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23 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

To be fair, after the 2018 finals we probably thought Weideman was the next King brother. 

Is that injury, the club not developing or Weideman not being professional? Or all three?

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    Well the GC Suns have lost their first game away from home.  Dew/Cochrane will start the priority pick talk now! Usually starts around round 7.

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    6 minutes ago, Gunna’s said:

    Is that injury, the club not developing or Weideman not being professional? Or all three?

    Played out of position last season, loss of confidence, one foot out the door...could be a number of things. Only the inner-sanctum would know. 

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    Do people here actually want to talk about the other games, or is this just an opportunity for most to find other ways to sink the boots into the club?  Dean Kent gets a couple of kicks and all of a sudden we've let go a future Brownlow medallist.  Ben King kicks a few goals and then doesn't touch it in the second half and we've allowed an amalgam of Wayne Carey, Gary Ablett Sr. and Tony Lockett to slip through our fingers.

    To the actual game, I thought it went as expected - GC were always going to find it tougher outside of their own state, while the Cats are a 6-8 goal better side on their home deck.  When Ablett, Selwood, Hawkins, Danger etc all retire in the coming years, they won't be much chop.

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    5 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Do people here actually want to talk about the other games, or is this just an opportunity for most to find other ways to sink the boots into the club?  Dean Kent gets a couple of kicks and all of a sudden we've let go a future Brownlow medallist.  Ben King kicks a few goals and then doesn't touch it in the second half and we've allowed an amalgam of Wayne Carey, Gary Ablett Sr. and Tony Lockett to slip through our fingers.

    To the actual game, I thought it went as expected - GC were always going to find it tougher outside of their own state, while the Cats are a 6-8 goal better side on their home deck.  When Ablett, Selwood, Hawkins, Danger etc all retire in the coming years, they won't be much chop.

    I will be pleased if Dangerfield fails to get the ultimate glory. Mind you, living in Moggs is pretty glorious on the flip side.

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    1 hour ago, Gunna’s said:

    Is that injury, the club not developing or Weideman not being professional? Or all three?

    He had hip surgery at the end of the last season. Could have a lot to do with it.

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    34 minutes ago, dieter said:

    He had hip surgery at the end of the last season. Could have a lot to do with it.

    Weideman is fully fit. I spoke to him preseason. No issue there. 

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    Dees v Cats last week was like a practice match. Lacked intensity 

    I watched Saints (v Blues) and Bombers (v pies). The tackling, pressure and controlled aggression was noticeable.  
     

    Again tonight Brisbane’s ability to pressure and then run with pace is so different to our style.  It’s a handball or two max then a kick to forward footy.  No slow sideways stuff. 
     

    We win the contested footy but then turn it over or move it too slow.  Our talent is equaled by others.  Our list isn’t better than most.  It’s the toughness and intensity WITH THE FOOTY that’s needed  

     

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    Been watching the lions and power game. It is sad to realise how far we are from top teams, especially brisbane.

    The other point is what has Dixon done to orgasmatron the commentators ?

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    4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    We had King right in front of our door step.

    Questions need to be asked who the [censored] ticked off in trading it away for May.

    I hear you and everybody else. 
    but a couple of years ago we had O Mac and frost. We all pretty much agreed we needed to trade for a defender didn’t we?

    if we had a crystal ball I’m sure we would have kept the pick for king

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    24 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    We are safe then

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    8 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    Been watching the lions and power game. It is sad to realise how far we are from top teams, especially brisbane.

    The other point is what has Dixon done to orgasmatron the commentators ?

    kicked half a dozen last week

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    4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    We had King right in front of our door step.

    Questions need to be asked who the [censored] ticked off in trading it away for May.

    Oh dazzle would you give it the [censored] up.

    At the end of 2018, when we were the highest scoring side but couldn't stop big forwards to save ourselves, when Weideman had just taken two finals by storm, we should have ignored the key defender who wanted to play for us and instead taken a skinny forward in the draft who was unlikely to be in a physical position to assist us in 2019, the year we were ideally going to challenge for the flag?

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    12 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Oh dazzle would you give it the [censored] up.

    At the end of 2018, when we were the highest scoring side but couldn't stop big forwards to save ourselves, when Weideman had just taken two finals by storm, we should have ignored the key defender who wanted to play for us and instead taken a skinny forward in the draft who was unlikely to be in a physical position to assist us in 2019, the year we were ideally going to challenge for the flag?

    Maybe if we didn't do such a stupid trade for Lever we could have used our actual first rounder in the May deal. Our list management has been crap.

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    16 hours ago, Redleg said:

    What, you can run outside the boundary line, past the mark and keep running there, out of play  until you kick it in and that is ok. I don’t think so.

    Nah that’s a bit different story. I’ve misunderstood what you were saying. In that instance it should be a throw in. I didn’t see the footage of what you’re talking about. 

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    13 hours ago, dl4e said:

    Been watching the lions and power game. It is sad to realise how far we are from top teams, especially brisbane.

     

    Heard one of the Lions’ players speak on the radio the other day, from memory it was Lachie Neale. The main take away from the interview was the point about their style. He said it comes half down to structure/plan and half Fagan allowing them to play with instinct and flair.

    Important when you possess talented players to allow them to showcase their skills. It’s working a treat up there for the Lions.

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    17 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    We had King right in front of our door step.

    Questions need to be asked who the [censored] ticked off in trading it away for May.

    You're kidding right? We were getting mauled by power forwards every week. We needed to do that deal.

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    20 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Heard one of the Lions’ players speak on the radio the other day, from memory it was Lachie Neale. The main take away from the interview was the point about their style. He said it comes half down to structure/plan and half Fagan allowing them to play with instinct and flair.

    Important when you possess talented players to allow them to showcase their skills. It’s working a treat up there for the Lions.

    It is obvious watching Charlie Cameron at work that he has licence to do what he does best. Rayner, McCarthy and Hipwood the same. Even Stefan Martin despite being one of the oldest players in the game has changed for the better. He is now a tackling beast and his tap work is amongst best in the game and better than Gawn. Very creative, dominant and never does the predictable things like Gawn does that opposition midfielders have long memorised and don’t need to read anymore. I am fuming that Fagan was never considered for us despite the good work he done for us as an assistant. Its like the club want the groomed airbrushed type coach with little substance that look good on camera. 

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    The Freo v Crows game is like watching a demonstration of how not to play footy. Two totally inept teams that make us look like world beaters. The fact that Freo are leading 4 goals to the Crow’s 4 behinds, is nothing short of a miracle.

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    Yes Goodwin needs to put some flare back into the team. At the moment it is ALL Structural 

    He needs a balance between structure and flare

    The great Coaches understood this (most of the time)

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    1 minute ago, hardtack said:

    The Freo v Crows game is like watching a demonstration of how not to play footy. Two totally inept teams that make us look like world beaters. The fact that Freo are leading 4 goals to the Crow’s 4 behinds, is nothing short of a miracle.

    Same with last night 

    Nought were a disgrace 

    i turned it off at halftime. It is boring and unwatchable and they have a decent key Forward

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    5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Same with last night 

    Nought were a disgrace 

    i turned it off at halftime. It is boring and unwatchable and they have a decent key Forward

    I watched the Lions game... they look good.

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