Noted in Dimma's presser today that he mentions about having a different team and that we as a club may need to take a step back in order to take two steps forward. This is consistent with a rumour I think on BF where apparently behind closed doors as part of Dimma's new contract he has a mandate to introduce some younger players in the team with the understanding we may finish outside of the finals this year. A consequence being that we get a higher draft pick, some valuable experience into the youth and then aggressively trade at end of year for a full assault next season. Could all be BS but his comments do seem to fit in with the original rumour.
Absolute garbage
The aim is top 4
Yep aim is top 4
Maybe that should now be the aim is to make the 8
We are simply not good enough at the moment
Footy has changed from last year was no sub and interchange restrictions
We are struggling big time
Oh one last thing , no extended time off for Rance in the off season next year as after 3 rounds , he is struggling with fitness in the games
I don't agree with the Rance comment, although he isn't playing as well as he did last year I think they are all struggling fitness wise late in games
Yesterday we gifted Adel 7 of their first 9 goals from our woeful turnovers - that's the game right there. Throw in a couple of easy misses from us (read Jack, Ty, and young Rioli) and we put the game on platter to them.
I can actually see we are trying to move the ball quicker, hence why our handball to kick ratio is showing we are disposing by hand more than foot. But with our terrible decision making (read we go for one handball too many to often) then it makes the turnovers all the more glaring. Then you throw in us missing targets 10 metres away then it's all over red rover (read Cotchin, Ellis b, Menadue, Edwards etc by hand)
Thought Hampson played his best game for the club.
And kudos to big tne; he said we should play McIntosh of the HBF to give us some run & carry. We did and it worked a treat, though it was Kam's best game of the year.
Come to think of it; is there anyone they didn't try at a HB? Hell in the last he put Dusty down there
. Actually just on Dusty will cut him some slack this week, pretty upsetting week for him with what happened off field with his family
The other thing and I've said this a lot to people I sit with at the games, compared to other teams we just look slow. Not sure why that is because in years gone by we've looked and been quick this year we just look slow. Is it confidence thing? I don't know but gee we need to rectify it ASAP
Sad thing about yesterday (and Don Fistiki & I said it to each other half through the last qtr) is we are most likely to come out on Friday night and beat the Eagles. Not because the problems are magically solved but because there is no pressure on us to do anything else but lose... then we will capitulate the week after against Melb because it's what we do
Said it before and will say it over and over again with the RFC it's about which one turns up on the day; so much of it is all above the shoulders with our players and after 7 years I would have thought our coach and his band of assistants would have been able to get this massive weakness sorted by now
