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Someone outside the cartel dared to go thereI wonder why today when this has been pointed out many times…
Just because you disagree with the decisions does not mean that they don't make sense. You have an extremely blinkered perspective.I don't think there's much point reading too much into what Nicks says. He's an idiot that makes nonsensical decisions.
You can't make sense of decisions that aren't themselves made with sense
Not everyone is a Max or a Soligo, I can appreciate that.
Curtin just seems a long way from the type of footballer Nicks and the AFC prioritise though. I'm not sure he's a good fit here.
A career 36% coaching record suggests otherwiseJust because you disagree with the decisions does not mean that they don't make sense. You have an extremely blinkered perspective.
Just because you disagree with the decisions does not mean that they don't make sense. You have an extremely blinkered perspective.
I would’ve replaced Dawson with Curtin. DC has had 45 touches and 4 goals as a mid in the past fortnight. We apparently aren’t bringing in a mid at all to replace our midfield captain this week, even with Crouch and Rankine still not in the side. Strange.OK... I'm confused here. On the one hand you're saying that you would have played Curtin, and on the other you're saying that you agree with Jones' selection. There's one vacancy - so who do you pick?
Was the most obvious account cancellation since the coaches votes against NorthI wonder why today when this has been pointed out many times…
He took over when the team was at the absolute nadir, at the very start of a ground-up rebuild. Quite frankly, I don't give a flying **** what his W/L record is right now.A career 36% coaching record suggests otherwise
How long are you prepared to give him?He took over when the team was at the absolute nadir, at the very start of a ground-up rebuild. Quite frankly, I don't give a flying **** what his W/L record is right now.
That's reasonable, on a "horses for courses" basis.I would’ve replaced Dawson with Curtin. DC has had 45 touches and 4 goals as a mid in the past fortnight. We apparently aren’t bringing in a mid at all to replace our midfield captain this week, even with Crouch and Rankine still not in the side. Strange.
I would’ve replaced Murray with Jones. We don’t need 3 key defenders against the smallest and quickest forward line in the league. Keane and Borlase on Chol and whoever they select out of Gunston and Dear (they likely aren’t picking both, but even if they do, Hinge would go to Gunston anyway). The rest are smalls.
I would’ve replaced Butts with Borlase.
I would’ve replaced Himmelberg with Walker.
... and no. With 3 forced changes, Walker returning, and a winning team, the selectors were never going to make an additional unforced change. This was never, ever, going to happen.I would’ve replaced Smith with Ryan.
No he didn’t, he drove them bottom in his first year. No way was our aside bad enough to go 13 straight losses.He took over when the team was at the absolute nadir, at the very start of a ground-up rebuild. Quite frankly, I don't give a flying **** what his W/L record is right now.
Don’t mean we shouldn’t have made itThat's reasonable, on a "horses for courses" basis.
... and no. With 3 forced changes, Walker returning, and a winning team, the selectors were never going to make an additional unforced change. This was never, ever, going to happen.
Who has the "blinkered perspective" now...He took over when the team was at the absolute nadir, at the very start of a ground-up rebuild. Quite frankly, I don't give a flying **** what his W/L record is right now.
Rebuilds typically take 7 years, at least, especially when they've been as extensive as ours.How long are you prepared to give him?
Stay. You’re an asset to the board.I think I’m done, cya guys, has been enjoyable for 15 years but getting quite sick and tired of the toxic nature of this board. Impossible to have any sort of reasonable debate without people trying to point score. Might be back later, but doubt it.
Do you accept that he took over when the team was at the nadir?Who has the "blinkered perspective" now...
I realise Smith for Ryan was never going to happen in reality but we were talking about what I would’ve done. Smith shouldn’t have been playing since about Rd 3 IMO based on his horrid form (note: he wasn’t even in my Rd 1 side), so if I was making the changes, he would’ve been out, on the back of two horrible performances against the Saints (he was unequivocally our worst player) and the Bombers (where he was comfortably in our worst 5 who didn’t get injured).That's reasonable, on a "horses for courses" basis.
... and no. With 3 forced changes, Walker returning, and a winning team, the selectors were never going to make an additional unforced change. This was never, ever, going to happen.
No, it’s not. There is a design that results in a consistent outcome. Tex routinely leads the league in % of ball directed at. I’m not suggesting it’s a bad strategy, given how good he is. But he’s the director and primary focus in the forward group and those playing alongside perform different roles. But you know this and hit caught out courtesy of your need to imply some Fox News thingy. Yes, I googled. I still don’t know where the attempted put down comes from though.
Dangerous? Or factual?
What?Rebuilds typically take 7 years, at least, especially when they've been as extensive as ours.
I know that supporters tend to look at things from a fairly blinkered perspective. "I want success NOW!". Clubs realise that the life cycle of a team list is much longer, and it's all about building a team for success in the mid-long term.
He took over when the team was at the absolute nadir, at the very start of a ground-up rebuild. Quite frankly, I don't give a flying **** what his W/L record is right now.
Our rebuild hasn't been extensive? What planet are you on?What?
Our rebuild hasn’t been extensive and the club said it was over, they were embracing finals. That is on Nicks
Let's see where we end up.No concerns about sitting 14th and going 7-10-1 in a year the coach said he had the list and finals was an expectation?
So he spent an off-season and pre-season reverting back to a gameplan that took us back to 14th on the ladder like the last time he tried it.That game plan didn’t get us into the finals last year and we probably had an easier draw.