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Craig Jennings; The Secret to Our Success

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Paywall.

Would appreciate a copy and paste PM.

TIA.

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    7 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    Paywall.

    Would appreciate a copy and paste PM.

    TIA.

    Likewise a pm

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    What success? Are we getting ahead of ourselves? 

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    1 minute ago, Earl Hood said:

    What success? Are we getting ahead of ourselves? 

    That is exactly right. There is no success yet.

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    Media are talking us up so that they can tear us down when we fall over

    Jennings and McCarthy have both had glowing media portraits thus far this year, with media pundits speculating - with zero quotes, anonymous or otherwise - that they could be the perfect fit for several clubs 

    Hope neither want to go

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    Craig ‘The Weapon’ Jennings. He and Goody were in Adelaide on Friday night watching Port play. Worthless bit of information really but there you go. 

     

     

    Just got got access to the article...my piece of ‘info’ was in the opening paragraph. Or did the author of the article read my post then edit his article with my information??

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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    16 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    What success? Are we getting ahead of ourselves? 

    This is the danger; bathwater next, than arrogance. and cockiness. then nightclub troubles, et al .

    Lets not go down that pathway.

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    22 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    What success? Are we getting ahead of ourselves? 

    I don’t have access to the article, does it mention success or are you referring to the thread title? 

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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    24 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    What success? Are we getting ahead of ourselves? 

    No, but the media are doing it for us by proxy ...

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    3 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    No, but the media are doing it for us by proxy ...

    As long as the players don’t, who cares. 

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    31 minutes ago, DV8 said:

    This is the danger; bathwater next, than arrogance. and cockiness. then nightclub troubles, et al .

    Lets not go down that pathway.

    If that's the case we might as well forget this year and plan for next year, is that what you're saying?

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    24 minutes ago, Dante said:

    If that's the case we might as well forget this year and plan for next year, is that what you're saying?

    No.  not at all.

    Did you read the post I answered first, prior to my response ?

    No we must guard against letting our heads get up in the clouds. 

    We just have to keep doing what we ware doing; and keeping our collective head's down, bums up, and work our way through this season.  And just see how things unfold around us.

     

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    55 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    No, but the media are doing it for us by proxy ...

    don't care what the media do,,, its what we do, and how we respond to the noise.   Block it out, and just focus on each upcoming game, with respect.

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    I know there is a "football department cap" but I hope that if we truly believe that people like Jennings, McCartney,  Taylor, Rawlings, Matthews et al are the reason for our emergence and growth that we throw a bit of coin their way and try and tie them up together for another 2 or so years so that we can achieve success as a group. Success and premiership have to mean something for the coaching/support staff too, if we can keep the best of them together for longer (before they seek other opportunities) we'll be in a great position. 

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    23 minutes ago, deanox said:

    I know there is a "football department cap" but I hope that if we truly believe that people like Jennings, McCartney,  Taylor, Rawlings, Matthews et al are the reason for our emergence and growth that we throw a bit of coin their way and try and tie them up together for another 2 or so years so that we can achieve success as a group. Success and premiership have to mean something for the coaching/support staff too, if we can keep the best of them together for longer (before they seek other opportunities) we'll be in a great position. 

    Hopefully more than 2 yrs, because if I had my way, I would not stop drafting and recruiting for future seasons, 4 Yrs ahead of time.

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    We havn't beaten anyone,the woods would be a nice "kill". 

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    16 minutes ago, DV8 said:

    Hopefully more than 2 yrs, because if I had my way, I would not stop drafting and recruiting for future seasons, 4 Yrs ahead of time.

    I'm thinking that you can't hold them forever, as promotion will await!

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    For those of you using Firefox, just add the extension "anti-paywall" to your browser. Works for me...
     

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    The curious thing for me is that (for those who can't get around the paywall, the basic gist is that Jennings is a master at breaking down the opposition and a game) we don't seem to apparently care that much about the opposition.

    We've instituted a fairly stubborn game-plan and have played on our terms for the past three or so years - hence why people think Goodwin is a poor game-day coach (and Roos before him) and why we have been done in the past when the opposition puts a lot of work into us.

    Maybe if they were suggesting that Jennings is an elite master-tactician, and devised our current game-plan, or if he was focused on the breakdowns and individual players, and the reason then that we dominate the contested - but otherwise I'm not sure if it's just some fluff. 

    Where was this article two months ago when we were dismantled by Hawthorn? And have we done anything obvious since to counter our opposition or is it just a matter of clicking and our team playing with confidence to our own plan? 

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    3 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    that they could be the perfect fit for several clubs 

    Perhaps, but I can't see any clubs changing coaches this year?

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