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Round 5 Non-MFC Games

Ethan Tremblay
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9 hours ago, willmoy said:

I'm happy to have Bugg instead of Jack, and i think he, Bugg, will pay his own way overall this year. Mac back will straighten up our forward line, and he, along with Weideman when ready, will take care of the height. Thanks

Bugg is rubbish

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    16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Bugg is rubbish

    You're being kind.

    I said he should be dropped after his pox 4 goal game, but supporters just got excited by 4 soft goals.  

    Needless, to say, you don't hear much from them now.

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    I know this was wishful thinking but I was really hoping we wouldn't have Jack Watts filtering (in some cases dominating discussion) through posts this year.

    He's been done to death since before coming to the club and now he's gone it's probably a good time to let it all go and move on.

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    10 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Fritsch has shown more bravery in the air in four games than Watts has his entire career.

    If you cannot see this then you should stop watching football.

     

    3 hours ago, ProDee said:

    Yep, Clint summed it up.  Fritsch is a 21 year old who already shows courage in the air.  Jack runs around with the intensity of an indoor cat and has virtually no impact on the game.

     

    So........@Wiseblood what sage advice to have for these sort of posts?

    Time for the Watts' haters to stfu and move on to the bigger picture

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    10 minutes ago, rjay said:

    I know this was wishful thinking but I was really hoping we wouldn't have Jack Watts filtering (in some cases dominating discussion) through posts this year.

    He's been done to death since before coming to the club and now he's gone it's probably a good time to let it all go and move on.

    Not done to death yet. Just wait till he gets dropped. This is a fan forum, not a high intellectual wankfest and anything is fair game that is not slander, libel, racist or offensive. 

    Edited by america de cali

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    Jack Watts will still be the focal point of Demonland threads in 15 years time. Nothing's surer

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    11 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

     

    So........@Wiseblood what sage advice to have for these sort of posts?

    Time for the Watts' haters to stfu and move on to the bigger picture

    Just ignore it, mate.  The haters will hate, the supporters will support.  Nothing is going to change no matter what he does.  Replying to each and every one won't make a lick of difference.

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    1 hour ago, DemonAndrew said:

    the whole port side were average, not just watts - although i thought he had a classic watts game in that he almost nearly but not quite did some very nice things, and then stuffed up too many

    some other dees and pear supporting mates have a guessing game in which round he'll be dropped to the sanfl - i said by round 13; he's been dropped by every senior coach he's had, so it's bound to happen unless he gets the equivalent of jake melksham's free pass from simon goodwin from ken hinkley

    this season is so unpredictable at this point in time - every team has ups and downs

    except for wretched hawthorn, who're looking good AGAIN

    Re the Hawks, my thoughts exactly, the competition has evened out and outcomes depend on the intensity shown by sides, except the Dorks who just execute their game plan and rack up the wins. I thought GWS would have gone to another level by now but they seem to be leveling off. 

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    11 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Jack Watts will still be the focal point of Demonland threads in 15  50 years time. Nothing's surer

    fixed

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    Just now, Earl Hood said:

    Re the Hawks, my thoughts exactly, the competition has evened out and outcomes depend on the intensity shown by sides, except the Dorks who just execute their game plan and rack up the wins. I thought GWS would have gone to another level by now but they seem to be leveling off. 

    I’m still not sold on the Hawks and GWS have gone (slightly) backwards.  They’re missing Mumford, Stevie J, Williams, Scully and Wilson.  There’s also the lingering doubts on their list’s ability to play finals football.  They’re Port Adelaide 2001-03.

    Hawthorn have the best coach in the league by a country mile.  He is the best weekday and match day coach going around.  Their list however is fragile and is not a shadow of what it was three years ago.

    Get the feeling that, once again, someone could pinch a flag this season as there’s no established, consensus powerhouse team.

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    Based on watching GWS live against Collingwood and St Kilda they are not getting enough from their talls.

    In the past these talls were providing an invaluable link up capability.

    In addition the high press/ heavy zone adopted by many opposition clubs limits their high quality run and carry capability.

    No question that they will be in the top 4 but they are not the absolute stand out that many including me thought they would become.

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    11 hours ago, Soidee said:

    If MFC does not get our backside into gear and win a couple soon we are in deep poo.  Sides not expected to make 8 are doing much better than us.  Finger out of bum time for this club.

    Agree - in most cases over the years, the final eight was pretty much stable and as expected by Round 7 or 8

    I'd hope that we could be 5 - 3 going into the QB clash and the bye

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    1 hour ago, Moonshadow said:

    Jack Watts will still be the focal point of Demonland threads in 15 years time. Nothing's surer

     

    GWS Dynasty continues with Watt's 3rd flag as senior coach
    But doubters claim this softest three-peat in history

     

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    2 hours ago, ProDee said:

    You're being kind.

    I said he should be dropped after his pox 4 goal game, but supporters just got excited by 4 soft goals.  

    Needless, to say, you don't hear much from them now.

    People on here say he brings pressure and tackling, but I barely see it. Diabolical kick for goal and just all round poor skills. I'd rather we develop Hannan as the pressure high half forward. At least we know he can kick the clutch goals also at the right time.

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    2 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    Jack Watts will still be the focal point of Demonland threads in 15 years time. Nothing's surer

    Some people still bring up bloody Diamond Jim Tilbrook on here roughly 40 years after the fact!

    You are being kind in your estimates.

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    Stop posting about Jack Watts?     NEVER !!!

    This could be a season where there is no standout team, and someone could effectively "pinch" a flag. Adelaide did that in the 90s. Dees could have pinched the big one. Beat the Crows by about 45 points in the finals that year ... (Can't remember the year.) If only !!

    The only Melbourne GFs I can remember (and went to) are 1988 and 2000. No hope in either. Poos/wees and Drug cheats were virtually unbeatable in those years. 

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    36 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    People on here say he brings pressure and tackling, but I barely see it. Diabolical kick for goal and just all round poor skills. I'd rather we develop Hannan as the pressure high half forward. At least we know he can kick the clutch goals also at the right time.

    Bugg has been selected as a defensive forward.

    His pressure is hopeless.

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    1 minute ago, ProDee said:

    Bugg has been selected as a defensive forward.

    His pressure is hopeless.

    Get on the phone to Simon...

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    Glad to see the people who are in the know have selected the best niggler in the side, and who actually gets the bloody ball.........

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    Bugg is a bit of a livewire and has provided a spark which has turned us around in two games I can think of.

    There is no point in pressuring and tackling if it doesn't result in goals. And kicking 0.4, whether from pressuring and tackling, or from standing in the goal square like Joe the Goose, is letting himself and the team down.

    A "defensive" forward is a strange kind of article. Even a defensive forward should be expected to kick goals.

    A goal kicking Bugg has a place in our 22. Otherwise, not.

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    19 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Get on the phone to Simon...

    Unlike you, friend, some of us can see nuance.

    I don't like some of Goodwin's selections this year, a lack of man on man game style (zones are fine, but it's too loose), or his tagging options (Jones on Mitchell), but it doesn't necessarily mean I don't see the bigger picture.  Goody has plenty of attributes and runs on the board.  We're lucky to have him.

    All you see are W's and L's (and I don't mean your username).  Insightful stuff.

    And before you go off your nana (in typical fashion), if you don't like my responses don't unnecessarily seek me out.  

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    15 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

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    Jane certainly has to be on the Crows whipping boy list...

    One of the most frustrating players in the game must have been mentored by Tippett.

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    21 minutes ago, ProDee said:

    Unlike you, friend, some of us can see nuance.

    I don't like some of Goodwin's selections this year, a lack of man on man game style (zones are fine, but it's too loose), or his tagging options (Jones on Mitchell), but it doesn't necessarily mean I don't see the bigger picture.  Goody has plenty of attributes and runs on the board.  We're lucky to have him.

    All you see are W's and L's (and I don't mean your username).  Insightful stuff.

    And before you go off your nana (in typical fashion), if you don't like my responses don't unnecessarily seek me out.  

    I agree. Many of his selections seem strange, but it’s his balls on the line, not mine

    As you are always 100% right, with no correspondance entered into, get on the blower to Simon and tell him how to do his job better, Better yet, put it on speaker phone ? so we can all get the deal

    btw without W’s in the win Column Simon will be dog food, just like the trail of burnt coaches before him. Structures are important, yes. Just like a workflow in an office. 

    But without the attitude to win every contest on the ground, it doesn’t go very far. 

    Last week proved that. Our Attitude to beating anyone on any day, at whatever venue in whatever conditions is still sadly lacking, and built from Swiss Cheese. 

    Attitude to be the best is also nuance. 

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    4 minutes ago, rjay said:

    Jane certainly has to be on the Crows whipping boy list...

    One of the most frustrating players in the game must have been mentored by Tippett.

    Haha classic photo

    A new Dance move

    ”the Please Go Away”

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