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GAMEDAY: Rd 21 vs Collingwood

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Ha ha

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    God Nibbler is so bloody clumsy 

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    Fix the defensive game in the middle and tighten up down back and we got this. 

    A few very soft frees their way. We do need to play some tempo this quarter.


    Left some on the table.. win the midfield and the territory battle and we will coast it in. 

    2 minutes ago, BDA said:

    This is a cracking game

    BT summed it "Explosive quarter"

    Such kickable misses. Tighten defence up and roll these parolees.

    Some big concerns. The game is on their terms, they are scoring, they have belief. Make so mistake if we don't find some kind of control or forward 50 territory they will fancy themselves a chance 

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    I hope that Maxy miss isn't one that catches up to us...

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    Need to settle it down in the back half, don’t want a shootout like we did with the dogs

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    What a quarter. The only real negatives are that we gave up 5 goals (one to that spud Cox), and Maxy's miss. Wish Salem sunk that as well. 

    But still, that was intense. Don't think they can sustain that for 4 quarters which is good because I don't think my heart can handle 4 either!

    Seriously max needs to do something about his kicking. As an experienced senior player & captain you should not miss from that distance in front

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    Salem laughs at his inexusable miss Fuuuurg me just friggen kick it 

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    Just now, —coach— said:

    And a 10 out of 10 for entertainment value

    Entertainment ia great don't get me wrong, we need control and tempo though. I'd prefer 6.5 entertainment and 10 out of 10 performance.

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    1 minute ago, —coach— said:

    And a 10 out of 10 for entertainment value

    Who gives a stuff about entertainment if u lose?? Couldnt give a fat rats clacker about entertainment

    Not much use slowing it down unless we can get a decent break.

    They have proven on multiple occasions how easily they pierce our defence

    We need a ten goal to two quarter... which we can do


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