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GAMEDAY: Rd 15 vs Brisbane

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We appear to be interchanging Jackson and Weid on the bench rather than one resting forward.

Perhaps we will see a change

 

We got better as the quarter wore on but low quality fare from both teams thus far

Playing poorly but some woeful umpiring. What really give you headaches is soft frees to them eg Daniher, downfield then blatant mark play on. I know I have red and blue goggles but we get shafted week in week out

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    3 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    Weid looking better in the ruck and around the ground than Dogga 🤣

    Funny you say that, I counted at least three times he didn’t even make a contest in the ruck. Either forgot to contend in the forward line or completely mis-timed his jump. He is trying though. It just feels like Dogga isn’t switched on.

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    Weid looking better in the ruck and around the ground than Dogga 🤣

    Said all week Weid should take most of the ruck


    Just now, The heart beats true said:

    Petracca can’t play in the midfield when he’s not fit. He looks moles off it. He was absolutely spent at the 20 minute mark of that quarter. Something is very clearly wrong with him.

    May as well put him forward and roll Koz and Spargs through the guts.

    We're showing the run and dash of a Tweed heads prawn trawler 

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    I don't know how we're going to magically get good from Q2. Unsurprisingly, the same issues remain, but worse, because we don't have maxy to save us with his work around the ground, clutch marks etc. Both our goals have been mayhem/lucky. 

    Going to be a long 3 quarters if we don't come out with a better gameplan, and some cleaner skills/forward connection.

     

    Lever looks better

    Sparrow looks better

    however our fwd pressure is still terrible

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    Thought we blocked their run well in the last ten of that quarter. Was a real good patch by us, with the exception of ‘connection’…need to build on it.

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    2 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    Showed a glimpse in the last few minutes but we are just so sketchy with all facets of the game. 
    Why are Brown and Weideman playing so high?

    Because we have no marking target coming out of D50

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    I like Jordan, but needs to get better at hitting targets, both by hand and foot. Turning it over too much at the moment.

    I think a little composure will go a very long way in this type of game. 

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    This is a very poor 1 vs 2. You wouldn't believe it if you weren't told the positions on the ladder.

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    No sign of any attempt to change up our ball movement. So predictable, the opposition set up waiting for it and we have to hope to win every contested ball to move forward. 

    Screw the umpires. Run harder, make more options, win more contested ball, make more chances.

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    56 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    Lithotomy?

    if we dont lift it will be a lobotomy.....

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    Brisbane had 7 shots from 10 entries. We had 5 from 13.

    We badly need to tighten up defensively if we're not going to quickly turn things around offensively. 

    1 minute ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

    This is a very poor 1 vs 2. You wouldn't believe it if you weren't told the positions on the ladder.

    To be fair we haven’t looked like a top 2 side for a month or more.

     

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