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How long will this last?

A 50 % win rate headed into Round 5. Its as if the crystal balls of the AFL knew all along that Melbourne were nothing but a mist for  2017 and the ANZAC clash with Richmond would all but seal our fate for this season.

I for one would have sincerely hoped that the perennial die hard optiMUSTS such as Taz chromzoneloss Nasher would be waxing lyrical with a newfound hope by now. Alas is not to be; however a good yarn on C7 on whether HD or SD is what it takes seems to alleviate the numbness of its despair. 

Old will no doubt raise one ugly burp of discontent about this post; but it sure as hell wont win us a flag anytime soon.

 

Any suggestions lads...other than the tender confusion of expression of a  clueless brood?

 

Daz 36 and a few others (alas a few) seem to know what's going on. 

 

Just not good enough MFC!!!

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Your condition has deteriorated badly in your time away, Rangie.  I haven't the faintest what this post is about.  I think there's a shot at me in there somewhere because I saw my name, but I'm not offended because frankly, it went flying over my head.

Get well soon mate.

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23 minutes ago, Rangie HSE said:

How long will this last?

A 50 % win rate headed into Round 5. Its as if the crystal balls of the AFL knew all along that Melbourne were nothing but a mist for  2017 and the ANZAC clash with Richmond would all but seal our fate for this season.

I for one would have sincerely hoped that the perennial die hard optiMUSTS such as Taz chromzoneloss Nasher would be waxing lyrical with a newfound hope by now. Alas is not to be; however a good yarn on C7 on whether HD or SD is what it takes seems to alleviate the numbness of its despair. 

Old will no doubt raise one ugly burp of discontent about this post; but it sure as hell wont win us a flag anytime soon.

 

Any suggestions lads...other than the tender confusion of expression of a  clueless brood?

 

Daz 36 and a few others (alas a few) seem to know what's going on. 

 

Just not good enough MFC!!!

I have no idea what exactly your talking about?

 

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18 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Your condition has deteriorated badly in your time away, Rangie.  I haven't the faintest what this post is about.  I think there's a shot at me in there somewhere because I saw my name, but I'm not offended because frankly, it went flying over my head.

Get well soon mate.

You really should consider changing your username to Chromzoneloss though.

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33 minutes ago, Rangie HSE said:

How long will this last?

A 50 % win rate headed into Round 5. Its as if the crystal balls of the AFL knew all along that Melbourne were nothing but a mist for  2017 and the ANZAC clash with Richmond would all but seal our fate for this season.

I for one would have sincerely hoped that the perennial die hard optiMUSTS such as Taz chromzoneloss Nasher would be waxing lyrical with a newfound hope by now. Alas is not to be; however a good yarn on C7 on whether HD or SD is what it takes seems to alleviate the numbness of its despair. 

Old will no doubt raise one ugly burp of discontent about this post; but it sure as hell wont win us a flag anytime soon.

 

Any suggestions lads...other than the tender confusion of expression of a  clueless brood?

 

Daz 36 and a few others (alas a few) seem to know what's going on. 

 

Just not good enough MFC!!!

Drugs are bad mmmkay 


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It struck me as impossible to envisage that by Round 7 we may only boast 2 wins. 

Unlike Roos, Goodwin doesn't have, at this stage, the maturity to project the kind of self belief Roos had ( and still has) .

Therefore I can see why he (Goodwin) chose not to drop Watts, despite the noise. However, Watts output remains brittle and he is soft (as he is soft). An outside receiver at best and should have been traded when we had the opportunity.. 

Hogan should not be a walk up start next week . That Goodwin will rubber stamp his recall rings alarm bells. I prefer he straightens/drys  out for 2 weeks at Casey . See if he sulks.

This ultra attacking brand of Goodwin's has its upside, That said, he is a rookie at best and has a rookies game plan that's got holes the size of a Mack truck in defence. For the dull edged, lets just say not even having Chip Frawley back could stem the bleed we have seen over the last 2 weeks. Leg speed? Frost is not the answer either. Cant kick to save himself.

Belief in a game plan or system will only take  a young club  so far. Neither having Lewis or Hogan could have saved us the last 2 weeks. I hope that Goodwin lives up to his tag.

For mine, I have seen nothing to suggest that at this stage he is capable of adapting in game to any side with  nous.     

Nasher,

Thanks for the sentiment. No offence intended mate.  

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Rangie HSE said:

It struck me as impossible to envisage that by Round 7 we may only boast 2 wins. 

Unlike Roos, Goodwin doesn't have, at this stage, the maturity to project the kind of self belief Roos had ( and still has) .

Therefore I can see why he (Goodwin) chose not to drop Watts, despite the noise. However, Watts output remains brittle and he is soft (as he is soft). An outside receiver at best and should have been traded when we had the opportunity.. 

Hogan should not be a walk up start next week . That Goodwin will rubber stamp his recall rings alarm bells. I prefer he straightens/drys  out for 2 weeks at Casey . See if he sulks.

This ultra attacking brand of Goodwin's has its upside, That said, he is a rookie at best and has a rookies game plan that's got holes the size of a Mack truck in defence. For the dull edged, lets just say not even having Chip Frawley back could stem the bleed we have seen over the last 2 weeks. Leg speed? Frost is not the answer either. Cant kick to save himself.

Belief in a game plan or system will only take  a young club  so far. Neither having Lewis or Hogan could have saved us the last 2 weeks. I hope that Goodwin lives up to his tag.

For mine, I have seen nothing to suggest that at this stage he is capable of adapting in game to any side with  nous.     

Nasher,

Thanks for the sentiment. No offence intended mate.  

 

 

To me, Goodwin is remarkably composed and clear cut in his answers and explanations. He is very mature for a senior coach with 4 games of experience under his belt. Whilst there are some aspects of the gameplay (particularly defensively) that need improving, there's no need for any kind of worry yet. We did just win the first two games of the season for the first time in ages.

Your comments on Watts are drivel. His output so far has been sensational, particularly when the blowtorch was on him after Max went down.

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14 minutes ago, Luther said:

His output so far has been sensational, particularly when the blowtorch was on him after Max went down

So was Bulls. Watts is no Gawn and he, for the sake of the side, is of more use this season as a non contesting floating forward/back given our D issues.

Hibberd will add much needed class of half back .The only role I can see for Watts in this side moving forward is as a bruise free soft wingman, ala Riewoldt.

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4 minutes ago, Rangie HSE said:

So was Bulls. Watts is no Gawn and he, for the sake of the side, is of more use this season as a non contesting floating forward/back given our D issues.

Hibberd will add much needed class of half back .The only role I can see for Watts in this side moving forward is as a bruise free soft wingman, ala Riewoldt.

I recall that there's not much sense in trying to debate a point with you RR, but Watts did take two good contested marks on Saturday as our number one forward. There's a future for him in the attacking fifty. I'll leave it at that.

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I concede one was simply  the result of better judgement given it just barely flew over the fingertips of the freo bloke. Ill pay it.....but hardly contested.


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So far what i have got out of this thread is that its another 'Jack Watts Thread'

Poor bloke could cure cancer, bring world peace or end world poverty and there'd still be a thread on him saying what a [censored] job he's doing.

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29 minutes ago, Night Crawler said:

Is deeluded back?

Yes, and someone hid his change in font size, color, style buttons. Same content though.

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