CaptainRisky
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Yeah i guess so , i just know he has already had contact with clarkoIf it didn't work out with Clarko and there was an opening at the hawks I think he'd jump at it
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Yeah i guess so , i just know he has already had contact with clarkoIf it didn't work out with Clarko and there was an opening at the hawks I think he'd jump at it
Gallagher joined Sept 2018. Didn’t have much time before that year’s trade and draft period. Been pretty messy ever since with Covid etc. I’m still not sure why he gets the grief that he does.
Whose fault was it to top up?
Was it ratten, football manger, Gallagher, toce or others.
Footy leaves its toll for some, Baker was on the radio the other day, said he'd just had a hip replacement.
Wasn't a 'top up' we had gaping holes in defence (Howard), small forwards who could pressure (Butler), some help for Marshall (Paddy) some run in the middle (Jones) and some outside run (Hill).
All was desperately needed.
But Petty in a side not supported by Lever and May and you would find he is a ver average footballer.You can draft though. We probably weren't at the point to top up and would have been much better to draft them ourselves. Harrison Petty went a couple of picks after Clavarino. If we didn't have Howard perhaps we would have had to play Clav and he would have made it even. Butler was not a huge issue because he came for pocket change. Some topping up is low risk and necessary. You just want to balance it all so that it's a responsible and sustainable list build.
We didn't desperately need them right at that moment. To build a great list you have to do the bulk work through the draft, then ice the cake.
He’s got us to competitive and that’s all he’s capable of. He filled the list with list cloggers and after four years we have one likely A grader in King who anybody could’ve picked. Four years is a big enough sample size to know he’s no good and instead of hoping he’ll get better we have to find somebody we know who is.Gallagher joined Sept 2018. Didn’t have much time before that year’s trade and draft period. Been pretty messy ever since with Covid etc. I’m still not sure why he gets the grief that he does.
I believe Dal is heading in for a hip replacement soon as well.Footy leaves its toll for some, Baker was on the radio the other day, said he'd just had a hip replacement.
Can’t call it for 12 months.He’s got us to competitive and that’s all he’s capable of. He filled the list with list cloggers and after four years we have one likely A grader in King who anybody could’ve picked. Four years is a big enough sample size to know he’s no good and instead of hoping he’ll get better we have to find somebody we know who is.
Jeez I'd hate to work for you.Because even if that wasn't him, his job is to manage the list including profiles of ages and types. We look short on talls and have amassed too many third tall backs. Still haven't addressed a star midfielder from draft or trade, sold players cheap but paid high to bring them in, we have a few holes in the small forward, tall backs and have the least youth of any side in the comp.
I think he should be under pressure. I'm happy to see what Ross can do with the list that those guys built but from what I've heard he was identified in the Noble report as well. Anyway. I'd rather enjoy the positive forum than go over the issues. I'm confident that if anyone doesn't perform that Bassat and Walsh will make the hard calls and chase someone better.
Both Wilkie and Howard rated Clavarino and were surprised he got delistedBut Petty in a side not supported by Lever and May and you would find he is a ver average footballer.
Clavarino would look decent in the Dees back 6
But Petty in a side not supported by Lever and May and you would find he is a ver average footballer.
Clavarino would look decent in the Dees back 6
Until this year Ratten has had virtually no say in drafting or trading , just when he gets a say they sack himWhose fault was it to top up?
Was it ratten, football manger, Gallagher, toce or others.
Jeez I'd hate to work for you.
Fix this!!!! - No fix that!!!! - NO NO NO when I said I wanted you to fix that, you should have known I really wanted you to fix something else!!!
I think he's done a pretty good job of restructuring our list given its state when he arrived (and the fact we aren't a destination club) so unless we pay significant overs we aren't attracting absolute guns. (Though getting Crouch for absolutely nothing was fantastic list management)
I'm predicting that after we get 4 more kids in the draft this year after losing Ryder, Hanneberry, Geary etc you'll be complaining about how young and inexperienced our list.
News flash. I don’t think Howard is the attacking key defender Ratten and co tried to make him be.So is Howard at the moment.
There was a period where Howard just did the simple things and looked a lot better player. But having said that, when he's trying things and getting them wrong, he's still not having bags of goals kicked on him.News flash. I don’t think Howard is the attacking key defender Ratten and co tried to make him be.
Shut down first. - which I think Ross will help with and he needs 2 ways mids to soak the ground between them and the ball carrier.
I like Howard.There was a period where Howard just did the simple things and looked a lot better player. But having said that, when he's trying things and getting them wrong, he's still not having bags of goals kicked on him.
Suffers in here from people only talking about what they don't like about his game rather than his core role which he performs pretty well every week.
I think he's done a pretty good job of restructuring our list given its state when he arrived (and the fact we aren't a destination club) so unless we pay significant overs we aren't attracting absolute guns. (Though getting Crouch for absolutely nothing was fantastic list management)
Both Wilkie and Howard rated Clavarino and were surprised he got delisted
News flash. I don’t think Howard is the attacking key defender Ratten and co tried to make him be.
Shut down first. - which I think Ross will help with and he needs 2 ways mids to soak the ground between them and the ball carrier.
You're forgetting one thing though: Walsh. That appointment is the masterstroke. He'll be keeping an eye on Lyon.Agreed. I think the Guardian article is the best thing I've read on Rossy's return. I thought this was a good summary:
Ask football people about him and you’ll get 100 different answers. He’s pitiless; he’s caring. He’s hilarious; he’s boorish. He ruins football; he understands it better than anyone else. He builds lifelong relationships; he leaves his clubs in disarray. He’s too rigid; he’s five years ahead of the competition.
I guess I'll put my cards on the table. I absolutely loved Ross when he coached us - he turned a bunch of soft pretenders into a hardened, scary outfit. I didn't begrudge him leaving us at all. I really hoped he'd get that premiership at Freo. I was bemused at all the people on here who poured so much hate on him after he left.
But I wasn't blind to his faults. After he left, we fell in a hole, both emotionally and from a list point of view. The club was broken, and he has to wear some of the responsibility for that. I hated the way he spoke to journalists who were just doing their job. He sexually harrassed a pregnant employee at Freo.
IMO you can't claim (though many on here have) that this has been a proper process. Some have claimed that appointing Ross was our only option because it was too late to run a proper process, which really proves the point that this has been a debacle. Unlike most on here, I'm very skeptical of the people running the club.
I'm fearful that this is the wrong decision, but I'm also excited in spite of myself because he was an incredible coach in his heyday and he will at least bring the rigour and pursuit of excellence that we've so sorely lacked. We haven't run a proper process for the last three coaches now. but the last two times we ran a proper process, we got Scott Watters and Ross Lyon. So there are no certainties. I just really hope Ross can bring the magic back.
Don't know if Gallagher was the one that did the exit interviews with Clark where he was told to pull his finger out.Gags is the one who tried to ship off Clark, Ratts was the one who said what the feck are you doing trying to ship him out
Because even if that wasn't him, his job is to manage the list including profiles of ages and types. We look short on talls and have amassed too many third tall backs. Still haven't addressed a star midfielder from draft or trade, sold players cheap but paid high to bring them in, we have a few holes in the small forward, tall backs and have the least youth of any side in the comp.
I think he should be under pressure. I'm happy to see what Ross can do with the list that those guys built but from what I've heard he was identified in the Noble report as well. Anyway. I'd rather enjoy the positive forum than go over the issues. I'm confident that if anyone doesn't perform that Bassat and Walsh will make the hard calls and chase someone better.