In Game Action: AFL Rd 22: Carlton vs. Port Adelaide

[jeza]

Our kicking for goal in both games against Port has been horrific.

[townsendcalling]

Jonathon Brown has no @&$?ing idea. His summary of Weitering vs Dixon match up is disgraceful.

[PaulP]

Besides the putrid umpiring that changed the momentum on the second quarter I have to say

Listening to the Fox commentary crew would have to be the lowlight of my day. Dixon has clearly been beaten by Weiters yet listening to Jono Brown he keeps trying to talk up Dixon, it’s an absolute joke.

What a crap game.

You should listen to the ABC boys on the wireless. Campo is doing the special comments. Far more balanced and measured than those Murodch hacks.

[jeza]

Besides the putrid umpiring that changed the momentum on the second quarter I have to say

Listening to the Fox commentary crew would have to be the lowlight of my day. Dixon has clearly been beaten by Weiters yet listening to Jono Brown he keeps trying to talk up Dixon, it’s an absolute joke.

What a crap game.

I wonder it they're aware of just how frustrating that is to listen to. When the team is getting well beaten and the commentators won't even acknowledge how completely destroyed Dixon has been

[Baggers]

Before anyone cries that it's because of so many outs or the umpires... how different does this look to so many of our games this year? With more talent on the park the only difference would be the size of our losing margin.

It's the same stuff under pressure - capitulation. They just don't know how to handle pressure or give it and sustain it. Too much left to individual talent. Disappointing.  No excuses.

[jeza]

Gosh Plowman is a horror show.

[laj]

It won't be Clarkson, I reckon that  Lyon or Buckley will get the job.

Whoever gets it, they will have a ton of work to do to improve this mob.
Our skill level is non-existent, and we aren't physically big or fit enough.
We have got too many passengers who aren't even close to giving us the opportunity to make the 8, and a flag. That's at least 6 top class players away.

What a top class coach can do for us in his first year, provided he gets top class assistants, and we recruit well, and the assistants and our coach can improve the skills and strengths and discipline of the team, and the coach has a game plan, and a plan B and C if plan A doesn't work, is maybe get us into the 8 so that we get a taste and a feeling for finals football.

And once you are in there, anything is possible.

Teague is a gentleman, and understands the basics of the game. After losses, I watch his press conferences, and he knows what they have done wrong, because he articulates all the things that we see.
His problem, and the reason that he's not up to the job, is that he has been unable to  correct  the issues that he himself understands they suffer from.

So he, and his assistants have to go. A hard disciplined mob have to be brought in, and get through to the players that they are a privileged lot, earning an average of 300 grand a year when people are stuffed due to Covid, and nothing other than 100% effort will get them a game and guarantee them a future at our club.

We won't win every game, the players will still make mistakes, but if we lose having given it all, as much as it will hurt, we will understand that we can't win every game, and will accept a 100% effort, loss.

But if we have another year next year like this one, the club can say goodbye to people, in these tough times, putting their hands in their pockets and parting with their hard earned and buying a membership.

As it stands at the moment, I can't see us getting to the 80,000 mark next year unless the major changes that we supporters believe need to be made, are made.

20 years of coach changes have changed nothing. Only good thing is a new coach always gets a sugar hit, which might mean finals for one year, before turning to crap in years 2 and 3 and the coach gets sacked. But, hey, i'll be thankful for small mercies.

Don't get excited thinking a coach will change things.

[PaulP]

Before anyone cries that it's because of so many outs or the umpires... how different does this look to so many of our games this year? With more talent on the park the only difference would be the size of our losing margin.

It's the same stuff under pressure - capitulation. They just don't know how to handle pressure or give it and sustain it. Too much left to individual talent. Disappointing.  No excuses.

It's definitely worse than our other games.

[madbluboy]

But Plowman is top 3 in the B and F.

[cookie2]

Our kicking for goal in both games against Port has been horrific.

Port hasn’t been that flash in that dept either, heaven help us if they had have been.