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  1. #31
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    1. Wood is playing like an average VFL defender and no one is doing anything about it. I get it he's the captain, you can't drop the captain, but dropping him will make a hell of a statement.

    2. Lipinski and Trengove deserve games before Hayes and Young. Wouldn't have made a difference against Carlton because everyone pretty much sucked but I'm sure there would of been quite a few players rolling their eyes when Lippa and Trengove were overlooked again. You can almost bet your balls that Rourke Smith will get a game before Lipinski. Does this sort of thing start to sow seeds of doubt in the minds of the playing group about the coach and MC? Maybe.

    3. The Bulldogs forward line is shite. It has been for years and little looks to have been done to address it's problems. No new coaches to replace others that aren't getting results, no specialist coaches, nothing but shuffling a few deck chairs.

    4. Making medium sized defenders play tall far too often. I would of liked to see another tall defender against the pies to cover Cox's height advantage last week for one. Also the blatant disrespect of Carlton's tall forwards on the weekend bit us on the arse badly. I felt sorry for Cordy (being our tallest defender at 193cm) at one point trying to defend against McKay (204cm) and Casbolt (201cm). Even Kreuzer was floating around forward at times to make his job even harder. Is Roberts that bad that he can't even get a look in when horses for courses is warranted? It's any wonder why Wood looks all at sea being asked to play on players with a huge height advantage and not allowing him to play on players in his weight division.

    5. The game plan/style has been worked out. We need fresh ideas. The same assistant coaches for too many years has run it's course it seems. I really wanted to see a few changes in coaching staff over the pre season.
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    We have such a shorter backline that we did in 2016 Granny where we were successful. Then we had 2 key backs, Wood and Morris plus flankers. Now we have Cordy....not a true key back, Wood and a heap of flankers. We do have 2 key backs in the VFL but according to the MC they are not up to it. Hopefully we can fix this problem up in the future.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    1/. Wood must be dropped and the Bont as Captain, he will lift the team and himself.

    2/. Are the players now instructed not to run in a line or a wave through the middle or from half back? Have we forgotten how potent this type of football was for us.

    3/. The selection process is total garbage, we all know it, but how do you change it.

    4/. If this terrible football does not turn around quickly, then I hate to think what will happen to our so called elite players, I cant see them staying with us, and why would they, so instead of the coaching panel just stuffing up our season, they are or maybe stuffing up our future.

    5/. Give the players a chance by working out the best positions for them and leave them there for an extended period, my god if you asked most of them where they play, they wouldn't know.

    6/. Our players have no confidence, it looks like they are not enjoying their football, is this a tactic?

    I could go on and on but I may as well smack my ugly bonce against a brick wall, my sponsorship money is staying in my pocket, the least we could as supporters expect is a red hot go, but that tactic appears to be gone as well. Rant over.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Nobody flukes winning a premiership. They are bloody hard to win and if you could fluke them we would have won a lot more.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Nobody flukes winning a premiership. They are bloody hard to win and if you could fluke them we would have won a lot more.
    People reference the whole finishing 7th thing as to why we fluked it. Those with good memories will remember how injury ravaged we were and we still managed to chalk up 15 wins.

    Question: How many more home and away wins than our 2016 season did the dominant, dream run with injuries, raging favourite Adelaide manage when they finished minor premiers in 2017?

    Answer: 0

    That’s right, Adelaide managed only 15 wins (plus one draw) and finished first. Would people have called it a fluke if they actually turned up at the GF and taken care of Richmond as they should have?

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    2016 being a 'fluke' is ridiculous. We beat every team in the league apart from Geelong that season.

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