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What concerns me about Voss is that he doesn't seem able to get the best out of his players. Very few players on our list have genuinely improved under Voss and many have gone backwards. I also question his eye for a footballer - Raines for example, is clearly not good enough to be a league...

If I was an opposition coach, I'd still be far more worried about Travis Johnstone's ability to influence a game than Luke Power's. I fancy we might have got a bit more from Trav than someone like Charman, esecially given the loss of Brennan and Riska.

Re: Where do you expect to finsih in 2011? 15-17 and Voss to get the chop. Voss is proving to be an extremely poor communicator. Mitch wants out, we've already lost Bradshaw, Brennan, Riska and Sherman in part due to Voss' poor man management and communication. Not to mention just about...

Sorry to see Trav go. Voss' scapegoat was always going to struggle to survive. Roundly criticised for lack of defensive pressure, however, he certainly chased and tackled more than Power, Black, Brown and Fevola in 2010. Unfairly treated - all the best Trav, hope you get an opportunity to...

Shocking, tackier version of the 2009 monstrosity.

I don't care if he did or didn't, the guy has been taking the Lions for a ride all year and we will never be a serious football side with him anywhere near it. Look at the shots of him from a year ago and compare them with what he looked like at the end of the season - I reckon Fev put on...

The Lions should sack Fev, whether they have to pay his contract or not. We need to cut our losses (Bradshaw, Rischatelli, pick 12 and any other players we lose through salary cap issues relating to Fev's ridiculous contract) and get back to a clean slate. The cancer needs to be cut out -...

It wasn't Browny's finest hour on TFS last night. He refused to shake Aka's hand when he offered it at first which was childish. The Aka bust up with the Lions is water under the bridge and I, for one, would like to see Brown, as aleader of men, behave a bit more magnanimously. Aka was a far...

Interesting that for their home jumper they have gone with a simple 'traditional' style footy jumper - relatively simple logo of proportionate size and well positioned, symmetrical, uncluttered, clean lines without rendering (except a little bit of unnecessary stuff within the logo). It might...

He may be a loose cannon, a DH, and an undermining influence within a football club, but as a footballer, Aka in his prime was probably the most exciting player I have seen. His kicking on the run, left or right foot, was unbelievable and some of the goals he kicked were exhilarating. He was an...

What a joke! The coach investgating his own performance? Voss going to recommend sacking himself? Surely the coach's performance in relation to the disgraceful output of the team would be one of the core areas of the review!!?? This club is officially a basket case. Pathetic. Kelly...

Unfortunately, I agree. This is not going to end well, some heads need to roll. The club (post-merger) is at the lowest ebb in its history and something drastic needs to happen, sooner rather than later. Inaction will cause more damage and dig the club into a deeper hole that could take many...

2011 would be a good opportunity to revisit the jumper design. As we now have 2 logos, our traditional, Fitzroy, merger, premiership lion and our modern marketing one, we should have a 'traditional' strip and a modern strip as the Eagles do. The club has to have a home and away strip anyway...

There are a couple things starting to worry me about Voss as a coach in light of some recent developments: People Skills: Voss has left a trail of destruction in the way he has dealt with colleagues and players. The potential Bradshaw trade was ok in principle, but Voss mishandled it to such...

Black is still a good player, but he is slower, finding it harder to find space, unable to consistently chase and give second and third efforts, and has turned the ball over more than he has done previously. I don't mean to criticise Black, he is a veteren and it would be expected that his...

I rate Rischa as a good solid contributer, he was last year and is again this year. I just think he has found his level. I have no problem with him as a footballer, but he is a b grade midfielder as he was last year - he has not improved to an A grade midfielder. Are you suggesting he has...

I don't want to be overly critical of Voss given injuries, bad luck, etc... this season (even though some of that bad luck was of his own making - Raines, Fevola, sacking Joel MacDonald, etc...), however, one of the core roles of a coach is to develop players. I am concerned at some of the...

Re: AFL Round 14 Carlton V Brisbane Lions ***please discuss Fev rumours elsewhere*** Luke Power is either injured, or he is finished. I hope it is the former. Either way, his form at the moment is not league standard, he cannot kick more than a dinky 25 metres and has lost all pace and power...

Re: Brendan Fevola Fev is taking the piss. He is as fat as a pig, he is not providing a genuine contest, he has been playing for himself (i.e. going for arsey kicks of the ground, etc... instead of providing multiple strong leads regardless of whether the ball is getting kicked to him or not)...

There does seem to be an attitude problem amongst the group. The effort they are putting out is inconsistant, i.e. chase/tackle pressure. There is no excuse for this as it is completely within their control. I can accept getting beaten by a better side on the day so long as the effort is...

'Young' Jed Adcock is turning 25, has never really delivered, is very slow, injury-prone, often gives one effort at an unrealistic tackle then lies on the ground, can't kick over a jam tin, always takes the safe option rather than take the game on, doesn't chase, doesn't create with run, gets...

"If Voss is a man of his words, Fev has to be dropped if he is using the same unreasonably high standards he uses for Johnstone." If Voss doesn't drop Fevola, he is a hypocrite. I have never seen Johnstone's effort drop to the pathetic levels Fevola displayed on Saturday night. If Voss...

We haven't got that many injuries - no more than you would expect at times or that other sides are dealing with on a regular basis. Yes we have Drummond, Brennan, Merrett and Clark out, but this weekend Geelong had Ottens, Rooke, Corey out, Sydney had Seaby, Mumford, Bolton, McGlynn and Moore...

I find it very strange that Travis Johnstone is always the first dropped - I thought he was playing back this year and yet somehow because our midfield can't compete, it is Travis' fault? Last week they threw him into the midfield after all else failed and he didn't have his best game. At...

I hope that is the last time we see him contesting a centre ruck contest. Third man up at a throw in perhaps, but having him jumping high into a much larger player without any genuine ruck technique or training and being knocked off balance mid air is madness. I remember David Hille nearly...

Unsure how bad Brennan's injury is, but it didn't look good. However, having our best playmaker competing in the ruck was always fraught with danger. There is a reason Adam Goodes doesn't ruck under any circumstances - because he is too valuable to risk. We got away with rucking Brennan last...

We should have been flogged by ten goals based on the trend of the game and that trend was established well before injuries to Brennan and Drummond. Unfortunately, I think we have the worst midfield in the league, and have had for a few years. Instead of recruiting to improve our weaknesses...

Re: Tom Collier He doesn't appear to have improved from the moment he was drafted. He has talent, but he hasn't developed well enough physically to break tackles. I like his willingness to take on opponents, but he may not ever develop the body to do this effectively at AFL level.

Whist the jumper doesn't have to be changed as the court case relates to the logo, it would seem ridiculous to keep the current lion on the jumper if the club logo was the Fitzroy Lion.

The strange thing is that we seem to be doing worse at clearances when Black is in the team. I know he's a champion, but for whatever reason, the midfield hasn't functioned at all since his return. Lynch's new stat is important, we have been conceding too many uncontested/unpressured...