Happy Clapper
My skin tags find that incredibly offensive.
If he wasnât there, wtf not? Doesnât do training or family days either?
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And now probably having second thoughts about the whole thing.
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Going on yesterdays performance so are the players
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Didnât Ross reject us? What a club we are 
Yep agreed.
At least this time the spanking happened in preseason and not round 1 so we have time to work out wtf is wrong.
Nonetheless, clearly we have learnt nothing over summer and thatâs the concern.
He didnât reject us. He just didnât want to follow the same process as everyone else.
Basically skip the line and just be appointed.
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It was the vibe
Itâs the clubs Ross rejects that make Ross the Boss the best.
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That tends to happen with people at the top of their field.
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Because he was setting himself up for the st kilda role for years
He had no intention to work anywhere else, period
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Youâre not wrong. Yesterdayâs result to me was more about the poor structural stuff than anything else. Iâve got question marks on whether we have enough football competitors, though weâre improving in this aspect, the work rate can and hopefully will improve.
Then thereâs structural stuff. The ground defence was exposed again, in part due to playing opposition and more so with so many new faces and individual roles. This bit was something Scott highlighted as a risk back in November. Chemistry and cohesion. A back 6 that hadnât played together, Martin, Durham in new roles. 4 experienced new players joining. All learning their role in game style.
Ground defence, forwards lacking continuity and connection. Midfield / forward connection. These are structural things I donât think can be fixed in a week.
Love the optimism from many - just a praccy game and relax. Iâm not as comfortable the team aspects, being structures, chemistry, cohesion and understanding are near where they must be to ensure a decent early part of the year.
As you say, strong teams will come up into our faces, block corridors, put intense pressure on defenders. Training doesnât train these scenarios. Oppositions will challenge our structures, cohesion and chemistry. I fear that given weâre still pulling lots of the team stuff and structures together, it will be very bumpy for the first half of the year. We can only hope!
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I have never understood this line that itâs just a practice match so it doesnât matter.
Yes it was a practice match. So what did we practise?
We practised playing â â â â football and getting slaughtered.
How in the name of God is that in any way a good thing.
And I donât care how hard Scott has worked. This was our first game against another team and he wasnât coaching. Disgraceful.
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From what Gia said post game Brad went straight to work and started planning for Geelong.
He wouldnt have been happy with he saw imo
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We need another 4-5 quality mids that can run both ways
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Heâs got a lot of work to do âŚâŚâŚit feels like we will get a proper thrashing this week against the Cats if we bring that effort and game plan
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Yep and if we do the media vultures will be all over us like a dead carcas in the desert
At least some traditions remain unchanged in footy.
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The Ben McKay thread will get a will working over if that tradition continues!
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