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23 minutes ago, gregdemon said:

If we win from here we are the real deal   but worried

 

We wont win this and our excellent start has just gone down the toilet. So too has us doing any good in Sept. Premiership aspirants DONT Lose games to Adelaide,Collingwood and now Gws! Players drinking their iwn bathwater and Goodwin failing to select BB was disaster waiting to happen

 

Difficult to see on TV but The expert comments are saying we are playing a 7 man defence giving GWS an extra around the ball when it’s being contested. We are getting belted around stoppages and thru the middle. Time to get numbers back in the middle I think. Is it Jordan playing back to make up the 7? 

 

Don't care if Weed or Brown don't get a touch. Need a contest. GWS are marking everything uncontested in our forward 50.

No point Tom Macdonald marking on the wing then kicking long to Spargo & Pickett.

21 minutes ago, Damo said:

Viney isnt an asset at stoppages. He is again blocking the outlet as he is 2nd to the drop. 

The Rugby player playing rugby


This is simple.

Outnumbered at the contest but we have an extra in defence. 

Oliver, Petracca, Viney, Harmes, can't win a clearance so forwards are getting nothing.

GWS have also taken the Melbourne wingers out of play.

Edited by dee-tox

How many more year of Viney do we have to watch lol 

Yes he's heart and soul - but he's just not a good player I'm sorry 

Game is going past him at an alarming rate 

11 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Agree. 16 rounds in and they can’t work out we go sideways when their is no key forward and then make a disposal error to turn it over.

How are our speedy small forwards looking, when the ball isn’t delivered properly, or kicked to a big forward who can bring it to ground?

Maybe a loss will force Goodys hand and bring in one of the browns.

We had sam w in for five games...dropped him without like for like.

Sick of our backline having to do all the work.

And if bbs fitness is in question then so should  vineys.

Edited by leave it to deever

 

They are going in way harder and are using it better. If we don’t lift our pressure we will lose heavily. 

Just now, Stiff Arm said:

Hibbo: 1 disposal

Toby Green: 3 goals

Time for a rethink.

Toby Green: four kicks. Yes, he has converted well, but  Hibbo is doing a great job 


They clearly want a tall in the goal square because they’re playing Gawn and Jackson in the square. But neither are forwards. 

5 minutes ago, picket fence said:

BLITHLY OBLIVIOUS GOODWIN NO IDEA 

Selection committee blocking out fugazi, aka common sense with Brown's non-selection. Too much self serving tripe at press conferences not to mention the Gawn/ Bradshaw podcast rubbish.

2nd qtr

getting smashed at the clearances 12-18 and losing contested footy 30-39 

giants switched on. Pressure acts  

who’s on kelly. Ffs he’s killing us

oliver Viney brayshaw are having zero influence 

a goalkicking tall forward !!! Give me Ben Brown now 

gawn salem May lever 

Anb goal  SPARROW goal

goody??? 

?  I think we do need a Ben Brown NOW 

? Giants have extra man at contest and we have may behind the ball. That’s a defensive mindset

? kozzzzzy. STAY INSIDE 50 ffs !!!  
 

1 minute ago, Earl Hood said:

Difficult to see on TV but The expert comments are saying we are playing a 7 man defence giving GWS an extra around the ball when it’s being contested. We are getting belted around stoppages and thru the middle. Time to get numbers back in the middle I think. Is it Jordan playing back to make up the 7? 

And if so WTF for??

Ok, I’m probably gonna cop it but I have never got all the love for Viney……sure he is hard at it but rarely does he come up with the ball and if he does he gets tackled trying to do too much. He’s not fast, blindly bombs his kicks but I guess he’s not alone there. I dunno, maybe I know nothing.  ?


1 minute ago, Ollie fan said:

Toby Green: four kicks. Yes, he has converted well, but  Hibbo is doing a great job 

No hes not hes getting totaly towelled up

Nothing to do with Ben Brown not being out there. Nothing. 

Reckon the club knew we were playing Thursday so no Brown with a 5 day break. Would suggest he only plays a half for Casey tonight.


2 minutes ago, DeeSince73 said:

Ok, I’m probably gonna cop it but I have never got all the love for Viney……sure he is hard at it but rarely does he come up with the ball and if he does he gets tackled trying to do too much. He’s not fast, blindly bombs his kicks but I guess he’s not alone there. I dunno, maybe I know nothing.  ?

You are CORRECT garbage player with limited skil have always said so

Edited by picket fence

1 minute ago, DeeSince73 said:

Ok, I’m probably gonna cop it but I have never got all the love for Viney……sure he is hard at it but rarely does he come up with the ball and if he does he gets tackled trying to do too much. He’s not fast, blindly bombs his kicks but I guess he’s not alone there. I dunno, maybe I know nothing.  ?

he sucks and I'm happy to cop heat for it 

being tough isn't an asset anymore

I would trade him in a heartbeat.

He's getting exposed with the pace of the game, in 2 years he will be totally shot 

 
1 minute ago, bing181 said:

Nothing to do with Ben Brown not being out there. Nothing. 

Agreed. If we were winning more clearances our forwards would be more likely to score. It's as simple as that.

4 minutes ago, GM11 said:

Don't care if Weed or Brown don't get a touch. Need a contest. GWS are marking everything uncontested in our forward 50.

No point Tom Macdonald marking on the wing then kicking long to Spargo & Pickett.

? 


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