Our game plan

[Velour&Ruffles]

Our game plan of moving the ball glacially and kicking to stationary targets in contested situations seems to have been worked out. I'm a bit surprised we persevered with it despite the addition of the ten million dollar man.

[bodgie]

Lord if i hear the ten million dollar man thing one more time... and it's only day one

[Velour&Ruffles]

Point taken. I will call him the Terrible Set Shot For Goal Man instead. Are you happy now?
My point was, don't you think we would actually adjust the way we play to make use of his supposed talents?

[ScottH]

Our game plan only sucks when we lose.
Which isn't that often these days.

[erica]

We have a game plan?

[Velour&Ruffles]

Our game plan only sucks when we lose.
Which isn't that often these days.

You are right. Last year we only lost when we played against genuine premiership contenders. Our game plan was ok against rubbish teams ....until today.

[bodgie]

Point taken. I will call him the Terrible Set Shot For Goal Man instead. Are you happy now?
My point was, don't you think we would actually adjust the way we play to make use of his supposed talents?

I've haven't understood our forward plan for a long time. Perhaps thats the plan. And in the big picture it's been working!

[rojo]

I was only listening to a radio broadcast and from what the commentators were saying it seems like we haven't changed our game plan much, if at all. Two or three players hanging off Buddy at times!! Where were the leading forwards or those who were there to received the incoming ball while Buddy was the decoy? Where was Sam or LRT?

It also seemed very strange to go into the game with Pyke as the only ruckman after him having such a limited preparation. If LRT was supposed to be the support ruckman, he too has had a very limited preparation. Did they underrate the Giants? And did they underrate the influence of a fit and firing Mummy when they let him go!

I honestly thought that we had well past the days of dependence on Adam Goodes but when the crunch came in the last quarter and no one stood up to change the Giants' momentum he did come to mind! A bit disappointing!

[bodgie]

as above

[Meg]

+2

[Meg]

Although I should have added that Macca was certainly trying to play the 'change the momentum' role.

[Cressakel2]

The loss of Jack & possibly Hannebery's worst game at the Swans didn't help our cause! Hanners looked as flat as the Poms in the fifth test!

Delivery to Buddy was poor, intensity was lacking as shown by the amount of errors & holding the ball decisions against us. Their kids beat us at our own game. Simple as that.

Better to lose in Round 1 and steel the boys into action. By the look of Horse, suggest the lads will be flogged on the track this week. And rightly so...

[Ludwig]

Our round 2 game is likely to be The Battle for The Wooden Spoon. The loser has a good chance of being in 18th place.

[Panttz]

18th place for 1 week maybe. Most of you are making it out to be like we are doomed to rot at the bottom of the pack for decades to come! Calm down please.

[bloodsbigot]

I think GWS were playing this game like it was their Grand Final. They probably practiced all pre-season for this one game.

I think we'll have a case of the Fremantle vs West Coast effect with the Giants. For years Freo always put on a good display against the Eagles and managed to pump them. Alas the Eagles always finished in the finals and the Dockers always missed out.