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My 3 word player analysis V Collingwood

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Jones - totally lacked finesse

Viney - taught a lesson

T.McDonald - wonderful second half

Hannan - was mostly irrelevantĀ 

Harmes - probably not playing

Neal-Bullen - was rarely noticed

Fritsch - not the worst

Gawn - tried but overwhelmed

Oliver - prolific but wasteful

Brayshaw - no heroics today

Hogan - slow and confused

Melksham - lost at sea

Spargo - bambi amongst wolves

Hibberd - fumbled and erred

Jetta - loose and slow

Lewis - tried but friendless

O.McDonald - close to horrible

Pedersen - game has passed

Petracca - continued disappointing season

Salem - rarely imbued confidenceĀ 

Smith - little to commend

Vince - gave us nothingĀ 

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    Petracca - shouldn't do media

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    LewisĀ was gutless today - second to the contest and unaccountable. Not sure what game you were watching

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    Smith - battled pretty well

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    Harsh on Smith, one of our only triers

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    I'll echo the others and say you were very harsh on Smith.

    Also Gus sacrificed himself today to tag Phillips out of the game.Ā  It meant he wasn't as prolific with the ball, but Phillips has been on fire and he shut him completely out of the game.Ā  He deserves some credit for that.

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    8 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    I'll echo the others and say you were very harsh on Smith.

    Also Gus sacrificed himself today to tag Phillips out of the game.Ā  It meant he wasn't as prolific with the ball, but Phillips has been on fire and he shut him completely out of the game.Ā  He deserves some credit for that.

    No he doesn't, both were in my fantasy and neither scored!

    But in the grand scheme of things, Gus in the middle has been responsible for our uptick in form over the last few weeks. Not sure why you'd move him out of there.

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    Just now, Mickey said:

    No he doesn't, both were in my fantasy and neither scored!

    But in the grand scheme of things, Gus in the middle has been responsible for our uptick in form over the last few weeks. Not sure why you'd move him out of there.

    So Gus deserves no credit for tagging Phillips out of the game?Ā  Righto.

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    2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    So Gus deserves no credit for tagging Phillips out of the game?Ā  Righto.

    Interesting coaching move to put your most recently prolific ball getter in a tagging role.

    Needs to be analysed a little more methinks

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    16 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    I'll echo the others and say you were very harsh on Smith.

    Also Gus sacrificed himself today to tag Phillips out of the game.Ā  It meant he wasn't as prolific with the ball, but Phillips has been on fire and he shut him completely out of the game.Ā  He deserves some credit for that.

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    4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Interesting coaching move to put your most recently prolific ball getter in a tagging role.

    Needs to be analysed a little more methinks

    Why?Ā  Goodwin was probably backing others in to step up, while the coaching staff obviously felt that Gus could tag him out of the game, which he did.Ā  Unfortunately some of our mid tier players didn't step up, so I'd be looking at that more than I'd be looking at the decision to use Gus in a negating role.

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    2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Interesting coaching move to put your most recently prolific ball getter in a tagging role.

    Needs to be analysed a little more methinks

    According to your comments Joeboy, McDonald, Fritch and Oliver played on their own against Collingwood. 3 versus 22 , a commendable effort to get withinĀ 7 goals.You do tend to put players down whenever we lose don't you? It's called a knee jerkĀ reaction.

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    1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

    Why?Ā  Goodwin was probably backing others in to step up, while the coaching staff obviously felt that Gus could tag him out of the game, which he did.Ā  Unfortunately some of our mid tier players didn't step up, so I'd be looking at that more than I'd be looking at the decision to use Gus in a negating role.

    burning a key mover on a tagging role is not a percentage play ...use another if you want to do that.

    Example .. play Stretch and replace Hannan

    Goodwin rarely wins the tactical battles against the better teams it seems

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    11 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    So Gus deserves no credit for tagging Phillips out of the game?Ā  Righto.

    The first line was a joke... clearly.

    The second questioned the move to use him as a tagger inĀ the first place, not his effort. When you have a player like Gus, and Clarry also, who give you such drive from the middle and are in great touch, why use him in a negating role?Ā 

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    42 minutes ago, Jhorse said:

    LewisĀ was gutless today - second to the contest and unaccountable. Not sure what game you were watching

    When your getting smashed on clearances, its only so much you can do as a defender....look at the stats 10-18 our mids played their worst game of the year

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    Pretracca - closet Collingwood supporter

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    Jones - totally lacked finesse [QD says -Ā Ā off the pace]

    Viney - taught a lesson [QD says - can't bully always]

    T.McDonald - wonderful second half [QD says - won position today]

    Hannan - was mostly irrelevant [QD says - class difference told]

    Harmes - probably not playing [QD says - severe reality check]

    Neal-Bullen - was rarely noticed [QD says - slow to think]

    Fritsch - not the worst [QD says - this isn't VFL]

    Gawn - tried but overwhelmed [QD says - Grundy got him]

    Oliver - prolific but wasteful [QD says - Filth's pressure contained]

    Brayshaw - no heroics today [QD says - good considering role]

    Hogan - slow and confused [QD says - occupying parallel universe]

    Melksham - lost at sea [QD says - Essendrugs days redux]

    Spargo - bambi amongst wolves [QD says - reality bites bum]

    Hibberd - fumbled and erred [QD says - missingĀ Lever apparently]

    Jetta - loose and slow [QD says - can collect paycheque]

    Lewis - tried but friendless [QD says - finals experience evident]

    O.McDonald - close to horrible [QD says - shocked and awed]

    Pedersen - game has passed [QD says - played last game]

    Petracca - continued disappointing season [QD says - DeGoey gone passed]

    Salem - rarely imbued confidence [QD says - did he play?]

    Smith - little to commend [QD says - far from worst]

    Vince - gave us nothing [QD says - leadership not there]

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    3 word run down for this thread

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    way too harsh

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    A general negative tone to the 3 word analysis and rightfully so. Thought Smith was ok. Probably the only one I disagreed withĀ 

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    Oh well once you get smashed in the clearances all day as we were,Ā many players are going to look bad no matter how hard they try. So the 3 word analysis will reflect that but not inform us a lot.Ā 

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    Viney - Opposite of Jenkins

    He's a big man in a small mans body...Jack needs to learn to change his first option from trying to barge through to bringing teammates into the game.

    He's not Patrick Cripps and it catches him out against good tough midfields.

    Jack will never be a good captain until he learns his game.

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