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GAMEDAY: Rd 15 vs Geelong

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2 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Signs are ominous 

If Tracc, Brayshaw, etc Al keep turning the ball over under little pressure we are going to be very disappointed.

This game was always going to be tough.

We aren’t playing very well and we're a kick in it.

Just now, Demonland said:

We’d be unstoppable if we kicked to our forwards like we do to their defenders. 

Yeah it’s always baffled me how we can kick it so perfectly to an oppo player standing on his own 20m from any of our blokes!

 
8 minutes ago, Gunna’s said:

How they both haven’t received 3-4 frees each is beyond me. Lay a finger on a cat and whistle goes immediately 

Free against Grundy in that throw in. Ump22 again

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    6 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    How many clear centre bounce tap outs can we win but still not win the clearance? 

    Thats because we only have one player capable of regular extractions at the drop.... Viney.

    Need Clarry back ASAP.

    There's only so much Viney, Max & Grundy (the latter two to a lessor extent) can do with occasional cameos from Tracc, Hunter, Gus & Jordy.

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    Reckon the around the ground umpiring has been reasonable so far, but they have no clue when it comes to ruck contests. Grundy getting scragged hard in every contest, gets donuts, so does similar back and the whistle goes!

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    All allegiances aside, this is truly atrocious game of football. Apart from intercept marking, skills and intensity are absolute rubbish.

    HTB took on the tackler.... but nup. 

    Not one ump had the brains/guts to call it.

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    1 minute ago, layzie said:

    Blow the whistle umpire 

    How was that not HTB or a throw?

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    3 minutes ago, Macca said:

    What garbage

    Rivers was soft in the marking contest and the player calling for the ball has an obligation to win the footy

    Rivers should have used his body to shield the ball

    You're the same bloke who argued against forwards playing in front?  You're clueless

    Watch the replay and tell me how he out marks 198cm Mark Blicavs at full stretch on a ball that was well over his head. Best he could’ve done was halve it with more contact, net result the same.

     

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