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We probably pissed him off when we ignored both his boys

While there may be more to it, the lack of initial support for Newman when he crashed head first is concerning.

The Kane "Fwit" Cornes piece on this was scathing (as you can imagine)....  when he first went down play was going on, so you can excuse no-one going to him).  havent gone back to look at what happened when play stopped.   youd hope there would be a reason for this, esp for a bloke who has faught back from injury...

Caught a glimpse of former Carlton player Adrian Hickmott behind Adam Simpson in the Eagles box after the game.
I think he looks after the Eagles defence.
Hickmott was one of my favourite players.

What you wouldn't give for a couple of Adrian Hickmott's in the side at the moment.
That's the type of attitude, courage and commitment we need to see from our group.

Quote from: Professer E on June 08, 2021, 11:16:49 am

We probably pissed him off when we ignored both his boys

That smart move may have just come back to bite us 😖

All jokes aside, we're all seeing our major weakness exposed. Until ME becomes WE, we'll languish at the bottom.

No savior or supercoach will change a thing. It's mindset. For the greater good. A clear plan/goals, adequately resourced methods/processes, and people prepared to stick to the plan/roles - for the greater good. The rewards of success perpetuate cohesion.

That smart move may have just come back to bite us 😖

All jokes aside, we're all seeing our major weakness exposed. Until ME becomes WE, we'll languish at the bottom.

No savior or supercoach will change a thing. It's mindset. For the greater good. A clear plan/goals, adequately resourced methods/processes, and people prepared to stick to the plan/roles - for the greater good. The rewards of success perpetuate cohesion.

And for Paulys benefit, that is the main message of his mate Sellars.
Team is short for sacrifice yourself for your team mate, it’s Sellars mantra when he talks of Carlton, he doesn’t think we do/are.

You’re still missing his message Paul.

You’re still missing his message Paul.

That is an inevitability, since I don't listen to anything he says, unless I come across it on these forums.

So, please explain to me the true meaning behind the great man's words.

I dont have a lot of time for Sellars in general however I think his main message and the message from other observers is for our players to:
- Stop thinking about ME and starting thinking about US
- Work for each other and demand high standards from your peers (whether you are a first gamer or a 295 gamer)
I found the comments about nice boys interesting not because of the messenger, but more from the point of view of what mindset is required to play football today. We hear of teams who play "unsociable" football (ie Geel, Rich, Haw and to some extent Syd) and many refer to our blokes as Choir Boys or the Von Trapp kids. I wonder if other teams think that of us also and take advantage of it.

I haven't been able to watch the game until now. There was simply too much anger and disappointment with Sunday's result for me to tolerate watching another loss. But I am looking at it now. My observations:
[1] We were pretty damned good in the 1st Quarter. The only thing we couldn't do is kick a goal. Silvagni was excellent, as was Murphy. Setters was good except for his kicking. He should have had 3 goals. One shot didn't even get 35 m!
[2] MicNat was the difference. Simple as that. The guy is such a good ruckman when he is on.
[3] Tom de Koning showed a bit as a resting ruck. But he played almost purely forward after H went down.
[4] With H going off, we were rudderless. It robbed us in the ruck and it robber us in the forward line.