Last week the Dogs did exactly what we did today.

And Richmond this week also, but far worse

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Here is the deal in simple terms
In today’s football you have to bat deep in the middle.
We don’t and eventually the weight of numbers tells.
The dogs won the inside 50 count by 16.

Cuningham
Kennedy
Dow
SPS
O’ Brien
Setterfield
All picked with quality picks or trades
Have failed to deliver
That essentially is the main reason we arnt good enough
SOSs fingerprints are all over this rebuild

Add the decision to trade away picks and give up plenty of salary cap space
for Williams
Saad
Martin
McGovern
Fogarty
We are simply a dumb club and have been a dumb club for a long time
In relation to these new players
Fogarty after a good start is starting to show signs as to why Geelong were happy to part with him
Just average
Martin injury prone and soft
McGovern ditto
Saad very one dimensional player. You need more than that from a guy on a big long term contract who you gave up pick 8 to get him
Williams clearly injured but you play a guy on $850000 a season. Another dumb decision

If I was Teague I would play Honey whose form in the twos the last month has been good
Play Stocker in the guts

I thought the effort today was actually really good but in the end the lack of depth in the middle is telling

Cripps looks spent to me
I love the guy but in the end maybe the best thing is to let him go get a compensation pick

When Curnow is still your number one mid in a game like he was today it shows how poor our recruiting has been over the last 6 years in relation to mids

If it wasn’t for Weitering and Jones it would of been a eight goal loss

Don’t blame Teague
Blame the recruiting department
And as I said the Board is where the problems originate

Agree re the midfield. If we had that part right we wouldn't be taking about Saad, Fogarty and Martin. Pockets and flankers are there to play a role, not win the game.

We’ve invested in high picks Dow, Setterfield, SPS, Stocker, LOB, Kennedy as midfielders and all are either in the 2s our not in the midfield in the 1s. These are the guys who were meant to make us into a quality midfield. None of them are contributing as midfielders in the seniors

For mine, was happy for almost 3 quarters and then what I was worried about when i saw that side became the thing that killed us.

People bang on about recruiting - well its a bit @#$%&! hard for SPS to show he is a midfielder when he either plays HDF or doesn't @#$%&! play.
DOW started well, gets hurt back to reserves - maybe he had to?
Kennedy/Setterfield - please choose one and play them in the guts not on the @#$%&! wing!

I still think Fogarty and Owies are doing okay - they are only bit players learning the trade.


For me - Newness out (we got that goal out of him, deal done) Honey in.
Gibbons out - not a forward, in the guts or out - for me, out.

And what about Cripps playing more forward, CHF instead of Casboult - backup ruck. Cant be any worse, might be better.

We need to completely remodel that midfield - try the @#$%&! kids we are not winning a flag this year.

And for me, Williams either wing or HBF.

Speaking of crucial misses, the two by Williams & McKay towards the end of the 3 quarter. We were 25 points ahead and you could sense the Dogs were lifting. We kick those goals, it becomes a 37 point lead and I reckon we would have had the confidence to go on with it from there. They weren’t sodas, but both were gettable.

Anyway, the usual overreactions from the usual posters after the game. Yes, losing absolutely sucks and nobody is happy about it - but there are positives to be found amongst the disappointment.

The sky is not falling in. The simple fact is that there’s plenty of improvement required before we are a top side.

Jsos going down had no impact on the result (8 touches to that point )

The easy goals he continually misses definitely a huge difference...

4 ... not good enough to impress the match committee

100%

Particularly this - Cripps in the fwd line/relief tuck, Williams HBF or wing (and throw doc into the midfield) and give the young blokes recruited as mids a go.....they are two years on from Bolton ‘throwing them to the wolves’.....time to get in with it.

Don't mind the Cripps to CHF idea.