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Guest MFC4Life

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Stretchy jumpers?

Try again...it has something to do with the amount of their players and the amount of our players around the ball.


CHAMP Redleg

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Can anyone tell what is wrong?

An illegal below-the-knee tackle is being applied.

Spaghetti Mighty Demon

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So one photo which happens to have a few opposition players in the frame depicts the reason we lose games? Get real. We could have 18 of our players around the ball and our skills would still turn the ball over.

If you can find a photo of us struggling to get the ball out of our defensive 50, then post that

Pates Trident

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This is one of the MANY reasons why we lose games. You can never put it down to one singular issue, especially when your losses average over 50 points.

Guest MFC4Life

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So one photo which happens to have a few opposition players in the frame depicts the reason we lose games? Get real. We could have 18 of our players around the ball and our skills would still turn the ball over.

If you can find a photo of us struggling to get the ball out of our defensive 50, then post that

So what the hell chance have we got when a player is mauled by 4 blokes instantaneously, 4 blokes who have the discipline, the desire, the passion and the motivation put the man under pressure as soon as he gets the ball.

We're concerned about running the ball forward but we are defensively pissweak. As soon as we loose the ball we stop running. The amount of Adelaide players that were constantly free yestersday...bloody unbelievable. Why don't our play run as much as other teams? Are we not fit? Do we have the motivation to? Why don't we have players constanly free? Why don't we hunt in packs? Why don't we outman an opposition player 4 to 1 when they have the ball.The only way we can win games is to apply constant pressure! Where is it? Why do our blokes not run? We were lucky not to lose by 150 points yesterday. We don't have the confidence, the motivation, the application, the discipline, the desire or the NOUSE to do any of this.

kryton Demon

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numbers around the ball and player......

seriously, the number of players around any stoppage yesterday would have numbered 20 and yet still got them!!

Looks like he has his arms free and is shaping to snap off a handpass to a number of Melbourne players free because their man is converging on the ball carrier.

mick2007 Demon

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it did look like Adelaide had twice as many on the field yesterday. Too many players go missing and just aren't creative enough or can read the play. Too many players are flat footed. Blow some seriopus wind up there asses Bails

Lord Travis Trident

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Colin Garland? I agree :P

Seriously though, it is a combination of unsized bodies and defensive pressure. We suck with both.

Our players never seem to put on the size that other clubs' do, and our defensive pressure this year has been the worst I can remember from a team.

Spaghetti Mighty Demon

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So what the hell chance have we got when a player is mauled by 4 blokes instantaneously, 4 blokes who have the discipline, the desire, the passion and the motivation put the man under pressure as soon as he gets the ball.

We're concerned about running the ball forward but we are defensively pissweak. As soon as we loose the ball we stop running. The amount of Adelaide players that were constantly free yestersday...bloody unbelievable. Why don't our play run as much as other teams? Are we not fit? Do we have the motivation to? Why don't we have players constanly free? Why don't we hunt in packs? Why don't we outman an opposition player 4 to 1 when they have the ball.The only way we can win games is to apply constant pressure! Where is it? Why do our blokes not run? We were lucky not to lose by 150 points yesterday. We don't have the confidence, the motivation, the application, the discipline, the desire or the NOUSE to do any of this.

Being attacked by 4 opposition players means there should be 3 unmanned demons players near the stoppage. We are not losing because there is 4 opposition players in a frame. As has been said above there is a number of reasons, but with good skills, Garland should have the skills / awareness to hit a free Melbourne player (If of course, the other players can read the play well enough to be in position).

I'll bet if we took the 'hunt in packs' philosophy into coming games we would be destroyed as it would mean there are even more free opposition players on the ball.


Guest MFC4Life

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Being attacked by 4 opposition players means there should be 3 unmanned demons players near the stoppage. We are not losing because there is 4 opposition players in a frame. As has been said above there is a number of reasons, but with good skills, Garland should have the skills / awareness to hit a free Melbourne player (If of course, the other players can read the play well enough to be in position).

I'll bet if we took the 'hunt in packs' philosophy into coming games we would be destroyed as it would mean there are even more free opposition players on the ball.

The simple fact of the matter is that we don't nearly run as hard as an other team which is one of the main reasons why we are constantly getting flogged.

Surfa Demon

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We certainly have alot of recievers in our team.. like the peter daicos of old give it to me in the clear iand i will look lioke a star and kick straight as there is no pressure.. lol the only problem with this senario is there was no one getting the ball.. the big men tried but seriously how skillful flexible can they be, how many players do we have that are in and under players??

Barty (kinda) moloney definately, brock definately , jones, and junior.. so we have five..resonable numbers but not when the coach uses two of these guys to play the role of stoppers barty and junior.. left us three players who where swapped around all day to span the entire ground and win the ball for us.. now the only way recivers get the bal is from the in and unders ..so where does this leave us? when brett ratten was midfield coach our guys got a backbone .. green got in there so did brucey and junior was a star. toughen these gus up for christ sakes bloody show ponies half of them jonesy and moloney put them to shame with there attack on the ball. you can virtually garrentee that jones is the last up from the bottom of the pack.. a little support goes along way

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