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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs St. Kilda
Last post by crashlander -[1] Our coach is a dead man walking. He won't be there in 2027, the only question is will he see out the year? If this is what we're going to produce week in and week out, that's not going to happen.
We've changed most of the coaching staff, yet we're doing even worse.
I am sure our coaching panel next year will be significantly different again.
Our game style sucks: we run past for a handball and find there is nobody to kick it to. Our forwards don't move enough in the forward 50. We don't react well to changes in the game. There doesn't appear to be a plan B. We don't seem to set up like the better teams do.
[2] Our players are playing themselves out of a job.
You can blame the coach: he deserves his share of the blame, but it isn't just him. Our players need to take a good, hard look at themselves, as few of them are producing anything close to their best.
If we can recognize what they should be doing, then so should they. But, do we see any sign of it? We see our players getting frustrated, but we see little to rectify the reasons for that frustration. Harry Dean wasn't Robinson Crusoe with his frustration, but his response to it was stupid.
[3] Our recruiter certainly deserve their share of the blame. Rarely have I seen a list with so little athleticism. We didn't have anyone who could run with St. Kilda's better players. Whose fault is this? We lack pace all over the field. We have few players with real spring. Many of our better players are as slow as treacle!
[4] Our fitness people also need to admit that they've failed. There are reports that our guys have never been fitter. That doesn't stack up. Otherwise, we would be running guys down late in games. Otherwise, opposition players wouldn't break out tackles so easily. Our guys are weak, not just the youngsters, who have some excuse.
[5] The Umpires: a cannot miss giving them their place in our disaster. They way the rules were applied tonight was simply diabolical. The ruck frees ... I don't want to go there. But we take it, we don't complain. Our admin needs to get on the front foot and start calling this sh*t out! The way H, for example, gets held almost every time he goes for the ball. How our players get pushed out of contests and the umps just ignore it. I could go on.