Paton - played
Dow - Played
Hayes - Played (third game)
Webster - available
Heath - available
Clark - test
Wood - test
Crouch - 1-2 weeks
Henry- 1- 2 weeks

Higgins - 3 weeks
Butler 4-5 weeks
Van Es - Season

Plays in a position where tackling is not common

Not sure how many tackles Nasiah and Battle have but he plays a similar role.

He’s not an inside mid

Steele will only get past 32 if his body holds up

Only really good players (A Grade) get to play to 34/35 If your an also ran or your best is behind you, you likely gone at 30 Even Crouch, Ross, Membrey, Jones, Webster who have all been serviceable or better will be done at 30-32 A Grade players like Marshall, Steele, Wilkie, Sinclair can go throug...

Wilkie is in the wrong category

checked his age - just turned 28

Will be 31/32 when contending so should be in the maybe category

Geelong have surprised - did you pick them as a top 2 team?

They are remarkable

I still don’t think they are a premiership threat though

Collingwood- hard to gauge
Probably the luckiest premiership in my memory

They won a ridiculous amount of close games last season including finals.

Is the new ‘year of exploration’ So we are trying to win games and get games into kids at the same time - to build a premiership list Injuries could be a blessing in disguise Maybe this year, dropping down and getting a pick 5-8 won’t be the worst thing? Combined with a pick 23-28. And maybe trading...

Article is basic and just goes along with media narrative

There is no ‘root cause’

Its analysis is simplistic and could be written by a year 10 kid

Why was he selected in the first place

Now he needs to develop

12 possessions
0.5 goals

Needs to get closer to 17 possessions and 1 goal

With previous coaches we must have had better players and no injuries

Only ever seen Ross at the VFL once before - and that was last time he was coach.

He may have been there but not visible

Ratten and AR were frequently there

Steele and Hunter were there, Steele normally is there

Jones was BOG Campbell thrashed a smaller opponent Hayes was excellent Dow was serviceable but not damaging- he turned it over a bit Paton is a really solid player especially at VFL level McConnell was handy Keeler - possibly his best game Allison was OK plays below his size though McLennan - if he ...

Bullants are not great

But Sandy playing pretty well

1st Q
Best : Hayes, Hastie, Dow, McLennan
2nd Q
Best: Jones, Campbell, Keeler

All Saints players doing ok

Problem is

We need to win next week - or we are playing for draft picks!

How do you measure a coaches performance?

Win/Loss?

Premierships?

Great coaches are nothing without quality players, whereas quality players can still dominate regardless of the coach!

Instead of calling Dougal a ‘whipping boy’

Rate his game last night?

I’d say insipid

Ross was very poor (especially in the first half) he has a few credits in the bank though - wouldn’t you say?

Steele was also average - also credits - a load of them

Ross had a a usual media manager meeting before the presser

He knew exactly what was going to be asked

He knew exactly the messaging he needed to send

Toed the party line

Tried to appease the supporters (dual narrative)

Defended his coaching- predictable

The only people that think he is the messiah

Hopeful supporters and dumbarse media

I keep telling you

The coach is not the answer!!!! It’s good to have a decent one

But give me good players over a good coach anyday

People just want to believe it is to give them hope when a coach is sacked!

Agreed

Defensive, called Garcia a second or third year player and was basically rambling

I honestly don’t think he GAF

You reckon Howard made Wilkie play well?

Or did he play well because he’s a gun AA defender

How do you explain the selection of Howard?

1/ He was not required
2/ He is not ready
3/ He is fkn hopeless

Ross has just gone under 50% in this stint as coach 15 - 16

I don’t like the way the team plays - they are awful to watch

The selection of Dougal Howard - fkn mind boggling

His selection was absolutely bizarre

Wasn’t needed

And he’s no good

Looked like he was having his first kick of pre season training- slow and rusty

Well they got their maths wrong

Because they said about 120 games - which suggest 1 home team