Prediction Changes v Whoever The **** It Is After The Bye

[Jiggyman]

Will still contribute more than Cole

Ah Butts you lovable bastard.

 

[squashface]

I sense there may be some denial that this 'tilt' is over and dropping LeCras for a Partington for instance would almost seem like an admission of that.

Would it though? The Bulldogs have dropped guys like Stringer and Liberatore over the past few seasons and their tilt certainly isn't over.

 

[dajesmac]

Would it though? The Bulldogs have dropped guys like Stringer and Liberatore over the past few seasons and their tilt certainly isn't over.

I think it would seem like an admission that our senior players aren't quite good enough anymore. I'm not saying it's wrong, just that this kind of admission has a bit more dire connotations for our flag hopes than that of the Dogs who have a far better, younger side. Stringer and Liberatore are also born in 1994 and 1992 respectively. You'd think if LeCras was dropped it would basically foreshadow his retirement at the end of this season.

FWIW the Dogs are sitting at 6-5 this year and if they hadn't won the flag last year from seventh most people would be writing them off as flag chances this year.

 

[getgaff]

Hill and Masten both omitted. Is this real life, someone pinch me.

Good to see Cole getting a gig, hopefully a posituve sign for the back end of the year with Butler out and Cole in. Give the kid a chance. What i don't want to see is us do a Mutimer to him and throw him forward. Let him play his natural game.

Boooorus back will allow Gov to forward. Mackenzie, Schofield and Barrass the taller backs.

Really interesting to see that Wellingham doesn't come straight back in. Something I anticipated happening.

Load up on East Perth for a win over Subi???

 

[ZergMinion]

Do people ever pause to consider how ridiculous it sounds to equate willpower and determination with having testicles?

I mean just imagine for a second we lived in a Matriarchy and you were implying Simpson didn't have the ovaries to stand up to the match committee.

Simpson clearly doesn't have the spleen for this gig.

His liver isn't up to the task.

His lack of kidneys is clearly holding him back.

Alright...I feel better now. Carry on

 

[eaglesfan84]

Do people ever pause to consider how ridiculous it sounds to equate willpower and determination with having testicles?

I mean just imagine for a second we lived in a Matriarchy and you were implying Simpson didn't have the ovaries to stand up to the match committee.

Simpson clearly doesn't have the spleen for this gig.

His liver isn't up to the task.

His lack of kidneys is clearly holding him back.

Alright...I feel better now. Carry on

Yeah it's a poor method of measurement.

 

[Jiggyman]

Do people ever pause to consider how ridiculous it sounds to equate willpower and determination with having testicles?

I mean just imagine for a second we lived in a Matriarchy and you were implying Simpson didn't have the ovaries to stand up to the match committee.

Simpson clearly doesn't have the spleen for this gig.

His liver isn't up to the task.

His lack of kidneys is clearly holding him back.

Alright...I feel better now. Carry on

Already enough things in the world to pause and consider just how ridiculous they are. Wish we had the balls/ovaries to focus on those.

 

[FKASC]

#returntheovaries

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Do people ever pause to consider how ridiculous it sounds to equate willpower and determination with having testicles?

I mean just imagine for a second we lived in a Matriarchy and you were implying Simpson didn't have the ovaries to stand up to the match committee.

Simpson clearly doesn't have the spleen for this gig.

His liver isn't up to the task.

His lack of kidneys is clearly holding him back.

Alright...I feel better now. Carry on

Nope, the whole point of using "balls" as a measurement of courage is that they are soft and easily hurt, so if you are prepared to put your balls on the line and risk damage to them to achieve something, then it takes a lot of courage.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Yeah that's true, it's putting a bit of blind faith in Simpson and thinking he can do no wrong.. when really it's most likely he's calling the shots here as head coach and choosing these teams each week.

Which is a depressing prospect haha

Also Hickmont is an incredibly well regarded coach, so maybe by choice he isn't on the match committee, otherwise I can't see why he wouldn't be

He and Cox are both in charge of the midfield, so maybe Cox is the mids representative on the MC.

Or maybe the footy record I was looking at just omitted his name. Who knows?

 

[dajesmac]

I would've thought testosterone was the link.

 

[Xsess]

What is clear from us constantly messing with our forward line and backline is it is these area's that are letting down our settled, elite midfield. If we can just lock down the right combination in those area's of the ground its clear our engine room is going to drive us all the way to the G!

#insimmowetrust

 

[Xsess]

It seems like assumptions, that Simpson doesn't have control over the MC and that the side being picked isn't his own, are gaining dangerous momentum..

I doesn't even matter if the MC is pulling the strings, a decent coach would go to war if needs be to get his team on the park. So as far as I'm concerned these brain dead selections put Simpsons reputation through the mud and so they bloody well should.

 

[ZergMinion]

Nope, the whole point of using "balls" as a measurement of courage is that they are soft and easily hurt, so if you are prepared to put your balls on the line and risk damage to them to achieve something, then it takes a lot of courage.

Ah...so that's why they're referred to as "stones" and people are told they should "grow a pair"

Yours is the best justification I've heard though, so points for that.

 

[Agent93]

Do people ever pause to consider how ridiculous it sounds to equate willpower and determination with having testicles?

Nope, the whole point of using "balls" as a measurement of courage is that they are soft and easily hurt, so if you are prepared to put your balls on the line and risk damage to them to achieve something, then it takes a lot of courage.

Not to mention the sex of the individuals in question is male. Perhaps if we were querying females we might use ****.

 

[KO_KO]

This is what I imagined Masten was like after the team announcements.

 

[The Dodger]

It seems like assumptions, that Simpson doesn't have control over the MC and that the side being picked isn't his own, are gaining dangerous momentum.

For all we know, Simpson is getting the side he wants and until there's anything solid to suggest otherwise he has to cop responsibility for it. The notion that he is having his hand forced against dropping senior players seems very unlikely to me.

Possibly. I am going off that no coach would want 3 rucks in a team. And that the team selection (if its his) is in direct contradiction to a team he has described as average. The top up players, the mature players very rarely getting dropped despite poor form and perhaps I read too much into it but he seemed to genuinely like "the dynamic" that the younger players bought to the team in the GWS game in the post match presser.

It is possible that he likes 3 rucks, a utility kpd as a forward pocket, 4 kpds against a side that just lost their key forward to suspension earlier in the week.
Again could be me but I think there is a clear aversion to picking younger players by this MC (well its backed up by stats) abd I personally dont think he has this aversion so leads me to think there is pressure from somewhere.

just a question but why does it seem unlikely? He is an outsider the relationship between Cox, Priddis et al and upper management would have been well established by the time he got there. My evidence is the kid gloves he had to use for Cox to get Lycett in the side.

 

[The Dodger]

I will also say it was after he commented on the lack of leadership from this team that Cox was no longer a granted selection in that ruck rotation policy and Glass pulled the pin on his career. So under Simpson he has made an effort to refresh but I think the denial has been bought about by the GF appearance and now he finds it harder to continue that refresh becasue some higher ups have determined to push this team until the brink.

 

[dajesmac]

Possibly. I am going off that no coach would want 3 rucks in a team. And that the team selection (if its his) is in direct contradiction to a team he has described as average. The top up players, the mature players very rarely getting dropped despite poor form and perhaps I read too much into it but he seemed to genuinely like "the dynamic" that the younger players bought to the team in the GWS game in the post match presser.

It is possible that he likes 3 rucks, a utility kpd as a forward pocket, 4 kpds against a side that just lost their key forward to suspension earlier in the week.
Again could be me but I think there is a clear aversion to picking younger players by this MC (well its backed up by stats) abd I personally dont think he has this aversion so leads me to think there is pressure from somewhere.

just a question but why does it seem unlikely? He is an outsider the relationship between Cox, Priddis et al and upper management would have been well established by the time he got there. My evidence is the kid gloves he had to use for Cox to get Lycett in the side.

I guess my point is that there's no evidence that any of this came from pressures other than Simpson, even the Cox example you use.

It seems unlikely because a) it would be stupid for a professionally run club to operate in this way, and b) there is no evidence to suggest it, other than impressions.

Your criticisms of the MC are sound and fair but I remain unconvinced that any of it is as a result of Simpson having his hand forced.

 

[RookiePick]

I think it's all going to end in tears for Simpson. The club is really in disarray but the old guard is staunchly entrenched and I think it will take a couple of years out of finals before hard calls get made on the backroom. Coaches and players will fall under the gun before that point is reached.

Simpson will get to North at the next opportunity or he will be back to assisting somewhere at the end of this contract IMO.

 

[dajesmac]

I will also say it was after he commented on the lack of leadership from this team that Cox was no longer a granted selection in that ruck rotation policy and Glass pulled the pin on his career. So under Simpson he has made an effort to refresh but I think the denial has been bought about by the GF appearance and now he finds it harder to continue that refresh becasue some higher ups have determined to push this team until the brink.

Maybe. To be fair to Simpson he has commented a few times that we are an 'average side' that is fighting for a spot in the eight, so I probably need to give him more credit for at least realising that. Perhaps it is the board's wish to continue to fight for as high a finish as possible which may be influencing Simpson's selection tactics - but that is still speculation. It's also a little bit different to Simpson not having the final say on who plays in his team.

 

[StateOE]

Priddis starts on bench against GC.
Starts on field against the cats after another poor game.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Priddis starts on bench against GC.
Starts on field against the cats after another poor game.

He was named on field against the Suns as well.

The actual bench won't be named until about 4.40 when we get the final teams

 

[StateOE]

He was named on field against the Suns as well.

The actual bench won't be named until about 4.40 when we get the final teams

Really? I recall being quite happy about the benching of Priddis.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

And thats what I am worried about Keys.
Because if thats the case , then IMO he won't make it.

Saying that I really hope I am wrong because I like Simpson and was rapt when we made the appointment as I genuinely thought he had what it takes.

I suspect he is being "hand braked" and thats why I am so aggressively wanting the removal of interfering influences.
Similarly I was disappointed when Cransberg moved on as I thought he was one of the few,at the Club, that had a pair.

I guess much of my condemnation of certain people still involved at the Club, is fuelled by my dismay that ( after the whole drugs / Cousins / bad influence thing) , they haven't been shown the door. Having worked with and sat on Boards at Corporate Level both in Australia and overseas I find it incomprehensible, that certain officers still at the Club, haven't been dismissed.
Cultural and ethical mismanagement can be as devastating and as damaging as serious financial mismanagement, and whilst I am not saying that they were guilty of impropriety ( as such ) rather their management at the time demonstrated a lack of true leadership and displayed gross incompetence, the ramifications and repercussions of which we are still feeling today. Make no mistake Cultural and Ethical mismanagement can set an organisation back for a decade or longer as they recover lost ground. Sound familiar !!!????

One thing I am 100% sure of is if the same negligence that was show by WC's management over the drugs scandal and the ensuing saga had occurred at all the Companies I have worked for, then the same officials that I have issue with, would have been very quickly given their marching instructions.

I actually think Nisbett is a very capable football administrator. Unfortunately, he has been promoted beyond his level of competence. Problem is that who in the club will realise that he is not wearing any clothes?

The best role I see Big Trev in is that of Special Projects. For anyone from a big company background, you understand this role. He can and should deliver a good stadium deal, new facilities at Lathlain and hopefully a team in the AFLW. The delivery of an AFLW team should be in no way assumed a done deal. It still needs a lot to get over the line.

The club should then go out and recruit a new CEO that needs to give the sleeping Eagles a bloody good shake up. No matter how good the peripheral stuff is, the primary focus of a football club should be about winner flags. Getting to the finals and losing early or filling Domain or world class anything is not worth it if we cannot recruit talent, we cannot win a trade, we fail to develop talent, we become laggards in list management keeping players a year longer than we should and we fail to give talent the opportunity to shine.

Listening to Mitchell on 360 last night, I got the impression that the players (especially seniors) had it served up to them during the break. Hence Adam comes up with his sad and sorry statement "He's been a champion - you gotta back em in". If they have truly said their careers are on the line, great. But I am confused somewhat on the outcome but more so on the timing of the Priddis extension. He is looking cooked and being the golden haired boy, I expect the club to keep playing him longer than we should. No when to say no!

I am reasonably happy with the Ins this week. One more of say Parto for Priddis would have done it for me. And yes - I have seen live and a couple of TV games how Parto has been playing this year and he deserves his spot. The Outs - ok with Butler but LeCras and Priddis needed to be dropped.