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Just now, Earl Hood said:

Backline not good but where is the midfield? 

yep

has been missing

Oliver loopy handballs that put pressure on the receiver don't help

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    All I want is an eight goal first quarter from us. Is that too much to ask?

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    Getting fed up with this group not wanting to give 100% effort and trying to rely on talent. Lazy.

    Reckon our coaching group needs a good old clean out at years end. Doing the same things over and over expecting different results

     

    There smalls are getting it and kicking goals easily in their forward line.

    Our main small forward flies for mark of the year.

    On a lighter side a bloke just won 10k kicking the footy into the Haymes paint barrel 

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    2 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    Backline not good but where is the midfield? 

    Resting with the backline.

     

    Look at this post. 

    Slitting wrists.

    Our structure is way better. They are playing like rabid dogs 

    Melb by 40 plus

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    1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

    Jvrs a kid and Petty isn't strong enough to play forward. 

    The club has risked too much on tmac and bbb.

    We dropped tmac who was going fine it’s our own fault 


    This group is all Hollywood

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    This is a repeat of last week.

    I think we should put Max at ff.

    Nobody else looks like marking it.

    Well the good news is we know by April that this list is as currently constituted is done.

    New forward and backline assistant coaches and a big influx of running players needed.

    Going to be a slog watched 17 more weeks but better to know now than pretend 

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    13 minutes ago, Hopeful Demon said:

    Why the [censored] are we giving Cumberland a field day? He's not that good.

    I think he's a pretty good explosive player

    Confident we respond this quarter. 

    We have far too many good players to not respond.

    C'mon Dees.

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    Some big reputations on the line if this showing doesn't improve. Defence shaky again, Kozzy lost in an outrun midfield, and delivery inside 50 hopeless. And Harmes and Dunstan apart, the second-stringers showed nothing for Casey yesterday either. Big test ahead to see how smart Goody really is.

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    Not enough effort & run in that quarter.

    Tigers are mopping up ground balls allover while we comtinue to flounder and fumble.

    Look laconic and a bit too slow accross the park ...even in the middle there's just no chemistry in that quarter

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    We've been found out, another loss coming

     

    If that maggot is so adamant on the rules he would’ve called play on on grimes for going over the mark

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