Oh FMD, go have a bourbon and a good lie down.
Yeah, I am responsible for a shit game, I kept missing all those goals.
You’re not only responsible for the game, but the whole state of the club. Shame on you! What have you done to us
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Oh FMD, go have a bourbon and a good lie down.
Yeah, I am responsible for a shit game, I kept missing all those goals.
So many giddy little school kids got excited earlier this year and thought the rebuild was almost over and forgot we will still need to replace Yeo, McGovern, Cripps, Darling, Ryan and likey Barrass and Kelly before we are in contention again.I don’t know why people want to sack the coach it’s clear that rocketing up the ladder to the dizzying heights of 16th has given the guys vertigo leading to us losing to a objectively worse team than Fitzroy at home. Luckily we are missing Hewett, Reid, Allen, Hunt and Kelly and for a team that is objectively the worst performed team we have put on the park in the history of our club over the past 2 years we can’t really expect more than 3 wins this year. Our paper thin list is so full of holes that if we are missing two midfielders to injury the whole midfield assumes the fetal position and we get pumped. Have faith guys Simmo has got this. I mean it looks in the last 2 weeks like he hasn’t but it also looked after Melbourne that the last 2 weeks were definite wins. We must like Oscar the Grouch learn to love trash.
yEaH bUt wHeRe wErE yOu aLl wHeN we WeRe bEaTiNg FrEo?!
Is there an echo in here.?this is such an lazy, arrogant take and probably part of the reason the eagles are in the mess they are in.
you also sound like a campaigner saying that shit in public.
I agree. I have enjoyed this year much more than previous years due to the relative absence of 100 point floggings. But when you look at things more deeply you realise that the problems are still there. Our improved performances have come largely on the back of the veterans playing well (McGovern, Barass, Yeo, Cripps etc). The only youngish player who has genuinely improved is Waterman. Maybe Hough deserves some credit also. Plus Harley Reid has had an instant impact. But there has not been significant improvement in the other young players to the point where you could say that they have shown that with a bit more development they can be counted on to hold down a position in the 22 for the next 5 - 8 years.So many giddy little school kids got excited earlier this year and thought the rebuild was almost over and forgot we will still need to replace Yeo, McGovern, Cripps, Darling, Ryan and likey Barrass and Kelly before we are in contention again.
That’s without being concerned if Allen and Hewitt can consistently stay on the park year in, year out.
18 teams (soon to be 19), free agency and academies have truly combined to screw us.
Re-assess at the end of the year.
Three weeks ago, everyone was singing his praises. This month everyone wants his head, some of you are more emotional than 12 year old girl at Taylor Swift concert.
His objective is to develop a new game plan, which he is doing and can see when we play good footy. And the other is bring these kids upto speed - A few green shoots with Ginbey, Reid, Long and Hough some we need more patience with and gametime - Hewett, Chesser and maybe (Barnett/Bazzo) and some that wont make it at all.
I dont see Simpson being the premiership Coach for our next push, but I dont see the point of putting that Coach in the hot seat when the pressure is on the most. Simpson can hold the fort for now, and at the end of this year or his contract make the call then.
Maybe Don Pyke will be the next WCE coach?Not many coaches are out of contract this year, so 2024 would be a good opportunity to grab the best without competition.
It's going to be rough when he eventually has to sack himselfMaybe Don Pyke will be the next WCE coach?
It's going to be rough when he eventually has to sack himself
We should plan a campSpice up the pre-season at least.
So I saw the post on twitter from 6pr earlier today about Hardie calling for Simmo's head and just had a chuckle, he's been banging that drum for years...
Anyway, just finally sat down to listen to it and he throws some strong accusations around from about the 6 minute mark. Apparent angst within the player group over the selection of Jack Hutchinson (doesn't say this flat out but insinuates that some players were frustrated by this) & also that Simmo made the call to include Hutchinson after a meeting in which two of the assistants weren't even present.
I think that because right now the priority number 1 at the cub will be resigning Harley Reid that will weigh heavily in favour of Simpson getting an extension on his current deal, even if only for one year. There is always an element of chaos, angst and negative thinking at clubs for a while when coaches get sacked. They won't want that in the midst of trying to resign Reid. They will want an atmosphere of calm and stability at the club even if we are losing most of our games.
Not sure I believe Hardie has inside sources at the club that are that inside that they can tell him about disgruntlement amongst the playing and coaching group over a selection decision a few days after it hapenned. Word would have to have travelled very fast from first hand sources for him to hear that so quickly if it has hapenned, as opposed to hearing it 3rd or 4th hand a week or two later.
Gee wiz, Glen Jackovich criticising the club and agreeing with Brad Hardie. I assume we just throw him on the heap with Peter Sumich and salt the earth of all the memories. The absolute nerve.
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