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Jaded No More
Jaded No More

There is so much to feel heartbroken over right now, and Watts is up there near the top of the list. He is struggling, he is scared of the footy, and scared of making a mistake, and scared of not doi

DeeZee
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Never seen a player cop so much so early in his career. My only emotion is sadness

Deestroy All
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I hate people repetitively arguing the same thing over and over again, so I am hypocritical in this instance, I must've made about 5 posts about Watts' [censored] poor efforts in the last 3 weeks. B

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Return to Glory Trident

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I watched him closely today. He genuinely lacks any intensity whatsoever. Please, no one give me that crap about him being better in time than Nic Nat. Would make the swap in a heart beat.

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I watched him closely today. He genuinely lacks any intensity whatsoever. Please, no one give me that crap about him being better in time than Nic Nat. Would make the swap in a heart beat.

I would swap him for a lock of NikNat's dreadlocks.

He is as soft is the day is long. As simple as that. Will have his good days when he is allowed to play his way, but that isn't anywhere near enough.

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The only time he showed intensity was when the defenders huddled after every port goal and he looked to spray all his team mates. Can't believe when the game was over in 3rd and Clark injured that Neeld wouldn't throw him forward, in the guts or give him a role. Such unimaginative coaching.

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I don't understand all the fixation of a few posters on here who believe that Watts:

1 will be any good and

2 get better

Even more so when watching Jack Viney get crunched, and crunched again, but he never wavered.

Having said that, he wasn't alone today.

PS Does Todd have any more kids??

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I love when he gave Schulz a free run at mark of the year.

Anyone that defends this bloke, please show me one time that he attacked a pack like Schulz did, going for either a mark or spoil. Good luck.

The bearded lady.

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Wasn't good enough today. I know Jack experienced a family loss during the week, so I will cut him some slack. But if he's going to play spare man in defence, it's obvious, but he has to get much more of the ball and use his sublime skills to set up attacks and thus influence the game.

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Wasn't good enough today. I know Jack experienced a family loss during the week, so I will cut him some slack. But if he's going to play spare man in defence, it's obvious, but he has to get much more of the ball and use his sublime skills to set up attacks and thus influence the game.

Mate end of the day if his not emotionally up for it then dont take the field. Excuses like this shouldnt be in play here.

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From what I heard today, it was a total shocker of an effort.

However, it also seems that part of the problem was Neeld's insistance on having the spare man. I hate the tactic, I don't agree with it fundamentally, and I don't understand why we continued with it when it clearly wasn't working.

Maybe if Neeld told Watts to man up on someone, he might have tried it.

Nonetheless, a terrible effort from Watts.

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From what I heard today, it was a total shocker of an effort.

However, it also seems that part of the problem was Neeld's insistance on having the spare man. I hate the tactic, I don't agree with it fundamentally, and I don't understand why we continued with it when it clearly wasn't working.

Maybe if Neeld told Watts to man up on someone, he might have tried it.

Nonetheless, a terrible effort from Watts.

I'm not sure that Neeld likes this tactic either - he's just trying to find a spot for JW is proving to have everyone fooled about his perceived capabilities.

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I'm not sure that Neeld likes this tactic either - he's just trying to find a spot for JW is proving to have everyone fooled about his perceived capabilities.

Im starting to wonder. I think it was supposed to build his confidence with easy touches.

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