Just watched the full presser. What I saw was a completely exasperated man in MM. I believe he has tried all he knows and whether or not those things were right or wrong they didn't work with our players. I think he knows he's probably nearing the end of the line and will just soldier on as best he can. Next week could just about be the end if we get mauled by the Bummers.
Walker will def play. Whiley has a lot of mongrel, which is what we need. Murphy is practically lame. Captain or not, hate to see him hobble around the ground. Army and Buckley hopefully under consideration.
Yep I agree, he's playing because of some sort of sick idealistic 1980s bullsh1t!
So if he is out there he may as well do a Hodge and claim a few scalps before he gets some time off!
are you kidding? the only guy that is capable is out injured. Murphy will run to the interchange. we are no line in the sand football club...thats the problem
That is the attitude that got us to this point!
Everybody has a line in the sand moment inside them, it's called a survival instinct, and at the moment they look too comfortable! If you think you're prey at AFL level then prey you will be!
Further making 2/3 of your list play like taggers kills off any natural hunting instincts!
Do we still run out to “‘Till I Collapse” by Eminem?
Can some please tell Carrazzo, Gibbs, Bell and others to stay on their fecking feet!
I mean this is U12s stuff, our blokes are crawling across the ground while the Wet Toast run away with the pill! There are moments where we look like we are begging them to stop!
I'd love to see it but.... The question is..... "Are they up to it?" It could end up very embarrassing if they get a physical hiding as well as one on the scoreboard.
Of course, and Hawthorn got smashed in that very game.
But it's not about the result, it's about an attitude going forward and weeding out those who are not prepared to do the hard stuff, the uncomfortable stuff, the things you need to do to win!
No more, it can't be tolerated, it's time for our Line in the Sand game.
Quote from: wikipedia
Hawthorn players were allegedly directed at half time, by Club Director Dermott Brereton who played for the Hawks during the 1980s and early 1990s, to "draw a line in the sand"[1] and take a physical stand against the Bombers to make it clear that they wouldn't take the intimidation any longer. Brereton denied the allegation but admitted to advising senior players "to stand up to any Essendon aggression".[2]
Win, lose or draw, a statement needs to be made!
There is no better opponent to make this stand against than the Cheating Kents!
I suspect the Dawks will make a statement about EFC this weekend!
I'm hopeful we can dig deep against one of our traditional foes. I just want to see some team cohesion and it's probably time to move those mid-twenties guys who are below average on.
Get through with no injuries and we may beat the Saints the following week. A surprise win and we can be 2-2, so who knows.
Years ago we were like cut snakes when our back was to the wall, now we look more like a slab of beef thrown in the Lions den!
Seeing Smith, and Judd, rip off some Wet Toast jumpers was at least some sign of resistance!
Smith, the kid on the field had more go than 10 year players, despite his complete lack of readiness for AFL!
Doesn't matter, they got a kick. You can do what you can with you're put up against. If you do well then then get promoted.
Fair enough, I wasn't there so I can't comment.
I'd love to see 1AW stand on Carlisles head just one more time, and then have Luke "The Hair Sniffer" Darcy give somebody else 2015 Mark of the Year again just to prove what a dickhead Darcy is!
Feck we've been done over in recent years, and nobody at the top end of our club seems to care!
All the blokes Io wanted to see do well today for the NB's did well, Walker, Graham, Boekhurst, Whiley, Buckley plus Armfield kicked 4. Chuck them all in plus Cripps. Refresh the whole thing.
Wrong LP, where did I advocate keeping the sh1te? I think I said earlier that no one should be off limits, but we certainly have massive problems with our leadership that need sorting out before we can really start going forward, IMHO of course.
They may have been among our best but their best obviously falls a looong way short of what is needed. We may have turned the list over but we didn't turn over the leadership/senior players. That's where we need to be focused.
Doesn't that mean turn over the leaders first, that is what "where we need to be focussed" means doesn't it?
I get it, you want the whole lot gone, very realistic, not unreasonable at all!
They may have been among our best but their best obviously falls a looong way short of what is needed. We may have turned the list over but we didn't turn over the leadership/senior players. That's where we need to be focused.
It's just crap, we have some quality surrounded by sh1te and you're advocating to keep the sh1te and replace the quality.
Well if the new quality is still surrounded by sh1te it will still stink!
Think Mick was shattered. There was something subtle in the way he named leaders, or who he didn't name, during his presser. It was a message to some players about his thoughts without him saying it..
I had thought the same in the pass, a careful choice of words, even Ling said as much.
But I'm not so sure any more, and I think Ling is just being polite!
I've watched Malthouse on the boundary line, late last season and Rnd 1 this season and he looks confused, dishevelled even!
We haven't really looked like premiership material in the reign of 3 coaches and probably as many popes. The common denominator being the playing list, at least it's senior members.
Rubbish, we have turned over the list equal to or more than any other club in the competition, it's just a bogus claim that the list is the common factor!
The fate of our club doesn't begin and end with two or three, and those seniors as you call them, Simpson, Judd, Gibbs as three of them were among our best last night!
Geez I hate to see where we end up when Simmo and Judd retire!
