Look im not saying he will or wont make it...
im not impressed so far....

he has his favourites and theyre obvious.

he also has a pretty good list even if its a tinge green....

i wouldnt come out and say "i trust ratts"... not because i wouldnt if i loaned him $20 to come back and pay me back.. he most likely would.. and i would...

... but the problem is his background in coaching is not really what i would consider adequate....

... secondly if he was knights wed be going to town on him right now...

... third .. my biggest beef is its a season gone and we havent addressed some massive deficiencies...we have gone in week in week out with cloke and kreuzer... and week in week out they get smashed in the game and physically...
.. our movement of the ball going forward is shithouse....and our forward structures are lame...

... and a big beef i have.......dropping some players.. and making others untouchable...

EVERYONE should be held to the same standards of staying in a team...

The regeneration of the list happened organically.. thats what hapens when you come last for a sustained period of time...

nothing to do with Ratten..

What Synbad is saying is this

Cloke is shit
Wiggins is shit
Russell is shit

and Ratten loves them and keeps playing them when

he should punt on Hampson etc

so Ratten's shine is rubbing off a touch

No one (including Ratten) thinks Cloke is going to be our ruckman of the future but looking at the present he is currently a much better player than Hampson. Hampson dropped or didn't even touch 5 marks the last game he played, was monstered at ball ups and boundary throw ins and generally didn't seem to know what he was doing. To suggest that we would be looking at finals if we played Hampson is fairy land stuff. If however you believe that we should be playing Hampson because he would benefit from having every rookie mistake he makes scrutinized, or that he would benefit from being bashed up by the likes of Jolly and Charman, then that's fair enough.

IMO Russell is not shit and is actually good while Cloke and Wiggins both bust their arse for the side every week and deserve a bit more respect than that albeit that they have their weaknesses.

No one (including Ratten) thinks Cloke is going to be our ruckman of the future but looking at the present he is currently a much better player than Hampson. Hampson dropped or didn't even touch 5 marks the last game he played, was monstered at ball ups and boundary throw ins and generally didn't seem to know what he was doing. To suggest that we would be looking at finals if we played Hampson is fairy land stuff. If however you believe that we should be playing Hampson because he would benefit from having every rookie mistake he makes scrutinized, or that he would benefit from being bashed up by the likes of Jolly and Charman, then that's fair enough.

IMO Russell is not shit and is actually good while Cloke and Wiggins both bust their arse for the side every week and deserve a bit more respect than that albeit that they have their weaknesses.

Wiggins and Russell have very little awareness and panic when they have the ball or are about to get it and are terrible kicks.


Yep Russell kept the irishman quiet. Yes Wiggo gives us grunt.
They also contributed one goal between them and were permanent forwards


143 games between them. Personally my patience is wearing thin



Cloke is not a ruckman



I agree that in the games he has played Hampson has been monstered but we cant say how much he would have improved if he was playing every game


We do know that Cloke aint a ruckman is too short for a ruckman and gets beaten every week in that position and has reached his potential


Hampson hasnt reached his potential.


I have been saying for months that Hampson and Jacobs should be tag teaming in the seniors

They arnt ready I agree but its the best alternative and there may be suprising bonuses

Ratts has a footy brain

2008 is a development year; we were never playing this year to win the flag.

I dont understand why they do not give Pfeiffer a go.....

Why bother recruiting someone and not giving them a go......

His disposal is no worse than carazzos, russells, benticks etc

At least he gives us hardness and can kick a nice goal.

Some of you really need to take off those navy blue coloured glasses and take a good hard look at our style of play, lack of setups and lack of game plan.

The improvement of this club has nothing to do with Brett Ratten.

It's come from the inclusion of Chris Judd and Nick Stevens in 2008 and the fortunate talent we picked up being such a shite house club for many years

Honestly ask your self how many games would we have won if we remove chris judd.

Both the Tigers and Bombers will finish above us at the end of 2008. Both teams don't have the benfit of having Chris Judd lining up for them, nor 3 number 1 draft picks

And as much as i hate to say this you watch the Tigers and bombers game last week both teams have structure, set ups, set plays and direction. Our game plan is based around juddy to get it to Fev.

Some of you really need to take off those navy blue coloured glasses and take a good hard look at our style of play, lack of setups and lack of game plan.

The improvement of this club has nothing to do with Brett Ratten.

It's come from the inclusion of Chris Judd and Nick Stevens in 2008 and the fortunate talent we picked up being such a shite house club for many years

Honestly ask your self how many games would we have won if we remove chris judd.

Both the Tigers and Bombers will finish above us at the end of 2008. Both teams don't have the benfit of having Chris Judd lining up for them, nor 3 number 1 draft picks

And as much as i hate to say this you watch the Tigers and bombers game last week both teams have structure, set ups, set plays and direction. Our game plan is based around juddy to get it to Fev.

What so Russell or Bentick is better than Pfeiffer ?

Bull crap Melvey!! Seriously you got no idea mate.........

Really?

Our wins have had nothing to do with ratts and the coaching staff?