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We had the 9th best defence last year, he made a change to improve that and at the end of 4 rounds we went from the highest scoring to the lowest.Isn't one of our issues that we get scored against quickly? Do we need a defensive aspect to our play? I think it worked in patches ie. that 2nd qtr against hawthorn, against Geelongs absolute avalanche, the Bulldogs had it in their front half most of the game. Nicks is damned if he plays the kids and damned if he doesn't make finals.
You could have had 3 players on Stewart that night, we kept kicking it to him. I'm done with Pedlar as well, delist him.
You can't just magic good midfielders into a side, it takes development and training. Soligo was a couple of weeks behind due to an injury and did Nicks not put him in the middle? Rankine is special but we only have 1 of him.
Walker goes down, he has Burgess, Gollant or Berg to choose from. Were there kids in the SANFL midfield that were racking up 30+ a game to replace the Vanilla midfield? Any small forwards with 3+ goals a game getting dudded to keep Murphy or McHenry in the side? No, Murphy sucks but he is just slightly better than McFumbles (not a high bar, but a bar)
Incorrect (there is at least one mistake he admitted to):
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Anyway:
Good: Nicks Coaching against the Bulldogs <--- on topic.
You know why we kept kicking it to him? Do you know why we struggle against opposition intercept defenders? Because 1) early in the season we moved the ball so slowly we gave them time to set up their defence and clog our forward line so we eventually bomb it long and we are out numbered 2) his gameplan pushes Murphy up around the contest meaning we are outnumbered
When did Rankine go in the middle, he didn’t start the season there. Soligo he slowly introduced to the midfield. Previously he liked to play him on the wing.
In terms of kids, what’s your thoughts on making Nank sub after he played well in the showdown for a cooked Smith?
How about going in 4 talls on a wet night and then being concerned when it rained?
Yes he admitted one mistake last year. What about this year? Where’s his acknowledgment he got it wrong going too defensive? If he didn’t get that wrong why hasn’t he continued it? Instead we get bullshit like shape.
We are going to miss finals again due to in part the errors this guy has made and somehow he’s got a fan club that just shrugs their shoulders and makes excuses for him. It’s mind blowing.
As for his coaching against Bulldogs, if Tex didn’t get injured, would we have seen Curtin get a run up forward where he looked good?
And it’s interesting you’re making excuses for his mistakes when you’ve already said he’s made mistakes and you’ve changed your mind in giving him a 2 year extension.
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