4 weeks ago the results mattered some ones job was on the line - the playing group hasn't been able to handle this expectation for years

Now results don't matter - just go out and play

we haven't had a coach in years who has been able to get this team up when results count

We will see after this block of 4 games and if we are pressing for wild card and expectations rise if Josh can get through to the playing group

We still have some talented players on the list but they are the most mentally fragile group in the entire comp

It is breaking through that which is going to be difficult for anyone who takes over and this has hung around for nearly 30 years - Even the 99 Prelim was a free hit no one expected us to win and the following week when there were high expectations we failed dismally - Same applies to the prelim against Brisbane we put ourselves in a terrifc position to win that game but they couldn't handle it

I don't know a lot about Josh and his coaching abilities but it is getting over the mental barrier that is the issue not positional changes or ball movement

I can't vouch for the accuracy of these figures.

But they sure make good reading.

https://x.com/ESPNAusNZ/status/2059501885514473875

18th for the bomb, bomb, bomb?

They got you good with those stats Hornet.
The first 5 rounds we were putrid.
But with a new game plan and 6 new players, logically it was going to take time.
So to position this as Voss v Fraser 2 games in, is just really good click bait.
If you watched the video I posted on the previous page from Daniel Hoyne you would understand.
For the last 6 weeks (4 Voss & 2 Fraser) we have been:
#1 Transition from D50 to F50
#1 Scoring from D50 to F50
#3 Uncontested marks
#3 45 degree kicks.

Of the stats from ESPN I can only find the stats for D50 to F50 (on Wheelo ratings) and that is as follows:
Last 10 weeks - #7th (25% average)
Last 5 weeks - #1 (33.7% average)

This is our game breakdown for that stat:
Round 0 - 13.3%
Round 1 - 16%
Round 3 - 19.6%
Round 4 - 27.3%
Round 5 - 11.9%
Round 6 - 18.4%
Round 7 - 26.7%
Round 8 - 45.2%
Round 9 - 31%
Round 10 - 33.3%
Round 11 - 33.3%

I am surprised I couldn't find an uncontested mark stat for all teams, however I found this.
We are number 5 for contested marks and number 10 for marks this season on AFL site.
And for example in Round 0 we took 69 marks, 8 of those were contested and 13 were intercept marks.

Logically, we have been building this game plan all season and it looks like it is finally working.
Fraser and all the interviewed players have all said this also.
The coaching team have been working tirelessly in the background building, changing and adapting all season, which is what we all wanted this year.
And both Voss and Fraser have been talking about consistency in every post game presser.
Because our achilles heel is consistency, accuracy and mental fortitude, hopefully we are building on those too.
This week is the big test to how far we have developed and how much this team has gelled.

"I think 'Vossy' definitely laid the platform for us to play the right way," Hewett said.

"He thought that him stepping away might release the pressure. I think the boys are playing like that at the minute. I don't know, it's slowly all coming together. The young guys are playing well and have been exciting.

"Tonight we just got the play done and 'Crippa' took a pretty clutch mark. There was about 90 seconds left and sometimes you do need structure, but you just need heart and effort in the last minute and I think that's how we got it done."

hey, aaaah, has anyone gone with The Joshernaut yet?

I'm surprised bluehammer hasn't gone the Joshua tree....

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I hope you’re just joshing there…

Keep him as senior assistant.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I buy absolutely nothing into the praise of Voss from the players after he left. Zero.

We’ve all worked in organisations where we’ve privately cheered and celebrated the departure of toxic people whilst being diplomatic in front of others.

Remember the Eulogy song by the Chaser? That’s how Voss is being remembered now in public

Hearing Frase has cured MND in a team meeting last week and will announce it at the big freeze match soon to be renamed the Big Frase , gives a lot of credit to Vossy and the coaching group though.

Hearing Frase has cured MND in a team meeting last week and will announce it at the big freeze match soon to be renamed the Big Frase , gives a lot of credit to Vossy and the coaching group though.

I hear Voss had the formula all done but only got applied after he left the club.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I buy absolutely nothing into the praise of Voss from the players after he left. Zero.

Remember the Eulogy song by the Chaser? That’s how Voss is being remembered now in public

Hey guys, hopefully only a joke.

If a joke, (Re MND) it isn’t a subject to be played to. A close friend has it coming on big time and it is truly devastating. What an inspiration Daniher was.