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Never bagged anyoneIf you’re such a strong supporter, why do you always bag the players?
Just said Darcy is a liability at the moment and either goes forward or gets dropped
Tonight just confirmed it
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Never bagged anyoneIf you’re such a strong supporter, why do you always bag the players?
Here we go again…Never bagged anyone
Just said Darcy is a liability at the moment and either goes forward or gets dropped
Tonight just confirmed it
Never bagged anyone
Just said Darcy is a liability at the moment and either goes forward or gets dropped
Tonight just confirmed it
LolHere we go again…
I’ve noticed you struggle with replying to posts.
I’ve noticed you still have the courage to post after making so many ridiculous posts over the yearsI’ve noticed you struggle with replying to posts.
How old are you?
Um…this is big footy.I’ve noticed you still have the courage to post after making so many ridiculous posts over the years
Like I said your credibility went down the toilet with bucks coaching career
I just think it’s great you got this far in life being illiterate.My advice to you is to follow a sport you know something about
Not football tho
I’m going to bash my head against a brick wall. A welcome change to conversing with you.Lol
Personal insults !!!
we had to listen to your dribble all week
go and kiss your Darcy poster and forget tonight ever happened
I think your right on the moneyThese new injuries have made this season redundant.
We have to play Krueger in the ruck, supported by probably Frampton, lol.
The premiership defence has turned into a nightmare, so where to go from here?
I wouldn't be rushing back McStay this season, probably give him the last 3 or 4 games of the season, to go into the pre-season with.
Get more games into Sullivan, Jiath, Long McInnes and give a taste of senior footy to DeMattia and Eyre.
I really can't see us making the 8. Injuries have derailed this season, along with players well below last year's form, plus the hunger, continual effort, and desperation seems to be manufactured and not natural. It seems to hard for the players at the moment.
Just build towards a premiership relaunch in 2025....
Dont agree with this.
I mean...who else is there?Hahahaha, Jesus H Christ.
Time for Moore to turn our season around in the ruck!
Moore hasn't rucked much but it's one of those positions that shouldn't stress the hamstrings too much. I say if he spuds it up the 1st 2 quarters next game throw him in the ruck to see what happens.
Darcy Moore, only into the ruck if he's off.Who plays on Jeremy Cameron?
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What's the early word on Brody Mihocek"It was hard to watch at times. There were passages of some really unpredictable play for us. I just mentioned to the players it was a bit unrecognisable. It's always a challenge at this level that opposition are trying to take things away from you but you've got to remain true to who you want to be. We have a strong DNA as most teams do. Particular parts of that DNA were just not on show at times. We'll get busy on those things that we know are important to us".
How did the rest of the group deal with the news on Mihocek given his importance?"Brody looks like he's going to need surgery. He'll most likely be out for the season".
Do you feel like one of the issues this year is when you lose control of the game it happens for longer periods and too much damage is done to rectify it?"There's probably a level of most would know, but not yet because we got to get scans to officially make that the case. That will happen shortly, and as we always do we love and support. We'll get around our players and rally together. It is what it is at times".
If you compare last year to this year and looking at the differences, do you think there's a multitude of areas where you've fallen away or do you zero in on one or two areas?"Maybe. I just go back to what we do. You look at what we want to be. We want to be a high pressure team. To have one six (160) or something (pressure rating) is the lowest for the season. Some of that is within our control. Credit to Essendon, they moved the ball extremely well. 129 uncontested marks. We knew that was coming, so you have a method to try and restrict that phase of the game, but we didn't execute it so you get no chance to put pressure on. Now, we go back to what we want to be. We want to be a high pressure team and we want to play the game in that phase and tonight we just didn't execute it".
Did your players look more gassed to you than usual in the last quarter?"Well, last week was really obvious in watching the tape. Parts of our game just looked disconnected. Tonight, we looked unpredictable. Those things we get to work on. This game forces you to live in an outcome world, but we don't live in that space. You're judged on your wins and your losses and that's fair, that's what we're here to do. Ultimately, as soon as this is done we go straight to process. Straight into Monday is your best training day you've ever had in your life, get better in the gym and keep getting better [by] looking at the tape and improve ourselves and we keep moving".
Brody Mihocek is done for the season. How do you address the forward line with other forwards already missing?"That is a great question to ask because when you're unpredictable, there's energy out of 'I'm not sure where I'm going to run; is that ball going there? I thought we were going to move it that way?' so there's layers of disconnections so you become more disconnected. Obviously to the eye, maybe we looked like we didn't have energy. We spoke about it at half time, 'how do we get energy in in our group? By being predictable'. Again, we didn't execute that".
What about the younger players in your side, it felt like the likes of Joe Richards, Lachie Sullivan and Harvey Harrison were giving you a lift a few months ago. Do you think their energy levels are at the same level as previously?"It will be fun won't it. We're going to have some fun. We've played some games this year without Brody. He was out for an extended period with a hamstring injury. When you look back at those games, we found a way to score. Again, it comes back not to individuals. Magnets don't win games. We've got more experience back in our team than previous weeks, but for some unknown reason in the last couple of games we look more disconnected. It's not about the personnel for us, it never has been. It's not about who's playing, it's about how we play. We've got to get back to how we want to play".
Zach Merrett seem to get through your system in the first half. Did you consider applying a tag on him at that point?"Again, it's not about the individual(s). When you defend as a team there's a system and energy attached to that. The same when we attack as a team. It's not about any individual, it's about a collective. When you take one person outside of a system and then the others fall down. We'll be concentrating on that. Really galvanising our group in terms of connection around the way we move and the way we defend. I liken it to we need to learn to dance together. We're not dancing, we're stepping on each other's toes at times. We'll spend some energy around that".
Is there any part of you tonight that reconsiders whether having an extra day up in Queensland was the best way for you to win this match?"We went into the game with a mindset about him because we know how much he generates and runs and creates. There was definitely some energy and discussion around that".
How's Isaac Quaynor"We reviewed the game up there and then a group of guys stayed up and trained the next day. Then we had a day off as we normally would and then we were due back. Half the group stayed up because they wanted to. They had families and things. We won't compromise on that. I'm not sure those things would be something we reflect on too much other than to say if you walk into our environment on Monday for your first time you've ever been in our environment, I guarantee you won't know if we won or lost. I promise you that, because we're all about getting better".
How close was Josh Daicos"He's got a bit of a sore toe, so I'm not sure what that looks like. He'll get some scans on that and we'll see where that sits".
Realistically, how far away is Dan McStay from returning? It was reported tonight that he's close to a return through the VFL next week."Very close. I thought on Wednesday or something I said 'he's a million to one to play'. Someone told me 'he's miles behind' and I said 'he must have been two million yesterday' because he looked a long way off it. Credit to our high performance team, Simon does an incredible job with our players, and our physios give them every chance".
You wouldn't consider an immediate return for McStay straight at AFL level without having played VFL footy, after Melbourne opted to do this with Jake Melkhsam who's returning from an ACL injury as well?"Yeah, that's probably accurate. He's very close. Whether it's next week or the week after, he's very close. It will be exciting to have Dan back. I'm sure everyone will get pretty excited when they see Dan jump and run around at VFL or whatever it looks like. Clearly after Checkers going out, we're going to need every one of our guys like Dan be ready to present. We're not going to rush Dan in before he's ready. That doesn't make sense. Comeback to my original statement, it's not who plays, it's how we play".
"Yeah I'm not sure. I'm not in the world of comparison. We just sort of worry about our athlete. Dan's done a lot right. We'll weigh all that up".