You are weird. The fact that you actualy wrote that and made it sound like it made sense even though it doesn't is pure mad-genius. I'll have to retire now, I can't match that.

"Ratt ratsackk, ratt rattrap, rant, ramble ramble, ramble rant...!"

lappin when interviewed at 3 qtr time said

we just had to hope one of the big guys could snag a mark , maybe a fev or maybe a kreuzer but then our kicking has been bad so maybe one of our below the knee players can get one

that was our strategy

hope

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You avin a laugh?

Mick is a very good coach.

It's no disgrace to be outcoached by the man who steared the Pies to an eighty point win over Geelong last year.

Malthouse outcoached Knights the last time they met.

Eade too...

It was the Pies night and they were on, but they're still no closer to a flag than Carlton.

Collingwood were a shit truck after half time.

The Cats, Dogs and Saints would have rolled right over the top of them.

Ratten has coached less than fifty games.

Carlton fell down because we didn't run hard enough and our good players didn't hit their targets.

I hate saying this, but Scotland shouldn't play for Carlton again.

The Blues should swab Scotland and see if he has the same disease as Stevens.

Russell ran harder and went in harder than Scotland.

Please bring in Robinson, Walker and Browne who at least have a crack and a go.

When they're ready...

Our players are still very young and developing.

If you take out Scotland, Fisher and Houlihan who won't be there in two years, our only experienced players of note would be Judd, Thornton, Carrazzo and Fevola.

No Waite and Walker who give us run and carry like Bower hurts us.

Our senior group doesn't compare favourably to the likes of St Kilda, Geelong, Footscray and even Collingwood.

We're pumping up Gibbs, Kreuzer, Bower, Murphy and Betts, but they're just 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 years of age.

Hampson, Grigg, Joseph, Yarran and Austin need more time.

I hardly noticed Gibbs.

I thought Murphy was poor.

Murphy should be in the middle and not chasing kicks by chasing a handball receive off half back like Camporeale.

Or Stevens.

Not your night if Kreuzer couldn't even clunk a mark.

So by that logic the Swans gave us last weeks game on a silver platter...???? how can you be the better side and lose by 9 goals? I'd prefer we were the worst side and lost by 9 goals at least then you had room to improve...how to improve when ur the better side and get flogged....

How dare you bring some thoughtful, reasoned , and intelligent analysis to this thread. It has no place here. Next you will be saying something like being on the brink of playing finals with a no name Coach and a bunch of kids is some sort of success.

lappin when interviewed at 3 qtr time said

we just had to hope one of the big guys could snag a mark , maybe a fev or maybe a kreuzer but then our kicking has been bad so maybe one of our below the knee players can get one

that was our strategy

Firstly:
You CANNOT blame Ratten for skill errors. The players and only the players are to blame for the disgraceful kicking that was on display tonight. If you cant kick you wont get far in this business and tonight did not look like we were getting anywhere fast. The 08 premiership winning team was built around excellent kicks of the ball. Geelong are built around excellent kicks of the ball. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HIT A TARGET!!!!!

Whilst many are claiming that there was no forward set up (which i agree AT TIMES) there were also many times that we'd get the ball and either bomb it long to a lose Collingwood player in the goal square or to Fev who had 3 men hanging off him. Again, surely the players are smarter than this. If you see two guys on Fev kick it to the guy that should be open. ( i emphasise should)

Run. You dont win games of footy without running. Ratten cant make the boys run. If you want to get the footy you run. We did not do this. Lots of waving and pointing but not much running. Comes down to lack of effort. Everyone can run. It's weather you're willing to bust a gut to get into space. The easier option is to stand still. We did that tonight.

Basic football smarts: Shit! Wasn't it funny how Collingwood had guys front and centre at every contest. And wasn't it funny how these guys managed to get the ball at most contests.
2 on 1's: Collingwood used there second man to hold off Kreuze or Fev while the 3rd man jumped up and took an uncontested mark. We on the other hand preffered to let the Collingwood guy jump and usually allow the ball to spill to the front where a collingwood player happened to be standing(see point above)

Grigg playing a defensive role in the forward line was stupid I THINK. The guy gets alot of ball around the packs and is generally a good user. It took a hell of a long time for him to finally get put in the middle. We lacked his bigger body and ball getting ability early. Instead he was standing on the half forward line watching the game.

Fisher may kick some goals but geez his pathetic attempts at chasing are laughable. Further, his inability to read the game and thus run to the wrong positions (defensively) really hurts us....funny how its always defensively that he is a liability.

Bentley: well when Didak is on one forward line and Bentley is on the other, well i no who i am more worried about.

Pretty dissapointing effort. Who is to blame? well i dont really care as long as someone puts there hand up and something changes. Tongihts effort wont get us very far in September.

On a lighter note; loved watching bower austin and Aj....thought that they were terrific all night.

Young players like the Collingwood players??

Ummmm look.. its just no good sugar coating poor coaching... shitchouse tactics and players who are not being developed.

We either have the right people there or we dont....

You cannot say by looking at our players that theyre improving tactically ... that their deficiencies are improving... or that theyre coming along...

Joey Anderson would be a super player at collingwood... they have players like him doing playing great roles...

We just cant seem to bring them along...

... and the side is always looking lost in the heat of a battle...

but sure... we can kick back and watch the last half of last weeks game...... dont watch the first half mind you....

In my opinion we have the raw talent... what we dont have is the key to extract the best out of them....

our kids are treading water... or sinking.... and our senior players are struggling...

so the questions need to be asked................

special mention to Chris Yarran

I have never seen a softer player

Now why was he brought in for Gartlett
was it because he was a number 6 draft pick
I respect the rodents ants reports.
Yarran didnt deserve a game on his efforts there
Absolutely pathetic and didnt deserve a game in the first place.
But this club rewards shit efforts because we make stupid selection decisions and want to be proved right that we selected Yarran over Rich.
Thatwhy Yarran was picked folks
If any player dishes up that weak footy they should be dropped.

Hey Keogh remember that Yarran is only 18yo.
He isn't our only forward that struggled last night.