It's important to bear in mind that one of the few pieces of the Teague review that was made public was the fact that he focussed too much on offence and not enough on defence. Clearly Voss was brought in to rectify that, and one way of achieving that is to play safe, keepings off and deny the opposition the ball. I can see the logic, and I can also see that he is trying to get the boys to understand the mood of the game at particular moments, when to run and gun and when to go safe. Voss is following the standard and in vogue coaching mantra of wanting us to be a "team that is hard to play against" and wanting to build from a solid base of contest and defence. Clearly we're a good way away from implementing that consistently.
Interesting you say that Paul. A former coach of ours, MM, said last night that there are 2 forms of defence, 1st is if you have the ball and 2nd if they do not have the ball, i.e. keeping's off. Unfortunately if you turn the ball over as much as we do then it's not defence any more.
The fans leaving before 3/4 time on masse is something I have never seen before at a Carlton game. That was one hell of a Nuffs Enuff statement if I have ever seen one. I wonder what the Board, Coaches and Players will think about that.
And the booing. Been a long time since i have heard any of that at a game against us from supporters.
Just want to qualify something, I do feel sorry for Jacob or anyone who gets scammed, however the simple fact is that you are responsible for your actions and there are many many warnings from banks, institutions and the ACCC on scams.
I was sent an text message about my city link account and although it looked legit, as I do have a city link account, I still took the time to call them to check and yes it was a scam because I knew that I had paid my account as the money is now taken out after each trip and not at the end of the month like it use to be.
About a month ago I had one calling me every name under the sun after I kept him on the phone for 40 minutes before telling him the screen says "Your parents should have had an abortion."
Haha very funny. Don't have the patience to do that. I just tell them to foff and hang up if I pickup the call at all.
This is a him issue. The world has been exploited and manipulatd by whatever you want to call them since the dawn of time and the digital platform gives them more means to contact you but even more ways for you to protect yourself. I.e. had he just looked at the app of his financial institution the account he was transferring into wouldn't be listed in his accounts, then hang up, and contact the bank directly and fact check any claims. Was his account frozen? Nope he could transfer money.BINGO
I referenced the Nigeria airport scam for a reason. It happened a long time ago and all it took was a salesman contacting a banker in Brazil.
Thats all this is. He fell for a social engineering scam and wilfully involved himself. These people can't get you if you don't do it. Ergo you have the ability to stop it which is why I have an apparent lack of sympathy for Jacob and his plight. Speak to people about whats happening. Don't do this stuff over the phone and verify you are speaking to someone from that bank and I don't mean calling the number they give you!!!
Not sure why people are saying I'm on the wrong track here. This is 99% jacobs fault for being exploited. Call it victim shaming if you like but without his involvement this doesn't happen. Only person I know these days who is surprised by the volume of spam they receive is my mother.
So much of the kids live and die by what happens online now, far more get scammed than they realise, and anyone who knows a smidgen about cyber crime knows nobody is safe.
The big problem globally is that Russia and North Korea basically fund state activities using cyber crime. North Korea have pulled off massive heists cleaning out bullion and cash from even the reserve banks of countries, all protected by people who think it couldn't happen to them!
There was a great documentary made about this a couple of years back, it is called the Lazarus Heist, have a listen! To cover their tracks, the Russians basically make all the same tools freely available on the Dark Web, the more people that use them the greater the smokescreen for their own activities.
The only thing that keeps you safe, is not attracting the crooks attention.
Jacob Weitering was both very studious and very academic at school, a good student who actually prioritised his studies over football. He scored highly in ATAR, he's not one to be gullible or careless. The people that scammed Weiters didn't do it with a simple click of a mouse, they apparently set him up over months of messages and correspondance.
And not once did he ring his bank to check on this.?
Golden rule always call your institution first no matter what.
Probably a bit harsh there Thry. It can happen to anyone, especially a professional sportsman with a million footy related things on his mind. It only takes one brain fade.
Maybe. However the money was transferred in several lots, not all at once. So first thing you do is call the bank and check. Its been reported many many times banks do not send you text messages and ask you to transfer money to another account.
Yep. Played into his hands. Blocked all the exists. As a mate of mine said that night we had no idea how to play to his game style and it looked that way.
Frustrating was Harry in the 3rd quarter trying to convert and then watching that rain maker kick that got swept away down forward...does all the hard work taking marks then just doesnt concentrate at the critical times and that proved a momentum shifter.
Yeah agree, however nothing has changed since last year or his Coleman year in his kicking style, so maybe its in his head and he is out of form goal kicking wise.
Last year we were contested bulls, dominating from stoppages. This we rank 17th for clearances. Work rate has dropped right off. Don't want it badly enough. Played one good game for the year, round 2 against Geelong.
Last year we started like a bull at the gate only to see us drop off considerably in the second half of the season. Maybe this year we are trying a slow buildup. I think Geelong were the same and peaked at the business end of the season. Although we do need some pace on the outside.
Ive said this in another thread, and I think we are better off playing a game without one of Charlie or Harry to understand what else is there just in case, that if he cops a week for that then every single head high contact must be sighted and taken to the tribunal. Spoils are worse than what sheezel copped from Harry.
I see what you mean however I think we have been virtually playing with only one of them as Harry was basically not there for the first 3 games, considering his output.
Definitely not a Clarkson fan but I have no problem with his press conference. He was out of his comfort zone, tried to engage the young 7 yo who was overawed and spoke genuinely about the child and his family. Giving a kid a pat on the back and ruffling his hair, while speaking about years of illness and surgeries. If we have a problem with that, maybe we are the ones with the problem. Well done both clubs and both coaches, great messages all round!
Been doing it for a while under the guise he is a just a tough awkward bloke and its all accidental......Cerra copped a fend off in the eye and I think Harry copped a punch to the head(not sure if it was Zurhaar) but the whole game was played with Nth going the cheap shot when available. Clarkson must have thought he was back in London and his blokes could just tee off on ours. We need someone to dish it back and just crumple Zurhaar and stop how he plays vs us....I always think back to Liam Jones on the boundary and how he got badly hurt from another accidental Zurhaar incident.
Have to agree there some what. As in first half i thought this guy is going to really hurt someone. He got picked up for a face fend off which was correctly paid as a free. Another one against DOC was high in the throat area which I think was 50/50 from where i was sitting.
On the other hand I also thought that if you wanted to target real hard nut that is not afraid to put his body on the line he would be first on my list. He would easily be ahead of some of the other players that have been already mentioned in this thread.
I think Geelong were the same and peaked at the business end of the season. Although we do need some pace on the outside.