I can't say I'm a big fan of Matthew Guy, the bloke lacks something, but if that circulated clip is the alleged "assault" on Moira Deeming, then her credibility is also shot! Opportunity knocks.
Also, the Victorian Liberal Party. It's either mind numbingly stupid or ridiculously toxic, maybe both. Because at a bare minimum this appears to be acting in bad faith on several fronts, about as bad as it gets!
I'm not confident this week, after watching the replay of the GWSD match I saw signs of the team work ethic slipping, in respect to reverting to some bad habits that have largely been absent for the last few weeks. Against CheatsFC it was just ugly execution by both teams, but moments in the GWS game saw a bit of selfishness returning and to me that's a bad indicator after only a handful of wins.
Believing their own hype maybe?
Wet Toast will think we are cherry ripe for the picking after seeing some of the old stuff creep into the GWS game.
I feel conflicted only giving Cripps 3 votes, but watching the replay I felt Walsh and Hewett had more influence over the outcome. I can only give the Team a B because I noticed some old bad habits starting to slip into the execution. This week will be interesting, the squad might be starting to relax and that could lead to an unexpected result.
All players suffer it to some degree, it's a consequence of increased scrutiny.
Picking Daicos as an exception doesn't work as his worst year statistically was his 2nd season, so he isn't one of the handful of exceptions. Nick Daicos career to date on FinalSiren
But my comment is more about the stupid things fans blame on the coach. (Actually, they are right to blame a coach, just that they blame the wrong coach, it's the opposition coach who is at fault!)
The next year Cripps won the Brownlow, Curnow kicked 64 goals and we recruited Hewitt and Cerra - How good a coach was Voss? Did Teague get any credit for player development?
Of course he did, at least he did from anyone not blinded by hate or rage.
Did Teague return, no, will Voss return, no, does Voss deserve some credit, absolutely he does!
I shudder to think about Jagga slammed like that.. He is still very small and light and it was really obvious against the likes of Stone, Callaghan, Daniels etc
I have to reiterate this because it's obvious and yet ignored.
The current good form of Cripps and Walsh is a direct consequence of the players around them making an effort. Instead of standing back waiting to benefit from what Cripps and Walsh do, the players around them are now rolling up their sleeves and helping out more which gets Cripps and Walsh to the end of games in much better condition. That, along with confidence in execution, is the real reason for the current 4-Qtr efforts, not some invisible change of game plan.
We are playing the exact same style that we did from Rnd 0, the difference is we are now making less mistakes at it and sharing the load. Our better players aren't hitting the wall at the end of the game, and the lapses are diminished. It's the same game plan the Lions play, and even with the Lions you can see how it can go horrible wrong when it's left to few.
Akso Hewett’s omission from the team in the first part of this season remains the most perplexing decision I’ve seen from the club in a long time.
Based on his form now versus his form earlier you had to say it was the right decision. He might not have liked it, some fans might not have liked it, but it looks like it's exactly what he needed to get back to his best.
FWIW, it looks like the VFL stint has done Acres wonders as well, funny how not being automatically selected brings some effort.
Maybe some of the list had forgotten about the privilege of playing AFL, they were just expecting to play!
Don't you think it's more than a coincidence these poor decisions stopped when Fraser took over.
Cottrell had two bouts of injury, and started the season off the back of interrupted pre-season, so he was always going to be a player who needed games under his belt to get into the season. Most of us were stating as much before the seasoning opener.
AFL / VFL didn't really make much difference.
As for that strut, that's the way to display it to put you in the proper mindset, when you're there act like you belong there and deliver it cold.
Derksen looks like he belongs and does not deserve to be dropped but he lacks a few inches against taller opponents. If Weiters is back, giving him a look up forward should be on the table as an option.
Yesterday they had Gov floating back into D50, in Ison's absence I'd leave Gov in F50 and leave Derksen in besides Weiters.
Fraser is a bit more tolerant than the fans and quite a bit calmer, I suspect he might persist with the kid for another game or two before he rotates the crew. The thing forcing the MC's hand might be the good form of Derksen.
Maybe give him one more week, but it's probably time for Ison to have a week or two back in the VFL. Just as a developmental thing. He's struggled a bit the last few weeks. Let him go back and get a bit of confidence and a few possessions.
Even by accident, if you had 50+ taps, eventually you have to find yourself in a position to lay one tackle. This is 50+ taps at VFL level. The kids was tapping the footy cleanly in front of himself and stopping like it was job done.
