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POSTGAME: Rd 09 vs West Coast

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So much to like about effort and application. Skill errors and some really dumb things (Frosty), but, when the game was in the balance for the first 15 minutes of the last, the maggots came to the fore. Fair dinkum the system is corrupt. Proud, heartbroken but furious about the cheats in green. Isn’t Vardy a choice piece of work.? Rant over.

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    Trac should have had 6. Easy. Jeff 4. 

    Just kick the easy goals!!

    great effort by the boys. Pity we couldn’t finish. 

    Vardy is a dead set [censored]

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    Best game of the year so far.  Baker and Petty both showed us something.  Now we just need someone to teach these players how to kick goals.  None of the top sides miss basic shots the way we do. 

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    Undone by the injuries. Swap Baker for Melksham and Petty for Hibberd and we win that.

    It's not just that the bottom 6 or so underperform, it's that they turn the ball over, which then becomes a springboard for the opposition.

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    Bet you the dangerous tackle that rode Bull Smith into the ground doesn’t get a second look

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    4 more scoring shots.  Should have won.

    Great effort with half our list injured and such a young team.

    West Coast are cheating druggos  and can go [censored] themselves.

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    fritch and salem both turned the ball over. i liked frost and oscar both did pretty well. shame our forwards cannot kick straight, or mark, or tackle, or chase, or handball

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    1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    Put your house on us winning next week.

    Still not sure how Ryan had such a free run at that mark. 

    Ryan and Rioli ran around doing whatever they liked all game. All the selfish, hang off the back of the pack garbage you'd expect that type of player to get away with against Melbourne.

    Commentary fawns over it as usual.

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    [censored] [censored] weak, learn how to kick into 50 and set shot territory where the game was lost.

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    Set shots

    hit up a target inside 50 - skills or vision - not sure which is worse

    a couple of [censored] decisions but hey we shat our own bed here

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    That was a new look team and I liked it.

    We were quicker, more mobile and had better agility.

    Preuss up forward would have been good to help provide relief again McGovern.

    Baker and Petty a big tick.

    Wagner, Smith (despite brain fade), Lockhart and even Stretch were all solid.

    Get a Fritsch back into the forward line, get Petracca a sports psychologist, get Preuss in the team, keep Lewis and other slow players out and we’ll be fine.

    The focus this week at training should be how to pick the ball up off the ground, we simply can’t do it.

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    1 minute ago, In Harmes Way said:

    Bet you the dangerous tackle that rode Bull Smith into the ground doesn’t get a second look

    Most likely the AFL will come out and say it should have been a free and 50.

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    Some sh*t calls that quarter. But that's not what cost us. Our kicking skills are well off.

    With that said Hunt and Frost (exc that fumble) were our best on grounds tonight.

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    The effort was terrific. Lost but proud of the effort. Umpires just never give us the rub of the green.

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    Why is it the same thing every week. It’s the last critical possession that we stuff up, or a fumble at a critical time. Everyone can see it. Either the coaches aren’t identifying it or the players can’t execute properly. Either way extremely frustrating. 

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    Ugh, an honourable loss.

    9.15, not good enough. Can't win if you don't take your chances. 

    Depleted list, playing away, umps on the Eagles payroll, I thought we played great, we just didn't convert, which has cost us the game and all but confirmed we won't be playing finals.

    We really lacked composure at the end, and did not kick our goals. Why aren't these things on the 'to fix' list? Get some of our boys back, send everyone to practice kicking, start playing some smart footy and 2020 looks good.

    All that aside, I really liked our effort tonight.

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    2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Trac should have had 6. Easy. Jeff 4. 

    Just kick the easy goals!!

    great effort by the boys. Pity we couldn’t finish. 

    Vardy is a dead set [censored]

    Where the game was lost, should have been 5 goals up going up into the last qtr.

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    Goodwin's recruitment policy is competitve and combative players, the trade off is skill, balance and poise. Too many of one, not enough of the other. And WTF has happened to Brayshaw.

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