3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

[SonofScray]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1. I learned that I just want to go to the footy and see a team really offer me some hope. I want to be in the thick of it, fired up and full of dread and anticipation when there is a kick in it against a rival like the Muffler Shaggers. And I wasn’t. I’m not. I don’t believe in this group at all. They’ve whittled it away and whilst the talent is there, the hope is not. Bevo has sucked it dry.

2. Medallion club seats are lower than the normal ones. Was hard going nursing a torn meniscus! Give me LVL 3 with fellow plebs every day of the week.Did appreciate the different perspective from down lower though.

3. McNeill can join Hannan in the shouldn’t be playing again group. Stuck in the mud. Slowest fast bloke in footy.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

#blamethesub

[Boots]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1. I learned that I just want to go to the footy and see a team really offer me some hope. I want to be in the thick of it, fired up and full of dread and anticipation when there is a kick in it against a rival like the Muffler Shaggers. And I wasn’t. I’m not. I don’t believe in this group at all. They’ve whittled it away and whilst the talent is there, the hope is not. Bevo has sucked it dry.

this is the problem! I watched the Geelong supporters around me get happier and happier as the game wore on, but they never looked as unhappy as the dogs supporters did, even when they were losing.

I don’t need the team to win all the time, but I’d like to have some faith they could that wasn’t so comprehensively shattered by the manner of the losses.

[azabob]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

Not necessarily learned but confirmed

1 - The forward line hasn't quite clicked yet. With Weightman not the force he was in the previous 2 years and with Arty losing a bit of poise in the last couple of weeks having to move Scott to the back line really didn't help us last night.

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Our forward half connection has been an issue for 18 months. Are we incapable on field or in the coaches box?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

Our forward half connection has been an issue for 18 months. Are we incapable on field or in the coaches box?

Depends if the coaches want four players flying in the same pack, for the same mark, spoiling each other and allowing the ball to slingshot back out.

[D Mitchell]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1. The Club should look seriously at revising its long standing policy of numbers of behinds exceeding numbers of goals.
2. Pepperjack's sponsorship is already returning it big dividends, $14.50 for a small glass.
3. The second row of seats in the super boxes are designed for giants with short thighs.

[DOG GOD]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

Depends if the coaches want four players flying in the same pack, for the same mark, spoiling each other and allowing the ball to slingshot back out.

Who’s our fwd coach again? Oh that’s right….surely some responsibility comes on him. ?

[D Mitchell]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

Who’s our fwd coach again? Oh that’s right….surely some responsibility comes on him. ?

I doubt that Spanger trains
(a) 3 - 4 talls to congregate in the goal mouth and fly for the same ball;
(b) same 3-4 to jog around whilst Geelong's defenders and mids waltzed the ball out of F50 from yet another spill from a pack with no front and centre or crumbers wearing red, white, blue.
Our forward talls haven't learned that their job does not stop when they don't take mark of the year speccie. At least Weightman appears to have adjusted his game to a more appropriate role.

[westdog54]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1. You've had a good night when your direct opponent gets subbed out of the game.

2. Artie Jones needs a rest and we shouldn't wait for the bye.

3. I can't see McNeil being on our list next year.

Bonus. My 13yo daughter now refers to Richards and Baker as the 'Creepy redhead twins', with bonus creepy points for Cameron Long interviewing Ed at half time.

[AshMac]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1. If Bont is injured don?t play him. I?d much prefer a fit Bont for the second half of the year than one limping over the line each week

2. We?ll never win another premiership missing set shots from <35m out infront (repeatedly)

3. I don?t ever want to see Tim O?Brien in our AFL side again

[Mofra]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1. Our 'stars' are below par set shots on goal... but the fringe guys will cop the blame

2. The MC will persist with a 'too tall' side until they've exhausted all options to avoid the obvious

3. Anthony Scott is far more important to this team than many give him credit for.
Need a small forward? He's been our best for a month. Need a wing? Fills the role for the first month of the year. Lose a small defender? Back he goes. Very handy selection for a virtual freebie. Contract offer now please.

[Mantis]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1/ It’s important to have players in our team who can run & carry the ball, but if you can’t execute a 20-30m pass more often than not you lose your importance real quick… looking at you Baz & Oskar.

2/ The only thing holding the Truck back from being a top 5 wingman in the comp is his goal kicking… getting lots of good looks, but it’s more miss than hit at present.

3/ Ball security is really important in the modern game and whether its indiscriminate handballs (hey Libba) or poor field kicking (most of the team) it’s costing us badly.

[SonofScray]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

1/ It’s important to have players in our team who can run & carry the ball, but if you can’t execute a 20-30m pass more often than not you lose your importance real quick… looking at you Baz & Oskar.

2/ The only thing holding the Truck back from being a top 5 wingman in the comp is his goal kicking… getting lots of good looks, but it’s more miss than hit at present.

3/ Ball security is really important in the modern game and whether its indiscriminate handballs (hey Libba) or poor field kicking (most of the team) it’s costing us badly.

ironically with Truck, he's the player I'd choose to kick for my life, I think.

[Grantysghost]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

ironically with Truck, he's the player I'd choose to kick for my life, I think.

You clearly have a death wish!

[JanLorMill]

Re: 3 things learned from Rd 12 2023

3. Anthony Scott is far more important to this team than many give him credit for.
Need a small forward? He's been our best for a month. Need a wing? Fills the role for the first month of the year. Lose a small defender? Back he goes. Very handy selection for a virtual freebie. Contract offer now please.

I honestly don’t know what Scott did on Saturday. Very inconspicuous. Someone in the game thread said he was tagging Stewart, well that didn’t work