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Don't tell me Truck is the one to blame for how bad we are on-field. The players were so wounded by how Truck was treated AND it was a beloved players return from a serious injury while also being his final game and the team still couldn't get up for it.
His gameplan is defence first. His sides are well drilled. His record is 163 wins-118 losses -4 drawshis game plan is horrendous. I want to see us at least score a goal or 2
This is horse-shit...you implement a plan based on the team you have not the team you want. Truck is a moron, happy to see the back of him. Cya mateWe don't have the cattle to play Truck's game plan. Although I'm not sure we have the cattle to implement any finals-worthy game plan at the moment, to be honest...
The players all year haven’t been up too standard and really do not want to run both ways and do the hard stuffDon't tell me Truck is the one to blame for how bad we are on-field. The players were so wounded by how Truck was treated AND it was a beloved players return from a serious injury while also being his final game and the team still couldn't get up for it.
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What finals-worthy game plan do you think we could possibly implement with a team that has no mature KPPs, no small forwards, one small defender and a bunch of front-running midfieldersThis is horse-s**t...you implement a plan based on the team you have not the team you want. Truck is a moron, happy to see the back of him. Cya mate
You're kidding yourself if you think we could fall into the finals playing any other game plan. I'm not phased by losing, it's about how you lose. I would mind if we lost every game of the year if we were competitive and had a structure that was scalable. Rutten has had 3 years to build a structure...he's failedI mean he could let them play shootout footy and fall into finals on 11-12 games and percentage each year, then get bailed out as the pretenders we are.
Every final we've made for the last 20 years was exactly that, 11-12 wins, front running footy, and bailed out with a 60-point interstate drubbingYou're kidding yourself if you think we could fall into the finals playing any other game plan. I'm not phased by losing, it's about how you lose. I would mind if we lost every game of the year if we were competitive and had a structure that was scalable. Rutten has had 3 years to build a structure...he's failed
Chocco is cooked mate he is a part time coach the game has passed him bye 10 years ago. He is more a personal one on one sort of guy teaching the younger players about the game.Sorry to intrude, but Chocco would be on top of my list. Look at recent successful clubs and he’s been there. Touted to be a great development coach and a relationship builder.
Put some tactical assistants around him and I think you have the perfect team.
If I was 100% sure Chocco would take our job if we offered it to him, I would take him before Clarko.
Probably more for the Rutten thread, but
What was being built that was looking stable and sustainable?
Where have we improved over the past 23 weeks/2 years?
If a new coach ends up taking over, what might be areas of improvement we've seen glimpses of that you might credit the current regime?
They are not wounded they haven't played for him all year occasionally turn up if they feel like it. Tonights unispiring performance shows this team is nothing but talk. Talk is cheap we need to go get some real bulls that don't take a backward step. Some junk yard dogs just not danielleDon't tell me Truck is the one to blame for how bad we are on-field. The players were so wounded by how Truck was treated AND it was a beloved players return from a serious injury while also being his final game and the team still couldn't get up for it.
Wasn't rhetorical. Looking for the positives and/or the signs a sacking would be a mistake. I liked a lot of the calls Rutten made over the past couple of years, the attempt to reconnect to the history, his lack of excuses.There have been some improvements in isolated things, but I’ll assume you’re being rhetorical (which is fair enough)…
Obviously there’s issues but who’s to say it is Rutten? It could be any magnitude of things inside this mess of a club. We can of course sheet everything home to the coach and go with another, but we’ve done that multiple times. Perhaps he is on the right track but can’t implement things permanently because of issues with the playing group and deeper cultural issues?
Rutten has seen success. Caracella has seen plenty and so has Giansiracusa.
How can we say we’re doing an in depth review and sacking these blokes first? Huh?
You’ll be the same one that cries when we get smacked in finals playing a game style that suits our list. Attacking, flair and defenceless football isn’t going to get us anywhere.This is horse-s**t...you implement a plan based on the team you have not the team you want. Truck is a moron, happy to see the back of him. Cya mate
There have been some improvements in isolated things, but I’ll assume you’re being rhetorical (which is fair enough)…
Obviously there’s issues but who’s to say it is Rutten? It could be any magnitude of things inside this mess of a club. We can of course sheet everything home to the coach and go with another, but we’ve done that multiple times. Perhaps he is on the right track but can’t implement things permanently because of issues with the playing group and deeper cultural issues?
Rutten has seen success. Caracella has seen plenty and so has Giansiracusa.
How can we say we’re doing an in depth review and sacking these blokes first? Huh?
If there were to be a board spill, who would you want on it?
what plan do you implement for a bunch of front running flat track bullies with very little physical presence and no leadership. ?This is horse-s**t...you implement a plan based on the team you have not the team you want. Truck is a moron, happy to see the back of him. Cya mate
Barham strikes me as an empty suit that's taken the top job at the behest of rich nuffies that think their contributions to the club entitle them to a say in how it's managed.Barham strikes me as quite the simpleton. A basic understanding of sack the coach, and everything will be fixed. (The equivalent of blaming the goalie in soccer)
Only after approaching Clarkson did he seek out Rutten to better understand the game plan. Should have been the other way around, and even then I’m certain he couldn’t comprehend a thing.
It’s what poor leaders with little empathy do. Get Barham out before he destroys the club even further.lol at barham and sheedy not showing up in the dressing room
sheedy might not have been at the game but whats barham's excuse
That's it in a nutshell. He was doomed from the start. Didn't have the cattle to deliver the plan and was always going to struggle in the interim. Needed everything to go his way this year to get through. All with a rancid infighting club culture playing out in the background - a further distraction for players.So
what plan do you implement for a bunch of front running flat track bullies with very little physical presence and no leadership. ?
Please do tell us.
Barham strikes me as an empty suit that's taken the top job at the behest of rich nuffies that think their contributions to the club entitle them to a say in how it's managed.