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They burnt the house down and went for full rebuild, we haven’t and no one is suggesting we do. What’s been suggested is to move on from a couple of players to play more youth and to take advantage of our poor start to get a pick where the gun mids are taken.
I’d have zero concessions just to be clear and would have a draft lottery to stop tanking.
Father sons were bad enough and should always have had some kind of limit or balancing mechanism. If they were bad which they were imo then how bad are academy’s. Now we have to watch sides effectively pick up multiple fist round players with garbage picks and we have Tassie concessions to look forward to. If your team is down near the bottom, short of talent and or old in 2017 then find another sport to follow.
I know not everyone can stand Mark Robinson, but he made the point many supporters and clubs have been making early this season... the fixture is a mess and has destroyed some teams' seasons before they have started.
The fixture hasn't stopped us from being a superpower this season, but it's impossible to dismiss the trend and type of losses that clubs have suffered coming off three games (with interstate travel) in under two weeks.
Robbo's comments below:
2. Sorry Saints
Jack Sinclair looks dejected after his side’s capitulation to the Dogs on Thursday night. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images.
St Kilda coach Ross Lyon wasn’t whining, but his team was dreadful. And why? They have injuries to midfielders and their depth is challenged and it’s little wonder recruiting guru Gubby Allen has the directive to spend millions to find top-end talent via trade or free agency. Be assured, it’s not only Collingwood who has millions to spend on players. That’s the future, now is the problem. From April 7 to April 18, the Saints played three games. That’s not fair. They played at Norwood, Canberra and Marvel Stadium. That’s two road games, two travel days, and Lyon admitted he was worried even before the Western Bulldogs capitulation. Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir won’t whinge, either. But facts are facts. “It’s a brutal season. The fixtures are brutal. Throws up some of these results sometimes,” Longmuir said. The Dockers played in Adelaide, Adelaide again and were then annihilated at home by West Coast on Saturday night. Melbourne stayed in Adelaide for a week to play their two games against Adelaide and Port Adelaide and then lost to Brisbane in Round 5? They, too, looked tired ahead of their bye. On Saturday, a freshened Collingwood came off the bye in Round 5 and pounded Port Adelaide. A ton of byes in the first third of the season is a) unheard of and b) unfair. Will the AFL take note?
I’m not a fan gringo in every game so far I can find glaring errors, loosing his man etc. he’s ok far from terrible but wang and Sinclair are both great ball users as well. I can’t see what we gain taking the ball out of their hands to give it to bonner. I’d rather give Schoenmaker a run who’s produced a few very good games for sandy, give the kid a taste and let’s see what he can do.
The lottery might not have stopped it but it’s still a disincentive. Again what are we desperate to do finish 12th ?, all teams have an eye of the future or should have.
I think part of my problem is he’s not a tall and is passable on a weightman, just think we have better options. Is he still getting a game is howard and Webster are available ? Not in my team he wouldn’t so given our start I’d go a kid in the softer games. I’d play him against port because I’m predicting a very bad week to debut a kid.
No he's been slightly better the last 2 weeks but was awful before that and is soft as shite. Should be out of the team once Webster is back.
One of Clarks strengths is his ability to shake/stand up in the tackle and dispose of the ball. You either have absolutely no clue or are making shit up to attempt to troll.
That's part of our problem. He shouldn't be. Sinclair and NWM are both superior players but because Sinclair is underdone after a limited preseason and teams are now putting attention into NWM, Bonner has become a main distributor despite being the inferior player.
They are privately owned and tend to be pretty pragmatic. So if your team is out of contention and going nowhere they can cut payroll and blow things up very quickly. I think in the afl a bottom 4 lottery perhaps would have some merit but again you’d need to have your stats guys working on what the spread usually is between those team. What’s the maximum number of wins we’ve seen to still finish bottom 4 etc.
. The afl just make me laugh it’s such a dodgy operation, so compromised but there’s no real competition so they’re untouchable.
They are privately owned and tend to be pretty pragmatic. So if your team is out of contention and going nowhere they can cut payroll and blow things up very quickly. I think in the afl a bottom 4 lottery perhaps would have some merit but again you’d need to have your stats guys working on what the spread usually is between those team. What’s the maximum number of wins we’ve seen to still finish bottom 4 etc.
Anyway it’s ironic that all of a sudden the league is looking at tightening things up, I can assure you it’s to pander to the collingwoods not us. Having benefited greatly now they’d like it wound back. I’d be willing to bet Tassie will get access to any Tassie product so that’s probably shoemaker gone as our tithe
Tassie has the potential to create another great divide. If you’re a top 4 team with a good list profile you can probably top up raiding the bottom six and contend for the best part of a decade. If on the other hand you’re down in the bottom six and well short of the talent you need then that’s a lost decade. I truly think teams like norf have already taken a conscious decision to be well placed when Tassie come in and aren’t worried about the next couple of years.
I went to the Saints / Dogs and Pies Port game at the G. Flew down for it and was so looking forward to see the boys play. What a farkin fizzer that was. I reckon Butters, Rozee and Horne-Francis will absolutely tear us a new one. They’re all guns. Doesn’t matter whether it’s Bonner or Howard or whomever down back. I’m expecting the ball to be coming in thick and fast and will be surprised if it’s not another 10 goal loss.
