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Max Gawn - Slow start

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On 3/29/2022 at 6:21 PM, Steamin Demon said:

Two games in and I'm seeing a few concerning signs from our Premiership Captain. 

- Dropping marks he'd normally swallow

- Continued bewilderment at ruck infringements

- The misjudging of flight. The Doggies game especially. 

- He's smiling/carefree attitude towards his mistakes. Dogs game again.

I accept it's early but the early signs from Max this year aren't great. Is the rise of Jackson affecting his game? 

Lets hope he has a blinder this week and gets some of his aerial confidence back. 

 

Please pick another target to motivate into some form @Steamin Demon 😁.

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    from port supporter on BF.

    And speaking of Max Gawn , you are a freaking colossus. A guy your size shouldn't have skills like that nor did you need us to continually kick the ball to you. But there you go, I dips me lid.

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    not only is he the best ruckman i've ever seen at the dees - since mid-80s - but he's almost the most 'ruckmen...' of ruckmen; that missed snap that actually went the opposite way intended was PURE ruckman...

    but what i loved about it is that he then chased, tackled, harassed and arguably should've won a free for incorrect disposal but instead gave the free away

    brilliant ruckman, brilliant leader, brilliant off the field

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    6 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    but what i loved about it is that he then chased, tackled, harassed and arguably should've won a free for incorrect disposal but instead gave the free away

    brilliant ruckman, brilliant leader, brilliant off the field

    +1. Has learnt from dogga how to play as a midfielder.

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    I think the ‘close thread’ stuff is a bit much considering how long a certain other thread was allowed to go on (and what it devolved into). Plus I think Steamin’ Demon wasn’t being disrespectful or abusive. 

    That said, any concerns that we might have had about Max were allayed comprehensively last night. Magnificent game by the captain.

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    On 3/29/2022 at 6:21 PM, Steamin Demon said:

    Two games in and I'm seeing a few concerning signs from our Premiership Captain. 

    - Dropping marks he'd normally swallow

    - Continued bewilderment at ruck infringements

    - The misjudging of flight. The Doggies game especially. 

    - He's smiling/carefree attitude towards his mistakes. Dogs game again.

    I accept it's early but the early signs from Max this year aren't great. Is the rise of Jackson affecting his game? 

    Lets hope he has a blinder this week and gets some of his aerial confidence back. 

     

    Well this hasn’t aged well.

    a good lesson for all of us. We are no longer a horrible club. When the next gun player has 2 poor weeks, don’t jump off them. 
     

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    He may have had a slow start to the year (has slow starts every year) but he's certainly not slowing down anytime soon.

    Keep this form up and he's on his way to being a 6 x All Australian. 

    Edited by dazzledavey36

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