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Great effort today but i question the hardness of some of our players. you all know who.

thoughts?

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    Great effort today but i question the hardness of some of our players. you all know who.

    thoughts?

    not McKenzie, little man can lay tackles.

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    Great effort today but i question the hardness of some of our players. you all know who.

    thoughts?

    who then..

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    99% of the boys were fantastica today.

    just questioned a couple of efforts. going back into the pack for a mark!

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    99% of the boys were fantastica today.

    just questioned a couple of efforts. going back into the pack for a mark!

    not the same demons i have watched over the last 3 years.

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    Bennels effort. not good enough

    soft as butter

    we do not want to promote that

    99% of the boys were fantastica today.

    just questioned a couple of efforts. going back into the pack for a mark!

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    Bennels effort. not good enough

    soft as butter

    we do not want to promote that

    What about Grimes in the 2nd quarter when Pendlebury walked in to goal?

    As long as these kids learn by it, and make sure they change, that's all I ask for this season.

    Nb - This is Benny's 2nd season, he is still in development mode and I can assure you, Bailey wont accept consistent softness in our side.

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    Agree Billy,

    Grimes didnt attack the footy either. very dissapointing.

    This is bennal's second offence (think Geeling last year). It shouldnt happen at all.

    Discrace

    What about Grimes in the 2nd quarter when Pendlebury walked in to goal?

    As long as these kids learn by it, and make sure they change, that's all I ask for this season.

    Nb - This is Benny's 2nd season, he is still in development mode and I can assure you, Bailey wont accept consistent softness in our side.

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    Hmmm Tiger Woods is back, maybe just maybe the Demons are back!!!

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    99% of the boys were fantastica today.

    just questioned a couple of efforts. going back into the pack for a mark!

    You don't need to start a seperate thread for this, Were all talking about bennell allready in other threads.

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    not the same demons i have watched over the last 3 years.

    Our best game for a loooooooooooong time

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    Hardness?

    How about the weak effort of a thread criticizing a kid in his second year for hearing footsteps.

    Michael Voss openly admits to shirking the issue a few times as a youngster.

    I'll worry once he gets a few seasons into him.

    Even then, not every player is Brett Kirk or Nick Riewoldt.

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    yes lets pot Grimes for that miss. do we want to mention the numerous saves and countless times he beat his opponent today ? I thought he wasn't just good, but excellent in heavy traffic today.

    but hey why not pick on a guy who played well with just over a dozen games but made a couple of mistakes.

    Please, keep it together people.

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    Great effort today but i question the hardness of some of our players. you all know who.

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    Hate to sound like YM, but Bruce was soft today, but Newton was softer!!!!!!

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    Hate to sound like YM, but Bruce was soft today, but Newton was softer!!!!!!

    drop them both and bring in Sylvia & Martin (help out Jamar)

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    Hardness?

    How about the weak effort of a thread criticizing a kid in his second year for hearing footsteps.

    Michael Voss openly admits to shirking the issue a few times as a youngster.

    I'll worry once he gets a few seasons into him.

    Even then, not every player is Brett Kirk or Nick Riewoldt.

    Bennell was one of our best today, and certainly provided some spark in the forward line. He will learn from his obvious weakness in the clinches, and he is clearly a very skilled young player. He is an adequate replacement for Wonna, but in my opinion not in his class.

    What I found so encouraging today is that we were competitive without most of our preferred forward set up. It was a great effort, and very encouraging

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    Bennell was one of our best today, and certainly provided some spark in the forward line. He will learn from his obvious weakness in the clinches, and he is clearly a very skilled young player. He is an adequate replacement for Wonna, but in my opinion not in his class.

    What I found so encouraging today is that we were competitive without most of our preferred forward set up. It was a great effort, and very encouraging

    I think Bennell belongs on a back flank, but it was a good move by Bailey to put him forward.

    I think he still needs significant development, but will be a poor man's McLeod.

    Also, when questioning his courage, dud anyone take into account his mark running with the flight of the ball where he came within inches of colliding with the post..?

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    I think the senior players let down the young ones today- I won't say soft - but disappointing.Felt the skipper left them down a little and Bruce- he is light of his mega days. Still maybe unfit- but light years away from his best.I also think Warnock- has not hit his straps this year as well. Frawley played a little better, but it was Jamar- whom really was the shinning light of the senior players.Green also did his best.However overall- felt the team overall was the most ruthless they have been for a very long time

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    Is this thread for real. Both Bennell and Grimes have played less than a season's worth of footy. Last week it's sack Bailey this week Bennell and Grimes are soft. There's a few of you who need to have a good hard look.

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    Great effort today but i question the hardness of some of our players. you all know who.

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    If this is your attempt at constructive criticism it fails miserably. You question their hardness but don't even have the character to name them. I'll tell you who's soft chump - It's you.

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    Quit Bagging Jamie Bennell FFS talk about a disgrace.

    He bought some speed into the forward line. He runs he's learning, give him a break

    Well done Jamie-i enjoyed your game.

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    Quit Bagging Jamie Bennell FFS talk about a disgrace.

    He bought some speed into the forward line. He runs he's learning, give him a break

    Well done Jamie-i enjoyed your game.

    Totally agree. He's a damaging player - creative, fast, defensive. And I believe you can teach anything - even hardness. Why bag a player that's got so much going for him when there are others who don't contribute nearly as much to winning a game of footy as he does.

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    Bennels effort. not good enough

    soft as butter

    we do not want to promote that

    I think we should all take a cold shower on this issue. Sure it looked as though the kid withdrew from a crucial marking contest in the third quarter when a goal was begging, and dropped another crucial mark in the last quarter, but he also took a very courageous mark running into the goal post in that same third quarter.

    Jamie Bennell is one of our potential teenage stars, and they do take time to learn and develop. He needs to be given space and time. Before today I wondered why we played him, but after today I understand better.

    As the coach says we need to put gametime into these kids, and crucifying them in the process when they make mistakes doesn't help any of them.

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    Did some idiot above just question the hardness of Grimes?

    You're kidding yourself, he was BOG!

    Edited by Spirit of Barassi

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    It just shows that when people are allowed to voice their opinion, which we are all entitled too, well there are just some less than intelligent people on here.

    Yes Bennell shirked an issue, yes he chased hard, he tackled hard, he kicked a goal and set up another, he dove head first to mark the ball and almost hit the goal post, but lets focus on the one negative. He will be a good player, and if he turns out to be a poor mans McLeod, I would be bloody happy with that!

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