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We have not missed Wright .I'll give you McKay
You give me Goldy
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We have not missed Wright .I'll give you McKay
You give me Goldy
And you have tunnel vision.You have Stockholm syndrome, this is Fritzel deluxe
No argument there, Cox and Caddy look like a good duoWe have not missed Wright .
And you have tunnel vision
I don’t know about criticism of selection decisions. Sometimes it’s pretty obvious but there’s heaps that goes into selection that we don’t see - attitude, grasp of the game plan and probably a bunch of othersIf Hobbs is sub instead of Perkins we win.
His selection choices continue to be terrible.
Ya winnin’ on the forum son?And yet, he who laughs last.
His wife must be the one tasked with making sure the stove isn’t left on and the back door is locked because he sure as shit isn’t remembering to do the little things.
Ya winnin’ on the forum son?
They are just not good enough. Nothing to do with how good or bad the coach is .And yet, he who laughs last.
His wife must be the one tasked with making sure the stove isn’t left on and the back door is locked because he sure as shit isn’t remembering to do the little things.
I see two slow rucks that can’t play together.I don’t know about criticism of selection decisions. Sometimes it’s pretty obvious but there’s heaps that goes into selection that we don’t see - attitude, grasp of the game plan and probably a bunch of others
Is it the coach not doing the basics or a list unable to execute the basics? I doubt there’s a coach in the AFL that could take the list as it stands right now any further than Scott hasHe’s certainly not.
I haven’t wavered on this or come late to the party so I’m not sure why or how anyone can possibly take issue.
He needs to change, or demonstrate you’re at least capable of change, or perish.
I can’t cop an experienced back to basics coach that doesn’t do the basics well and goes about it with as much naivety as he does.
Exactly right. You don't have to be at training every week to be able to realise what we're doing poorly.I see two slow rucks that can’t play together.
If our gameplan is to ball watch at every stoppage, I can see why Perkins is selected.
Not being privy to the inner workings of the club doesn’t mean selection can’t be criticised. We all get to watch what happens every weekend.
Wright v Goldstein was a non issue anyway.I see two slow rucks that can’t play together.
If our gameplan is to ball watch at every stoppage, I can see why Perkins is selected.
Not being privy to the inner workings of the club doesn’t mean selection can’t be criticised. We all get to watch what happens every weekend.
But there’s every chance you’re judging it by completely different criteria than the coach. We don’t know for example if Hobbs and Setterfield were set some specific tasks to work on before they’d be considered for selection. I don’t disagree that they may have performed better than Perkins but there is likely more to the decision than that.I see two slow rucks that can’t play together.
If our gameplan is to ball watch at every stoppage, I can see why Perkins is selected.
Not being privy to the inner workings of the club doesn’t mean selection can’t be criticised. We all get to watch what happens every weekend.
Coach can only do so much.Is it the coach not doing the basics or a list unable to execute the basics? I doubt there’s a coach in the AFL that could take the list as it stands right now any further than Scott has
Agree partly. I think nearly every AFL player has skill. It's the ability to execute that skill under pressure that counts.Watching that game it seems to me that the biggest issue we have is skill and composure. Not much the coach can do about that without turning the list over and bringing in cleaner and more skilled players
Yep - however, from a coaching perspective - we kinda looked like we had the game under control uintil the last 5 minutes.Coach can only do so much.
Soo many brain fades with our possession game. Having said that, players seemed to be playing all over the shop re positions. Like watching seagulls after a chip at times.
Notwithstanding Perkins had a shocker, we need to inject the sub earlier in games IMO.
Yeah, the Langford miss & Caddy not passing to stringer were coach killers.Yep - however, from a coaching perspective - we kinda looked like we had the game under control uintil the last 5 minutes.