Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2021 Rd 2: Carlton vs Collingwood
Reply #52 –
Alarming pattern forming here...
0-2, meaning <5% chance of finals.
Coaching group showing themselves to be, amateurs for want of a better word. Not learning, not doing enough scouting of opposition sides and key players. Unresponsive on game day, not proactive. Like a VFL outfit if you ask me. Surely the acid is coming for Teague, and after displays like last night - he's bringing it on himself.
The same group of players making the same mistakes. One bad game is human, but two bad ones in a row is a trend. Both the playing list and the coaches have serious issues here.
The mental and physical softness is alarming for a professional sport. Not AFL standard.
Rocking up 'not ready to play' and second to the ball is inexcusable. Another poor start resulted.
Didn't run the game out - again inexcusable - why? WTF is Russell doing?
Some examples of issues:
Playing blokes that are injured (Casboult)
because more vaunted blokes are unavailable is inexcusable (MacG etc), this is what McDonald was signed for. Dumb from both player and MC.
Blokes going on a season too long - Murphy case in point (note how his handballs always put the receiving player under the pump ?).
Blokes simply not giving us anything, and been that way for an extended period. Why aren't they getting better, mitigating weaknesses? WHY?
Ed Curow, hardest trier I've ever seen, but if he can't tag effectively, why is he out there?
Williamson... Traffic cone ATM. So why play him? Liability.
Setterfield.... Slow and $@/!OMG soft. We went hard to get this bloke, and he serves up this tripe!?! Really? Liability.
Why is Docherty so shaky around the pill, when he was AA? Another liability, and he's captain for FFS.
Time to pension these blokes off and try somebody else. There's plenty of talented, hungry kids in the twos.
We've got deep, systemic issues that are already bare to the world. This is a club well and truly at the crossroads, this coach and list has failed and another reset is required.