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2 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

It’s so obvious Frost needs to come in to allow Lever to roam. Hunt and Wagner and not doing enough. Bugg has no skills. There need to be changes for next week.

 Nothing wrong with Wagner's game again tonight. However I agree we seem to be lacking some dynamics in the back 6. 

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Just now, Demon17 said:

Rapt they won but why on earth would you think north is winnable?

 

because if Norf had not beaten us twice last year they would have been the wooden spooners last year.

And FCS we just cannot lose to them again

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Was a win in the end. They will learn from it. What you are forgetting this is our first win up north since 2010. And we’ve proven we can fight back in the face of defeat. In the end it was less than half our original margin. When Viney and McDonald are back we’ll be in even better form. Bring on North

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The huge positive for me was Hogan's performance.  23 touches, 9 marks, 5 goals and a ripping chase down in the second term.  He looks fit, hungry and ready to tear the competition apart.  When he plays like this we are such a better side for it.  Long may it continue!

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North will be a really big challenge next week. 

If we have 30 ready players to choose our 22 from, then maybe the coach should forget his under skilled favourites and pick a team that can win. 

Woeful effort against wooden spooners. 

Some good individual efforts saved the team. 

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For God's sake. We came off just over a 6 day break, had to travel after playing a tough game last week. We won ffs. Enjoy and think of next week. Geez there's some plonkers on here

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Biffen said:

Thrashed 'em

 

 

4 minutes ago, Nasher said:

We won, mate. You don't have to celebrate - god knows I'm not - but don't mourn. By round 23 this will have been long forgotten.

I’ll be laughing my ass off when our two guns return

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Just now, Cassiew said:

Was a win in the end. They will learn from it. What you are forgetting this is our first win up north since 2010. And we’ve proven we can fight back in the face of defeat. In the end it was less than half our original margin. When Viney and McDonald are back we’ll be in even better form. Bring on North

We beat a team full of kids that won the wooden spoon last year. And almost lost the game not for their woeful kicking and a poor decision. Lets not get too excited.

We put a performance like that in against Norf and they will crucify us, like they did the Saints in the 4th.

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Feels like a loss, because that reaffirmed last week. If something does not change quickly, we will not be playing finals in this current form. 

It's a win, but tells a much more concerning story. 

But still a win. 

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Posted

Jordan Lewis please get your [censored] together.

Sloppy.

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Posted
1 minute ago, DSP said:

We beat a team full of kids that won the wooden spoon last year. And almost lost the game not for their woeful kicking and a poor decision. Lets not get too excited.

We put a performance like that in against Norf and they will crucify us, like they did the Saints in the 4th.

North are either flag favourites or the worst team of all time, depending on which half of that game you watched. Sorry, still not remotely afraid of them.

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Not great. Now who wanted Garlett dropped after last week? He saved our bacon. Not a lot has changed, our midfield goes missing at crucial times. Bugg? One more chance, you have to kick them when you get the chance. I still think our game plan is deficient, as soon as we start to lose the contested possessions in the midfield we have no system to absorb pressure, use up time, deny possession etc.

Again we played a lowly side into form in the second half and made a tight game of it, why do we do that? I think we will struggle over the length of the season until we get Viney, TMac back and tweak our game plan to be more defensive. 

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3 minutes ago, DSP said:

We beat a team full of kids that won the wooden spoon last year. And almost lost the game not for their woeful kicking and a poor decision. Lets not get too excited.

We put a performance like that in against Norf and they will crucify us, like they did the Saints in the 4th.

Read my second sentence. Again we didn’t let them win. Early rounds are hard to call as many teams are still working out their game plans.

Posted

I reckon we were just ok but we still got the win and that’s the most important thing. Very humid at the ground the ball was like soap and our fellas were gassed in the end

Posted
6 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

A lot easy shots on goal missed, again. Against better opposition when opportunities are limited we will get burnt.

Take a bow t. Bugg 

Posted
10 minutes ago, Nasher said:

We won, mate. You don't have to celebrate - god knows I'm not - but don't mourn. By round 23 this will have been long forgotten.

Unless we miss finals by 0.5% again

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Nasher said:

North are either flag favourites or the worst team of all time, depending on which half of that game you watched. Sorry, still not remotely afraid of them.

My man!

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Posted (edited)

Let them back into the game giving them a false sense of security then we put our foot down very slightly. Crafty coaching if you ask me. 

Edited by Ethan Tremblay
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Posted

Still waiting for to see signs that there is fire in the belly after the finish to last season. At this stage its the same old MFC. Would have lost the game to a slightly better opponent. Lets not sugar coat it.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

what's the problem? led all game. never headed

and still plenty of room for improvement

Exactly!

Room for improvement. But does anyone seriously think we’re going to try using this exact game plan again. Live and learn

Posted

If Goodwin doesn't bring in Frost to man Ben Brown and let Lever play his normal game I give up. Lever is atrocious 1-on-1 but I've been led to believe he's handy if he can be a 3rd defender. So let him do it.

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Posted (edited)

It’s  like the Geelong game with a different result. We barely lost to a top 5 team, nobody’s happy. We let a bottom side team in, but beat them by 26 points nobody’s happy. Geese not every game is going to be decisive one way or the other 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Jordan Lewis please get your [censored] together.

Sloppy.

Father time waits for no man. 

He

Is

Cooked

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