Feel like we’ve been overrun by the North loser mentality and I feel like it’s always been around apart from a purple patch in 2018.
Simpson has never known what to do with Jake and now we know what sort of player he is he still doesn't. Not to mention a forwardline full of key forwards all flying for the same footy, while an AA small forward is up the ground playing better as a midfielder than career midfielders.
The club hasn't been overrun by the North loser mentality. The fanbase certainly has been though. What we need most are players with a higher level of skill and time. Simmo won't be around for much longer but moving him on isn't going to solve what is currently the biggest problem - skill.
I think it’s been a pretty clear flaw in Simpsons time here (or whoever has the final say on the team).
Kelly is a polish player. He should have thrived with Naitanui, Yeo and Shuey but he barely got a run at it. I see Kelly transitioning forward as Hewett develops but he'll stay in the midfield for at least the next season or two. The past is the past - Kelly is and should be seen as a stop gap. Someone who can help fill a hole while the next generation filters through.
Honestly might be worth a sweep out of the board too.
That's fair
I think quite a few have the skill as an attribute because we’ve seen in in our better games this year. They just lack the confidence to execute their skills, especially under pressure. Even Reid is starting to lose his shine and revert to the hesitant way the rest of the team play.
The guy in charge of high performance we just poached from dogs. Keep up.
The natural circuit breaker is going to be this offseason. Outside of the Adelaide game, and maybe Collingwood when we were without Yeo, we've shown something in every game this season. Even Hawthorn last week wasn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be. We were actually fairly good in the contest but they had an answer for everything. We should turn over 3-4 best 22 players this offseason, which will make a bigger difference than I think everyone is giving the club credit for. I would personally like to see more creativity out of defense but there's obviously a reason why we aren't trying things (I would like to know though).
Its goes on and on though. How is it possible to have not developed a credible ruck succession plan for Nic Nat? How can our defence suck to this extent despite have the best CHB in the league (and Barrass) to build it around?
Geez mate. There's positivity and then there's just outright drinking Kool aid.
Seen a few people critical of Langer's close relationship with Simmo. Is this fair? He knows what playing in a high performance environment takes and he literally lost his job because his players didn't like the tough feedback he gave.
Understand where we have come from the last two years and go back and watch the games
The ruck is an interesting question but Naitanui was still supposed to be contracted for this season, right? I imagine we thought Bailey and Jamieson might be better than than they are at this point. Our defense has been fairly solid this season. They've really only struggled when the ball has come back in transition, which is more a midfield/forward issue.
You're delusional.
You are just repeating the original accusation I was questioning. Langer has had a long time in the public eye in which time his character has been pretty thoroughly vetted. Saying he is defending his mate who doesn't deserve his job doesn't really align with what I have seen.
