Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

[Mavericks]

Very disappointing. Daniel as the sub was comical. Ball movement did not show signs of improvement. Maybe we need to be belted for the next 4 and Bevo goes. The players need a new coach with fresh ideas.

[Happy Days]

God HD hes been cooked for a couple of years.

Our defense is a shambles.

Positives were Bramble, Marra and West. Not much else.

I don’t think it is. We just need someone with enough core strength to compete when one out until JOD is back and Keath is it. Our backline is close, Coffield and Bramble have added more than I was expecting.

[ledge]

Gold Coast at Ballarat mmm not good they are coming big time and we are shite in Ballarat.
Another hiding is in the works.

[Dry Rot]

Glass half full - West was great and Bramble had a good debut. Jones solid. JJ good.

Did any of our players win their position?

[Happy Days]

I dunno if I wanna do another year of this. I like myself more when the footy isn’t the centre of my life. I wish I just went to the movies or something today.

[Grantysghost]

I don’t think it is. We just need someone with enough core strength to compete when one out until JOD is back and Keath is it. Our backline is close, Coffield and Bramble have added more than I was expecting.

Fair enough, can't agree and of course it's not all on them however contrast it to Melbourne and i think you can see how far away we are in KPD.
Coffield was ok, something to work with for sure.

JOD is so raw, and Keath is cooked. Jones is 33. Buku isn't a KPD.

There is an obvious answer....

[Pleather Sole]

Whoever worked with Harry McKay pre-season we need them to coach our goalkickers. Johnno not earning his consultant fees.
There were a few positives but I can't be bothered with them right now. ☹️

[G-Mo77]

Haven't seen it will watch when I can but reading reports and from numerous messages not much has changed.

[azabob]

Fair enough, can't agree and of course it's not all on them however contrast it to Melbourne and i think you can see how far away we are in KPD.
Coffield was ok, something to work with for sure.

JOD is so raw, and Keath is cooked. Jones is 33. Buku isn't a KPD.

There is an obvious answer....

You need to approach the obvious answer from a different angle.

The angle our forward line cannot function with four one dimensional forwards.

Something has to give.

[DOG GOD]

Very disappointing. Daniel as the sub was comical. Ball movement did not show signs of improvement. Maybe we need to be belted for the next 4 and Bevo goes. The players need a new coach with fresh ideas.

Lose to WC in a few weeks time and you might see it.

[angelopetraglia]

Imagine our forward line with the ball coming in from chains and turnovers like it did in the Melbourne forward line. It is easy to beat up on forwards. But the quality of entries between Melbourne and us today was huge.

I could kick goals in a forward when you gift them the turnovers like those created by Sanders in the third and McNeil in the second.

[jazzadogs]

I found our forward structure and ball movement incredibly slow and frustrating. Our forwards so often all lead to the spot where May/Gawn/Lever were already standing, or hanging out the back asking for the impossible kick over the back so they can try to take mark of the year.

We would often get the ball on HBF and have NOBODY leading out to the wing - all too busy standing in the middle pointing for their teammates to do the hard work.

[angelopetraglia]

Bevo.

They were on top in two main aspects.

1) Rebound froum D 50m. We allowed them to move the ball too easily. Allowed way too many uncontested marks. They got through us on skinnys and short diagonals. Normally we are better at defending that.

2) Our template in tranisition was too stalled. Dissconect through the middle of the ground.

[angelopetraglia]

Bevo.

Macrae has had two back. He was OK the other day. With Jacko he had a stress in his femur and then he had a hammy. Missed a lot of running. He is capicity to cover the ground was compromised. He is not far away.

Caleb Some of the boys who had good summers did not have good days today. They will be frustrated by their performances today. Caleb just found himself out of the team.

[hujsh]

What?s the old saying about being mad doing the same thing but expecting a different result ?

I think it goes 'actually that's mis-attibuted to Einstein. He never actually said that'