Roast 2025 hopefully the year of being less shit. Warning includes club criticisms

[Scorpus]

Nicks has a record of 6-14 in the first month of the season and been 3-9 in the last 3 years in that period. You have to wonder how much of that is because he goes in at the start of the year preaching defense above everything and then opens up the game as the losses start hitting.

I think the start of the year is a true reflection of his coaching ability

Every team tries to play their absolute best football in the opening rounds, with maybe the exception of the reigning grand finalists. This is where teams are at their toughest and hardest to beat

Later in the season, the crappy teams just want the season to end and give up. And the better teams figure out who the crap teams are and take the foot off the gas at times, leaving them vulnerable to an ambush

 

[Coopers]

I think the start of the year is a true reflection of his coaching ability

Every team tries to play their absolute best football in the opening rounds, with maybe the exception of the reigning grand finalists. This is where teams are at their toughest and hardest to beat

Later in the season, the crappy teams just want the season to end and give up. And the better teams figure out who the crap teams are and take the foot off the gas at times, leaving them vulnerable to an ambush

I think we should just play Sydney away in round 1, or agree for our regular trip out to lose to Geelong in the boonies happens then.

Get it out the way early. Give Tex a rest. Let Smith have his goodbye game. Try Laird as a ruckman. Get Nicks a new type of insect for his head. That kind of thing.
Get it dealt with early, while all the other teams are trying hard, so we can have a solid 22 round season.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Nicks has a record of 6-14 in the first month of the season and been 3-9 in the last 3 years in that period. You have to wonder how much of that is because he goes in at the start of the year preaching defense above everything and then opens up the game as the losses start hitting.

Even our individual games are like that often

Start crap, fall behind, mount a comeback when we have no choice but to release the shackles.

In fact "shackles" could sum up Nicks' game plan in one word. Let's hope he's seen that his preferred method of playing doesn't work and learns from the putrid start to 2024.

 

[George Kramer]

Even our individual games are like that often

Start crap, fall behind, mount a comeback when we have no choice but to release the shackles.

In fact "shackles" could sum up Nicks' game plan in one word. Let's hope he's seen that his preferred method of playing doesn't work and learns from the putrid start to 2024.

Yep, look at Gold Coast rd 1

 

[Cromulant]

Yep, look at Gold Coast rd 1

Brisbane, Carlton, Essendon twice.

It's painful

 

[DJ75]

Have a read of this:

Hugo Lloris: how the gift of a luxury watch made me realise Spurs would accept second best

In exclusive extracts from his autobiography, the goalkeeper tells of his dismay at a well-meaning gesture by Daniel Levy before 2019 Champions League final

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Particularly the part about the watch. Does this not sound exactly like something we would do?

 

[Cap]

Sorry, I haven't seen the whole thread

But surely the general feel is we have to be better in 2025?

Even in we blow pick 4, surely there are no excuses this year ?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Sorry, I haven't seen the whole thread

But surely the general feel is we have to be better in 2025?

Even in we blow pick 4, surely there are no excuses this year ?

Miss finals & there must be a major cleanout off field.

There are no excuses!

 

[Cap]

Miss finals & there must be a major cleanout off field.

There are no excuses!

Look, i called for Nicks to be sacked at the end of the season, that hasn't happened and they've made changes so I will get behind Nicks and his team to deliver.

But surely, if we aren't in finals contention at the mis season bye, he is gone and some of his core supporters within the club are too

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Look, i called for Nicks to be sacked at the end of the season, that hasn't happened and they've made changes so I will get behind Nicks and his team to deliver.

But surely, if we aren't in finals contention at the mis season bye, he is gone and some of his core supporters within the club are too

If we are not tracking for finals next season, Nicks must be sacked.

 

[FR0GGY]

If we are not tracking for finals next season, Nicks must be sacked.

Maybe we could go early with that if we don’t want to deal with the “noise”

 

[GreyCrow]

Its been said but there is now no excuse

Not making Finals is a failure.