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1 minute ago, loges said:

Need more from Spargo and Pickett, much better quarter though.

Goody should be in their ears at HT, telling them to put the first half behind them and concentrate on manic pressure than posies this half.

VDB needs to start hitting bodies hard, give us some more presence around the ground

 

I think after today’s game it’s time to rest Pickett and bring in Bennell to play small forward. Pickett doesn’t give us enough. 

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    Is Tracca being tagged? Need a big second half from him. 

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    6 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

    I can't see the game today and just saw the stats esp midfield . Can someone please explain how on earth we are ahead?????

    1 Steven May.

    2. When we do get it on the turn or a clear stoppage win we look likely to score.

    3. Steven May

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    2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Well Andy is already supposed to be eating his scarf, so why not join the party?

    Some strange snacks being consumed today. Lockdown madness setting in??

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    4 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    If May is not an AA defender, I’ll eat my underwear 

    hopefully a laundered one Uncle

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    1 minute ago, DeeZee said:

    The Fritsch magnet!

    The club should putting orders in for 2021?

    Hunter has to be stopped. I think Jones would have had the job on him today. Maybe give Sparrow that role and just tell him not to move off Hunter. 

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    Clear improvement that quarter. The ball spent far more time in our forward half and we were developing more scoring chains.

    But we're still not playing all that well. Missing kicks, tackles not sticking, and their best players are getting too much of the ball.

    Beveridge in his HT interview was scathing of English. They've clearly put a lot of effort into the ruck and stoppages, whether it's the tactic of using Dunkley or how they shark Preuss. 

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    Just now, Earl Hood said:

    Is Tracca being tagged? Need a big second half from him. 

    Looked like it but started to shake it off in that last 10 min 

    1 minute ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

    1 Steven May.

    2. When we do get it on the turn or a clear stoppage win we look likely to score.

    3. Steven May

    Would have had Steven May at 2 as well

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    Once the clearances evened up that quarter, we comfortably had their measure. Dogs have an elite midfield so have to break even in this second half. In the arcs, Melbourne is clearly superior. 

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    2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    I think after today’s game it’s time to rest Pickett and bring in Bennell to play small forward. Pickett doesn’t give us enough. 

    He was very close to two crumbing goals in the first quarter.

    I feel like so much of Pickett is "very close". Every game he looks like he might erupt but never seems to happen.

    Not sure Bennell can play that role. Speed and defensive pressure regrettably not Bennell's strong suits so far this year.

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    1 minute ago, MF-C said:

    I can't stress just how bad Tmac is 

    We simply can't play him next week

    I don't care who it is as long as it's not him

    Tmac is done - the coaches have to see it surely 

    He has trouble one-grab marking, field kicking (set shots are good), very slow, wide turning circle, not a natural tackler, his handpassing is far from elite and his ruck work is average.  I hope he is not soaking up too much of our salary cap.

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    I think Tmac is playing a really good team game. He is providing a contest all over the groun d as well as holding his own in the ruck. So be fair.

    This goig to be a context between how effective Viney is cf Liberatore. Viney is at last breaking out of packs rather than running in circles. AN extremely tight contest.

     

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    2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    I think after today’s game it’s time to rest Pickett and bring in Bennell to play small forward. Pickett doesn’t give us enough. 

    Even young Bedford as well.

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    Hannan's pick up off the ground and blind handball ?

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    2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    I think after today’s game it’s time to rest Pickett and bring in Bennell to play small forward. Pickett doesn’t give us enough. 

    He's not far away. Will be back for the Freo game, potentially the Swans one.

    3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    I think after today’s game it’s time to rest Pickett and bring in Bennell to play small forward. Pickett doesn’t give us enough. 

    He has to hit the scoreboard when the opportunities come up. He had two chances early and muffed them both

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    fritter is becoming our new cale morton,toughen boy or f off


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