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This game has an uncanny resemblance to the last game against collingwood in 2017. Playing for our season & playing like a bunch of [censored]. Look like we’ve shat our pants... missed tackles, missed handballs, dropped marks, poor disposals.. The only reason we’re in this is cause adelaide are playing very poorly. 

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    1 minute ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    We’re ‘good ordinary’ - same as them

    That whole clutch of sides from basically 5-12 is super, super even, and we’re right in that mix

    I'll see your good ordinary...and call it BOG ordinary. Skipper showing the way !!

    They are down a man for the second half, we need to try to make the most of the extra rotations. Try to run them off their feet. 

     

    we should be able to win this, we have so many players down and playing poorly, we only need a few to step up and play. it would be nice if hogan put in a bit more, he is terribly slow at moving the ball. only a couple of kicks behind, man up and please tackle..

    I just want to know what’s going on with Max (2nd week down), Jones (6th week down?), Brayshaw (can’t get it), Petracca (where you at?) and Hogan (who?) 

    Given we are already missing Lever, Viney and Hibbo, we can’t afford for some of our better players to go missing!

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    8 minutes ago, MSFebey said:

     

    and the Jones lovers will cream themselves over his 14 - with 4 turnover kicks and 10 x 1m handballs. The captain, absolutely putrid.

    Give up on the Jones bashing Febes and open your eyes

    He's getting the ball deep inside with 2 blokes hanging off him most of the time - one of those was cleaning up a Brayshaw fumble

    We have to try Pedersen again 

    We can’t risk McDonald in the ruck

    Frost has a real go but no intelligence 

    Need some bodies that can tackle 

    Van der Berg  and Possibly Smith 

    1 minute ago, praha said:

    You could have said the same of Jetta in 2013.

    Not so. Jets always had a strong body but was played as a forward. 

    JKH is a lightweight with hollow legs. I saw much of him at University of Melbourne and he approached his (former) studies like his footy. Close enough but not hard enough. 

    Those who rate him as an AFL will condemn this club to mediocrity. One or 2 cameos a match and several misses on goal do not a strong team make. 

    The quicker the coach ceases this failed experiment the better. 

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    Great handpass Tyson..

    Tyson....

    All you schmucks talking about the bloke with the wig need too shut yer pieholes.

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    8 minutes ago, Die Hard Demon said:

    This game has an uncanny resemblance to the last game against collingwood in 2017. Playing for our season & playing like a bunch of [censored]. Look like we’ve shat our pants... missed tackles, missed handballs, dropped marks, poor disposals.. The only reason we’re in this is cause adelaide are playing very poorly. 

    Do you mean an exact resemblance to the game at the Adelaide oval last year?


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