I’m watching Swans v Cats Swans are frightening…their skill and execution is sublime The commentators just said “it’s like they can choose mid quarter the gears they want to use/go to and pull it off…sometimes fast …then slow ….rarely turning it over the whole time… Cats doing a lot right but the c...

Worked out brilliantly for us with BJ, Dal and McEvoy. Looking forward to replacing a consistent top 10 B&F player with the next Tom Lee. I love Battle but to put him in the same category as the 3 above is ridiculous. Also this is about free agency which wasnt really a thing. We don't want to l...

It has dawned on me recently that we will need to rebuild through the draft due to our inability to attract high end talent through FA or trade. This can take decades as evidenced by Melbourne, Western Bulldogs and Carlton in recent times. So it seems we are still quite aways off it. I still have w...

As I keep saying, the Finnis era screwed us! People canonise him for moving us back to Moorabbin and being an all-round nice guy, but that is the pinnacle of his long serving legacy. He treated the fans like we were gullible fools (calling us a “destination club” when no decent FA wanted to touch us...

Marshall fought it out all day, but got his arse handed to him.

I agree that pre-OP, Ball was an A-grade midfielder. However, Judd was next level and already arguably the best player in the game. I’m not saying taking Ball was necessarily a bad decision, but as much as hindsight is a wonderful thing, taking Judd was the difference from that being a very good dra...

Yes, he’s a tool. But, we’ve been here before and this exactly what happens. Remember when we last had a war chest, two picks in the top 10, Finnis declaring us as a “destination club,” and we were playing better footy than we are now - apparently good enough to extend Richo’s contract. We were in t...

That’s a VERY workmanlike midfield.

Getting the picks is only 1 part of rebuilding Getting the selection right is part 2 Developing them correctly is part 4 Having the right leadership and culture around them - part 4 We got it very right in 2000-2002 GT should take a lot of credit for that We got it very wrong 2012-2014 Elshaug and ...

the next couple do u still carry on like this over your first girlfriend / boyfriend ? fmd come live in the present ... much betterer than the past My point is that we’ve played for high picks in the past and made a meal of it. Playing for high picks is poor management, especially when it’s a lotte...

saynta wrote: ↑Wed 22 May 2024 6:59pm

SydneySainter wrote: ↑Wed 22 May 2024 11:17am

Otiman wrote: ↑Tue 21 May 2024 2:02pm Not a bad outcome.

If we're not fighting for premierships we should be fighting for draft picks.

Don’t know about that - Billings, McCartin, Clarke and Coffield - all taken in the top 10.

Name the last first round selection that yielded us a standout players.

CLARK, FFS

Settle petal!

Otiman wrote: ↑Tue 21 May 2024 2:02pm Not a bad outcome.

If we're not fighting for premierships we should be fighting for draft picks.

Don’t know about that - Billings, McCartin, Clarke and Coffield - all taken in the top 10.

Name the last first round selection that yielded us a standout players.

Our forwards don’t lead to advantage.

The rare occasion we take a mark inside 50, it’s contested.

Whereas Freo’s forwards were marking on the lead like it was going out of fashion.

Is the delivery to our forwards the issue, or do our forwards just not lead to advantage?

Almost as bad as when we played Dean Polo on Adam Goodes…

I honestly can’t think of a first round pick that has delivered since Goddard.

Gresh was close, but no longer on our books?

Anyone?

Not the answer.

We’re poorly coached at present, but who is available to turn this slightly better than VFL standard list around?

The Fireman wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 11:07pm

Otiman wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 11:06pm We are either useless or tanking. Which is it?

Well, we are clearly a bottom four side so why not tank?

Name the last first round pick since Riewoldt we turned into anything meaningful?

We couldn’t even get our last pick 1 right in the Petracca draft.

We’re just a sh**ty football team. Simple.

The fact that the apologists tried to argue that we were beat by a good opponent when we dropped the opener to Geelong says it all.

The Fireman wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 10:55pm2025

For what? Moving from bottom for to bottom six?

A good team makes their opponent pay for inaccuracy.

We, on the other hand, just keep the door open…

We are a s**t team.

Discuss?

SaintPav wrote: ↑Thu 16 May 2024 10:34pm Geelong are rubbish

Are they?

I said the same after round 1. Quite a few were saying otherwise…

It would be naive to think that Pou didn’t have something to say about him be dropped. He’s young, immature and last week was the first time in his careers he’s had to play in the seconds. He’s a prospect, but yet to prove he’ll be a star. I think he’s been he’s been very lucky to play as many games...

Finnis years?! We’ve won 27 wooden spoons 1 premiership by 1 point Entire history is less than Mediocre Even when we had strong teams 65-73 we only scraped through for one Best team in it in 97 - lost Best team in it in 09 - lost At least during those GF periods we had administrations and playing g...

The_Dud wrote: ↑Sat 11 May 2024 5:33pm Mediocrity in engrained at the club

Certainly has been since the Finnis years.