Sugarcane wrote:
This game was a carbon copy of earlier in the year
To the T
In the earlier game White I'm pretty sure it was had two shocking moments late in the game, first was the hapless attempt to tackle where the Ess player bounced off him. And the second was the gutless attempt to mark at the death. Well McCinness' pissweak attempt to mark at the death, in fact he didn't even try instead tried to punch the ball when he should have had the kahoonas to mark, was a carbon copy of the White balls up
Simply amazing
In both games terrible kicking for goal and a third tall defender completely shitting themselves under pressure at the death cost us the game
McCINNES just like White ought to be dropped instantly for this effort. I know he is a kid but that's just not good enough.
Under pressure true characters are revealed
I feel sorry for Mick. History has shown you need cattle, and history has also shown AFL players for one reason or another kicking for goal is the one skill that hasn't improved over 100 years.
Mick is a realist, he knows too well the problems with the list
He spoke early in the year of the need to find big bodied midfielders. He hinted strongly Gibbs was the type of player we need. But we have very few of these big bodied quality mids, and the back line is putrid as evidenced by McCinness brain fade - so Gibbs is deployed a HB or to tag etc.
We simply don't have enough talent
No depth
Means we have to fill holes with our quality
Simpson and Walker and Gibbs and Scotland fill holes
But even there it's not ideal. Walkerlays HB because he can run and carry but he is hopeless one on one as a defender, has no idea
Should be a wingman bar the fact we have no quality down back so he is deployed there
What do we do? We can't go off and get 6 grea players in one off season, can we?
I have said before thee ae 20 players who need to go, that is 2-3 years of turning the list over.
So it's essentially a new beginning, starting all over. Murphy will be 28!
All because of Hughes' deplorable recruitment under Ratten and Sticks watch
Synbads is right, HbFs. Before last year when was the last time we took a mid early? Lucas who can run but kicking is suspect and is another soft top ice cream. Now in the Twos.
Lack of mental toughness, see Lucas soft, see McCinness last night, White earlier game, Yarran soft, Garlett soft, etc etc, this is compounded by a poor leadership group. Waite showed up by Hurley. Gibbs terrible kick to seal it. betts terrible kick to seal it. Murphy not fit but that doesnt excuse his refusal to impose himself at stoppages. Terrible. Only Simpson stood up!
What to do?.
The list problems are interlinked because the football field is interlinked
What would be great would be to pull a Syd type trade for an experienced quality mid size defender. Like the one they got from Adel those years back. Not mature angers who can't kick like Duigan. Actually go and get a quality proven defender, or two.
Then get a quality mid, and probably not Dale Thomas cause his ankle is a worry and he's not a big bodied mid. If you could get Dale and a quality big bodied mid that would be huge. But it's easier said then done.
Blues need to bite the bullet and give up a lot to get a lot.
Yarran tried his guts out las night but poor kicking, lack of belief to seal it himself, a terribly soft effort that swung the momentum their way, stupid reckless frees undermined his effort. He's clearly trying but is it too late for him?
We have wasted so many years on Armfield and Robinson who will also be retards out there.
What would we seriously get for the following, not saying you trade them all but what would we get then decide which ones to try and shop around ...
Yarran
Warnock
Hampson
Betts
Robinson
Armfield
Through trading these types, through FA, through maybe trading our first pick, can we get some proven, quality, hard defenders and some proven, hard, quality big bodied mids???
Everyone says we need a quality big fwd but I'd say that's jus about impossible to get unless you sell the farm, and anyhow Hendo and Cas look promising IMO. Had Robinson not been a complete dick Cas would have snagged a goal late just like the two strong marks he took in the goal square last week. Robinson you complete flower!
It's ironic after years wasting picks on HBFs we actually have none other than Gibbs and Simpson and Walker. What a disgrace for the recruitment dept. An indictment
Get two players in the mould of Mattner, those types. Frees up Walker and Gibbs so they can go to midfield permanently. Stop plugging holes. Duigan had one god year and Laidler is a cripple. It didn't work.
We simply must get more quality into this team.
This list has never finished higher than fifth for a good reason.
And now Judd, Scotland, Carrazzo, Waite are nearing the end. So the vacuum is in full effect. Need even more talent.
Mick will improve some players but he can't turn unskilled hacks into good players, once a hack always a hack. And he can't turn 20 shit players into gold.
Geez wouldn't it be nice to have Roughie and Buddy.
Yes, our list problems run deep but your ideas on how to fix them are all over the shop.

I like the highlighted line, though, so true.
