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Don't want to be a negative Nancy but we did let the Suns kick 89 points. That is way too much for a team we dominated.

Yeah they have talent and yeah it was the first game and yeah it was exciting kicking all those goals after a goal drought for the last 5 yrs but I would like to see us tighten up a lot on the defensive side if we are going to get a lot better.....

Just sayin....

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To all those that hung Viney out to dry last week.....suck Sith!!!! Jack came to play today and made sooo many posters look absolutely bloody DUMB! Played on the little Master and for all, except 10 minutes, had his measure. Well done Jack for believing in yourself and to Roosy and Staff, well done for believing and trusting in Jack. How quick things can change. Last week he was playing for his career according to the Master Coaches on DL!!!! LOL!!

I hope you are enjoying the school holidays...

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Don't want to be a negative Nancy but we did let the Suns kick 89 points. That is way too much for a team we dominated.

Yeah they have talent and yeah it was the first game and yeah it was exciting kicking all those goals after a goal drought for the last 5 yrs but I would like to see us tighten up a lot on the defensive side if we are going to get a lot better.....

Just sayin....

True, but just like the Dogs and Dons games in the preseason the coaches and players will learn much from this game. They'll learn what worked and they'll isolate where the Suns opened them up.

It's the first game afterall. They were never going to dominate every minute.

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Don't want to be a negative Nancy but we did let the Suns kick 89 points. That is way too much for a team we dominated.

Yeah they have talent and yeah it was the first game and yeah it was exciting kicking all those goals after a goal drought for the last 5 yrs but I would like to see us tighten up a lot on the defensive side if we are going to get a lot better.....

Just sayin....

I agree with your post but last year we were losing games like this in the last quarter.On Saturday Melbourne kept scoring to win.
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Don't want to be a negative Nancy but we did let the Suns kick 89 points. That is way too much for a team we dominated.

Actually with all their firepower its a great effort

Posted

Don't want to be a negative Nancy but we did let the Suns kick 89 points. That is way too much for a team we dominated.

Yeah they have talent and yeah it was the first game and yeah it was exciting kicking all those goals after a goal drought for the last 5 yrs but I would like to see us tighten up a lot on the defensive side if we are going to get a lot better.....

Just sayin....

I agree. We were actually lucky to win.

Some crucial luck went our way in the 2nd half and we made them pay.

Jack Watts Boundry Goal after a Sun boot kicked the ball OOTF.

Ablett spilling Gimme goal and we cleared the ball

A 2 point ball game we probably would have lost.

Heritier Lamumba kicking a goal after Toumpas completely choked and shat himself.

We won't get 2nd chances like that again

In saying all that. We did deserve to win.

All of our debutantes took the game on. Not one flinch


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The trick is taking advantage and capitalising on any luck that may fall your way, even the good teams sometimes only win because they got lucky aka got out of jail. Anyway you make your own luck, what's to say our "luck" wasn't a result of pressure we applied?

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We weren't lucky to win.

We had 46 more disposals, 14 more contested possessions, 33 more uncontested possessions, 18 more marks, 5 more contested marks, 3.5% better disposal efficiency, 9 less clangers, 13 more tackles, and 5 more inside 50's. We beat them in just about every important facet of the game. In fact, we had less clangers than any team so far this round.

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Anyone else get the feeling he REALLY wants to come back and play this season? is there any chance of it happening?

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Anyone else get the feeling he REALLY wants to come back and play this season? is there any chance of it happening?

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Roos won't let it happen. He won't take any risks; same as what he did with Hogan.

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We weren't lucky to win.

We had 46 more disposals, 14 more contested possessions, 33 more uncontested possessions, 18 more marks, 5 more contested marks, 3.5% better disposal efficiency, 9 less clangers, 13 more tackles, and 5 more inside 50's. We beat them in just about every important facet of the game. In fact, we had less clangers than any team so far this round.

Ablett takes that handball cleanly winning the stat count means very little.

I have just finished watching the game.

We took advantage of some huge pieces of luck in the 2nd half.

1st half we killed them

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I agree. We were actually lucky to win.

Some crucial luck went our way in the 2nd half and we made them pay.

Jack Watts Boundry Goal after a Sun boot kicked the ball OOTF.

Ablett spilling Gimme goal and we cleared the ball

A 2 point ball game we probably would have lost.

Heritier Lamumba kicking a goal after Toumpas completely choked and shat himself.

We won't get 2nd chances like that again

In saying all that. We did deserve to win.

All of our debutantes took the game on. Not one flinch

A major diff is that in previous seasons we wouldn't have taken advantage of their mistakes.

We would have fluffed around with the ball and stuffed it up.

We did take advantage of their mistakes on sat and got the chocolates.

Nice change hey!

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A major diff is that in previous seasons we wouldn't have taken advantage of their mistakes.

We would have fluffed around with the ball and stuffed it up.

We did take advantage of their mistakes on sat and got the chocolates.

Nice change hey!

Absolutely. Was great to watch.

But by playing such kamikaze Footy in the first half Fatigue did set in.

But it is an excellent effort to draw from

Best game Jeremy Howe has played for us.

He played a team game rather than taking spekkies

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Howe and Garkand shown a side to their game I didnt k ow they had, or forgot they had. That Tyson goal that was set up by the Garland mark, turn and instant play on should be highlighted and re-run to the players as a timely reminder of what momentus footy is all about, and the advantages of catching your opponent off guard on the rebound

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Howe and Garkand shown a side to their game I didnt k ow they had, or forgot they had. That Tyson goal that was set up by the Garland mark, turn and instant play on should be highlighted and re-run to the players as a timely reminder of what momentus footy is all about, and the advantages of catching your opponent off guard on the rebound

yep from the AFL Members back pocket to a Punt Road goal in seconds.

Why? Players running forward of the ball and spreading correctly...and of course great execution of ball carrying skills.


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Unlike some other players with issues, Roos seemed to have lot of patience for Garland. He gave him a good run last season thought NQR. Appears to be paying off.

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Ablett takes that handball cleanly winning the stat count means very little.

I have just finished watching the game.

We took advantage of some huge pieces of luck in the 2nd half.

1st half we killed them

All part of the ebb and flow.

We won by a comfortable margin after 120 minutes of footy.

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Yep, now watch him get back to his best and leave through FA at the end of the year. #MFCSSstillstrong

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True, but just like the Dogs and Dons games in the preseason the coaches and players will learn much from this game. They'll learn what worked and they'll isolate where the Suns opened them up.

It's the first game afterall. They were never going to dominate every minute.

And there was Abblett - you are not goinjg to keep him down for 100 minutes, even injured. there is no one other like ablett in the AFL. Not even Scully (just kidding!)

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And there was Abblett - you are not goinjg to keep him down for 100 minutes, even injured. there is no one other like ablett in the AFL. Not even Scully (just kidding!)

Why did you leave and come back? I'm not complaining, It was just odd..

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Gee....I don't believe the negative posts about what might have happened

If we played the perfect game the opposition would not have scored at all.

It was a good game of footy and mistakes happen in ALL games

Gold Coast are a good team and however it happened.....We beat them.....We kicked the goals that we have been screaming for for the past 5 years.....We attacked the ball and the man......We defended well and our midfielders ran and ran

What's not good about that

Enjoy the win....It wont happen every week

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Anyone else get the feeling he REALLY wants to come back and play this season? is there any chance of it happening?

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Roos has already ruled it out. Clearly he is not tsking any risked with this potential A-grader

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