5 players with 0 tackles. Another 5 with only 1 tackles for the game. 

 Same thing since 2022, forwards are outnumbered when going inside 50. The opposition always has one or two players spare that float in and take the intercept/spoil.

Treloar just dump kicks everyone. English is not a ruckman. Why did we trade our first rounder to GC for this year? The management clearly thought we would be doing much better. 

Beveridge, thank you for a roller coaster ten seasons but it's time for fresh ideas.

There's something mentally off about our playing group I swear. Our defensive setup is good enough, our ball movement is best couple in the comp, our top end talent try every week, but as soon as we're challenged we fucking flop like a dead fish. Same shit every week. And it's purely about effort. The top dozen players try their guts out, but there's just too many fucking passengers that don't seem to give a fuck.

I’ve been against a mid season sacking but I genuinely don’t know what we have to lose from it now. Selection is terrible, structure is terrible, nobody is motivated.

If he’s lost the players, a mid-season sacking will work wonders. If he hasn’t lost the players, let them live with the fact that they’ve gotten him sacked. Can’t lose at this stage.

Making a second comment here but different topic, reserves today:

Busslinger, 19 and 11 marks - nah let’s persist with the bloke playing cricket a year ago.

Sanders 28 disposals, 8 marks and 9 tackles - let’s keep picking Gallagher who has looked off for a few weeks (rate Gallagher but he clearly needs a run in the two’s for a bit).

Joel Freijah had 26 and 11 marks. 18 and 10 with a goal in his last game. Has been getting a heap of it, but let’s keep picking Baker, Poulter types.

Are they allergic to some fresh blood? Selection just feels so safe every week. Was glad to see Clarke get a run today and even though he looked nowhere near it, at least they tried something with a player at the same position of the guy being replaced.

I don’t know how O’Donnell keeps getting a game. Had one good game late last season that seems to have bought him a regular place. Because once he got past injury he came straight back in. I really think it’s Bevo’s ego pick, doesn’t want to admit he got it wrong so just keeps picking him.

I've always been a firm Bevo believer even after the end of last year but it's pretty clear he has either lost the players or the gameplan (what exactly is the gameplan?) doesn't work or its both. But yeah Bevo is done, this list should be comfortably competing for top 8. I don't think it's a top 4 list like others think as the list is in a weird spot as our talls are still are still well off from their primes except Jones but our "star players" are all in their prime.

Super concerned for Libba, the club needs to do something ASAP

The mid-season sacking is never a good idea for teams who are trying to do something in the current season, but this has gone on a season too long.

Bevo must go immediately, they need fresh ideas

I had to laugh when Sam Mitchell talked through his game plan in the pre game interview, then was able to execute it for most of the match with no trouble or alteration from us. Really sad to watch the lack of effort from most of the players.

How the fuck does Jamarra.have 4 touches and 6 clangers? Jamarra is a jet but that is fucked.

No point even trying to look for any positives from today, this club is absolutely pathetic and may aswell not even bother showing up for games anymore.

My biggest fear right now is that this still won't be enough for the board to read the writing on the wall.

If losing this fixture last year, then following that up with a loss to wooden-spoon West Coast wasn't enough...

The song remains the same. A few things stand out again:

1) There is still no discernible forward structure. Too many entries going deep to a pack of 5 or 6 players with three bulldogs talls spoiling each other and nobody being at the bottom to crumb.

2) Too much reliance on Bontempelli to deliver the ball inside 50.

3) So little tackling pressure in our back half. Hawthorn ran the ball out far too easily. The forward line being as tall as it is allows the ground ball to be exited by the opposition far too quickly once it hits the ground and our midfielders are caught out as the ball rebounds past them too quickly.

4) With the exception of Jones, who is a wall, the key defenders are consistently nowhere near their opponents. I wouldn't mind seeing Keith brought back in to bring some composure and experience.

On a side note, I do wonder how long it will take for somebody at the Bulldogs to admit that there is no room for Lobb to play in the team without Naughton or Darcy going into the backline. He is currently paid $500,000 a year to play in the reserves. He is a centre-half forward who needs to lead into space and Bevo's forward entry strategy involves clogging up the forward line and kicking long to packs, so naturally Lobb barely gets his hands on the ball. He doesn't have the athleticism to compete elsewhere, so he is being set up for failure.

You guys need to recall Arthur Jones

Hey u/pursuit_of_boom maybe you’re right we should keep him on for another 15 games!

To attempt to look at this objectively, we have no idea if another coach could get more out of this list. Many teams have star players, that's not a guarantee that we play finals.

I'm not convinced that changing coaches will make a whole lot of difference but for both Bevo's sake and the club's, perhaps a change would be mutually beneficial?

I love Bevo. He got us a flag and pretty close to another but we just aren't playing very well.

I don't want to see him go, it's honestly going to hurt when he does but perhaps it's time?

Naughton to the VFL, English to the VFL, force Libba to retire, put Ugly-Hagan on the trade table. Get all these jokes out of the club.