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we are owning the corridor. pushing them wide leaving open men out there. 

we are just missing the quality and composure. bit of arrogance even. 

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    These guys are paid way too much money to kick set shots like this. 
     

    But I’m feeling like we’ve got the physical edge, in what will be a really exhausting game. 
     

    Why do I have so much darkness in my heart for Mason Cox? 

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    Kozzie needs to stay down and be at the fall of the ball.

    You know………….be a small forward

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    2 minutes ago, Webber said:

    They’re more skilled and their defence is too good for our attack (such as it is). On the turnover they look incredibly dangerous, we look like we we’d be lucky to score. That’s very simply the story of that half. We’re in it, but playing as ugly and fantastically inefficient as we are (which is now in our heads), can’t see how we pinch it. 

    We have had more of the play in our front half that resulted in opportunities to be comfortably in front.

    Our accuracy is killing us.

    They can get through on the odd occasion but our mid tier zone has been compact and compressed for most part.

    They kicked the first 3 goals but have been shackled there after.

    Just sloppy goalkicking on our part that's kept them in front.

    Edited by YesitwasaWin4theAges

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    From one of the most efficient teams to one of the worst, catches win matches folks. 

    When fritta is looking like he lacks confidence kicking for goal, you know something is not right with all the other forwards. 

     

    Well I am at the game and i think we’re are playing fantastically well - fabulous pressure, great defence - but oh, if only we could kick goals!!

     But anyone who thinks Collingwood are miles ahead of us is wrong wrong wrong.

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    1 minute ago, Lord Travis said:

    Kozzie has been rubbish for weeks. His constant mark of the year attempts cost the team multiple goals every week. It’s a real problem and the coaching staff need to get to work with him or send him to the VFL to find form. Playing a man down today with him out there. So frustrating as he can be a match winner and has the potential to be one of the best players in the league.

    He's not the player he was last year. Hasn't been great since his suspension tbh. I like his fwd pressure and Pies have done well flooding our fwd line but his marking attempts really need to stop. Stick to your strengths. He's the sort of player you need around just one big forward to crumb.

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    Kozzie has been rubbish for weeks. His constant mark of the year attempts cost the team multiple goals every week. It’s a real problem and the coaching staff need to get to work with him or send him to the VFL to find form. Playing a man down today with him out there. So frustrating as he can be a match winner and has the potential to be one of the best players in the league.

    Why don't they put him on the ball?  He's a liability up forward at the moment, at least try to get him in the play. 

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    Good: McVee, May, Tomlinson, Fritta, Smith, Fritta, Salem, Hunter, Viney and Max.

    Bad: Hibberd, Van Roo, Chandler, ANB, Spargo, 

    Ugly: Pickett, Grundy.

     

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    Ill start with negatives...

    Kozzy has done nothing since he signed his contract needs to go back to Casey

    Neal Bullen fumble king,back to Casey

    Petracca ?? Great players kick clutch goals.. you DONT Overated in my book

    Spargo, Van Rooyen, Grundy, Chandler and to a lesser extent Langdon MIA

    Positives we are still in it JUST

    Edited by picket fence

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    1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

    He's not the player he was last year. Hasn't been great since his suspension tbh. I like his fwd pressure and Pies have done well flooding our fwd line but his marking attempts really need to stop. Stick to your strengths. He's the sort of player you need around just one big forward to crumb.

    Not the player since his contract renewal. 

    2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    Should have been in front at qtr time and should be in front at half time. Take our opportunities and we win. 

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    Our effort is good our kicking (field and for goals) is amateurish

     

    1 minute ago, Ollie fan said:

    Well I am at the game and i think we’re are playing fantastically well - fabulous pressure, great defence - but oh, if only we could kick goals!!

     But anyone who thinks Collingwood are miles ahead of us is wrong wrong wrong.

    Good post. This had all the signs of best team in comp spanking us. And at the 10 min mark in the first looked like it. Despite our poor kicking at goal and some lazy umps we are right in this.

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    6 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Kozzie needs to stay down and be at the fall of the ball.

    You………….be a small forward

    I am getting tired of all the Free Kicks he gifts to the opposition with those unreasonable jumps.

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    7 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

    My early take - whatever happens today, I've seen enough to think our style of play will hold up better than the Pies in a final.

    Exactly.

    While Collingwood’s style of play looks like a winning formula you can’t use it every week in the regular season because teams study it. This is the time of the year where they need to change things up & become a bit unpredictable. It may lead to losses but if you don’t change things up you become predictable & easy to exploit in September.

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    5 minutes ago, Webber said:

    They’re more skilled and their defence is too good for our attack (such as it is). On the turnover they look incredibly dangerous, we look like we we’d be lucky to score. That’s very simply the story of that half. We’re in it, but playing as ugly and fantastically inefficient as we are (which is now in our heads), can’t see how we pinch it. 

    Lucky to score what game are you watching.


    15 minutes ago, Brownie said:

    I think it's about 6.

    JVR and Pickett didn't even make the distance from 35m out

    In fairness I tried to post this in the first quarter but Internet let me down.  Just like the Demon forwards.  

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    Pies might as well put all their defenders on Fritta because the other forwards are DOING nothing. They need to improve this 2nd half. Going in plenty of times. ANB, Spargo and Kozzie need a big rocket up their back sides.

     

    Ok this half we'll kick straight.

    Petracca, smith, Spargo and van Rooyen need to do something.

    3 goals in a half is not great 


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