Summary
* Disappointing week all round.
* Doesn't believe the emotion of the week had anything to do with the loss. You don't win too many games kicking 20 points. Thought our movement of the ball improved as we got 59 inside 50s and more than Melbourne but we didn't capitalise.
* Caro asked about the tentativeness and poor ball use. Dimma said that was a confidence issue. Various sides have gone through ruts this year and we've been in one. We know our best is good enough but we haven't played anywhere near that. Our length in connections (player-to-player ball movement) hasn't been where we want it.
* Majority of our young talent is elite - Cotchin (24) is the oldest and then you go down to the rest. We've tried to remain competitive while they head north but we haven't had consistency from our other players. We haven't played anywhere near where we can be.
* It would be disappointing if we were losing and we were playing at our best. Only about 4 are. Ball use was better this week and we were 2nd to North this weekend regarding efficiency. Caro jumped in and said a loss to Melbourne isn't a time to quote stats. Hardwick said it's his interview and he'll quote what he wants. Fact is we are nowhere where we want to be. We can bitch and moan about it but we need to stick our head down and work hard to fix it.
* Speaks to a number of people and gets feedback on what to try. Having said that it was never going to be a linear transition. We have had a linear progression improving each year in his first 4 years but we've now hit a bump in the road and we need to deal with it.
* We have got some players playing well in the VFL. Two automatic changed with Astbury and Vlastuin out. The consistency hasn't be there so we need to find players who will give us that consistency.
* We aren't moving the ball as fluently as we like. It has improved since Lids and Rance have come back but it hasn't improved enough. We've made tweaks. Our training form has been good but we need to take that training form into games.
* We just have to focus on winning this week against a side that is getting a number of good players back in Cameron and Mumford back on their home deck. We can't worry about finals as we aren't playing anywhere near good enough at the minute.
* We will look at players elsewhere but we keep that info in house. Caro asked if any specific position needed dealing with but Dimma repeated that info is kept in-house.
