Sharp Axes

[angelopetraglia]

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You are 100% right but at the same time 100% wrong.

This comment is kind of against type for me as I would generally say in games won/lost by less than a goal, all that's happened is the siren has gone at the RIGHT time for one team and the WRONG time for another team.

Our losses aren't really like that though.

We have good excuses for the GC defeat (one week Ballarat, next week Darwin?) and the Giants defeat (2x kpd's out of the game). I guess even the Swans game was away from home.

In each defeat though the oppo is 'coming hard' late in the game...it is us 'trying to hold on'. Collingwood have become 'legends' (has a team without a flag ever been held in such esteem) because they 'ALWAYS' come back. For us? Well, we are ALWAYS vulnerable.

Yes - if we had won those games then we would be top 4...at the same time, does anyone think we were EVER going to win those games? The players sure as hell didn't.

I think we agree. This is my key point "But at critical times we didn't get the job done." . I'm not saying it is the luck of when the siren goes. I'm saying we needed to be better when it mattered.

[DOG GOD]

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Why exclude Jones from this list? Jones is clearly a top 6-8 key defender when up and going he covers over cracks. Take Darcy Moore out of Collingwood's defence and see how they goes.

Even with Jones I don?t rate our backline. Yes HE is good but that?s it. Others are VFL.
Put it this way, I’d rather Collingwoods backline over ours every day of the week.

[hujsh]

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Even with Jones I don?t rate our backline. Yes HE is good but that?s it. Others are VFL.
Put it this way, I’d rather Collingwoods backline over ours every day of the week.

Not sure a lot of VFL teams are running around with the likes of Richards, Dale and JJ. You could make that argument for the non-Jones Key defenders and maybe Dureya now he's bit old.

[jeemak]

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The continuity with our defence has been diabolical this year. So while we probably have good enough players to compete if they're all together, lose one, two or three of them and it gets really tough.

[Bornadog]

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The continuity with our defence has been diabolical this year. So while we probably have good enough players to compete if they're all together, lose one, two or three of them and it gets really tough.

But it is Bevo's fault

[jeemak]

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But it is Bevo's fault

It's a bit of a circular argument, and I genuinely understand why people are frustrated with the list, the issues in game, week to week or whatever.

Our failings or otherwise are never just down to one thing or area within the club.

[JanLorMill]

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But it is Bevo's fault

Yes. It’s his team

[Bornadog]

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Yes. It’s his team

The first thing each week supporters say when we lose is sack Bevo. It is tiresome.

How about some genuine solutions for the remainder of the year?

[JanLorMill]

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The first thing each week supporters say when we lose is sack Bevo. It is tiresome.

How about some genuine solutions for the remainder of the year?

Bevo got heaps of praise when we were winning too. Not to question his coaching when we are losing is just ignorance.
Solutions? Not sure what more we can do from the stands? It’s not like we stop barracking for the club because we may think the coach is getting it wrong.

[Bornadog]

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Bevo got heaps of praise when we were winning too. Not to question his coaching when we are losing is just ignorance.
Solutions? Not sure what more we can do from the stands? It’s not like we don’t stop barracking for the club because we may think the coach is getting it wrong.

Question tactics, game plans, etc no problems, suggest, discuss moves that would be great, but just plain sack the coach - it won't be happening

[JanLorMill]

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Question tactics, game plans, etc no problems, suggest, discuss moves that would be great, but just plain sack the coach - it won't be happening

I think people are questioning tactics game plans, etc all decided by the coach.
Don’t worry too much, it’s hard to sack someone we just gave another 2 years.

[Bornadog]

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I think people are questioning tactics game plans, etc all decided by the coach.
Don’t worry too much, it’s hard to sack someone we just gave another 2 years.

Did you listen to KWW yesterday on why his contract was extended?

[JanLorMill]

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Did you listen to KWW yesterday on why his contract was extended?

No but of course she is going to justify the decision.

[Bornadog]

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No but of course she is going to justify the decision.

The club didn't want to be distracted the whole season on whether Bevo leaves next year. With both Richmond and GC looking for a coach then this was spot on. Just imagine the MSM every week talking about whether Bevo leaves.

[DOG GOD]

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Not sure a lot of VFL teams are running around with the likes of Richards, Dale and JJ. You could make that argument for the non-Jones Key defenders and maybe Dureya now he's bit old.

Yes that’s what I was referring to. The KPD