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joeboy
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6 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Did enough, unimpressively

Conceding one goal in three and a half quarters too many for you?

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    ( Too many people) Rose coloured glasses

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    Just a win

    great defensive effort 

    Port were horrible 

    Dees were average 

    Hinkley under pressure 

    Goodwin in control 

    Get BBB back 

    Lots of contributors

    Let loose Joeboy

     

     

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    Sorry but I gotta put in my 3 word comment for Sam Weideman.

    Disappointing effort tonight.

     

    After last week kicking 4 goals against Essendon I held high hopes he would contribute. I barely noticed him tonight.

    Edited by Supreme_Demon

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    May - Rock solid defence

    Harmes - Hard running + goals

    Petracca - 48% disposal efficiency?

    Jackson - Marks both ends

    Viney - Effective at clearances

    Lever - Quiet first game 

    Spargo - Played his role

    Brayshaw - Solid and effective

    Gawn - Back in town

    Oliver - Not his best

    Langdon - One of our best

    Bowey - Much quieter tonight

    Tomlinson - Very, very quiet

    Jordon - Career best game?

    Rivers - Doesn't look 100%

    TMac - Hardly sighted

    Weide - Well blanketed

    Hunt - Bright start, faded

    ANB - Played his role

    Fritta - Leading goalkicker + chasing

    Sparrow - Some good clearances

    Kozzie - Only little glimpses

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    Great, so we sucked the life out of Port like dementors, and half the team were quiet and not at their best?

    The only way is up! ☺️

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    11 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

    Sorry but I gotta put in my 3 word comment for Sam Weideman.

    Disappointing effort tonight.

     

    After last week kicking 4 goals against Essendon I held high hopes he would contribute. I barely noticed him tonight.

    Weideman .. predicable follow up

    Time after time

    Softer than Watts

    Excellent as depth

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    2 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Weideman: Brown to replace

    Jordan: great wingman’s game

    Sparrow: love how tough

    Sparrow: work on kicking

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    May - dominated their forwards 

    Bowey - the best disposal

    Lever - wasn’t really needed

    Brayshaw - positions himself perfectly 

    Max - answered all critics 

    Hinkley - R.I.P

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    Here's my 2 cents

     

    May - much better performance

    Harmes - reward for effort

    Petracca - hard tag again

    Jackson - solid game again

    Viney - hard as nails

    Lever - welcome back Rick

    Spargo - not his best

    Brayshaw - Mr reliable again

    Gawn - destroyed his opposition

    Oliver - well below best

    Langdon - absolute running machine

    Bowey - still hasn't lost

    Tomlinson - not yet convinced

    Jordon - really good game

    Rivers - question on fitness 

    TMac - second best forward

    Weid - never got going

    Hunt - clubs best golfer

    ANB - second efforts great

    Fritta - some good cameos

    Sparrow - clone of Viney 

    Kozzie - love his pressure

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    2 hours ago, Roost it far said:

    Weideman: Brown to replace

     

    That's how you destroy him.

    Brown in and Tom managed, giving Weid another crack.

    Weid just needs to get a few games and build confidence.

    He could have kicked 6 last week.

    Tom hasn't looked like that for  quite a while.

    Our delivery into the forward line was poor last night and didn't help Weid.

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    11 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    That's how you destroy him.

    Brown in and Tom managed, giving Weid another crack.

    Weid just needs to get a few games and build confidence.

    He could have kicked 6 last week.

    Tom hasn't looked like that for  quite a while.

    Our delivery into the forward line was poor last night and didn't help Weid.

    If a player is managed there is the implied understanding that they will return the following week. IF Brown and Weid play well what happens to Tmac? Bad for trust if he’s kept out then. Must be dropped on form, injury or team structure requirements. Management is only a temporary rest. 

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    14 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

    If a player is managed there is the implied understanding that they will return the following week. IF Brown and Weid play well what happens to Tmac? Bad for trust if he’s kept out then. Must be dropped on form, injury or team structure requirements. Management is only a temporary rest. 

    That's fine whatever you want to call it, my point is Weid stays in next week if you don't want to destroy him.

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    2 hours ago, IRW said:

    Weideman .. predicable follow up

    Time after time

    Softer than Watts

    Excellent as depth

    Rather too harsh!

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    5 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

    Rather too harsh!

    Maybe, however Weid has shown himself not to be reliable.

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    Weideman drew a lot of attention from a spruced up backline of Port.

    Two multiple goal kickers in our forward half.

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    Are we mishandling Weid? For some reason he is never the prime target as BBB is and other times gets displaced by Maxie or dogga.

    Is it time for Weid to be given the chance one out against his defender and become the main target?

    Now that he has played to his known form, maybe Maxie could use a rest. We don't want to overuse him.

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    26 minutes ago, tiers said:

    Are we mishandling Weid? For some reason he is never the prime target as BBB is and other times gets displaced by Maxie or dogga.

    Is it time for Weid to be given the chance one out against his defender and become the main target?

    Now that he has played to his known form, maybe Maxie could use a rest. We don't want to overuse him.

    Right there is your problem - nobody knows what he can consistently deliver because even when he has given consecutive games he failed to lock down a position - so we really have no clear idea what his "known form" is

    I'm not saying he doesn't deserve another crack next week just that we should not be reconfiguring our whole forward structure around him - he needs to find a way to work with any structure , any week 

    My personal view is that he looks a significantly better player when allowed to run onto the ball (leading with space in front) - he is very easily pushed aside by key defenders and is never going to succeed relying on contested marking. If there is away to free up that space without compromising the ability of other forwards to contribute then great. Fritta seems to be able to make this work with astute timing for his leads and clever positioning around the drop of the ball. 

    One of the big challenges for Sam is to ensure that each time he takes the field he walks off having made a meaningful contribution as is the case with the whole squad. This doesn't always have to be measured on goals kicked but the gap between Sam's better games and poorer performances remains significant 

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