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GAMEDAY: Rd 14 vs St. Kilda

Freddy Fuschia
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7 disposals to Clarry. Following on from where he left off last week.

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    Give Jones another season so that he can get to 300 games.

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    Commentators saying we've only laid 10 tackles for the game.  Saints have had 19.

    Not massively worried about that as it's been a really open game, but we also probably need to lift a little more in that area.

    Just now, Jaded said:

    I am sick and tired of our coaches having a game plan built purely around dominating clearances and yet never actually dominating clearances. Fix the game plan because clearly the strategy and the players aren’t a match!!!

    We have the best tap ruckman in the comp, play with three pure inside mids at every stoppage, yet we still consistently lose the clearances. Our stoppage coach is stealing a living.

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    3 minutes ago, gregdemon said:

    Jones is cooked skills gone

    He is stubborn like the coach. With under a minute he does a lolly pop kick to an unmarked StKilda player - cross goal as well. We surrender momentum and they kick 2 in the last minute. I'm sorry but Jones is too slow now and doesn't play within his limitations - he's arrognant enough to think he is in his prime not decline. We aren't that good that we can carry him.

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    1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    St Kilda’s poor goal kicking was just wallpapering over the cracks.

    The floodgates will open now.

    No it wasn't.

    We built our lead through clearance and CP winning. When we stopped doing that, they got the momentum back.

    We are capable of controlling the game, but it's not going to happen if Viney, Brayshaw and Oliver exert no influence on the game.

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    1 minute ago, america de cali said:

    Give Jones another season so that he can get to 300 games.

    Idiotic Melbourne supporters actually seriously suggested that

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    5 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    And watch us do [censored] all to stop Butler because our coaches are dumb. Almost as dumb and lazy as our players. 

    i asked the question on here on thursday who is on Butler?

    Answer NO ONE

    1 minute ago, Jaded said:

    I am sick and tired of our coaches having a game plan built purely around dominating clearances and yet never actually dominating clearances. Fix the game plan because clearly the strategy and the players aren’t a match!!!

    I actually reckon this shows that our game can hold up when our structures are executed even against quick sides and even when our mids are a bit down. Our kicking and especially decision making let’s us down but I see signs of life in the gameplan.

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    2 minutes ago, A F said:

    His kick to Clarry that cost us a goal earlier was absolutely the right move, and Clarry went one-handed. That goal was totally on Oliver, not on Jones.

    Oliver looks low on confidence tonight.

    Clarry went one handed because he didn't want to commit to the contest.  Ditto Langdon on the ground ball.  Jeez they're hard to watch....

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    Just asking what Tomlinson was supposed to do, he unfortunately was there, that same thing happens 20 times a game and gets pinged once or twice, if at all. 

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    Disappointing last minute. Reminds me of that game the saints won from a centre bounce with 20seconds or so to go. Junk time goals. We seem to have a habit of going to sleep in the last few minutes. Though tonight quite a few slept though that quarter.

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    Oliver, Brayshaw and Viney not getting enough of it. Cannot win without more of their input

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    Is Oliver injured? I literally did not see him that quarter. Trac also quiet

    Just stupid goals we gave away at the end of the quarter. 

    Hopefully 1/2 time they go through the errors and comeout and play like we did in the 1st quarter

    Oh and whoever is on Jack Steele stick on him harder. 


    We were actually holding firm quite well against their pressure but those last two goals, I don’t know how Goodwin didn’t do a Clarkson and punch his first through the wall. Jones’s turnover could prove to be a massive turning point in the game and that centre clearance from the restart was troubling. Just two tackles for the quarter (and I’m pretty sure one happened in the first 5 seconds of the quarter) that is really worrying. 

    The really annoying thing is our structure was actually holding up well and we weren’t giving them easy entries, even the first of the last three goals came through a bit of luck of the bounce and an unlucky free kick against Viney. But from that moment Jones released that god awful kick all our hard work had been undone. 

    On the other side we controlled the ball well and had some golden chances going inside 50 but botched the final kick. 

    Our third quarters haven’t been good and the Saints will be going in with their tails up. 

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    Just now, Elegt said:

    Idiotic Melbourne supporters actually seriously suggested that

    Sad

    No defensive setup at centre bounce with 30 seconds to go.  No defensive side sweeper to block Saints winning ball and charging straight towards goal.

     

    Last minute hurt, but the other 39 had us a 14 point better side. 

    More positives than negatives. Stay the course and I reckon we get up. 


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