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Title: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: (•))(©™ on September 08, 2014, 07:14:39 PM
discuss
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: The Big Richo on September 08, 2014, 07:46:31 PM
Clearly a plop.

The expectation for us this year was to improve and in footy the only improvement that matters is on the scoreboard.

Fact is we have a worse year than last year when viewed by results.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Piping Shrike on September 08, 2014, 07:48:08 PM
Got worse - no room for 9 in a row delusions at year's end. Time to count fail and make the call.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: (•))(©™ on September 08, 2014, 07:58:42 PM
Sadly, it's a plop from me too.

Topping up with Hampstring and Thomas suggested early that we
were heading down a dodgy road.

Allowing Morris to play the season with a kfc arm, losing Ivan early to what was nothing more than bad injury management, the continuing revelation of conca being average at best, etc etc.

Sunday's loss confirms the club has learned nothing from a torrid 12 month period.

Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on September 08, 2014, 08:08:32 PM
Sadly, it's a plop from me too.

Topping up with Hampstring and Thomas suggested early that we
were heading down a dodgy road.

Allowing Morris to play the season with a kfc arm, losing Ivan early to what was nothing more than bad injury management, the continuing revelation of conca being average at best, etc etc.

Sunday's loss confirms the club has learned nothing from a torrid 12 month period.
Agree with most points. I think Conca's judgement year is next year.  He needs a huge preseason to lose the puppy fat. He didn't have a preseason after ripping his hamstring practically off the bone last year. No excuses next year.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: yellowandback on September 08, 2014, 08:10:03 PM
It's either a qualified plop or a qualified tick.
Take your pick - it's Commanding Jewel in the Cox Plate, a good each way bet.
First back to back finals in 40 years along with a 9 game winning streak including away wins in perth, Adelaide and Sydney with 3 wins over top 8 sides tells you something.
The 3 and 10 start and yesterday tells you the flip side.
I will give it 12 months.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Damo on September 08, 2014, 08:33:21 PM
Neither.

Some weak as pee spot in between the two options
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: WA Tiger on September 08, 2014, 08:46:01 PM
Plop. Simply can't excuse the first 13 rounds, then get all excited at finals only to be completely smashed and brought back to how we played during the first half of the season...
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Rampstar on September 08, 2014, 09:26:56 PM
Plop
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on September 08, 2014, 09:35:32 PM
PLOP
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Three toilet full of poo for me.

You don't play that crap for 13 weeks, it's totally unacceptable.
And there's no point in making the finals if you don't give it a red hot crack once your in.

It's good though they addressed some issues around the club. Hopefully the club has learnt some things about how rubbish they really are and the hard work that's required to achieve success.
Let's not be satisfied with just making finals.   
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on September 08, 2014, 09:46:04 PM
The Skata Cycle 32 years and still counting.™©®

Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Chuck17 on September 08, 2014, 10:02:47 PM
50% plop at the first part of the season
40% tick for the last nine games
10% plop for the Poot fiasco

Overall it's a plop
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: tdy on September 08, 2014, 10:05:04 PM
Tick. Back to back finals means we are doing something right. A hell of a lot better than we have for the last decade and probably 30 years.  It means we are for the first time we have a system in place that is working.  Its clearly a work in progress and we nearly stuffed it with Hamspud and the top up mentality but hopefully this year and the finals pointed out our weaknesses and how we need to keep building and developing.  If only one thing comes out of they year it has to be No shortcuts.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: torch on September 08, 2014, 10:16:23 PM
Plop!

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.

Back-to-back horrible final losses!

In the past 6 quarters of finals we have conceeded 32 goals, kicked only 15 goals. You could take the last quarter v Port Adelaide and in 5 quarters conceeded 31 goals and kicked 10 ourselves.

We lose against quick, hard running, pressuring teams!
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Chuck17 on September 08, 2014, 10:18:51 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Francois Jackson on September 08, 2014, 10:29:29 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues

outside of Miles not much has changed to our starting 22.

Where are the new kids coming through from second round onwards.

We are starved of talent at our footy club and players like Conca are rubbish
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: dwaino on September 08, 2014, 10:34:42 PM
If you were to tell me 4 years ago that by now we'd be going off about failing (albeit miserably) back to back finals rather than perennial bottom 4 then I'd take it and run. Could be worse, could be Melbourne.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Diocletian on September 08, 2014, 10:43:25 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues

outside of Miles not much has changed to our starting 22.

Where are the new kids coming through from second round onwards.

We are starved of talent at our footy club and players like Conca are rubbish

Think it's time people started to face the cold hard reality that Conca over Heppell is right up there with Tambling over Franklin and Fiora over Pavlich....
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Willy on September 08, 2014, 10:57:35 PM
It's either a qualified plop or a qualified tick.
Take your pick - it's Commanding Jewel in the Cox Plate, a good each way bet.
First back to back finals in 40 years along with a 9 game winning streak including away wins in perth, Adelaide and Sydney with 3 wins over top 8 sides tells you something.
The 3 and 10 start and yesterday tells you the flip side.
I will give it 12 months.

That's a very balanced perspective. Im still leaning towards plop though. 
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Andyy on September 08, 2014, 11:44:16 PM
Big plop.

Only way to win a tick from me would be to play two finals matches. Either by winning an Elim or losing a qual.

Came so close to winning a tick but blew it yesterday.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: WilliamPowell on September 09, 2014, 07:04:32 AM
Neither

A "holding pattern"


Terrific, just terrific TM
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: cub on September 09, 2014, 11:05:55 AM
Plop from me, IF we had a real dip at the very least I may have considered a pass.
But I said all along we needed to win at least one final!
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on September 09, 2014, 12:40:50 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues

outside of Miles not much has changed to our starting 22.

Where are the new kids coming through from second round onwards.

We are starved of talent at our footy club and players like Conca are rubbish

Think it's time people started to face the cold hard reality that Conca over Heppell is right up there with Tambling over Franklin and Fiora over Pavlich....
Correct. 
And Griffiths over Fyfe.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: eliminator on September 09, 2014, 03:40:28 PM
Overall the season has been a failure. Losing to Melbourne and the Bulldogs was just not good enough. Losing to those sides meant we lost the opportunity of a home final. Miles was one of the few positive developments this year.
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on September 09, 2014, 04:01:49 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues

outside of Miles not much has changed to our starting 22.

Where are the new kids coming through from second round onwards.

We are starved of talent at our footy club and players like Conca are rubbish

Think it's time people started to face the cold hard reality that Conca over Heppell is right up there with Tambling over Franklin and Fiora over Pavlich....
Correct. 
And Griffiths over Fyfe.
That is a bit rough as 17 other teams passed over Fyfe too!  I can't remember anybody spewing that we didn't pick up Fyfe at the time!!
Hindsight.......
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Chuck17 on September 09, 2014, 04:15:52 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues

outside of Miles not much has changed to our starting 22.

Where are the new kids coming through from second round onwards.

We are starved of talent at our footy club and players like Conca are rubbish

Think it's time people started to face the cold hard reality that Conca over Heppell is right up there with Tambling over Franklin and Fiora over Pavlich....
Correct. 
And Griffiths over Fyfe.

What about the porn star Sanchez over Ward
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: (•))(©™ on September 09, 2014, 04:19:28 PM
Neither

A "holding pattern"


Terrific, just terrific TM

as far as purgatorial comparisons go, that one's no good ;D
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: Yeahright on September 09, 2014, 05:41:12 PM

Hardwick's inability to blood talent and change the game plan to an attacking hard running style.


What talent are you talking about that is in the ressies that should have been blooded

Did you watch the change in game plan in the last nine games or do you have memory issues

outside of Miles not much has changed to our starting 22.

Where are the new kids coming through from second round onwards.

We are starved of talent at our footy club and players like Conca are rubbish

Think it's time people started to face the cold hard reality that Conca over Heppell is right up there with Tambling over Franklin and Fiora over Pavlich....

It's almost there, I'm just hoping he has a good year next year and we can chalk this year down to the fact he practically didn't have a hamstring for the pre season. Time will tell but it's certainly on it's way :-\
Title: Re: 2014 SEASON - Tick or Plop ??
Post by: WilliamPowell on September 09, 2014, 06:50:29 PM
Neither

A "holding pattern"


Terrific, just terrific TM

as far as purgatorial comparisons go, that one's no good ;D

Fair enough, a minor PLOP then  ;D