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Melksham a no-show tonight.

Need a big second half from him.

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    3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Hate mentioning it...does Chunk EVER look where he's kicking ?? Ffs ...kills momentum and effort

    He's a great clubman and has 4000 bad kick credits in the tank


    I do not have a good feeling about this. 

    As I said earlier, a tight contest will see the crowd and the umpires get Geelong the win. 

    Effort is definitely there, but we are again wasteful which we really can’t afford. And our backline is so suspect. We need to not break even but actually start to dominate clearances if we are going to win. 

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    Gus stood up that quarter. 

    Bernie and Smith off HB great pressure

    you wouldn’t want to be Hogan. 3-1 every time!

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    we are playing better than Geelong, just need to keep up the pressure, Hogan has to get moving and needs to chase, he is a lazy football, who seems to figure once his jumped for the mark he does not need to do anything else.  Tyson needs to learn how to handball, seems like he is trying to do some clary jump and handball over the player moves that are just not working out, he keeps loosing the ball. 

    Another half like the first with straighter kicking and we will win this one.

     

    13 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Careful Danger...your in Harmes way..

    Harmes really needs to lift.

     

    Trac very good. 7 contested possessions in the fwd line is big

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    4 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    We are still long bombing into the forward 50. Doesn't work on the narrow Geelong ground. LOWER THE EYES!

    It's also partly an issue because by the looks of it we are letting them have a man loose in defence from the bounce. Just about every time we move the hall forward from a centre clearance we turn it over due to poor disposal or being out numbered. I'd like to see Goodwin back our mids and make Geelongs defenders accountable. We need to make more of our inside 50s yet again.

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    4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Hate mentioning it...does Chunk EVER look where he's kicking ?? Ffs ...kill6s momentum and effort

    He just drives ball 4ward he'd be more if he looked 4 options

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    Doing everything except finishing our hard work inside 50. So frustrating because it feels like the Dees are continually going to explode, only to kick to Hogan, TMac or Petracca who have 2 opponents. I feel we are far the better side but wasteful (again!).

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

     

    you wouldn’t want to be Hogan. 3-1 every time!

    And hardly a free !! 

    It's not even subtle...

    Just now, DubDee said:

    Trac very good. 7 contested possessions in the fwd line is big

    Being held off the ball as well. 

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    I'm just constantly gushing at Clayton Oliver. Just the little things he does is AMAZING!

    That, and everything else.

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    Trac very good. 7 contested possessions in the fwd line is big

    And our leading tackler.


    Bernie, Smith, Frost and Salem have been solid down back.

    Need to keep the pressure up and use the baller better going into our forward 50.

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    JKH more bad than good tonight. 

     
    3 minutes ago, CelebratingJade said:

    And running at 77% efficiency tonight!

    Gentlemen prefer 100


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