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But no relevance to us?Huge benefits
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Sometimes teams (especially ours) just don't come to play. You can have all the structures & gameplans in the world (and these guys do) but if you arent mentally prepared you lose.
Its been years since this team has come out onto the ground looking like they are ready to play and it shows.
Easily. When there’s an expectation that we maintain focus and take the initiative (start of games/three quarter time with a lead) we are regularly poor. When the expectation is lifted (several goals behind/game we’re expected to lose) we find the intensity to match or surpass the opposition.
But no relevance to us?
This club needs some methamphetamines, bring in Bomber Thompson and Brad Scott to help out Teague.
I disagree, not sure how you don't consider players like Betts, McGovern, Cripps and Doc as part of our senior players.
Cripps offers nothing defensively and is hobbled.
McGovern offers nothing either offensively or defensively.
Betts bless him but he is past it.
Levi has been horrid for weeks.
These players are getting games which sets the standards and what is acceptable.
Our club is the equivalent of a participation ribbon.
But people love potting Newnes and Gibbo. Who actually crack in and give it all regardless of not being the most talented players in the AFL.
I'd take effort over half arse arm flails paying for frees any day of the week
Pretty sure we had the similar discussion on here about 2 years ago except the topic was that there was no such thing as "gameplans and structure".
as we know: there are known its, there are its we know we know. We also know there are known unknown its; that is to say we know there are some its we do not know........We used to be with "it", then they changed what "it" was.
Now what we're with isn't "it", and what is is weird and confusing to us.
So there’s a few.
Point is, we had more players with 15 games than any other side.
Where other sides were managing players during short blocks of games, we kept ours out on the park.
Don’t think the players have been managed particularly well.
i've played plenty of footy and have played in mentally weak sides. it's a real thing.
have you read some of the stuff being written?
The point is; There's nothing behind those players.
We can't just manufacture players out of thin air, nor play other terribly out of form players, for these terribly out of form players.
The cupboard was bare.
agreed but let's look at them very carefully
The cupboard wasn't bare start of the season. I prefer 2 KPF's, and a 3rd tall/resting rickman, but you don't ignore or accept continuous poor form
In 2016, Tigers had a number of injuries to taller types, while others were either out of form and or not capable at the time.
They made the decision to back in form players, hence the fad of a small forward line.
While it wasn't sustainable, they adapted
Some great points and insight there so thanks .Just some thoughts here...
1. Judging ‘where we are’ vs ‘where we should be/where we predicted’ is only useful to decide whether we should be frustrated, or the degree to which we should be frustrated. Otheriwse it is only timing. The fact some ‘knew’ preseason we would be here and others had different views....is totally irrelevant to anything other than emotion.
2. So we ARE here. Missing finals. Looking back is only useful (other than for cathartic reasons) in order to learn and do better in the future.
3. So what have we learnt or already knew?
- the backline needs pace
- fhe midfield needs pace and skill
- the game plan needs adjusting go incorporate a second gear because the high press leaks like a sieve when we lose the contest.
- we need more ‘difference’ players.
4. What are the options to fill the gaps?
(A) from within (list)
(B) from draft
(C) trade / FA
We have plenty of cap space to go after some options in C. The Internal options for the midfield are Cunners, Martin, Gibbons and Fisher. We would do well to trial all as mids extensively in the preseason.
The main hopes I have are (a) rhat our coaching group realise they really hurt the development of the list in hindsight. They chased finals at the expense of improving Cunners etc. You can see why. Bolton lost his job doing that same thing. But it was an error. So let’s rethink next year and make sure we improve our long term ability. (B) I hope we are very aggressive at the trade table. I hope that aggression allows them to cut more older players. I can’t see any role for Betts next year.
Anyway, my main thing is for us to hope we learn and change and do better. No point getting too worked up really.
And besides: good chance you’ll be enjoying my preseason posts soon!
Okay, so I have this right
Are you suggesting all our point swings against, loses and or bad moments/qtrs/games is down to weak mentality, but our strong periods has nothing to do with mental strength?
It’s pretty clear that I’m suggesting that we regularly fail to deal with pressure.
And a Gunslinger chasing him.There's always gotta be a "man in Black"
Yeah the stutter feels like a good approximation of his year to fair.Fair enough.
I think he needs to get rid of that damn stutter. He does that then builds momentum off 2 steps after it to kick.
So, the same as every other team.Coronavirus restrictions has essentially meant mid-forward connection cannot be trained
We lay downNow we are finally getting somewhere.
So as the opposition throws something different at us, how do we combat that on a consistent basis, how do we prevent and or minimize it
Case in point the Crows, it's been clear where they have improved in the last couple of weeks and the style they want too pla. How did we combat that?
Love the 'it' you're with.We used to be with "it", then they changed what "it" was.
Now what we're with isn't "it", and what is is weird and confusing to us.