Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2024, Part I

[Hamingja]

Well that is Melbourne completely gone

Would have been nice to play them without Gawn and Petracca

Checking their fixture too:

Essendon
Freo
GWS
Dogs
Port
GC
Collingwood

Basically everyone we are competing with for a top 4/8 spot

With GC up there, Dees could legit not win another game

 

[frggr]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-rocked-by-blackmail-plot-claims-drug-bombshell/news-story/4bb48fbfdfafe0ccd67f9d2d03e86a3

Reckon you'd have to be pretty naive to think this sort of stuff didn't happen

 

[BotsMaster]

Adam Simpson gone?

 

[cats_09]

Is anyone surprised

 

[D BRIDGE]

Fingers crossed Harley Reid can’t stand the next coach.

 

[Hinkley29]

I've seen some put a level of blame on Starcevich for that bump due to lack of awareness and he should have been prepared for it

The ball wasn't even in play for heaven's sake - sorry but there's only one player responsible for the outcome of that bump, and it's the guy currently looking at 4 weeks on the sidelines

Probably the same muppets on the Hawthorn board who are somehow blaming Kolo for Lewis’s unfortunate injury.

 

[_Game_]

Fingers crossed Harley Reid can’t stand the next coach.

Guaranteed clubs will put the feelers out now. Come join a nice stable environment back home Harley.

 

[Gunf]

Fingers crossed Harley Reid can’t stand the next coach.

Unless he wants a different Vic club in which case i hope he loves them

 

[Strange Cat]

Is anyone surprised

Suprised he lasted this long and WCE will need to take action to try and keep Reid for the future on the list

Interesting times

 

[Baudolino]

Wonder whether Adam Simpson ever gets another senior coaching gig.

Simpson's younger than I thought tbh. He looks like he's 55 but he's actually only 48 still.

 

[frggr]

Interesting that the Eagles gave him the boot so soon after a flag, while Port and the Dogs persist with their "troubled" leaders.

I suppose being absolutely welded to the bottom 4 helps, but things were looking up.

 

[frggr]

Bit of a stretch, but can Geelong claim Simpson's scalp? Seems the Tim Kelly

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Tim Kelly

Age

29

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.6

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

19.9

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.6

4star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.8

5star

trade was the first domino in his downfall

 

[Strange Cat]

Who would be on the short list for coaches these days? Would be an rookie most likely ?

 

[Jemaine]

Has Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

42

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

ever put his hand up for a senior gig? WC legend and has been under the tutelage of Horse Longmire in a fantastic football program.

 

[Strange Cat]

Has Dean Cox ever put his hand up for a senior gig? WC legend and has been under the tutelage of Horse Longmire in a fantastic football program.

Golden boy returning would be a bit of media push for that narrative to happen, not sure if that’s the kind of pressure he would want for a first senior coaching postition

 

[00VicWard001]

Likely is about it. It's all hot air and supposition, with no direct quote from Tom at all. Guessing at Bailey Smith. He thinks Smith would fit well, but it's accompanied by sledging the Government funding our stadium. Ralph assumes a lot of things, while having an each way bet, with clearly no evidence to reveal anything we don't already know. So an opinionated puff piece, like all his reporting.

It's his job lol. They get paid to put out articles and create conversation, and yes, they arent held to account if they are wrong.

I saw Tom wandering around today and he was limping, but he wasnt wearing a moon boot and wasnt using crutches. He was just putting weight on it.

And yes, it's not just Ralph, but alot of non-Geelong people are not pleased with money coming into our stadium - so Ralph stoking that fire is probably not a bad thing in terms of clicks and conversation.

 

[00VicWard001]

For the novelty a once off "we are one, but we are maaaaaany"

Play it more than twice though and I'll throw up

Each time it can be a different Aussie classic...

 

[Hamingja]

I thought Simpson was a terrible leader during COVID. He was a walking excuse maker and that attitude permeated within the playing group. Compare / contrast with CS and Geelong's older players. The cumulative travel puts a load on the older Eagles players no doubt but I would argue the lack of professionalism, seeped down from the coach, contributed to the lack of commitment within the senior players which feeds into the lack of conditioning which feeds into older players getting injured. I would have sacked him 2 years ago to get a fresh voice in there to spark up the older players. Now that they stuck fat for 2 years and appear to be coming out the other end, it is a weird time to finally sack him IMO.

 

[Farmer2Goggin]

Who would be on the short list for coaches these days? Would be an rookie most likely ?

What a cluster f*** of a Press Conference
Pyke comes out and says Simpson will coach his last game this weekend , Simpson corrects him and says that hasn't been finalised as yet....
Que the Benny Hill music - oh how the mighty have fallen.

 

[BotsMaster]

Would Cox leave the Swans before the season is over?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Would Cox leave the Swans before the season is over?

I wouldn't

 

[catters_28]

I thought Simpson was a terrible leader during COVID. He was a walking excuse maker and that attitude permeated within the playing group. Compare / contrast with CS and Geelong's older players. The cumulative travel puts a load on the older Eagles players no doubt but I would argue the lack of professionalism, seeped down from the coach, contributed to the lack of commitment within the senior players which feeds into the lack of conditioning which feeds into older players getting injured. I would have sacked him 2 years ago to get a fresh voice in there to spark up the older players. Now that they stuck fat for 2 years and appear to be coming out the other end, it is a weird time to finally sack him IMO.

In contrast our coach coached the club for free that year to ensure other staff members didn't lose their jobs.

Does anyone else find it strange that this never gets mentioned by the media? Lord knows if Craig Mcrae did that it would be mentioned every time he came on TV.

 

[Strange Cat]

What a cluster f*** of a Press Conference
Pyke comes out and says Simpson will coach his last game this weekend , Simpson corrects him and says that hasn't been finalised as yet....
Que the Benny Hill music - oh how the mighty have fallen.

Must be doing wonders for the player’s confidence in the organisation

 

[BotsMaster]

I thought Simpson was a terrible leader during COVID. He was a walking excuse maker and that attitude

COVID is the reason where they are now. What was it? One or two weeks without their seniors back in 2021?

 

[kittypurry]

Sad to see Simmo let go by the Eagles in such an unprofessional way. Surely there was a better way to go about firing the man who coached you to a flag?

The man helped deny Collingwood a premiership. He deserves the Order of Australia.