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I think you've entered parody of a parody territory my friend.
I know. It’s kind of fun. It’s like David Williamson’s ‘The Club’, but in reverse.
 
What did he say? Was it something along the lines of …

“Look Cam, I don’t want you to take this the wrong way, but it would have really helped if you had a disposal in the last quarter. I know you had two disposals in the previous quarter, but really, two disposals in a half wasn’t really that helpful and it probably really cost us in terms of the result.
What was that mate? You are upset with me for raising your performance in front of the group? You are right, I’m sorry Cam, my bad. Yes I agree footy is hard and you did have a lot on your plate organising the podcast. I take it back. You were fine buddy, just fine. In fact, you were great. Boys, Cam was great!
Are you ok now? I really am sorry. I know you find conversations about your performance triggering. As I said, my bad.
Are we good?”

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So, you just want the coach to blame 1 player for our 4-point GF loss. As long as it is not Lester of course.

Kiddy was runner up in the Norm Smith. you may as well have a go at him too.
Kiddy only had 1 disposal in the 3rd and that kick was smothered. Then only 3 in the last all kicks.

Every player would have tried to give their all on the day.
After all they just spent 6 months of hard work getting to this position.
Sometimes it just does not work out as planned with us complex humans.

It is a long and draining season to get to the GF and the Pies handled the day better than the Lions.
 
If we wanted to start blaming individuals you would begin by looking at those responsible for marking B. Hill.

But that's not how a team works.
Even half the time when a forward kicks a goal its not the defenders fault. A turn over in the forward line can lead to a mismatch that then causes players to be running off their man to shut it down all down the field leaving to a defender getting caught out in a mismatch or trying to run back to cover the goal kicker who wasnt their responsibility in the first place.
 

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So, you just want the coach to blame 1 player for our 4-point GF loss. As long as it is not Lester of course.

Kiddy was runner up in the Norm Smith. you may as well have a go at him too.
Kiddy only had 1 disposal in the 3rd and that kick was smothered. Then only 3 in the last all kicks.

Every player would have tried to give their all on the day.
After all they just spent 6 months of hard work getting to this position.
Sometimes it just does not work out as planned with us complex humans.

It is a long and draining season to get to the GF and the Pies handled the day better than the Lions.
Your last sentence is the key.

We tried our absolute best but some players made mistakes, as you'd expect ,and our tactics misfired a little in the context of how the game played out.

We just didn't have the same energy we've had when we're on song but we toughed it out and almost pinched it.
 
Against my better judgement I am back coaching senior cricket - on the weekend we suffered a narrow loss - when I went thru my internal measures we should have been nowhere near it - but like last week we were one boundary away from a win but didn’t deserve to win.

So with a mix of old and young faces what do I do this week?

Address the specifics with the individuals - deal with the areas needing improvement and take the positives and move on quickly looking for a response this week
 
Against my better judgement I am back coaching senior cricket - on the weekend we suffered a narrow loss - when I went thru my internal measures we should have been nowhere near it - but like last week we were one boundary away from a win but didn’t deserve to win.

So with a mix of old and young faces what do I do this week?

Address the specifics with the individuals - deal with the areas needing improvement and take the positives and move on quickly looking for a response this week
But did you drop Cam Rayner and trade Jarrod Berry???
 
But did you drop Cam Rayner and trade Jarrod Berry???
Not on the back of one poor performance - but I’ll be addressing my concerns with the individuals and see if they can make some improvements in the area - however if on the long run they can’t meet their individual or team goals then they will make way
 
So, you just want the coach to blame 1 player for our 4-point GF loss. As long as it is not Lester of course.

Kiddy was runner up in the Norm Smith. you may as well have a go at him too.
Kiddy only had 1 disposal in the 3rd and that kick was smothered. Then only 3 in the last all kicks.

Every player would have tried to give their all on the day.
After all they just spent 6 months of hard work getting to this position.
Sometimes it just does not work out as planned with us complex humans.

It is a long and draining season to get to the GF and the Pies handled the day better than the Lions.
Nah, that was a “vignette” from a possibly larger piece about the comments that Fagan may have made.
 


Mark Stone leaving....

I don’t mind that we are having a bit of a coaching shake up as long as we can land some decent replacements.
Would so love to prize Hodgey away from the media.
He is kind of lost to the game doing that shit, he is soooo much more than that.
 
I don’t mind that we are having a bit of a coaching shake up as long as we can land some decent replacements.
Would so love to prize Hodgey away from the media.
He is kind of lost to the game doing that s**t, he is soooo much more than that.

I just hope people don't assume an assistant coach isn't good because they don't have a recognisable name.
 

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I think a couple of coaching changes is a good thing. Always good to have a core remain for stability but one or two changes every few years helps keep players on their toes/ freshens things up.
Yeah i guess always depends why they are leaving (you would assume in good faith) and who comes in.

Surely we are not under pressure to spend unders on our soft cap? Record membership and we will be making plenty of money next year off the back of a granny.

It's true big names are not always required but as i keep banging on about we need a bit more outside IP on gameplan to give us some more options / plan b, c etc.
 
So stone and Adcock out
Dew and Scott Selwood in according to Sam Edmunds on Trade Radio
 

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So stone and Adcock out
Dew and Scott Selwood in according to Sam Edmunds on Trade Radio

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Hell yeah, I love the dew. Scott Selwood also a great addition. Lots of IP.
 
So stone and Adcock out
Dew and Scott Selwood in according to Sam Edmunds on Trade Radio

Far out this would be huge, hope it’s true
 
I for one look forward to us diving on the ball repeatedly, for the final 6 minutes each week.

Dive on the ball, drop the knee for a high.. by the third time umpire will be forced to pay.
 

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