05-05-2019, 06:57 AM
(05-05-2019, 06:41 AM)Woodstock link Wrote:What a waste of emotional energy. Waited all week for this game. Next 4 games will seal Bolton’s firing: Pies, Giants, Saints, Bombers. 1-10 coming up.
So many passengers. And 60,000 paid up, expecting Members. Time is running out. LP said it best the other day. You can’t have it both ways and not expect criticism if you’re selling such high hopes to expectant Members. Deliver or else.
We need a mature Ruckman and Setterfield and Kennedy in there to help Cripps next week. At least that’ll give us a chance to rest him up forward and cause opposition to do some thinking and spare the poor bugger. Instead of just making it easy for them.
I’d also be nice to have a Coach who has a plan B that he has the courage to implement. Otherwise he might as well watch the game at home. I see very little to convince me that he can Coach on Game Day.
Throw picks at Sydney for Papley (small forward) and get a mature Ruckman in the mid season draft. Whatever. Just don’t ever play Lobbe or Phillips again. And drop Plowman, Cas, LOB and Murphy. No one is safe from lack of effort, or laughing when your friend is lying unconscious on the turf. What a. Total. Twat.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Plowman is not the quickest thinking fella. Its not just skill errors. Something is not right there. Makes so many dumb decisions and has terrible, terrible half hearted body language. Not what you want your young crop to be surrounded by and absorbing. Same as LOB and Murphy. Effort fellas. Just. Get. Stuck. In. Whether you play 1 game or 250. If you play the Blues, you need to expect to scrap. And we gift games to individuals who don’t do that. And you wonder why they do it every game. Pathetic.
Let’s see what our illustrious Coach and Match Committee can do. How courageous will they be to drop players for lack of effort, not just enforced changes due to injury. I remain unconvinced. With Jones and the others out...ahh forget it.
I’d make plans now to get the interviews underway for a new Coach.
I need to go for a walk and cool off. Very disheartened.
Couldn't agree more on Plowman. Wouldn't be phased if he never plays again - he's played well before but he's never going to be that good and certainly nowher near justifyng the hefty draft price SOS paid at GWS. He consistently makes poor decisions.
in reality Plowman, LOB, post Colligwood Daisy, post 200 Murphy & Cas etc all very average, arguably with limited upside but we've got limited choices. When Jones is replaced by Goodard this week, expect a world record number of holding the balls as we'll have three of the slowest defenders in living memory coming out of defence - Weitering, Goddard, Plowman. Weitering took a step back today also and I have to say that Marchbank is also testing my patience with his lack of composure.