Geelong Predictably Smash the Blues - Post Game

[Brettie]

We played a lot better.... and lost by almost 80 points  ???

Exactly what I said to my mate on the trip home last night......"Best we've played in a month & we still get smashed."

I seriously cannot believe how bad it has become......I am without speech.....

[blue4life]

Before they play the swans this week, I would have the players at training do two things only for the whole week.
Firstly, I would have them practice trying to hit a target from about 30 metres away.

I'd get them to do that before we drafted them.

[Gointocarlton]

I'd get them to do that before we drafted them.

You know when I was watching last night, I noticed that many times, turnovers occurred when we went for options that required pin point accuracy. For mine, when you are as down on confidence as we are, its a recipe for disaster. They need to change it up a little perhaps, get them to run/spread  wider and further away from opponents (sacrifice zones and man on man) and allow the kicker to hit a "bigger" target if you like. The kicks/passes will need to be longer but we may reduce the margin for error a little. We need to un clutter the spaces if we can. We may even get hurt on the rebound but dark me, at least we just hand it over on platter. I dunno, gotta try something different.

[BluePhantom]

There is this voice in my head that says what if this rebuild goes to shambles as well.. what then? What does this prestigious club stand for then..

Sad times ahead unfortunately.. "HOPE" is all we can do..

Go Blues!

Gokz93

Follow the Richmond plan! 

[townsendcalling]

Before the game this week, I'd tell them that anyone who comes off the ground with less than 5 tackles, doesn't get paid!

Needs to be bruise filled football.

[Mantis]

Before the game this week, I'd tell them that anyone who comes off the ground with less than 5 tackles, doesn't get paid!

Needs to be bruise filled football.

If you give them that option, they won't even hit the park ever again. It is a good option though. 35 tackles in a game is just not good enough. Especially as our tackles rarely spill the ball. Our tackle effectiveness is low enough to start with.

[Gointocarlton]

"We are talking about doing those things but I suppose it comes down to each individual having a really hard look at themselves and wanting to do that,” Murphy said on Triple M.

“I’ve got to cop that on the chin because I have got to attack the ball and attack the man as ferocious as anyone because I have got to lead by example.

“Getting one of two tackles or whatever I did last night was not good enough.”

Its not rocket science Murph, it really isn't.

[Mantis]

"We are talking about doing those things but I suppose it comes down to each individual having a really hard look at themselves and wanting to do that,” Murphy said on Triple M.

“I’ve got to cop that on the chin because I have got to attack the ball and attack the man as ferocious as anyone because I have got to lead by example.

“Getting one of two tackles or whatever I did last night was not good enough.”

Its not rocket science Murph, it really isn't.

Talk is cheap. Work through actions. He is getting harder at his activities in his last game and does get smacked around. How about others put heir body on the line. How about every player step up and enough of this talk. Start acting for a change.

[cookie2]

Heard Gibbs interviewed on SEN. He sounds like a nice enough guy but he does not have the first idea about what the problems could be let alone how to go about fixing them - he's totally exasperated. He does not sound like he has that hard centre of a true leader and like other of our players I heard recently can only offer that they need to work harder. I fear that we also need to work a lot smarter. No use working harder if we are not working on the right issues, which I suspect we are not.

[PassIt2Carrots]

The problem with these player interviews nowadays is that the players' comments are so cliched. Take it with a grain of salt.