Question time

[WASurfer]

Agree EB....wasn't having a go at O'Dwyer as he's just a kid but rather the decision to recruit another young kid when we lacked that mid 20's level of blokes. There's no certainties in the draft but I'd have put money on either of Bolton or Pickett or even Schloithe having a pretty immediate impact. I just wonder what sort of impact it has on young blokes in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd years of footy just getting bashed around each week because there's no support and hardly ever experiencing that winning feeling....I'm over the losing feeling I know that much!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Agree EB....wasn't having a go at O'Dwyer as he's just a kid but rather the decision to recruit another young kid when we lacked that mid 20's level of blokes. There's no certainties in the draft but I'd have put money on either of Bolton or Pickett or even Schloithe having a pretty immediate impact. I just wonder what sort of impact it has on young blokes in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd years of footy just getting bashed around each week because there's no support and hardly ever experiencing that winning feeling....I'm over the losing feeling I know that much!

Surfie...Winning feeling is part of development and undervalued....you go out each week thinking its going to be tough to win and you start thinking about your own game only and survival.You end up with 22 blokes thinking about themselves and you get results like we did last week with players happy to guard their own patch of grass and even young kids like Walsh pointing the finger at others. Thats when you know you have a problem and the team are not a team anymore but just a group of individuals and kids then learn no other way and you then have to reprogram them with strong coaching and strong leadership on the field. Cripps is a good leader but has no support and as we saw is at the end of his rope and about over it..

[WASurfer]

Maybe having a player with a surname the same as the coach is too hard for them to get their head around!!!

[Barbs]

And yet we all but bested the Pies...that's what baffles me the most (and don't give me the they're young BS).

We did? The pies we’re ahead for most of the game then finished us off with a seven goal final quarter.

[jeza]

Agree EB....wasn't having a go at O'Dwyer as he's just a kid but rather the decision to recruit another young kid when we lacked that mid 20's level of blokes. There's no certainties in the draft but I'd have put money on either of Bolton or Pickett or even Schloithe having a pretty immediate impact. I just wonder what sort of impact it has on young blokes in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd years of footy just getting bashed around each week because there's no support and hardly ever experiencing that winning feeling....I'm over the losing feeling I know that much!

I'd prefer we went for more 20 somethings also - but more so because it increases our chances of success I reckon.

If O'Dwyer wasn't on our list he certainly wouldn't be in the frame to be picked up in the mid season draft. There is little risk in leaving these Raso-esque players to prove themselves in the VFL rather than being picked up on a super-speculative basis.

[jeza]

We did? The pies we’re ahead for most of the game then finished us off with a seven goal final quarter.

Cripps just missed that shot to put us 3 goals up with 8ish minutes to go.

[Barbs]

Cripps just missed that shot to put us 3 goals up with 8ish minutes to go.

Then what happened?