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I've decided to play a drinking game for the second half. I'm going to down a shot every time the dogs throw the ball. Reckon i'll be 3 sheets in no time

you're all welcome to join me if you want

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    1 minute ago, Lord Travis said:

    Salem and Langdon were in All Australian form for the first 10 weeks or so.

    Since Salem missed sore and Langdon missed through concussion, both have dropped right off. Salem was ranked 10th best player in the league before missing. He’s not in the top 60 since.

    Yep. We’ve gone back to ignoring Langdon as an option, and his kicking is woeful.

    Salem probably needs a week off to reset, no point waiting for the bye.

    If he is healthy let’s put him on ball here for the second half and try something different 

    3 minutes ago, Flag Favourites 3019 said:

    Free kicks 4-15 half time dogs favour.

    Apparently they can throw the ball and hold it and hit us high and thats ok. Right.

    The Kossie tackle the dog player ran from the kickout to near the fifty and kicked into Kossie. must have ran 30 mts

     

    Still in it.

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    Just now, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    I’m assuming the umps also made us miss 5 simple chances?

    Agree. Umps have been disgraceful. But just like last week, and against the Crows and Pies etc, we just don't take our chances. Umps become largely irrelevant to great sides. 

     

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    We need to move it through the sterile corridor

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    BBB use to have a slower run up i feel he's approaching his kicking motion with too much momentum and not enough rhythm.

    This fiddling around with the ball in his hands is messing with his ball drop back to basics BBB.

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    2 minutes ago, Jerry Lundergard said:

    Three factors in a first half deficit

    1. Caleb Daniels ability to be clean in these conditions.

    2. Ben Browns inaccuracy 

    3. Umpires

     

     

    So Why cant Badloss put an absolute negater on him? Coaching nous non existent!

    6 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

    We are being umpired out of the top 4. Last week, and again tonight. HQ want Port and Brisbane top 4 and we are the unlucky ones.

    Seems to be the case.  We are being totally screwed by the umpires, and of course by our own goal kicking ineptitude 


    You cant control the umpires you can control a dominate ruckman not hitting to our players, forwards how can't mark and kick.  Blame umpires all you want we have massive clearance and forward issues

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    5 minutes ago, loges said:

    Brayshaw no prior tries to get rid of the ball free kick goal to Dogs. Umpire doesn't even know the rule.

    Same up the other end earlier, Bont drops it in a tackle but play on for an English goal! No justice. That’s footy but in the second half we need to shut down Daniel big time and then take charge of the midfield if we are to win this. 

    1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    I’ve been a BB supporter, but If he can’t nail his set shots he is of no use to us. Might as well replace with Weid at least he crashes the pack better

    Weed creates by crashes packs and bringing the ball to ground thus opportunities whereas Brown doesn't. When Tommy can hold his marks it rebounds too easily


    This game is going exactly as I predicted. Melbourne playing with zero pressure on the opponents and bombing it to no one. 2 goals in a half is absolutely pathetic. 

    7 minutes ago, DaveyJones'sLocker said:

    Yep I’m considering switching off,

    boring [censored] football. Can’t stand watching Umpiring when dogs are playing. 

    I'm much close to switching off than I usually would be.

    1 minute ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    I’m assuming the umps also made us miss 5 simple chances?

    No they didn’t, but in close games getting a ride like this lifts the team and deflates the victim. 
    Dogs certainly handling the ball better. 
    Our kicking for goal has cost us again. Dominated most of that quarter for no reward.

    Hannan showing us (& Ben Brown) how to kick the friggin thing. 

    Umpires will always hate us but just amazed we've held top spot after the last 5 weeks efforts (Port game an exception).


    The cream rises in the wet, gee Oliver and Lever are playing well!

    The umps will even the free kicks up this half, hopefully in the right parts of the ground.

    Also the mids are getting pantsed.  I count maybe one or two clearances for the whole night.

    I would have moved Kozzie on to Daniels to start the second.

    Bring Macca up the ground and clear some space behind.

    Manic pressure and attack on the ball missing.  The Dogs want it more so far.

    And why is Max constantly smashing the ball forward straight into the hands of the Doggy's defensive sweeper?  Just dumb footy.

    Put Max on the bench, Dogga into the middle.  Macca plays higher and Kozzie into the middle.  Scrap that stupid zone in our front half....it's a MAJOR fail and the difference between us winning and losing far too often.

     

    What a frustrating half of football, dogs are playing better but boy they have had some super lucky goals and also free kicks. 

    Goodwin at half time: "we missed a couple of shot that we usually would've got."

    Really? Since when?


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