08-25-2019, 01:51 AM
(08-25-2019, 12:39 AM)Baggers link Wrote:2019 Positives & Negatives:
On field:
Players who delivered, consistently: Cripps, E Curnow, Gibson, Jones, Newman, Simpson, Thomas, Walsh (Murphy later in the year).
Biggest disappoint(s) when compared to pre season expectations: Dow, Cuningham (the King Of Cameos), Fisher, Garlett, Pickett, Kennedy, Lang, McGovern (until fitter!!!!), Polson. Northern Blues.
Surprise packet(s): Newman, Walsh.
DCMs: Garlett, Lang, Macreadie, Polson.
Sign him up for more years, now: Cripps.
We need/get him/them: Gun mid, gun small forward.
Off field:
Most encouraging activity/results: Membership and Member initiatives. Club’s involvement in community. Getting The Terrier to the club and now the Hawthorn psychologist as well. DT appointment.
Biggest disappointment (s): Bolton’s performance and subsequent removal & Board slow to react to BBs removal. Dow and Fisher failing to improve as hoped/expected. Obviously, injuries to key personnel. Judd embarrassing the club with foolish and ill-considered public comments.
We need/get him/her/them: New coach for the Northern Blues, DT gets the assistants he wants. More involvement from past champs… should be regular visitors to the club.
2020
Acceptable minimum wins: 11.
Players MUST: start well and stop periods in games where we concede 4-7 unanswered goals. Profound concentration and on-field leadership and discipline improvement. Cease to be the nice guys of the competition... time for some ruthlessness.
Player(s) who MUST improve: Cuningham, Dow, Fisher, McGovern, McKay’s kicking & thinking, Setterfield.
(crystal ball time) Player(s) who will surprise with their improvement: Deluca, McGovern, Setterfield.
Most looking forward to beating: Richmond and Hawthorn.
(crystal ball again) Our ladder position will be: 8 – 10.
AFL should: Prevent marquee players changing clubs to top 8 clubs. 'Equalization is happening' says Gil… lying pr1ck, I say.
Just about exactly my summation as well. I'd add our training focus MUST be on kicking and accountability for opponents. Time is up for some, like it or not. Tipungwuti and another big name for 2020. AND WORK STARTS MONDAY!!!!