All great points raised, and I respect the angst, but I am not in the camp to sack coach so early in the season.
We need to address the ROOT problems in our performance and find a way to stop teams when they get a run on.
Look at Collingwood on friday night how they stayed in the game whilst dirty Cats had favorable frees and run on, they were 22 points down at one stage.
Maybe its in the players heads, they dropped their bundle when game gets beyond 4 goals ?
Maybe we are not fit enough?
Maybe teams have worked out our game plan ?
Maybe we really don't have the right players on our list to cover gaps ? Recuriting Lobb, Baker and Jones into the team did not make us a better team against Melbourne last night. I know Jones got injured but the point is, there are gaps on our list.
We are lacking a power mid, Melbourne of Petracca and Oliver, who are absolutely phenomenal with their ability to break tackles , accelerate and just hold onto the play. Langdon( TOG 89%) is severely underrated , and with Hunter ( TOG 87%) there, they have 2 wingman who can run all day. Smith is the only one I see who can fill that position. Can West fill that role ? He was a mid in his junior days, but we play him as a forward.
interesting stat I just saw, 100% TOG :
Tomlinson, Lever and Petty
Top 4 TOG:
Bruce , 96
Lobb. 95
Keath, 95
Richards. 89
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4791#player-stats