Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) IX

[Roostorm]

Haha it’s going off over at ports board
Sack him before the presser
I want to give kochie a ring to have a little chat
Rowe was right in 2012
Biggest finals lose since 2007….what more evidence do they need

 

[RightWingRoo]

Maybe we can chase Charlie Dixon

Darling is burnt to a crisp, Dixon is ash blowing in the wind.

 

[Disco Dew]

One goal in the second half is ****ing diabolical.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

It's absurd isn't it.

The gap in professionalism between them and us makes it feel like we're a VFL reserves club in comparison, or not even the same sport.

Pretty much any other club falls bottom out with the list changes like this.

They just continue to defy gravity.

They have some seriously solid developing players in the VFL too. George Stevens looked real good in his first year. Jyhe Clark hasn’t lived up to expectation but believe me there is a player there. Connor O’Sullivan will be a solid CHB within a few years. And Sam De Koning didn’t even play tonight.

 

[Roosurgence]

Ice baths all round!

 

[Dan]

Straight sets merchants them lot.

 

[Masked Avenger]

Trust me, someone better get a Doctor over to the Port Board.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

tazaa is right.

Geelong's cliffs are smaller than a 28yo Corio grandmother's heels on a night out.

Sydney and Hawthorn. Making a mockery of the AFL draft model this millennium. Every few years there they are again.

Meanwhile we're in an eternal cycle of slapping ourselves on the back for trying in a couple of tight losses each year.

They have traded really well. Yea, they have no cap and that Bowes deal is dodgier than their government funded shit home, but they attract quality young and mature talent nearly every year.

 

[Sillygit]

One goal in the second half is ****ing diabolical.

They were leading in the second, and then geelong kicked 16 goals to 2. Jesus.

 

[SammyRoo]

 

[Roostorm]

One goal in the second half is ****ing diabolical.

Champion team……in early March

 

[Disco Dew]

 

[The Nostradamus]

Who is the cats development coach? Go get him

Bring their head recruiter over also

 

[Karanicolas]

But why? He was the most dominant VFL player in the first half of the year and so many draftable traits. Blows me away that more players like him aren’t given the opportunity.

This is so true. Clubs keep recycling the same old players expecting for some reason that they will improve.

For example, Wagner, good story that he is still on a list, but he was exposed when they played Port in that final game.

Would rather take a VFL player that has shown they are great at that level and see whether they can translate that at AFL level.

 

[Tas]

tazaa is right.

Geelong's cliffs are smaller than a 28yo Corio grandmother's heels on a night out.

Sydney and Hawthorn. Making a mockery of the AFL draft model this millennium. Every few years there they are again.

Meanwhile we're in an eternal cycle of slapping ourselves on the back for trying in a couple of tight losses each year.

Questions need to be asked.... by the board/CEO.

I think the club was so focused in getting Clarkson in the door they never bothered even asking him what kind of development plan did he have from getting us from A to B, because atm it doesn't seem to be any better than Nobel, he just has had the benefit of a few extra years of drafts/development.

We aren't getting anywhere in a hurry much like nobody is putting on any weight on in hurry to be able to sustain the kind of footy from the mature bodies that the teams above us have.

 

[tazaa]

They have traded really well. Yea, they have no cap and that Bowes deal is dodgier than their government funded shit home, but they attract quality young and mature talent nearly every year.

This is my point.
The shithousery to get the Bowes deal done.
And to get 8 home games at KP each year.
They give themselves a leg up because they won’t cop anything less. I want this level of selfish entitlement.

All they have to do is win enough games to finish top 4 and then time and time again they’re at the very least playing off in a prelim.

 

[muttley45]

One for Travis Boak

10

Travis Boak

Age

36

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

, one for Charlie Dixon

22

Charlie Dixon

Age

34

Ht

200cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.7

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.6

5star

D

10.5

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.5

2star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.5

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.8

4star

 

[flojo]

Questions need to be asked.... by the board/CEO.

I think the club was so focused in getting Clarkson in the door they never bothered even asking him what kind of development plan did he have from getting us from A to B, because atm it doesn't seem to be any better than Nobel, he just has had the benefit of a few extra years of drafts/development.

We aren't getting anywhere in a hurry much like nobody is putting on any weight on in hurry to be able to sustain the kind of footy from the mature bodies that the teams above us have.

I think it’s because their kids are integrated with mature bodies and that standard of training, running, disposal efficiency is already there and they have to match it on day 1. Meanwhile we have no elder-statesmen that can drive those standards at our club . Let alone lace one out on the chest in a draining drill.

 

[Roostorm]

Time to roll this one out again ….

 

[tazaa]

tazaa is right.

Geelong's cliffs are smaller than a 28yo Corio grandmother's heels on a night out.

Sydney and Hawthorn. Making a mockery of the AFL draft model this millennium. Every few years there they are again.

Meanwhile we're in an eternal cycle of slapping ourselves on the back for trying in a couple of tight losses each year.

I reckon we could go back to the finals series in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022 and quote discussion from this board and we’ll all be saying the same shit.

It’s now noticeable.
Like that lightbulb f***ing moment when you realise clubs who contended and won a flag and the clubs we were meant to go past but didn’t, none of that occurred. And so the footy cycle has burnt us.
The AFLs so called goal of protecting the integrity of the game and having teams down the bottom challenge every 5-10 years and teams challenging in that time drop down the ladder is simply not true.
The cycle that is in place is just rinse and repeat of the same teams in the same bloody positions.

We need to break this and break it soon.

 

[Gasometer]

Oi Cyber_punk here…

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Gee small forwards hey. Amazing we don't have my interest in them. Never mind, we couldn't have done anything different

More midfielders and more medium forwards with limited running capacity please.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Questions need to be asked.... by the board/CEO.

How far can you possibly fall so long as your senior core consists of Danger, Blicavs, Cameron, Duncan, Tuohy, Stewart, the Guthries, Miers, and Stengle.

When was the last time an AFL team had a senior core as poor as ours?

 

[Tas]

I think it’s because their kids are integrated with mature bodies and that standard of training, running, disposal efficiency is already there and they have to match it on day 1. Meanwhile we have no elder-statesmen that can drive those standards at our club . Let alone lace one out on the chest in a draining drill.

We had Greenwood around, we brought in Shiels, Tucker... Simpkin is 26, LDU is25. Scott is 24, 186cm and still 77kg. He should ONLY be playing AFL football if he meets the target minimum weight perquisite as part of his physical development program. Numerous coaches have ticked him off way underweight and Clarkson twice.

There is a reason why we crumble under pressure,when teams lift their intensity, we are physically incapable of stopping them.

We need to stop making excuses for the lack of development, recruiting too many skinny runts. This rebuild is already taking too ****ing long.

 

[Roostorm]

Got to give credit to the AFL…fleeced those ports supporters of their hard earned cash