Freofalcon
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EFAMate keep this s**t to yourself.
Do you have anything worthy to bring besides stats and bets and LoL
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EFAMate keep this s**t to yourself.
Do you have anything worthy to bring besides stats and bets and LoL
Right now.... I would love a cats finals run between 2012-2021. Right in between the cats 2011 and 2022 flags.Nice novel bro. I mean I want us to go for a flag or bust. Not be forever Geelong making up the numbers come September. If that is horrible for you, I couldn’t give less of a s**t.
I love this poster!!!!Right now.... I would love a cats finals run between 2012-2021. Right in between the cats 2011 and 2022 flags.
Hell I would love ports finals run under Ken Hinkley from 2013-2021.
Not exactly a flag .... But both scenarios are way better than freos current situation, even though it's not a flag. LoL
Right now.... I would love a cats finals run between 2012-2021. Right in between the cats 2011 and 2022 flags.
Hell I would love ports finals run under Ken Hinkley from 2013-2021.
Not exactly a flag .... But both scenarios are way better than freos current situation, even though it's not a flag. LoL
Read again. I mention Connolly’s sacking in that sentence.Tarrant only played for Freo from 2007-2010, he was long gone before Rossco arrived as coach.
The biggest knock against Connolly was the 06 season was achieved off the back of the players ignoring his game planIt was very, very poor to not make finals in 04 and 05 and it then meant we went into 06 although at our peak still being an inexperienced September side. I almost think of Connolly as our worst coach given the list at his disposal he wasted.
The biggest knock against Connolly was the 06 season was achieved off the back of the players ignoring his game plan
I think early 2010 and late 2012 are the two peak Freo eras for me. The former because we seemed flush with talent out of nowhere and the latter because Ross had us clicking in high gear and we still had peak Pav.Coincidentally, the back end of 2006 is the last time I can remember us consistently playing in a free-flowing, incisive manner (simplification I know).
I guess you could argue for the first 10 rounds of 2015 but either way, Freo fans have suffered through a lot of questionable football over the last 2 decades.
Longmuir's got a huge task on his hands.
I think early 2010 and late 2012 are the two peak Freo eras for me. The former because we seemed flush with talent out of nowhere and the latter because Ross had us clicking in high gear and we still had peak Pav.
Freo’s issues have always been off field. If we had decent assistants or could haveThe biggest knock against Connolly was the 06 season was achieved off the back of the players ignoring his game plan
I think all this chat will be quickly forgotten soon enough. I don't think we're even playing that bad, our guys are in the right places to contest, they're just either fumbling or not executing basic skills. That's why it's so frustrating to watch; we're beating ourselves through mistakes rather than genuinely being beating by better opposition.
We were electric late 2012. If we didn’t have injuries to key backs we could of kept Taylor Walker at bay and gone to a Prelim.I think early 2010 and late 2012 are the two peak Freo eras for me. The former because we seemed flush with talent out of nowhere and the latter because Ross had us clicking in high gear and we still had peak Pav.
Was thinking today as bad as it has been many are throwing in the towel a bit too early, we aren't dead yet but yeah lose to Gold Coast and it is season over.I think all this chat will be quickly forgotten soon enough. I don't think we're even playing that bad, our guys are in the right places to contest, they're just either fumbling or not executing basic skills. That's why it's so frustrating to watch; we're beating ourselves through mistakes rather than genuinely being beating by better opposition.
2006 was peak Wizard. Just phenomenal footy from him at the backend of that year.We were electric late 2012. If we didn’t have injuries to key backs we could of kept Taylor Walker at bay and gone to a Prelim.
Nothing beats 06 though imo.
Jeez it’s concerning to read this. The number 2 handball side??
I think I have PTSD.I was surprised to see that we're 4th in the league for inside 50's but 18th for scores per inside 50's (not surprised about that part).
I’m not as convinced that Luke Ryan’s pointless metres gained cancel out our sideways and backwards hand balling.
It’s like he doesn’t watch the games
Plenty of coaches have been caught out to varying degrees seemingly not reading the direction of the game right. There's frequently more than just a bob when they should've weaved, but one of the qualities sought out in a coach is a vision, that they're driven by their own take and not just shallowly following trends. Hardwick, Buckley and Chris Scott are coaches who have adjusted significantly (even Longmire last year). Experienced coaches though.
Successful seasons can be the precursor to change reticence. Often you don't want to mess with success too much. Problem being any significant changes can be really hard to implement mid-season, so it's a hard turn around for a big ship.
I wouldn't write off the season just yet though. It's hard to read the gameplan fully at this stage, given how off so many players are and how many fumbles, missed targets and missed timings derail any sort of fluid plays. It can click pretty quickly, sometimes within the course of a game.
Firstly * me, people are quick to turn. I understand that to a degree, we've got a talented list so if we * this up then it's years away.
Secondly, as someone else has said, footy's a game of percentages. We're 10% off, and look it. Why? Who knows.
#1 problem is contested ball. Massively miss Mundy here. Sure he couldn't run back if we lost it, but if he's positioned everyone / blocked / won it himself then that didn't really matter so much. JOM hasn't been the plug and play we hoped. I'm going to put most of that down to chemistry, especially adding Jackson into that mix. Brodie has been down, but overall I think it's the little things; blocks / positioning / 1%ers. Fix this and most of the problems start to fix themselves.
#2 problem is forward craft/personnel. Tabs when on is good, but pretty limited and on the downward slide. Amiss is a star, just needs time, Treacy needs a run to show us what he can do (no he hasn't had ample time yet), ditto Sturt (Fyfe is the odd one out here, and probably Sturt should miss for him IMHO). Switta is a gun, Shultz does the job and Freddie is developing into a gun (albeit can go missing) and Walters can still turn it on. I love Tabs, but it will be interesting to see how the forward movement is this week without him. If it's massively improved, then that should be his cards.
#3 is team spirit. Schofield made a point on the Purple Reign podcast about losing finemasters at the club and impact on palying group morale/cohesion. Forget Lobb, but losing Logue and Acres has massively impacted our off field chemistry. We don't look like we're playing for each other, or doing the hard yards where needed. This could involve the coach, not sure, but something has changed from last year. We're being outworked a lot, so again, fix this and we start fixing the other things.
#4 game plan. Footy moved on massively last year. We haven't. I'm not saying we have to go full cavalier, but our connection between defense and mid/fwds is shocking on the rebound. At our best last year we were doing this, so it isn't beyond us. This has to land at the coaches door. Ross is a lot of things, but one thing he is is a great communicator. To a man, every player that ever played for him always says he makes things really simple and that you understand exactly what your job was. I don't think that's happening now, BUT JL was seen as a great communicator last year, so again not sure what has changed.
Overall, I don't think we're out of it yet, but JL has a lot of work to do to get back the chemistry and fluency of the side at its peak last year. He's earned the year regardless, but not much more given the talent on our list; if he's who we think he is he'll work it out by then. If not get someone else in - the Don Pyke suggestion I like, Jamie Graham may be a bit soon and internal may not be the best, who knows?
TLDR: I haven't got a ******* clue, but JL deserves the season to turn it round.
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