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Tracc a solid game tonite.  Loving the mid field starting 3 of Tracc, Brayshaw, Viney ..mostly no Jones, Viney & Clarry.  Much better Goody

 

We have won the game, now time to kick the goals we should have done in the 1st 100min

 

Hogan wow.... so far off being a good key forward right now

 

I’m off the Hogan station wagon

officially a couldabeen champion 

huge potential but needs smarts, real application and intense desire at the footy

hugely frustrating 

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    Are all you ANB whiners going to give him credit for the goal, or do you only pipe up in the bad times?

    Edited by Undeeterred

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    Just now, Chook said:

    ANB might miss a few, but he's clearly best 22.

    probably is...says something about what we have at VFL level

    Spargo just made a contest then and was penalised.  What in the world was it for?  This isn't netball.

    Dont let that goal fool you he has been [censored] house tonight well and truely deserves to be dropped.

    3 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    Both mentally weak 

    Are you a fan, last thing he is, is weak, trained like a demon to make the most of limited skills, huge running effort, and you call him weak... fair dinkum NFI

    3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    So disappointed with garlett tonight. 

    Some of us tried to point out he has no form.

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    This is a different MFC to last week. Much more desperation. Is goody holding family members hostage, Taken-style (anyone got a hotline to L.Neeson)

    2 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Hogan is almost afraid of leading at the footy in the forward line. Look at how his defender played the ball and marked it on his chest. That's what Hogan should have done.

    He barely leads then keeps losing 1 on 1's - contested marks are just not his game at the moment  - I'd get him out of the forward line and just leave T Mac deep.   He's in a real rut. 

     

    Just now, Win4theAges said:

    Dont let that goal fool you he has been [censored] house tonight well and truely deserves to be dropped.

    And who are you gonna bring up? Bugg? Worse kick, worse endurance.

    1 minute ago, Demonland said:

    Another Viney Bullet handball. 

    Viney & Jones ...crazy chit from experienced players, especially in the slippery conditions

    Just now, DaisyDeeciple said:

    Are you a fan, last thing he is, is weak, trained like a demon to make the most of limited skills, huge running effort, and you call him weak... fair dinkum NFI

    I feel for ANB a bit.  Clearly he is getting everything out of his abilities, but too often he misses an easy shot, or takes a wrong option and it really lets him down.  If he can clean that up, and I think he can do it, then he could be a really handy player in our side.  As it stands he lets himself down too often, but you are right to argue that he is certainly not weak.

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    need to kick a few more and take away some percentage from this hell hole.

    A few late goals to freo would really top it off !!

    2 minutes ago, Buzzy said:

    He barely leads then keeps losing 1 on 1's - contested marks are just not his game at the moment  - I'd get him out of the forward line and just leave T Mac deep.   He's in a real rut. 

     

    Typically - what does one do with players in a rut? Send to the 2s?

     

    edit/ oh dear

    Edited by timbo

     

    FFS, we're over 50 points up in Darwin. You'd think we're down by 80 with some of the negative Nancy stuff


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