07-31-2016, 10:47 PM
(07-31-2016, 10:36 PM)Baggers link Wrote:Well said, Fluffy One. It's almost as if we've been so poor over the past 15 years that when we're 'reasonably good' we jump for joy. Bottom line is that we're fourth from the bottom and generally quite poor but showing definite signs of improvement... which must continue and escalate. Put another way, although there are very real signs of improvement in every area of the club the reality is that we're still sh1te but not as sh1te. Put another way again, I think that BB and the coaching group are getting the very best out of our personnel... any lesser coaching group and we would be bottom or second bottom... but we're still sh1te but not as sh1te.
i disagree. Whether it's Bolton, the players making a collective decision to try, the injection of new players or whatever, a few things seem clear:
1. our best is better than in recent years eg the win over the Cats without Murphy
2. Our worst is considerably better than our worst in recent years
3. Less of our troops drop their bundles when the heat is on
4. it appears, touch wood, we are starting to be able to stem those run ons that teams have which used to bury us eg against the Swans and the Hawks in the 3rd terms - we kept in touch.....
5. The average gap between our best and worst seems to be shrinking - though granted much room for improvement.
2017 - key goals
1.Trading for two established mids with established skill at senior AFL level (not O'Meara or Prestia); one, at least, a big body;
2. Some smart draft picks and trading as per 2016 Draft - you'd assume Tomlinson is a done deal, for example. I'd like Stewart too (son of....)
3. Plenty of gym time for the younger blokes - Charlie, SOJ, Harry......
4. Kicking practice galore for the likes of Levi, Kerridge....
Finals, then 4 in a row!