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If we were serious we would have beaten that mob by 20 goals, 6 goal run was embarrassing in its clumsiness.

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on August 20, 2025, 06:55:39 pm

Mate, by the time he finishes his career, Carlton will be a distant memory and he will always be considered a StK player, maybe even legend depending on what he achieves there.

You could be right, but I have a feeling that it will end in tears ...

Voss says Gov is required. He just has to accept a lot less money.

Looks like Will White is out, and Sam Walsh is in.

Quote from: Sexybronco – on August 04, 2025, 10:59:33 am

We have no choice but to continue to persevere with Motlop, he is showing signs of improvement just needs a breakout game.

I'm not convinced on this at all.
His lack of awareness of what's around him is a big concern, which means he often gets caught HTB.
He runs ok in straight lines, but to be a top level small forward, you need to be able to change direction to evade tackles.
He doesn't have this. It may come, but is it worth persisting with him another 2-3 years to find out?

Quote from: Lods – on August 04, 2025, 09:50:39 am

Just on Motlop.
He seemed to be everywhere.
And that's part of the issue he has.
He's where the ball is, but he's not getting possessions or impacting to any great extent.

Lot's of exposure for 7 disposals.

Not getting to the footy has been Motlop's historical problem, so I think seeing him in and around many contest is a step in the right direction.

He's got tricks he just needs to find ways to use them, he'll get better the more opportunity he gets.

Surely nobody could argue he's not at least appearing a bit better than in the past!

Quote from: Sexybronco – on July 10, 2025, 09:29:46 am

I think once we're mathematically out of the finals race we'll see a flurry of additional debutants in the team, sends the wrong message to be doing it now as it would be a concession that we have given up on 2025 even if our chance of playing finals are incredibly slim.

SB..You are probably right and that's the party line theme but I'd be using common sense and forgetting the maths and looking at next season.

I'd have played Lemmey and he probably wouldn't have got a kick playing on Harris Andrews but he might have learned something and it should be about 2026 now not limiting damage.
Same with Ben or Lucas Campo taking on Neale, McCluggage etc, such a good education.

Star Blue in doubt is the headline on the news going to the commercial with footage of TDK.

Watch it not be him lol.

Quote from: Baggers – on April 27, 2025, 07:56:25 pm

Well just watched the Chris Scott media conference post match... and... you'd have thought we were lucky to win, and we only really won because the Pussycats just had 'one of those games' where their mistakes and failures allowed us in.

I see it a little differently, Christopher. If you apply enough effective, sustained pressure to just about any club, they just might make uncustomary mistakes. And if you've got some serious talent on the paddock who can capitalise on those errors...

Rather disingenuous post game summary, Christopher! Scoreboards seldom lie.

I just finished listening to that too, and i can see where you got that from, but i disagree.

He gave us some kudos. Talked about our pressure and inside ball winning ability. His issue seems to be the errors that came under no pressure. There were plenty of turnovers that he can be referring too.
He also eluded to some players in the guts that were sub-par, unusually, that hurt them.

I actually didn't mind what he said and was pretty honest without being revealing.

Quote from: Professer E – on April 22, 2025, 12:57:23 pm

I don't revel in the media pile on, but gees it's nice for the heat to come onto another club than ours.  I can't believe how they've piled into Norf.... Perhaps we were better than people thought?  But one things for sure, a rebuild isn't 3-5 years, it's closer to 10, especially if you don't get everything right, like drafting a player who nicks off home as fast as possible

Relying on a messiah coach to turn things around is rarely the way to go, particularly if your list management is poor.

There is no doubt that this week will be a much greater test of where we actually sit.
But don't totally discount the last two weeks as an indicator.

Mediocre sides struggle to put away sides like West Coast and North.
Good sides 'crush' them
71 and 82 points probably qualify as 'crushings'.

Quote from: Sexybronco – on April 12, 2025, 06:39:10 pm

Apart from the W there were little things to be happy about, Doc looked better, Motlop took a run in the middle and got some touches, the younger boys looked to be finding their feet. Downside was how easily we got opened up in the middle in particular in the first half. Still plenty of improvement needed but a step in the right direction.

A couple of folks have commented on Motlop's turn in the centre. He did look OK and involved. He has been in there a couple of times in the past but he showed a bit today, nothing dramatic, but worth persisting with it at times.

Quote from: Shakin77 – on April 12, 2025, 06:43:51 pm

Any news on Kemp?

Talk on the news is 'suspected achilles' but that's probably what most people have guessed at.

In pre-match, some asked what happens if we win by 10 goals, 5 goals, less than 5 goals or (heaven forbid) lose.

For me the only important bit was the 'w' to gain some confidence - as long as we don't get over confident as a result.

Didn't see any of the game, heard bits on the radio - doesn't sound as if it was a great game.   Unfortunate to lose Kemp and Harry.