John Barker - Stay or go?

amazonstud · **Posted:** Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:30 pm

I know goal kicking is a concern but I think the major issue is that we do not have a structure or pattern to our play up forward and we don't separate and stretch the defences. This makes it too easy for teams to play a sweeper and drop off their men to assist. Barker was recruited based on his time with the Hawks however they had Buddy plus Roughhead as their key position players with Rioli and Puopolo also up forward. For the last few years we have had Eddie as CHF and all our forwards would run to the same spot and compete in the air against eahc other and our mids would simply bomb long.

Donstuie · **Posted:** Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:19 pm

Your time's almost up

BIRDTOWN · **Joined:** Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:37 pm **Posts:** 1378

amazonstud wrote:

I know goal kicking is a concern but I think the major issue is that we do not have a structure or pattern to our play up forward and we don't separate and stretch the defences. This makes it too easy for teams to play a sweeper and drop off their men to assist. Barker was recruited based on his time with the Hawks however they had Buddy plus Roughhead as their key position players with Rioli and Puopolo also up forward. For the last few years we have had Eddie as CHF and all our forwards would run to the same spot and compete in the air against eahc other and our mids would simply bomb long.

Puopolo was after his time. How long have we had Barker now, 5th year?

Hornet · **Joined:** Sat May 21, 2005 5:15 pm **Posts:** 7260

Great forward setup tonight... GO please

Synbad · **Posted:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:52 am

Saw Barker in terviewed before the game... all i can say is OMG!!!.. this guy is a forward line coach???? :oops:

Pickle · **Posted:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:43 am

Synbad wrote:

Saw Barker in terviewed before the game... all i can say is OMG!!!.. this guy is a forward line coach???? :oops:

Still amazed he got the job in the first place. Clueless.

Menzel_Mayhem · **Joined:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:44 am **Posts:** 835

Im surprised we actually have a forward line coach

BigKev · **Posted:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:01 pm

How would any of us really have any idea?

How many here really really wanted Voss as senior coach?

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22357

Will be sacked this week I hear.

Synbad · **Posted:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:17 pm

dane wrote:

Will be sacked this week I hear.

We keep people around the cub way too long....

Capuano and him? really???
Swann has been on the knifes edge for years..
Ratts 5 years too long
Sticks..??? hes been there longer than he played...

the list????

u can go on and on..

Donstuie · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:49 am

Please let him be the first to go

Blue Beatle · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:31 am

dane wrote:

Will be sacked this week I hear.

not before time for mine - our setup/performance has been awful and no more so that saturday night

Synbad · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:07 pm

Wookie?
do we have the Barker FoxFooty interview on youtube???

It reminded me of a Cheech and Chong movie...

Seriously...

camel · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:32 pm

MIL · **Joined:** Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:43 pm **Posts:** 4745

Woeful appointment.

Donstuie · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:32 pm

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dadadadada · **Joined:** Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:24 pm **Posts:** 1340

Can't really comment because I am not in the inner sanctum.

I still think our main problem is what is

(a) what we have or haven't recruited to play inside 50 ... Waite Father/Son ... Henderson a trade ... equals bugger all recruitment of target forwards in around a decade.

(b) what is happening or not happening between the arcs ... shocking kicking inside 50.

trublu · **Joined:** Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:12 am **Posts:** 915

He is a spud of the highest order. He only got a gig at the club because he's a dumb s h I t and Ratten surrounded himself with tards so it makes him look like a genius

camel · **Posted:** Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:51 am

While I agree the appointment of Barker is both questionable and difficult to praise, some of the comments in here are a little disappointing.

It would be nice if criticism could stick to his footballing talents or lack thereof.

houseriot · **Joined:** Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:56 am **Posts:** 27

was he drunk during that interview?

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