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Sir Why You Little Legend

Sir Why You Little   37,038

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9 minutes ago, Roost It said:

We’re  young and so sitting bout where you’d expect. Personally I think we’re tracking really nicely. Yes we lose to the best sides but we’ve won’t for much longe

We have been “Young” for 10 years

Sad how well Lynden Dunne is playing for the Filth...

Mach5 Redleg

Mach5   4,767

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51 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We have been “Young” for 10 years

Sad how well Lynden Dunne is playing for the Filth...

THAT is the answer! 

Bring back Lynden Dunn! FMD...

Supermercado Redleg

Supermercado   2,797

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Irrelevant considering we should have beaten Geelong and almost everything right last Friday except convert opportunities. The majority of the same group have won on Queen's Birthday and Anzac Eve, this is a cute stat and nothing more.

John Crow Batty Trident

John Crow Batty   8,863

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34 minutes ago, Supermercado said:

Irrelevant considering we should have beaten Geelong and almost everything right last Friday except convert opportunities. The majority of the same group have won on Queen's Birthday and Anzac Eve, this is a cute stat and nothing more.

Those were wins when our expectations were slightly lower. And they were both over a year ago. At this time we are more or less(will we, won’t we) at the same stage as last season. If we don’t make finals then a huge step backwards. 

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Roost It Redleg

Roost It   1,434

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4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We have been “Young” for 10 years

Sad how well Lynden Dunne is playing for the Filth...

If you miss Dunn then I can't help you :)

Sir Why You Little Legend

Sir Why You Little   37,038

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2 minutes ago, Roost It said:

If you miss Dunn then I can't help you :)

Not exactly. But he is playing good footy this year, and our backline is lacking a big body...

we all thought he was finished. 

Wrong

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Roost It Redleg

Roost It   1,434

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2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Not exactly. But he is playing good footy this year, and our backline is lacking a big body...

we all thought he was finished. 

Wrong

The club made the correct call on Dunn. His time at the Dee's was over. He's not a big loss and had Lever not done his knee we may well have rolled both Collingwood and the Power. Our time is coming


beelzebub Legend

beelzebub   23,376

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Stage fright....or a limiting script ?

Sir Why You Little Legend

Sir Why You Little   37,038

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10 minutes ago, Roost It said:

The club made the correct call on Dunn. His time at the Dee's was over. He's not a big loss and had Lever not done his knee we may well have rolled both Collingwood and the Power. Our time is coming

But he did do an ACL. That is actually the reality. 

I am not saying we made the wrong call on Dunn, but he is playing 10x better than i thought he would be...

Supermercado Redleg

Supermercado   2,797

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58 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Those were wins when our expectations were slightly lower. And they were both over a year ago. At this time we are more or less(will we, won’t we) at the same stage as last season. If we don’t make finals then a huge step backwards. 

You are correct but it still has chuff all to do with attendances.

deanox Trident

deanox   9,921

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14 hours ago, america de cali said:

Those were wins when our expectations were slightly lower. And they were both over a year ago. At this time we are more or less(will we, won’t we) at the same stage as last season. If we don’t make finals then a huge step backwards. 

I think we are at a different stage.

Last year: new up and coming, inconsistent with a game plan unfamiliar to opposition, able to beat anyone on our day ("upset" wins) but still seen as an easy scalp by the bottom teams. 

This year: more comfortable with our new game plan enabling us to win every game against the lower teams (and beat them well). Top teams now recognise us as a threat, have had time to study our plan and know how to counter and put pressure on us (ie we can't "upset" them).

 

Ideally next year is: Comfortable in executing our game plan under pressure, and also aware of possible exploitations and limitations. Players have enough experience and group familiarity to shift mid game to plan b tactics. 

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Bay Riffin   1,474

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5 hours ago, deanox said:

I think we are at a different stage.

Last year: new up and coming, inconsistent with a game plan unfamiliar to opposition, able to beat anyone on our day ("upset" wins) but still seen as an easy scalp by the bottom teams. 

This year: more comfortable with our new game plan enabling us to win every game against the lower teams (and beat them well). Top teams now recognise us as a threat, have had time to study our plan and know how to counter and put pressure on us (ie we can't "upset" them).

 

Ideally next year is: Comfortable in executing our game plan under pressure, and also aware of possible exploitations and limitations. Players have enough experience and group familiarity to shift mid game to plan b tactics. 

Don't go Sunday, but if you do eat hot dogs. Analysis 101.

Optimus D Demon

Optimus D   283

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On 6/26/2018 at 7:18 PM, Wiseblood said:

How far are we going to go with these meaningless stats?

Melbourne is 8-0 when more than 10,000 hot dogs are consumed, but 1-4 when under 10,000 are consumed.

The sauce to mustard differential may give us a clearer understanding

Sir Why You Little Legend

Sir Why You Little   37,038

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22 hours ago, Roost It said:

The club made the correct call on Dunn. His time at the Dee's was over. He's not a big loss and had Lever not done his knee we may well have rolled both Collingwood and the Power. Our time is coming

Yes i know all that. 

But NOBODY expected him to be playing as well as he is playing now. 

He is not just making up the numbers. 

Lever or no Lever our backline lacks a big body...

Roost It Redleg

Roost It   1,434

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3 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Yes i know all that. 

But NOBODY expected him to be playing as well as he is playing now. 

He is not just making up the numbers. 

Lever or no Lever our backline lacks a big body...

Rance would be ideal

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