Three things you have learned-round 2 v St Kilda 2020

[Twodogs]

Tell us three things you've learned after all this time to reflect between rounds 1 and 2.

[GVGjr]

Bump

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

1. The club needs a review. Let me be clear, I don't want Bevo out. He has proven he's a coach. I suspect we need to seriously review roles and responsibilities. How our match committee can get things so wrong, that armchair warriors could see this result coming speaks volumes about how bad things are going.
2. Lloyd is a one trick pony and he's forgotten how to do his one trick.
3. English is bigger, stronger, aaaaaannnd still is not acquitting himself in the ruck.

[AndrewP6]

Our leaders don’t lead.
Our most exciting player is 19.
We haven’t learnt or improved a thing since our insipid 2019 finals exit.

[bornadog]

1. Bailey Smith is strong for his age, he is a bull. Still only 19 years old (20 in December)

2. The last three games, we have been smashed in the ruck and it is time to try something new.

3. 2020 sucks in more ways than one

[mjp]

Our leaders don’t lead.
Our most exciting player is 19.
We haven’t learnt or improved a thing since our insipid 2019 finals exit.

Harsh. I thought Bont tried pretty hard all night...what are you looking for?

[AndrewP6]

Harsh. I thought Bont tried pretty hard all night...what are you looking for?

Honest. I’m fed up with us getting kicked and kicked without giving a whimper. Someone to put their hand up, and to paraphrase John Kennedy, “do something”. Bont is a sublimely skilled mid, he needs to be much better than just a trier. He could be one of the best in the game.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Harsh. I thought Bont tried pretty hard all night...what are you looking for?

He did try hard, but he has had two non-influential games in a row...albeit some 9 weeks apart.

[SonofScray]

1 JJ's career is over. He is STILL battling to deal with the close checking, physical attention that started a few seasons ago and shut down his influence significantly. Just will not fight through it. I literally mean fight through it. Break someone's jaw, if you have to. Just make the point. They can try, but it comes with some risk. At the moment, its low hanging fruit. Juicy, match winning fruit.

2 Shache > Bruce for this squad. Covers more ground, gets his hands on the ball more and hits the scoreboard. Bruce is impotent.

3 2020 is over. I thought I didn't care, due to COVID, but I do. So disappointing. R1 was a kick in the guts, this was a kick in the balls.

[Grantysghost]

1. We don’t have a go slow mode, or plan B when things are turning bad. Or we can’t call it on field affectively.
2. We get sucked up the field too far or lose structure when the inevitable turn over comes. Then the slice and dice occurs.
3. Ruck still a big problem. Bruce in there was deflating.

[Danjul]

1. We don’t have a go slow mode, or plan B when things are turning bad. Or we can’t call it on field affectively.
2. We get sucked up the field too far or lose structure when the inevitable turn over comes. Then the slice and dice occurs.
3. Ruck still a big problem. Bruce in there was deflating.

But seeing Dunkley in the ruck again was heartwarming.

[Danjul]

He did try hard, but he has had two non-influential games in a row...albeit some 9 weeks apart.

Most of Bontempelli’s passages of play begin where a good player probably would not get the ball in the first place. I would love to see him in a team where he can get space occasionally.

[westbulldog]

1. Even this early in the season the axe must be wielded. Rd 1 & 2 performances are simply unacceptable.
2. The MC are in la la land. I wrongly predicted Saints by 35, it was 39..profuse apologies to the MC.
3. This round 2 team had many passengers, second class ones at that.

[EasternWest]

But seeing Dunkley in the ruck again was heartwarming.

Lol. Gold.

[GVGjr]

1 - Old habits die hard. I like the notion of showing faith in the playing group but we need to be rewarded with a spirited effort and we are not there yet
2 - Bevo once considered to be untouchable has now a number of doubters about his ability to get the most out of the playing group
3 - The pre-season focus on using the loss to GWS in the final last year as motivation for the group hasn't worked yet

Bonus lesson, Keath and Bruce fixed a need of bringing in KP players but they haven't yet showed their skills were exactly what we needed. Keath isn't a great 1 v 1 defender and needs to adjust. Bruce has to show he is an upgrade on Schache