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2 hours ago, Redlagged said:

 

'The relapse has been creeping in for weeks.' You mean, in  the weeks we beat the Bulldogs and Brisbane? Some crazy finger-pointing after a disappointing loss going on here.

Go back and watch those games. They do it in there too, but on a smaller scale. This week was new level. It was an observation that is worrying that they have started reverting back to old habits.

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    29 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

    Go back and watch those games. They do it in there too, but on a smaller scale. This week was new level. It was an observation that is worrying that they have started reverting back to old habits.

    I noticed Tom Sparrow did it a couple of times also and got pinged. This is the kind of [censored] that rubs onto the younger players.

    If I see it again against the bombers then coaching staff have done nothing to rectify the situation. 

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    33 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I noticed Tom Sparrow did it a couple of times also and got pinged. This is the kind of [censored] that rubs onto the younger players.

    If I see it again against the bombers then coaching staff have done nothing to rectify the situation. 

    And Viney does it a lot too, when you watch the best passages of play it’s when we take the first option on instinct.

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    It is an old cricket saying, that sometime our biggest strength is our greatest weakness.

    It is well worth noting that Lever is a terrific intercept player. The problem thewre is that he is not a good 1 on 1 palyer and yesterday exemplified that. Collingwood used short low disposals to move into the fwd line and our defence were waiting for the ball to be in the air.

    Secondly Clarrie and Trac are sensational; footballers, but they were up against Pendlebury , Sidebottonm & De Goey   on a day out. However they did not lose the number count, but the quality . As a result our forward line were chasing "bombs" and did not have a real chance.  Plus Maynard was briliant yesterday.

    We need to learn from that.

     

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    4 hours ago, Redlagged said:

    Some crazy finger-pointing after a disappointing loss going on here.

    The manner of the loss is not unfamiliar to us Red. We've seen this movie before.

    No point dwelling on it though. We have the chance to right the ship against Essendon. I believe we will perform much better and collect the 4 points

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    Taking the first option is definitely a factor.

    Decision making is another thing. We have been pretty good at decision making most of this season so far but it was poor against Collingwood.

    After a few days off with the bye and perhaps a good hard look at themselves I hope the Demons players will respond. We definitely did not play "the Melbourne way" against Collingwood and I hope we learn from that. Playing at the SCG was a mistake in hindsight as we couldn't play the way we would regularly play and zone off on a larger ground. Collingwood was certainly fired up with the emotion of their coach Nathan Buckley resigning and that definitely worked in their favour too.

    It will be a tough challenge against an improving Essendon side. No more drinking our own bath water if we wish to have a top 2 finish!

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