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Notice that Port were very good at manning up when we hit the lead so we couldn't ice it. Puts pressure on each man. Then when they got the lead back we failed to pick up their guys and they chewed up valuable time. That's composure, and we lack it.

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lol... The AFL fix matches to maximise revenue... It benefits them to have strong interstate teams...

We see it every round, but most ether choose to ignore it or are just plain ignorant to it... I love the demons, but i can't pay to watch this crap anymore... Our game has been ambushed by money...

Ambushed? You mean, you didn't see it coming?

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So... What is the future for Blease and Tappscott?

I thought they were ok today

No massive errors (I can think of off the top of my head) and both contributed - i'd give them games next week

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No, but they are the reason we don't have more than 16 points!

Sorry Deeoldfart I don't agree.

We simply were not good enough to win most of our games.

We conveniently forgot when the poor decisions go our way and only remember the ones that go against us.

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Let's go back here shall we... there is nothing in losing? So we cannot take anything positive from it? We have to ignore Tyson's performance, Jetta being terrific down back etc?

and they had mates that LOST it for them.

Lets just ignore the only stat that actually matters. The scoreboard.

We lost a game some ( as you righlt point out ) fought hard to win.

We lost because of stupidity.

We lost..we didnt win anything.

Im sure the likes of Nev and Dom..and Pigdog are just stoked by it all.

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So... What is the future for Blease and Tappscott?

Blease showed he is more sizzle than steak. He made a cameo with his running goal but I am running out of patience.

Same with Tappy. He shows promise here and there but he is on the knifes edge.

Roosy may have been a little disingenuous when he said Bleasey was getting picked merely on his Casey form. I am guessing part of it as well is to see if he can actually play.

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So... What is the future for Blease and Tappscott?

i think they were reasonable. both showed the have some talent.

some more work under roos n they could both be quite valuable.

I hopre they play the rest of the season (provided they're giving us something) so we can get a better idea if they're capable at this level.

So far though, I was relatively pleased.

pisssed we lost the game, but jeez it shows we have come quite a way.

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So... What is the future for Blease and Tappscott?

I honestly see a future for Tappy, that bump in the middle was a testament to his ability. Just needs to work on his pace, bloke is too bloody slow and can't handle the chase.

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Also I think Kent being the sub was a costly mistake, as was subbing Riley. I can almost forgive the Riley sub since I'm sure he's struggling for fitness, but Kent always has an impact. Tapscott should have been the sub, or, at the risk of being howled down, Blease.

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and they had mates that LOST it for them.

Lets just ignore the only stat that actually matters. The scoreboard.

We lost a game some ( as you righlt point out ) fought hard to win.

We lost because of stupidity.

We lost..we didnt win anything.

Im sure the likes of Nev and Dom..and Pigdog are just stoked by it all.

That covers it bb
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Blease showed he is more sizzle than steak. He made a cameo with his running goal but I am running out of patience.

Same with Tappy. He shows promise here and there but he is on the knifes edge.

Roosy may have been a little disingenuous when he said Bleasey was getting picked merely on his Casey form. I am guessing part of it as well is to see if he can actually play.

Pretty good summary, although I'd like to see Roos stick with both for the rest of the season.

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Neville Jetta is fast becoming a favourite. The speed today's game is played at make agility and keeping your feet hugely important, and Nev's agility and ability to keep his feet is first class, and he uses the ball well. Actually makes me wonder why he hasn't been more successful in the earlier part of his career.

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Watts proved today why he is one of the most talked about and most frustrating player in the league. I would play him half back for the rest of the year. It is clearly his best position and we look so much better for it. Playing there he is forced to be actively engaged and he is better for it. Worst thing that happens is he gets negated by a defensive forward.

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I thought the Grimes kick was a high degree of difficulty kick, in a situation that required the risk, that was errant by a centimetre.

Some will rue that, some will rue the Jones cockup or the Dawes pass to nobody. I rue the 20 minute patch where they got 5 goals out. Again. We're so, so close, but still walking away with an L to our form. Such a flattening feeling.

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Pretty much sums it up. Wonderful effort, excellent improvement... but still a loss.

Everyone's forgetting who we played. Port were in terrible form coming into this match having lost 3 of their last 3 matches (2 of them at Adelaide oval) to IMO 2 very poor teams in Adelaide and the Tiges...and an in form Essendrug.

We have beaten all of those teams this year.

This should have been a decent win for us.... yet we still managed to allow a terribly out of form team to find their mojo a little and kick 6 unanswered goals in the first half. The game was won and lost right there.

Honorable comeback my ass.

Any other half decent team would have won that by 3 to 4 goals and the better clubs in a canter.

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I honestly see a future for Tappy, that bump in the middle was a testament to his ability. Just needs to work on his pace, bloke is too bloody slow and can't handle the chase.

I like Tappy, but pace, perhaps more than any other attribute, is hard to improve.

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and they had mates that LOST it for them.

Lets just ignore the only stat that actually matters. The scoreboard.

We lost a game some ( as you righlt point out ) fought hard to win.

We lost because of stupidity.

We lost..we didnt win anything.

Im sure the likes of Nev and Dom..and Pigdog are just stoked by it all.

How perceptive of you.

You keep on living with all that negativity mate and I'll stick with being disappointed that we lost while also maintaining the ability to see past my nose.

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Gotta question the decision making late in the last qtr when we were leading....

Wtf was Dawes kicking to???

The out on the full by Grimes I believe!

And yes umpiring disgraceful! jones gets tackled & handballs & gets dropping the ball! How many times are players tackled & ball drops out & it's play on!

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Watts proved today why he is one of the most talked about and most frustrating player in the league. I would play him half back for the rest of the year. It is clearly his best position and we look so much better for it. Playing there he is forced to be actively engaged and he is better for it. Worst thing that happens is he gets negated by a defensive forward.

I wanted to kill someone when he risked serious pain running the wrong way to make that spoil at the end of the third, and his reward was a shithouse free against and Port goal. There is just no bloody justice in this sport sometimes.

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I wanted to kill someone when he risked serious pain running the wrong way to make that spoil at the end of the third, and his reward was a shithouse free against and Port goal. There is just no bloody justice in this sport sometimes.

Poor Jack, does what everyone screams for him to do and gets pinged unfairly for it.

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Poor Jack, does what everyone screams for him to do and gets pinged unfairly for it.

Doing it once is not the answer... He needs to realize he's a big unit and can smash blokes... Even if he gets pinged occasionally.

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