One of the non-negotiables in football is effort and intensity. We threw the towel in early.
No on- field leaders. No one to fly the flag when things are going south. Mentally fragile.
Sweeping changes needed over the summer. Hughes, Barker, Capuano need to go.30 psychologists in.
Gibbs up for trade. Lack of player development has been disgraceful.
Already sick of hearing, "we played a very good football side." Maybe it's because we're a very bad football side.
Can someone explain to me why none of our crumbing forwards are ever in out forward 50 arc when the ball gets there? Truly baffling.

Good points here.

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Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Dear Mick,

What do you think was good about your coaching tonight?

What do you think was bad about your coaching tonight?

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Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Glad we spent millions on Mick.

Astute front office move.

Why is it so hard to understand?
We have midfield run of, Judd, Gibbs, Murphy, Simpson, Robinson, McLean, Lucas, Yarran, Carrazzo, etc.
Now for some reason, we played with 3 taggers and only 2 runners for most of last night!
We play with midfielders behind the ball and theferore restrict our ascendancy. Allow opposition to structure up forward of the centre!
When we do get the ball and move forward, we have limited options, with 1 Kp & 1 ruckman!
Top sides play 2 KP forwards and 1 ruckman. We refuse to do that.
Last night had the perfect opportunity to push Collingwood with Henderson forward but couldn't win the ball to make it happen, so we retreated and end of ball game. You cannot expect a young kid to hold your forward line together surrounded by midgets who want to do the flashy open field stuff only.
Bad coaching, bad structure, poor mindset from tanking years and no f&$)(ing leadership when needed.
That's what annoys me most about us right now, Everything!

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I'm glad you find it funny. I and others find it embarrassing but I guess if its not about sticks & Ratten, then it's funny.

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Henderson was given seven minutes in the forward line at the start of the 2nd, game over when he was moved back. Just one of the many stupid coaching decisions.

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Ratten had FIVE AND A HALF YEARS and what did he leave us with ?
I know people will say 'here we go, blaming Ratten again', but like it or not, its true.
Every action has a reaction. Last night was a culmination of years of poor recruiting, poor coaching and poor list management.
For people to day 'But Ratts had us playing well in 2011', speak to Cam Mooney, Paul Roos and Mick Malthouse to see how the opposition viewed our team back then.
Cant believe people going Mick after this. Did they expect him to turn poo into gold bullion ?
Not his fault the list is full of mentally fragile, undisciplined s0ft**k plodders...

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A coach MUST get the best out of what he has. Our coach is doing the opposite.

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Middle of the road at worst is not poo when MM took over unlike.
Melbourne was poo, Port was poo, Richmond was poo, Bulldogs was poo
Melbourne shit coach....poo
Bulldogs shit coach.......poo
Tigers better coach.......better and play direct, intensity and with purpose
Port better coach.......better than us with conviction and with direction.

better coach

The Collingwood forwards were running to midfield to create numbers and restrict Carlton there. Our forwards stay forward. If it's by instruction, it's bad instruction. If it's player initiative then it's awful

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T E A M

Carlton get flogged
Howard leaves the Lakers
Liverpool miss out on our main transfer target

Now my @#$%&! pancakes are lumpy

Where's that Bombers thread

As I said elsewhere....need 10+ picks in the top 30 over the next 2 years.

Not sure Boyd is the answer....we'll sell the farm to get him...and he'll end up as another Judd....one man band.

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"I had to eat"

Any old hack looks good when you win by 40 points though.

Seriously f*&ked if I know.

The next morning and I am as disappointed as anyone. During the last 6-8 months I have tried to be as positive as anyone regarding our list and its talent. Well I was wrong and I am gutted.

I sat there and watched us up to the 20 min mark we looked good. Then that was it. As soon as any pressure was put on us we folded.

The fact that we go for such long periods without looking like scoring is just scary. Our defensive efforts were pathetic. Players just jogging after the opposition.

This morning has made very interesting reading here on TC.

My take is there is some talent but they are mentally soft. It can come from personality or environment. I think its both. We are recruiting so called "talented" players that are mentally P1ssweak.

AFL is for the elite and weaknesses get exposed. We have too many.


Three examples:

Yarran. I was told by two recruiters they wouldn't of had him in the top 20. We took him at 6. Talent wasn't the issue but desire and effort was. Flashy player

Menzel. Rated as talented as anyone but nowhere near as tough as his brother. Very unfit and unbelievably bad skinfolds. Flashy player. Geelong would NOT have picked him if available. Said he was most talented on list but that's not what they value as much as other characteristics. How many kids from last years draft are now playing and playing well. Our top pick is struggling at VFL level.

Lucas. Great engine and nice kid. Soft and poor awareness and lacks poise. Rated around Top 30.

Let's not mention McLean (medical and slow), Rowe, Duigan, Warnock, Hampson. Wastes of picks.



We are also physically small. I have said it for years!!!!!!

Get next to our players and then stand next to players from Geelong, Sydney or Collingwood. We are lean they are like tree trunks.

After a decade of crap I was confident (or maybe just hoping) we were on the up. So many good picks wasted.

We lack guys with drive and desire. Selwood, Hodge types.

Judd aside, who I think has been unbelievable, we are a side of down hill skiers and are soft across the board. What example is that to our younger kids????


Unfortunately I think its major clear out time and start again.

Pressure is on our recruiting staff and anyone involved in the last 5 -10 years should be sacked.

Sad.

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Ok if you need numerous midfielders.

You break them down into being capa ble of doing
a) win ball
b) defend
c) spread
d) hurt opp with disposal.

having all 4 is great
3 is good
2 is average
1 is not good enough,,,,

how many do we have that are capable of doing 3 things very well???

and lets forget about leadership for the moment...

lets look at midfield...!!!

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This is OTT psych

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In what way?

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