over the press is too aggressive even to land a tackle as opposition run in waves.

Teague's stated game plan is a forward press.

Is that sustainable, with the new rules?