but the taste is in the pudding wnd we will see.....

i think its as simple as that....

what jimmae described isnt a gamplan.. cos i see alot of randomness out there...

which means its not a gameplan that is effective.

anyway.. a couple of weeks to go against a big 4 side thats been at the bottom 30 years... cos of a hell of alot of wrong decisions.... and then another season awaits us...

The way I see it, We have a midfield who is capable of many things

Judd, Murphy, Gibbs, Scotland, Simpson, Carrazo, Mclean and Hadley is not just an average midfield but a Superior one to many sides in the competition.


So how do you get the best out of this Group? what Game plan must they implement?


well last year i remember our game against the Saints. We got Smashed in one half, then came back and almost won it. We did that because we applied physical pressure from the middle.


This is what needs to be done. to Play pressure football, and stop the opposition from having a Free Run midfield area.


Our lack of Midfield pressure and lack of a defensive game inside the middle zone cost us last year. Essendon* were the best team to exploit this weakness by Running Free unmarked players into the middle of the Ground creating easy Goals.


our midfielders are brilliant when they have the ball in their hands or when we are attacking, but as soon as the ball is turned over, all we see is an empty Middle of the ground and opposition players running Freely.


The other Key Role they must play this year is kicking Goals. Murphy had a Stellar Year last year kicking 25+ goals, but more has to come from Judd, Gibbs and others.


in my opinion, Our key to success is our midfield. If they collapse, the entire team will.

The no gamplan stuff is rubbish. Usually blurted out by those who made early calls on Ratts being the wrong choice and are desperate to be proven right.

It's an honest opinion on their part......they believe he's the wrong man.... and why wouldn't they want to be right? Never seen a man happy to be wrong....ever.

It's an honest opinion on their part......they believe he's the wrong man.... and why wouldn't they want to be right? Never seen a man happy to be wrong....ever.

Saying he has no game plan is pretty desperate. Not ' he has a bad game plan '. Or 'he is not using a game plan i would'.

To be fair one poster that comes to mind does argue all three options you have mentioned...depending on his mood. Which to me is a bit ironic considering what he is having a go at

Yeah I'm a bit all over the place too really...clueless most of the time.....I just sit back and hope something will miraculously happen like one of our rookies will be the next Kouta or Buddy.

Until then i'll continue to think we are a super team after a win and that Ratten has no gameplan and all our kids are squibby little introverts after a loss....

Oh... and feel free to back up your baseless argument that we are the worst marking team in the league. Some sort of evidence (any evidence whatsoever... go for it, don't just make it up) might be useful.

What are you people on about?
Come to the AGM and listen to what the club really thinks.
Call a Board member and have a chat
Come to training and learn something.
There has been no significant comment in the Age, Hun or any other paper about our game style.

It has all been about Fev.

As for the Game plan, it is still developing, as is much of our team.

Challenge, name the goal to goal line? No one can.
name the 1st Ruck?

Only players that I can name in position are Judd and Murphy.

We are a work in progress. The Board has no expectations to win a flag this year or for another 3 - 5.

There you have it

In all fairness, the negatives generally aren't focussed on as much when we win...however there may be several of them to draw from the match. Take for example a match where we win by about 5 goals, yet we were still riddled with errors, easy misses, etc. Do people focus on celebrating our win or do we focus on the negatives and how the team can improve in future, or maybe a bit of both?

Yeah, if that's the case, then the Board have got that wrong, because the team will play themselves into contention to play in the GF in 2010. Well that's the obvious direction.

No one in the footy world doubts that we have an envious list put assembled over 5 years.
Unless you expect us peaking in 2014-2020, we have the goods just as the raw Hawks did in 2008.
Whose our Roghead and Franklin? Waite and Kreuzer? Why not. We can play them anywhere...and we will in 2010.

I'm just itching for the kids the show the footy public what they are made of. Class and talent of all shapes and sizes.

Thanks for the post I think they Board are on the money. But I think I am too.

Go Blues

What are you people on about?
Come to the AGM and listen to what the club really thinks.
Call a Board member and have a chat
Come to training and learn something.
There has been no significant comment in the Age, Hun or any other paper about our game style.

It has all been about Fev.

As for the Game plan, it is still developing, as is much of our team.

Challenge, name the goal to goal line? No one can.
name the 1st Ruck?

Only players that I can name in position are Judd and Murphy.

We are a work in progress. The Board has no expectations to win a flag this year or for another 3 - 5.

There you have it

Pffft! Sounds to me like they're just hosing down expectations so the heat isn't applied from supporters and members.

If that's what they really think, that we can't win a flag in 5 years, maybe they should step aside and let others have a go.

We have an excellent, young list albeit still developing.

I for one have huge expectations for a flag in the next 5 years!!