AFL Rd 3: Pre Game Prognostications: Carlton vs Geelong in Geelong

[Baggers]

It was the wind what did it. All of a sudden now, it can't be the coach. And apparently, now honourable losses are ok for some, whereas before they were totally unacceptable.

As W.F Deedes would have said, "shurely shome mishtake."

Yep. Excuses are over.

Everyone cut BB slack in his first two years. It was a 'rebuild' so he had a buffer. But just couldn't get us winning games.

But not the TT (Teague Train). We cut him slack when he took over and fair enough. He had a lot to learn, and quickly. But that was 2019.

The TT has publicly declared an emphasis on winning... that's the only acceptable outcome. To me that means no such thing as 'honourable losses' anymore. Full stop.

For a club that has stated that wins are the goal now, 0-2 is failure. Having the midfield turn up to the Melb game like a group of sloths on Valium is astonishing, especially as poor starts are a trend. How long from R1 did we have to work on that aspect of our game? I hope there has been some pretty intense discussions with the midfield/stoppage coaches.

An 'honourable' loss to the Pussycats will be unacceptable (let alone a shyte loss). No excuses. Only a win is acceptable.