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Jetta - looked painfully slow

May - effective and talented

O. Mac - was not embarrassing 

Lockhart - showed some promise

Hibbert - disposals were costly

Harmes - lost in defense 

Lever - an encouraging display

Langdon - prolific but wasteful 

Petracca - classy but sporadic

Thomlinson - had little influence

Viney - former captain’s game

Oliver - didn’t appear interested

Gawn - was easily outmuscled

Brayshaw - little to commend

Neal-Bullen - couldn’t justify selection

T.McDonald - played without passion

Pickett - impressive debut game

Melksham - was hardly sighted

Brown - performance to forget

Bedford - far from ready 

Spargo - embarrassingly inept performance 

Fritsch - never appeared likely

 

 

 

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Spargo WHY??

3 TURNOVER GOALS

Not and never will be up to it!

Not his fault... MFC Coaching .... down to you SIMON!!

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TGR - Lost money today

2019 - Not an aberration 

Viney - Our real captain

Defensive spread - Not really capable

Reality - one paced list
 

Goodwin - No brave moves

Goodwin - Looks outta depth

 

MFC - 20 goto 10

Brown/Spargo/ANB - Not AFL level

Lockhart - continues to grow

Pickett - has valuable traits

 

Gawn - not top 2

MFC supporters - super dooper optimistic

 

 

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, TGR said:

TGR - Lost money today

2019 - Not an aberration 

Viney - Our real captain

Defensive spread - Not really capable

Reality - one paced list
 

Goodwin - No brave moves

Goodwin - Looks outta depth

 

MFC - 20 goto 10

Brown/Spargo/ANB - Not AFL level

Lockhart - continues to grow

Pickett - has valuable traits

 

Gawn - not top 2

MFC supporters - super dooper optimistic

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly this post is mostly spot on.

 

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Max - Looked very underdone

Spargo - Goodwins love child

Viney - Led by example

Jetta - Looked very slow

Harmes - Is a Midfielder

Pickett - Fast & Exciting

Bedford - Shows Some Promise

Tomlinson - Slow, Slow & Slow

Langdon - Good but Wasteful

Goodwin - Hasn't Learnt Anything

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Spargo WHY??

3 TURNOVER GOALS

Not and never will be up to it!

Not his fault... MFC Coaching .... down to you SIMON!!

I thought you were a bit harsh on him but you were right he's not up to it and never will be, sadly we have quite a few that are not up to it.

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Pickett       Jeff Farmer like.

Langdon    Good first up.

Gawn          was outpointed today.

Viney          Classy, Heart, courageous.

Spargo       back to basics.

Lockhart    Is getting better.

May             did his part.

Oscar           Better than bro. 

Hibberd       not hard enough.

Fritch          must kick goals.

Petracca     played his role.

Oliver           look for someone.

Tomlinson   Forgive first up.

Jetta             must make adjustments. 

Melksham     one goal  Hmmmmm!

Goodwin       must be wondering.

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I’d love to know what was going on with Oliver and TMac - both of them looked absolutely knackered from the first bounce. They each had the look of someone who has been ill.

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12 hours ago, picket fence said:

Spargo WHY??

3 TURNOVER GOALS

Not and never will be up to it!

Not his fault... MFC Coaching .... down to you SIMON!!

To be fair, he was pretty good against the Hawks in the last Marsh series game. Sadly though, the intensity went up another level and he wasn't able to cope. 

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19 minutes ago, 3183 Dee said:

I’d love to know what was going on with Oliver and TMac - both of them looked absolutely knackered from the first bounce. They each had the look of someone who has been ill.

Agreed, and Max too. They looked physically or mentally tired from the start.  I'm curious why?

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13 hours ago, joeboy said:

Jetta - looked painfully slow

May - effective and talented

O. Mac - was not embarrassing 

Lockhart - showed some promise

Hibbert - disposals were costly

Harmes - lost in defense 

Lever - an encouraging display

Langdon - prolific but wasteful 

Petracca - classy but sporadic

Thomlinson - had little influence

Viney - former captain’s game

Oliver - didn’t appear interested

Gawn - was easily outmuscled

Brayshaw - little to commend

Neal-Bullen - couldn’t justify selection

T.McDonald - played without passion

Pickett - impressive debut game

Melksham - was hardly sighted

Brown - performance to forget

Bedford - far from ready 

Spargo - embarrassingly inept performance 

Fritsch - never appeared likely

 

 

 

A measured response joeboy... congrats for not going too hard on a bunch of young men who were cast into an impossible situation!

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14 hours ago, waynewussell said:

A measured response joeboy... congrats for not going too hard on a bunch of young men who were cast into an impossible situation!

I think 'impossible' is a bit of a Steven Stretch.  Who was cast into impossible situations?  Travelling teams?  All teams?  Just the MFC?

If Melbourne accepted the Mission Impossible; I guess we can convince ourselves that West Coast thrived on Mission Improbable.  What we saw in that game was a replica of 2019's standard.

 

As for Joeboy's generosity...and against-all-odds predicaments....

Dom Tyson currently shaking his head, and thinking "didn't I dislocate my knee cap on camp horribilis and continued squatting, jogging, kneeling through incline and decline.  Now that is an impossible situation".

 

 

Joeboy, unlike Dom, I rush to this after every game.  This has always been the modicom of clarity and objectivity on this site.  If this is the new you, you might get more likes, but at the risk of selling your soul.

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THE Summary of the 3 word is spot on But it is hard to play in a side that firstly has to counter elite disposal and organisation look again at the First Quarter we just Butchered the Ball and took wrong Options  our new Players also need some time to Adjust to our style exception Picket and Langdon 

I would spend the next 8 weeks drilling the players on creating Space backing up another and use of the Ball BETTER one thing the West Coast Juicers have is a System we dont however we can  BY just drilling it in to the players remember we had more use of the Ball 

I feel sorry for our Forwards but they too dont lead or organise correctly WCoast can be beaten if it becomes one on one .

Next Game be Daring Play Weidman Jackson Jones and Salem ( all can Kick)and persist  with them dont Play Tomlison on a Wing but down Back he could become elite with Lever and May play Petracca in the middle Oliver on a Flank Harmes as a tagger and Melksham as a defensive Forward Fritsch at FF 

 

 

 

  

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Kozzzy Pickett

I was super impressed in game number 1.  Hope the coaches don’t overthink how he should play.  Pressure. Tackle. Crumb. Attack. Kick goals.  That’s it  !

In 3 words...

love the energy

impressive debut game 

ignite the flame

jeff farmer like

favourite player already 

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15 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Kozzzy Pickett

I was super impressed in game number 1.  Hope the coaches don’t overthink how he should play.  Pressure. Tackle. Crumb. Attack. Kick goals.  That’s it  !

In 3 words...

love the energy

impressive debut game 

ignite the flame

jeff farmer like

favourite player already 

Indeed did exceed expectations and can't believe his and Toby's   goal did not rate in the Goal of the Year.

Toby promising -and not our worst by any means.

Brown too fumbly and couldn't catch a cold Not strong enough in contest.

Langdon Great runner but really needs to uplift decision making to forwards as do most of Dees mids.

Tomlinson Often  got caught between The West Coast Speedsters. Let's see over longer period as great vs Hawks in Marsh 2.

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