When

[spenze]

Are we going to learn how to kick?

Are we going to drop senior players?

Are we going to give Sauce a go in the twos

Are we going to tap Thommo on the shoulder

Are we going to stop playing Henderson?

Are we going to get a midfield and ruck coach?

Near enough, is not good enough. It is all well and good that we can beat up bottom 10 sides but when we get the real test, we come up short. If we are going to be a premiership contender, we need to change.

 

[Cap]

There us no need for an over reaction.

Our good football is good enough. But our bad football is really bad.

 

[spenze]

There us no need for an over reaction.

Our good football is good enough. But our bas football is really bad.

It isn't though, we have brought our good football once in 5 tough weeks.

 

[Cap]

It isn't though, we have brought our good football once in 5 tough weeks.

Yep I agree.

I want to know why. I also want to know if Pyke can make the changes needed to make it happen*

* I don't know what those are.

 

[Ramify]

Are we going to learn how to kick?

Are we going to drop senior players?

Are we going to give Sauce a go in the twos

Are we going to tap Thommo on the shoulder

Are we going to stop playing Henderson?

Are we going to get a midfield and ruck coach?

Near enough, is not good enough. It is all well and good that we can beat up bottom 10 sides but when we get the real test, we come up short. If we are going to be a premiership contender, we need to change.

Hit the nail on the head. You pretty much stole my post.

 

[Ramify]

There us no need for an over reaction.

Our good football is good enough. But our bad football is really bad.

I had a feeling we would suffer from the Hawks loss. We are not a mentally strong side and that means from the admin down. I see changes, but basically until we flush out the old school we ain't going anywhere.

 

[PCORF]

Can't handle the pressure. Simple as that.

 

[Go the Guts]

Not enough A grade mids. Attack and defence are good enough. Still quite young in defence too. We'll be fine if we can pick up Neale and get another A grader in. We always knew we'd be struggling in first 8 rounds. 4-4 at this time is ok. Certainly not losing hope.
Brouch needs a decent run to blow the cobwebs out. Milera isn't ready. Cameron was great, good signs. Some good things, but ultimately we're losing contested and uncontested possessions lately, inside 50's way down on previous seasons. The thing that's helped us is our scoring ratio. Kicking straight at goal. Disposal efficiency was great, lately has turned to shit.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Are we going to learn how to kick?

Are we going to drop senior players?

Are we going to give Sauce a go in the twos

Are we going to tap Thommo on the shoulder

Are we going to stop playing Henderson?

Are we going to get a midfield and ruck coach?

Near enough, is not good enough. It is all well and good that we can beat up bottom 10 sides but when we get the real test, we come up short. If we are going to be a premiership contender, we need to change.

Our last month has been average skill wise. Could be because we are feeling a bit flat after the tough start to the year. The rest of your whens are just silly over reactions.

 

[Prahran 2 Sturt]

Not enough A grade mids. Attack and defence are good enough. Still quite young in defence too. We'll be fine if we can pick up Neale and get another A grader in. We always knew we'd be struggling in first 8 rounds. 4-4 at this time is ok. Certainly not losing hope.
Brouch needs a decent run to blow the cobwebs out. Milera isn't ready. Cameron was great, good signs. Some good things, but ultimately we're losing contested and uncontested possessions lately, inside 50's way down on previous seasons. The thing that's helped us is our scoring ratio. Kicking straight at goal. Disposal efficiency was great, lately has turned to shit.

Good post

 

[Geoffa32]

Skills are an issue and have been for years. Pyke has talked about working on this, but the solution is long term.

 

[craig crowing]

Are we going to learn how to kick?

Are we going to drop senior players?

Are we going to give Sauce a go in the twos

Are we going to tap Thommo on the shoulder

Are we going to stop playing Henderson?

Are we going to get a midfield and ruck coach?

Near enough, is not good enough. It is all well and good that we can beat up bottom 10 sides but when we get the real test, we come up short. If we are going to be a premiership contender, we need to change.

Spot on Jumbo .
I started a post during week saying that hard decisions had to be made as we are not there and highlighted a need to change mid and ruck coach , which of course led strong attacks about being negative .
Not only are we being beaten badly in middle we are getting killed with spread and run.
What did we all want when Danger played for us to use his pace to break clear with direct drive . Didn't happen .
Well look what doing in a Geelong top .

 

[WeeBlake]

Our midfield setups have looked second rate for years. Tonight was another example, to follow on from Dogs last week and last year, Hawks last year, GWS last year etc etc

 

[brucetiki]

Does this mean people have stopped blaming the umpires for our losses?

 

[Bovo]

Does this mean people have stopped blaming the umpires for our losses?

Now that is just silly talk. That is like saying we will never have a whipping boy.

 

[Long Shanks]

Are we going to learn how to kick?

Are we going to drop senior players?

Are we going to give Sauce a go in the twos

Are we going to tap Thommo on the shoulder

Are we going to stop playing Henderson?

Are we going to get a midfield and ruck coach?

Near enough, is not good enough. It is all well and good that we can beat up bottom 10 sides but when we get the real test, we come up short. If we are going to be a premiership contender, we need to change.

Worst post ever.

 

[Jars458]

Mediocrity is our level on average over 26 seasons. So poor tonight.

 

[spenze]

Worst post ever.

I've done far worse posts than this, lower your standards

 

[Dean1]

Are we going to learn how to kick?

Are we going to drop senior players?

Are we going to give Sauce a go in the twos

Are we going to tap Thommo on the shoulder

Are we going to stop playing Henderson?

Are we going to get a midfield and ruck coach?

Near enough, is not good enough. It is all well and good that we can beat up bottom 10 sides but when we get the real test, we come up short. If we are going to be a premiership contender, we need to change.

U should just be Crows head coach and coach every position and run the footy department....

 

[spenze]

Our last month has been average skill wise. Could be because we are feeling a bit flat after the tough start to the year. The rest of your whens are just silly over reactions.

Are they?

I mean, when are we supposed to beat a team that has beat a team that has had an easy run at or home ground with a recurring theme of smashing our ruck, killing our mids and most of our senior players being bystanders?

Point in case, I watched a report on the Crows during the week and it showed the Crows doing sprint training. Now, most of us think Tex has an issue and can't run properly, well he left Scotty Thompson in his wake and watching how Geelong transitioned through the midfield tonight, I knew why. We were lucky they couldn't kick straight otherwise we would have lost by 60 points tonight.

Something has to change or we become Richmond with a slightly better finals record

 

[spenze]

U should just be Crows head coach and coach every position and run the footy department....

Nah, just midfield coach.

But yeah, lets not be critical of being almost a good team, we should be satisfied with that

 

[adelaidecrows]

Are they?

I mean, when are we supposed to beat a team that has beat a team that has had an easy run at or home ground with a recurring theme of smashing our ruck, killing our mids and most of our senior players being bystanders?

Point in case, I watched a report on the Crows during the week and it showed the Crows doing sprint training. Now, most of us think Tex has an issue and can't run properly, well he left Scotty Thompson in his wake and watching how Geelong transitioned through the midfield tonight, I knew why. We were lucky they couldn't kick straight otherwise we would have lost by 60 points tonight.

Something has to change or we become Richmond with a slightly better finals record

Mate, we lost 2 of our 4 games through poor decision making. Had we won those games we would be 6 and 2. This is why I think its a joke that a few are getting all revved up. I honestly think the losses in the last two weeks are the result of a young side competing in a very hard draw in the first 8 weeks that had us play every side in the top 10 last year except for west coast. We haven't played a bottom side yet. We are 4 and 4. Our draw starts to open up in the next few weeks as we start playing inconsistent sides. We have a young side that is coping with the loss of Danger and learning a new style of play. We are playing the young talent on our list and we have Menzel to potentially come in later on in the year. Game time into Brad Crouch is important. I think we are far from panic stations just yet.

 

[Coopers]

Does this mean people have stopped blaming the umpires for our losses?

Hell no, but if they'd just tried a bit harder I could have credited them for a win.

 

[spenze]

Mate, we lost 2 of our 4 games through poor decision making. Had we won those games we would be 6 and 2. This is why I think its a joke that a few are getting all revved up. I honestly think the losses in the last two weeks are the result of a young side competing in a very hard draw in the first 8 weeks that had us play every side in the top 10 last year except for west coast. We haven't played a bottom side yet. We are 4 and 4. Our draw starts to open up in the next few weeks as we start playing inconsistent sides. We have a young side that is coping with the loss of Danger and learning a new style of play. We are playing the young talent on our list and we have Menzel to potentially come in later on in the year. Game time into Brad Crouch is important. I think we are far from panic stations just yet.

Yeah but that is a cop out " we had a tough draw" is OK to explain some losses, not 4 from 5, it just isn't. You might be OK with us losing by a couple of kicks in all these games but I am not. I do not have an issue with our young talent but our senior players I do, you can't show up because we are playing a bottom 8 side, that should not be accepted. I will give them a few passes but not 2016, if we have depth as we are claiming, then senior players can't afford to go missing on a regular basis.

 

[Rotayjay]

I'm sick of this shit. So sick of it. I can think of around ten crunch games (in the last few years alone) when we've failed against the good teams. It's shit. Garbage. Useless. Ineffectual. Rubbish. Woeful. Inadequate. Merda. Merde. Scheisse. Crap. All of our losses this year have stung like hell one way or another - pissed away a lead, come up just short against the reigning champs, being outclassed at the Dome, being outclassed on our home deck. It's frustrating. It's shit. Garbage. Useless. Ineffectual. Rubbish ...