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We aren’t competitive in the air aside from our defenders. Have to change out game plan a bit - as long down the line is killing us.

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    Have wanted to trust in him, but Weid offers nothing.  Mauled in the ruck, and cant provide strength in the contest

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    1 minute ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    Oliver getting tackled before he even gets the ball

    Been going all year and we say nothing.

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    The umpiring is YET AGAIN A JOKE. 

    Seriously the umps need GLASSES. 

    ABSOLUTELY USELESS just like last year. 

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    1 minute ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    Spilling uncontested marks

    He looked gassed about 10 min into that qtr.  No tank


    20 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    STOP KICKING IT TO O’BRIEN 

    STOP FRIGGEN BOMBING LONG FFS! PLUS UMPIRES ABSOLUTELY CRUCIFYING US AGAIN IN ADELAIDE

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    Just now, DemonOX said:

    The umpiring is YET AGAIN A JOKE. 

    Seriously the umps need GLASSES. 

    ABSOLUTELY USELESS just like last year. 

    It is not their eyesight.  They know what is going in. They are downright cheats. 

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    WTF. Everytime ball goes in Crows 50 Walker gets a head high tackle. And May needs to stop kicking long to the Crows ruckman. Just dumb.

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    This game really is going the way of last years. We need to work our butts off this won't be an easy kill, we need to get repeat forward 50 stoppages and more scoring chances and we'll do it.


    Stats Id like to see:

    1 succesful bombs into the square

    2 where free kicks are won and lost

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    7 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Stop blaming the umps. We need to tackle lower. 3 highs against Walker in row have turned the game 

    Nothing like throwing your head back.

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    1st half

    X decision making 

    x slow play and kicking to packs 

    x overhandballing to players under more pressure 

    x who’s on Dawson !!! Ffs - put Neal-bullen in him

    x kicking to O’Brien!!!!

    x oliver 2 misses, Harmesy bad miss from 3metres out 

    🤮Weid - outmarked outmuscled outplayed dropped marks poor tackles 

    🤮🤮🤮umps -12 to 6!

    🤮Pickett and Bedford  nowhere near it 

    🤮Goodwin coaching - man up on Dawson  Low kicks to contests  Quick play on footy 

    🤬May on Walker 

    😊 lever petty Brayshaw Trac Clarry … and maybe Jordon 

     

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    I am hoping, and thinking, we'll run over them in the second half (need a change in how we drive the ball forward), but that depends on how much gas the umps have in the tanks. Truly atrocious today.

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    Frees 12-6

    walker has a neck but Demons players don’t 

    crows at least 2 goals from frees

     

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    1 minute ago, gOLLy said:

    Nothing like throwing your head back.

    Knowing you will get a free every time.

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    Just now, DemonOX said:

    The umpiring is YET AGAIN A JOKE. 

    Seriously the umps need GLASSES. 

    ABSOLUTELY USELESS just like last year. 

    They don’t need glasses they are seeing everything. They are choosing which frees to pay. We got none that quarter. Crowd thinks that is too many.

    We have a Captain on the ground and he should be asking why it is happening before they start the second half.

    Also this bombing into the forward line to a one on two or even three is just dumb. Kick it wide or along the ground, to get our small forwards into the game.

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    Seeing Burgo in the Adelaide rooms makes me sick with rage 

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    Umpiring is a joke. They get crowd frees for nothing.

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    Great tough game of footy, Crows playing some great footy, so are we.

    Unfortunately Weid is trying so hard, 2nd efforts etc... but his lacking of marking ability is killing us. Concrete hands in so many marking contests.

    Actually, we have 1 remaining issue to fix if we want to go all the way this year: contested marking. BBB, Weid, and M Brown are getting to everything but marking nothing. Fritsch is struggling to even get to a marking contest.

     

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    9 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Stop blaming the umps. We need to tackle lower. 3 highs against Walker in row have turned the game 

    When people throw themselves headfirst and forward deliberately playing for the free it’s difficult to tackle. That last one to Tex wasnt actually high. The umpires should not pay those ones as players endanger themselves leading with their head. 

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    AFl do not want us to  get too many games ahead..

    need to stop kicking down the line to their talls who are intercepting everything. This is exactly what we want opposition teams to do when max is playing. How dumb, pass it around. Sparrow does some good things but has not idea about moving the ball quickly, he has had multiple opportunities to do a short kick down the line to a free player but holds it up and does a long kick down the line. Must admit the umpiring is pretty poor, tex's ruck free for blocking was a disgrace, we see their ruckman putting their arms around our ruckman and throwing them out of the way but thats ok. Ben Brown is being manhandled as is oliver and they are getting nothing. We have far too many players who have done absolutely nothing they need to lift. the coach needs to remind them that we have players in the VFL that are ready to take their place.

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    The lack of quality ruckman huge factor. No Jackson or Gawn any team would struggle. It one of those 4 points games we have to tough out. Crows at home no easy assignment but a loss here will hurt season prospect big time. Damn injuries

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    Anyone ask Bedford what he was thinking!!!
    55 metres out - burning off his opponent - open 50 - open goal square …

    and kicks 40 metres to the pocket where no one is. Really defies any level of thinking ?!?!?!  

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