Defence first and learn to score once you have clean possession without giving it back. No team has won a premiership in the last 10 years without that mindset. Hawks used to let you get through and kick to their half backs, Richmond let through the clearance so they could rebound from the clearance kick, Eagles had the web, Melbourne have 2 fullbacks sitting deep.
We have attacking mids and half backs who think we’ll win every even contest behind the footy. Laugh out loud, we’re a joke.
I said it ages ago that we need the AFL to step in the club is just not capable of turning things around
Trade McGrath and Shiel whilst they have value for draft picks
Commence full rebuild
Sack X, Dodo and Rutten
Merrett as Captain whilst Heppell plays VFL
Hire Clarkson to implement a game plan and put him on a performance contract and we will play finals within 3 years.
Yup, I think we have been bad for so long that we have a whole generation of players and staff who don’t know success and how to achieve it. We need someone from external to figure it out for us.
That’s where I’ve been for a while.
Won’t happen in one big hit though.
Which is what’s needed.
We (fans and club) do not have the patience of a long proper rebuilt. Everywhere.
We have a messiah complex. One person will fix it all. It doesn’t happen that way.
Oh, I have the patience for a long rebuild now… what I worry is we can’t find the right people to get it done.
Just to make it really clear, is the game plan the players must adhere to the one by the coach we would be seeking other coaches to replace? Who tells the players the negotiations are suspended? The sacked CEO or the sacked recruiting manager?
Ace man wants to sack Sheedy!
We’ve wasted every next year for a decade now.
How often have we said, ‘it’ll be different next year’. Or, ‘it’ll be different when we don’t have injuries’.
Burn it down to the ground.
Need to replace recruiting team.
Dodoro finds some good players, but doesn’t know how to build a team.
I agree it looks like we haven’t fallen into that trap again (maybe recruiting Kelly is a sign we thought we would be contending)
The thread was made referencing why we keep going through the same cycle every 2 years. This is the main reason why
We don’t have a Sydney recruiting team that I could trust to identify good players consistently later in the draft. We need to hit the top end repeatedly for a couple of years to give us the best chance of getting some guns
It always was a development year.
Yeap he can drink red wine from home
Another young team. We are playing the kids and that means inconsistency
The only way they will learn is by playing
So harden up
Well we are on track for that this year.
If the Knights-era ■■■■■■ the Worsfold era and had a baby then today would be it.
No defensive pressure (minus the scoring) meets lack of strategy and identity.
Who honestly cares anymore, I’m grateful I was barely old enough for 93 and remember 00 well.
For the rest of you who were too young for 2000, just move on and follow another sport
The timing of sacking to Richardson was the most amateur thing I’ve seen this club do in 10 years.
Get rid of Heppell, Xavier, Rutten and Dodoro