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They underated Griffiths and thought he was a banana that Jaksch could run off....Griffths played out of the square and Reiwoltd played up the ground more....if you have seen how Jaksch plays he prefers being up the ground across half back where he can use his athletic abilities and rebound the ball....
It wasnt great coaching......Rowe should have played on Griffiths....bigger, stronger and was coming off a great 2014 playing a similar role...it was a no brainer.

How does that happen EB?

Parko, in his pre-match discussion, said that he rated Griffiths higher than Vickery and Riewoldt.  Surely our opposition analysis can't be that far off the mark.

Wouldn't it have been better to play Jaksch as third tall, particularly when he has shown that he is not yet up to taking on a key forward?  He did quite well in the third tall role, particularly with busted ribs.

I think there is a big difference between 'giving a kid a chance' and playing a kid out of position.

Questioning the coach's decisions, particularly after a loss, is part of being a football supporter.  For some, blindly accepting everything the coach does is also part of being a football supporter.

I think you are barking up the wrong tree by saying Malthouse screwed up by playing Jaksch. He may have went in with a plan that didn't end up working, but you an say that for probably 18 teams on a weekly basis.

The kid showed more in that game then most of our list have shown in years.

Not to mention we bombed inside 50m all night with Casboult sitting in the stands. The old guy is losing it. Needs a big one this week, a ten goal thrashing will see the wolves out nice and early.

Not to mention we bombed inside 50m all night with Casboult sitting in the stands. The old guy is losing it. Needs a big one this week, a ten goal thrashing will see the wolves out nice and early.

Jaksch played out the game and kicked a really great goal after suffering broken ribs. Plenty to like about that.

Docherty's best game for the club. I can really see a future for him.

Yarran, Simmo, Murph, Gibbs really really poor. Regularly combined to hand the momentum to Tigs and then went missing.

Murphy looks short of a run. Putrid.

Menzel was good. Hendo and Jones had forgettable nights (though Jones could have kicked 4 goals) but when the team can't clear the halfway line for 3 quarters the forwards look terrible.

Not to mention we bombed inside 50m all night with Casboult sitting in the stands. The old guy is losing it. Needs a big one this week, a ten goal thrashing will see the wolves out nice and early.

Jaksch played out the game and kicked a really great goal after suffering broken ribs. Plenty to like about that.

Docherty's best game for the club. I can really see a future for him.

Yarran, Simmo, Murph, Gibbs really really poor. Regularly combined to hand the momentum to Tigs and then went missing.

Murphy looks short of a run. Putrid.

Menzel was good. Hendo and Jones had forgettable nights (though Jones could have kicked 4 goals) but when the team can't clear the halfway line for 3 quarters the forwards look terrible.

We can win.

Won't be 10 but might be 2.

Don't care just don't want another 0-3, 0-4 start to the year.

I'm not saying that at all Kruddler.  Jaksch is the one addition to our list who has a bright future and he is in my best 22. 

What I am saying is that Jaksch should have been played off halfback where his athleticism and run would have provided an advantage.  Then there's the misuse of Rowe, failure to provide back up for Wood, failure to counter Richmond's two loose men behind the ball, etc, etc.

We went in with a plan that didn't work, mismatches that disadvantaged us, an unbalanced side and an underdone sub.  Worse still, the coach's response to being caught out was to shout at a young bloke and move players at random.

We were up by about 5 goals early on. I'm not sure if you can say that our plan didn't work exactly. I think there was a couple of spanners thrown in the works along the way and ultimately they outplayed us. The side picked and the injuries we had didn't allow us to do a whole lot.

As for the side picked, the majority of players picked were all in our best 22. With the exception of Casboult and Smith as the sub...not much to argue about anyone else.

In the end, it was a terrible day for us. Injuries, bad kicking and 50-50 matchups that went against us cost us the game.
As long as we learn from it going into next week. Don't care how 'out of form' Casboult is, we need him in the side.