samoht wrote: ↑Mon 03 Jun 2019 2:04pm
Our coach - even with the help of his able assistants - can't just wave a magic wand and turn our C graders into stars with elite skills, and/or develop game plans so superior to those of the opposition coaches that would overcome our list deficiencies.

Carlton and North say hi.

Who are the inferior teams? We have the lowest ranked midfield! And that’s with Steven in it. Despite having the lowest ranked midfield, we have still won nearly half our games this year. We are ranked poorly, because we perform poorly. We perform poorly, because we are coached terribly. As I've sa...

WellardSaint wrote: ↑Thu 06 Jun 2019 3:57am
So he was under the pump, I think he played 20-odd games before hanging up the boots.

He was sacked. No reason ever given publicly if i recall.

King should not play while Cho is in charge. Being continually smashed while the ball is repeatedly bombed in long on top of his head will only spell disaster. What garbage Dud. Put your Richo bias aside for a second. If we aren't getting into the finals this year then King needs senior game time t...

King should not play while Cho is in charge. Being continually smashed while the ball is repeatedly bombed in long on top of his head will only spell disaster. What garbage Dud. Put your Richo bias aside for a second. If we aren't getting into the finals this year then King needs senior game time t...

Even when we win, against inferiir teams, we still look average and stumble through games with no fluency and efficiency. When we play against teams with worse players than ours, and are allowed the luxury of playing the game on our terms - we still can't score and have no synergy between each line...

Game plans work if you have the talent to make them work. A more talented and skilled list will get theirs to work and will negate yours (and make it look like you don't have a good game plan - and that you have a poor coach) - that's how it is. I totally disagree with the premise of this argument....

And what are the 2 development coaches and all the other assistant coaches employed to do? There's another 9 coaches there. When you don't have the luxury of talent - and your recruiters can't land the established A grade big fish - you go with what you've got. You have to make do with that. We've ...

I wouldn't exactly call our players duds. But, we've won 5 games - almost half our games now ... with the weakest midfield going around. I think any coach will find our list a challenge - it's blue color at best. How do you turn C graders with average skills into elite A graders? The Hawks land A g...

The mistake was Tassie... If we’d learned to play the ground there and kept the deal IMO we’d be a completely different club. Disagree. Kennett reckons that the AFL have cost Hawthorn $2m by fixturing them a bunch of Sunday arvo games this year. There's no way we'd get Fridays and Saturdays ahead o...

As long as he's ticking whatever boxes Richo wants him to in that role (whatever the f*** they are!), he'll keep getting a game. Well, der. And the criteria for selection ought to be....? Whatever criteria that Richo has, is clearly not working. Guys like Newnes, Weller etc. etc. are clearly doing ...

Hannebery got it a lazy 25 times in 3 quarters for Sandy, he'll come straight in. Lonie, Carlisle and Webster will follow soon after the bye, critical players. Unfortunately we may have lost our Skipper for the season! When those players are back and up and running, there will be no excuses. No exc...

BarryGrogan... Over the last 10-12 years, we could have gone after and landed/ poached a number of quality A grade big fish. Are we talking to Coniglio right now? The Hawks are - even though our bottom ranked midfield needs him more. Can you see the logic of 6 ruckmen on $200,000 each, 6 inside mid...

The mistake was Tassie... If we’d learned to play the ground there and kept the deal IMO we’d be a completely different club. Disagree. Kennett reckons that the AFL have cost Hawthorn $2m by fixturing them a bunch of Sunday arvo games this year. There's no way we'd get Fridays and Saturdays ahead o...

I don’t think our coach (whoever it may be) is the problem here. You can only nurture/ develop average talent so far ... given, other teams are landing and honing A grade talent ... they don’t even need to do as much nurturing/developing, and will always have stronger lists. From what you’re saying...

The last six weeks have seen a return of the Saints of 2018. No improvement, no answers, no hope. Scores of 68, 70, 70, 71, 68 & 69 are proof that nothing is changing. The same issues remain week after week. Even when were apparently hugely improved early in the season after 6 games, we still o...

The whole club was ordinary today, to just blame Alan is unfair. Several players were not fit and many were left out for the same reason also. As bad as the side was, illness played a massive part - especially when you play in 30 degree heat. I can't see how that explains the last 5 years though. T...

BarryGrogan... Over the last 10-12 years, we could have gone after and landed/ poached a number of quality A grade big fish. Are we talking to Coniglio right now? The Hawks are - even though our bottom ranked midfield needs him more. Can you see the logic of 6 ruckmen on $200,000 each, 6 inside mid...

Tasmania, Wellington, and now Shanghai. We never do these things well at all, and all that ends up happening is that we lose all momentum and it stuffs up seasons. I hope we are getting a million a game, or else we are getting schooled. Townsville in two weeks. Yay! Id rather make big profit and ge...

What bothers me about the recruiting theory is that apparently it’s reasonable to think that we have got it sooooo incredibly wrong each and every time Getting the draft picks wrong is one thing ... going for Mc Cartin over DeGoey is forgivable. The draft is a lucky dip. But the successful teams al...

Its a fan forum for gods sake. Not a thesis. "misguided" seriously . Oh how I wish I was so wise as you, to give such sage advice on a footy forum. Good Lord I've heard it all. If a dude makes a misguided post about something, I think it's reasonable for someone to correct them on it. You...

st.byron wrote: ↑Sun 02 Jun 2019 6:08pm Last six matches points for : 68, 70, 70, 71, 69, 68. Truly Lyonesque.

Minus the defence though!

Its a fan forum for gods sake. Not a thesis. "misguided" seriously . Oh how I wish I was so wise as you, to give such sage advice on a footy forum. Good Lord I've heard it all. If a dude makes a misguided post about something, I think it's reasonable for someone to correct them on it.

well I hope Jack steven is getting his body right to go play elsewhere. this club is a joke I’d be too depressed to play for this club too. That comment is ordinary and unnecessary. why? its how we all feel. How can anyone feel great about this. our club will be in turmoil again this week. it makes...

well I hope Jack steven is getting his body right to go play elsewhere. this club is a joke I’d be too depressed to play for this club too. That comment is ordinary and unnecessary. why? its how we all feel. How can anyone feel great about this. our club will be in turmoil again this week. it makes...