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GAME DAY - Round 12

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It's game day and it certainly feels different. For starters, it's a Saturday although the game is buried in that twilight zone time slot I refer to elsewhere in this week's match preview. Then ther

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Nothing against Mark Neeld but the effect of his sacking is already evident in the confidence of my younger grandson in the under 8's basketball. He had a breakout game today and scored a basket. Of c

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It's like a first date!!!!!!!

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1. Great attack on the ball by Watts

2. Garland is a champ

3. McDonald, Terlich, Kent are looking good. Loved Kent's chase

4. The disposal efficiency of Dawes is much better than I remember it being

5. The "experienced players" are just BAD, in particular Pederson. Can we please stop playing them? Neeld is no longer here. No need to save face anymore by playing them. Give the young players a run over these guys so we can at least find out who to keep.

Nice wrap, I'd like to make mention of Terlich as well
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He shirked when going back with the flight of the ball and didn't go hard at all on Ray at the start of the game.

I would have called that being out of position but maybe I just wanna be optimistic. I just think it's premature to be calling him soft at this moment in time.

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A top Coach is going to rip this list apart.

Half of them don't work. Nothing to do with skill or experience.

Craig has been top dog for ONE WEEK - give him a bit of time

Why is it that every other recruit can put his body on the line from the start but Melbourne players are always so timid?

I'm sick of making excuses.

Clisby, Terlich, Kent, Tom McDonald??????????
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I reckon a lot of the rot is gone, but it will now take time to develop the right culture with what is remaining.

i agree, but there is still some,,, but the legacy is still with us atmo...the legacy of the last 10 - 15 years. will take a bit to plough up & reseed.

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There was no malice, he just has zero awareness.

I'm fed up with your canning of Spencer. He's been killing them at Casey for weeks, he gets a chance to play in the firsts and you don't let up. Give him a go!

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Half Time Stats Summary (Differentials)

Contested -16

Uncontested +15

Clangers +2

Contested Marks -1

Marks i50 -1

Hit Outs +8

Clearances -2

Center Clearances -4

Clearances from general stoppage +2

Rebound 50 -4 (not necessarily a negative result though.....could mean more time [compared to previous matches] being spent in our 50! Possibly first time for a long time time)

Tackles +2

1 Percenters +8 !!!

Bounces (play on) -4

i50 Even

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I'd call that a major negative given that a few years ago we had one of the best back lines in the competition.

Dissagree. It's the one aspect that's held together during the perfect storm. Never went away. Just needs a few injections of pace and decent ball use (we already have one in Terlich). Need one more though. Could be Blease for pace but defensively not so good and ball use is pretty ordinary atm.

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Watts is having a good game, at least he is presenting, he is our only forward.

Pretending you mean. He's got something wrong in his head. A tonne of talent and no brains or guts.

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