St Kilda game will be season-defining and in some ways, club defining. Our rebuild is looking shaky - few other clubs seem to have caught up or gone past us in ONE preseason.

Ball's in Vossy's court now.

The lack of return on early draft picks such as Dow, O’Brien, SPS, Stocker and Fisher has really hurt our rebuild. They were meant to be the core of our midfield.

There's not an air of superiority or of entitlement.

They also have very little respect for us. They were laughing amongst themselves at us..

How does that work?

What's the question?

Rd 6 feels like affirmation round: Voss v Lyon

Have we made the right choice?

Hey someone tell me how Setterfield's going at the cheats?

I haven't watched them much, because I @#$%&! hate their guts as a club (they're more entitled than we are )

But yeah how's he going? I suspect he's playing a solid role in a solid structure and getting the job done.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.





Did I mention I'm pissed.

Playing well and amongst the scums best every week. Playing the role he is best suited. Is doing a lot of the inside work to allow others to user their outside skills. Gets the ball moving by hand and at the similar time negating the oppositions best inside mid. Had Oliver dusted in the 1st half on the weekend but Oliver fought back well in the second half. I wish the guy well, as he has found a team that plays him to his strengths. I’ll admit, I do find it hard to watch him, especially in those colors.

Not an air of superiority but very little respect?

We're not playing good footy but I wouldn't be giving away the season just yet.

Our coaches and players need to re-focus and play to our strengths. For starters, forget the bullshit of playing midfielders at half back to plug holes and play system over personnel. Whilst Cripps was getting a flogging in the middle of the ground and the game was slipping away, Adam Cerra was filling in for Sam Docherty at half back.
Cerra has been a midfielder from day 1. He didn't train pre-season with the defenders. He doesn't know our defensive systems. That's why we drafted Cincotta.
If you're not going to use the bloke, why list him? Especially when he's coming off a 37 possession game. (And no it's not hindsight, I called for it before the game).

Cerra isn't fast but he's a lot faster than Cripps, he's tough and he runs both ways. But instead of bringing in a defender to replace Doc, we went with names instead of system. Just play Cerra, George and Kennedy at half back. What @#$%&! genius came up with that idea?
Cripps should have been removed from the midfield after the first 10 minutes. There were 11 centre bounces in the first quarter. Cripps attended 10. Adelaide kicked 8 goals.
He's great when he's on song but he's a ball hunter. He'll too often go into a contest when he probably can't win it and leaves his opponent on the outside unattended.
We need to forget the hero worshipping and make moves if the system isn't working. Cripps to the bench or forward pocket. Cerra into the middle with Ed and George and shut it down. Play man on man in the centre square to take away the momentum.

Leadership. FFS, don't wait for the runner. If Cripps knows he's being beaten, make the move yourself. Weitering. Don't punch the ball when you're one out. Show some balls and take a hit if it's coming. To see Hollands, Young and Weitering punch the ball when they thought contact was coming makes me sick. Same for Acres kicking the ball out of the air instead of grabbing it. Players fumbling because they feel the pressure coming.
That's the stuff I'm talking about when you play Blokes like LOB. You send a message that half hearted efforts are accepted. They're not.
Culture is more than running ability and kicking efficiency. Standards have to be set and met by everyone in the jumper.

The strategy of pushing a half forward up to the stoppages is acceptable if he's doing more damage than his opponent but unless it's Sam Walsh, I'm yet to see anyone else succeed. Sheezel looked like a world beater last week in the last quarter. My mother could get possessions running around without an opponent. Meanwhile people talk up Fisher's game last week. Look at who he played on.

Same with our strategy of running a half back into the square at centre bounces. (Doherty's role). It works for Nick Daicos so the rest of the sheep follow suit. You need to win centre clearances for it to work.
How about we come up with some strategies that allow our midfielders to win some contests without everyone coming to bail them out. If they can't, replace them.
I look at Rachele, Papley and other small mids creating havoc at centre bounces. Nimble, fast feet, clean hands. Why not give Durdin a go? He was a mid, he moves well. When your 6,7 or 8 goals down in the first quarter, the status quo needs to be re-addressed.

In saying that, we're still top 8 and we've shown we can compete against the best (Collingwood, Melbourne Rounds 22 and 23 last year)
We just need to get some flexibility into our side, start trusting players to flourish in other roles and forget the hero worshipping.
We have the talent, we just need to find the hunger. Half arsed smother attempts, piss weak tackles. It's time for Vossy to lay down the law. Our soft underbelly was exposed last night and its time to eradicate it. We're still well in the hunt if we can get some issues ironed out.

100%

Hollands could’ve hanballed and hit targets for better Def% but chose to take on the opposition and run with the ball because he didn’t handball to players in worse positions as some do.

It was easy to congest our path because it was obvious we favour one side of the ground. Hollands didn’t like tired to me. He is a Duracell bunny. At one stage after a huge running effort he was tanked and tried to sprint but couldn’t. 10 seconds past, and he was off again making ground quickly.

Who would we replace Hollands with? If he does need a rest then by all means rest him. He’s a gem.

They looked like a pitiful lot.
Deflated would be right.
No one smiling
Russell working feverishly on his laptop….looked like a table with stats rather than a job application

Pros:
Out tackled the opposition. Something we rarely manage.