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GAMEDAY: Rd 16 vs GWS



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1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

I don’t understand those begging for Brown. He’d be getting nowhere near it, because we are continually losing the ball at the coal face. Even it up at the contest and then we can see what our forward line looks like.

 

 

This is a Petracca, Oliver, Viney problem for sure. Still think Brown would straighten us up and give some purpose to our forward entries.

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12 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

We lost this at selection.

Our fwd line has been struggling for weeks and we arrogantly do nothing about it.

BLITHLY OBLIVIOUS GOODWIN NO IDEA 

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Just now, Jaded said:

My kingdom for a contested marking forward. I guess I’ll just go watch Casey play ?

Won't be long and I'm off to watch a mate play rugby.
Will listen to the carnage on the radio and quietly stew.

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7 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Good call. Game over now.

Last week bombers weren't  good enough. Gws are class and we're a 5 to 8th team.  Selection forward strategy non existent. 

agree  not top 4 at this stage  may be next year  still need more class players.  Why Brown is not playing has got me stuffed

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This is the Collingwood game all over again. Absolute porridge.

BBB probably would have had 2 looks for 2 goals. He doesn’t have a lot of tricks to his game but being a straight kick goes a long way in the current side. FFS, even TMac hasn’t slotted one for a month now. 

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1 minute ago, Dr.D said:

Oh. DR.D, you're so negative. Pull your heads in you biased know it alls! The players are playing the way you think. We've lost to Adelaide, Collingwood and now GWS. Say Goodbye to top 4 officially. 

I think you need to have a lie down and a nice cup of tea 

Nobody likes the way the team is playing but for god sake we have beaten lots of good teams this year as well as the only two losses 

We may lose - we may not - lets hope they is a very big serve dished up and more energy in the second half some positive crowd support would be good

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1 minute ago, picket fence said:

Worst Game he has EVER played

 

Just now, WA Demon Boy said:

Oliver needs a huge rocket 

amazing how lazy our mids can be

Also Viney looks so cooked


looks slow, can't kick it 30m+ and don't even know he's out there half the time 

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6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Viney not up to it. But hes not alone.

If we dont work out our fwd line soon we will be lucky to be top four.

But its not like nobody has not been saying this which makes it so frustrating.

 

Ruby players cannot play AFL so dammed if I know why he is playing.

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3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

If we dont work out our fwd line soon we will be lucky to be top four.

But its not like nobody has not been saying this which makes it so frustrating.

 

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?

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5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I don’t understand those begging for Brown. He’d be getting nowhere near it, because we are continually losing the ball at the coal face. Even it up at the contest and then we can see what our forward line looks like.

 

 

A smart forward leading to the right places makes a whole forward line function we are crying out for it with Tom doing his work up on the wing

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1 minute 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?

This is why I bang on about clearances.

Our forward line is average at best so they need to get the ball delivered on a platter through a midfield with first use of the ball.

Especially from the centre with even numbers because of the 666 rule.

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1 minute ago, demon3165 said:

Ruby players cannot play AFL so dammed if I know why he is playing.

Cause thats how Goodwin wants the forward line to operate.
Scamble it forward somehow and then scramble a goal.

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Just now, Roy Boy said:

 Greg Stafford “As far as what combination best suits us at the moment, we’re still trying to find that out"

So let's make no changes. Inspiring stuff.

 

It's pretty clear this is not our best mix. Goody, give me Wiedeman if you want Brown to build his game in the VFL, that's fine. Just give me someone with a bit of height and forward craft.

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