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Hogan on notice. Been in the system long enough  and has never produced in a big game. Yes deliver wasn’t there but when has it ever been there for him. He kicks goals against the lower teams but doesn’t produce on the big stage. If he had played one quarter tonight like he did in his first year we would have won even with the worst umpiring I have ever seen. Yes I know many of you will come after me but state facts not just excuses for him.

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    Top 4 going to be very tough from here. We should have won that game comfortably, but again, my questions around our style of play from earlier in the year reared their ugly head again.

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    Umpiring was borederline corrupt, however we won the inside 50s 68-39 yet could only manage 7 marks inside 50 compared to their 10. We were far too easy to defend against tonight. Continually bombing it in or kicking to an outnumber. At times Hannan was one against three.

    Hogan was nowhere near the level we need from him. Can’t remember a clean possession.

    Thank god for Fritsch. We have a lot of butchers. He isn’t one of them.

    It was a great effort but ultimately we just weren’t good enough. I’m not sure how happy we should be about that.

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    Omac needs help, they clearly drew him upfield leaving our backline short, if it weren’t for Jetta we’d be stuffed. Omac cannot do it himself, lucky it was a scrap

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    3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Poor very poor

    another week at work hearing

    ‘Melbourne are pretenders. They have beaten no one. Too soft under pressure ‘ 

     

    But it’s true this club continues to tease us into believing we are on the right path and there is a supposed so called “Something special happening at the MFC I call Bull we still can’t be trusted 

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    Does anyone think Tim Smith is actually better than Pederson?  I don't get it.

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    Gonna go positive... cos if ever there was a night to go positive this was it...

    Jetta is a man amongst boys. How he got to the stage where he's that heroic, in that kind of pressure... it makes you rethink every rookie you're thinking has to be delisted.

    Viney is amazing as well.

    But we have to take a serious look at Hogan and Tracca. That kind of drop off isn't acceptable.

    Actually, you know what, I will go negative. I NEVER pot the umpires. But that was biased, homecrowd, amateur nonsense. I try to sell this game to overseas (USA) types, and I'm not sure I can after that. And the worst part is the rest of the league will say it was a cracker.

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    Hogan insipid

    Oscar, poor bastard, how could anyone expect a great performance from a bloke who was all alone in the back 50? (Hibberd Exempted)

    Viney/Oliver epic. Champions

    Gawn killed it in the ruck

    Never out muscled, unlike against Colonwood

    Dees owe me a pantry door, a dining table foot, and a first aid kit.

     

    Watch us beat up on bottom 4 side next 2 weeks

    Pissweak. So many other sides can come from nowhere, but never us.

    Its a cultural thing, Im sure.

     

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    Just now, Umpire Please said:

    Hogan on notice. 

    Can't argue that he had a rough night, but he was also played much closer to goal all night and got some of the worst delivery inside 50 I've ever seen.  His contribution wasn't solely on him tonight.  The blokes passing him the ball are just as much to blame.

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    Just now, Buzzy said:

    Does anyone think Tim Smith is actually better than Pederson?  I don't get it.

    I quite like Smith but I just don't think he has the fitness to play consistently at this level.

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    Why, why cant we keep momentum against half decent sides?

    We fall apart, come back, then fall apart again WAY too often.

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    +29 inside 50s but a loss. Same as the Geelong game. 

    This shouldn’t still be happening, not 13 weeks after Round 1 and 8 weeks after Anzac Eve. 

    We will be 6th after Collingwood beats Carlton and only percentage within the 8. We are the side at risk of being replaced by Hawthorn.

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    7 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

    How many utterly 2017 gazelle in headlights frees did McDonald give away?

    2 free kicks for the game and his opponent who most said would towel him kicked one goal. Least of our problems. Get over it son 

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    Went to water in the last 2pts to 3 goals, if it aint a sunny day and a dry track we aint winning period.

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    We have a top 4 midfield along with a bottom 4 defence. Who knows what to make of our forward line but ultimately it is the forward line that is deciding games for us. Midfield will provide them plenty of ball and the backline will leak like a sieve despite limiting the entries...we need our forward to convert their opportunities and we win plenty of games.

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    1 minute ago, Forest Demon said:

    Top 4 going to be very tough from here. We should have won that game comfortably, but again, my questions around our style of play from earlier in the year reared their ugly head again.

    You’re brave worrying about top 4. Have to win 5 or our last 9 to guarantee top 8 with games against WCE, Syd, Geelong in our run home...

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    Our game plan is taxing Andrew ultimately inefficient, especially faints decent sides.

    I honestly would be shocked if a side has ever lost after dominating inside 50s like we did tonight.

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    How do the match committee think we can play with 1 tall defender? Against probably the tallest forward line in the comp?

    Please bring in Petty and give the kid a crack! He can play second tall and Smith 3rd.

    Garlett needs to come in for Tyson. He's completely lost it.

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    1 minute ago, Webber said:

    Utter garbage. Find something else to blame. WTF. 

    I said he wasn't the only offender didn't I?  Pull your head out of your apologist hole.

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    Really soft last qtr from most players. 

    It's actually phenomenal that we were still in the game in the last given the absolute insipid and amatuerish performance of a large number of players. Hogan, petracca, Oscar, ANB, Harmes, both Smith's, Tyson Harmes all completely ineffectual. A few others not far behind.

    Hogan was deplorable and reverted to his sulkish worst. I'd drop him off that game he was so bad. Same goes for petracca, he's had enough chances he's actually soft.

    Oscar was horrible horrible tonight. Those 50s were very clumsy.

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    1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    I quite like Smith but I just don't think he has the fitness to play consistently at this level.

    I'm with you. He's shown his worth in the weeks before he was hurt. The question is, can he reach enough contests. He's a good player though. Smart.

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    Need another tall defender and missed a crumber bad tonight. Hogan is a road to nowhere as is Petracca.

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