It’s interesting how much we have not missed the leadership of Cripps, Murphy, Docherty and Casboult.

Will need them fit and in top form when we play top four type teams.

Club is doing well developing leaders - McKay and Walsh are also leaders in their own right. But will definitely need Cripps and Doc fit and firing.

Marchbank, Charlie, Cunningham, Pittonet and McGovern...

Sensible post.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Sure is.

Its interesting how much leadership we have coming through.

Has leadership been suppressed or has it developed?

My take on it is the boys have taken on the responsibility of leadership with the opportunity.

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I am glad I am not the one presiding over this review!

It appears that we have shored up our defensive weakness from the first half of the year and the team structures do look different. And we have given Dow, SPS, Kennedy more of a go through the midfield.
And the stats clearly back this up, since the review was called.

Then again, we've played weaker teams and, as I suggested when the review was called, I am worried that our better performances in the second half of the season reflect playing worse teams (and lowered expectation) more so than we have genuinely addressed our weaknesses which will then reappear under the greater pressure of the better teams.

I hope that those who are making the big calls in this review can see through the fog and make solid recommendations.
I guess the remaining 5 rounds will provide a clearer picture:

We simply must beat the Kangaroos and Gold Coast.
St Kilda and GWS are toss ups - if we have genuinely improved, I'd expect us to win these two games.
Port Adelaide - again, if we have improved our defensive setup, we should be in this game to our eyeballs, albeit I would not be expecting to win.

So, in terms of assessing where we are at re the review:
Bogie = 2 wins or less
Par = 3 wins
Birdie = 4 wins
Eagle = 5 wins

It would be hard to argue the case against Teague if we win 4 or more of the remaining games.
With 3 wins, I could argue a case for or against.
2 wins or less, and I would be surprised if Teague remains in charge next year.
(The wildcard is if Clarkson is available or if the hierarchy already prefers a proven coach like Ross Lyon to take the helm...).

Glad its not me making the call!

We lost to the pies , unaccountable and unacceptable
We lost to port , unaccountable and unacceptable
We lost to swans, ok considering the swans form
We lost to wc , worse loss of the year
We lost to gws , deplorable
We should be sitting were port is on the ladder

Double bogey and that’s only cause we chipped on from a sand bunker by playing freo here twice !

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Collingwood, West Coast & GWS losses hurt the most.

Bulldogs as well

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Our tradition demands success!

We had the Swans by the short and curlies too.

One @#$%&! quarter in each of the abovementioned games blew our chance for a win.

The shame of unaccountable and unacceptable performances have tarnished the club and the hard work so many have put in to see our renaissance start this year.

Have to beat NM and GCS.

Redemption if we beat Saints and GWS.

Rebuild is working if we beat Port.

More importantly, if we win 4/5 then obviously Teague has been able to adjust to a well balanced game plan and train the players too.

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Bind Freddy can see that our defensive setup (and effort) has improved out of sight. Why it took 2/3rds of a season and a media pile-on for it to be addressed though should be the subject of a Royal Commission. Staggering.

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"I had to eat"

Sometimes changes and adjustments to game style take time and confidence to become habit and with a young group in terms of games together it can take even longer. Half the back 6 are new to playing together this year.

Big test for coach and coaching panel playing bottom team so devise and implement a plan to win with a very small team bereft of natural goal kickers

Exactly , he had a pre season to do this including late
Last year

But he waited for our season to be shot completely before he changed anything and put faith in players like dow , Kennedy , stocker , owies

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We are always going to miss cripps especially at his best , but the other you mentioned agree

Defence has been restructured without Docherty giving up goals and we have forwards who run both ways and learning to trust each other without mr selfish

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Stocker and Owies have played 23 games between them this season. When exactly do you think our season was completely shot?

Round 1.

Interesting view. Personally, I wouldn't have been upset if Cripps missed again this week. You find out a lot about your people when a vacuum is created. Especially when "dominant" personalities are missing. I really liked the "team" effort provided last week. It would have been interesting to see how Kennedy and Walsh performed in consecutive weeks without the dominant presence of Cripps.

I have an issue with Doc and Cripps leadership but I'm unsure of where the responsibility lies. How can your leaders demand and expect defensive intent and opponent accountability when they're the most unaccountable players on the field?
I don't believe it's sustainable or acceptable.
If the coaches allow or even facilitate their roles, they are doing the team a disservice.
Hopefully the collective buck the trend and garner the strength to vote a different way when the leadership positions are reviewed in the future

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

I accept it’s probably over for Teague now, that 3rd quarter was beyond dreadful.

One thing to say we we’d struggle with talls missing but to completely give up, well hard to see a way back from here.

I’ll preface this by saying I’d hold our nerve and not get rid of him.

Btw how can you activate the medical sub for a blood nose?

Don’t see how he survives this
Can’t lose that way against the bottom side
7 goals to nothing in 3rd quarter
Terrible method
Yes running out of players but today exemplified all difficulties we have had all season with the game plan