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5 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Since his contract, has hardly lifted a finger. Might be trade bait

Seriously what? 

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    1 minute ago, layzie said:

    Petracca is having a bog of a game and not the good kind.

    Worst game since he had the flu game last year.

     
    5 minutes ago, praha said:

    Someone is smoking a massive blunt outside gate 6. Smells like Bob Marley took a [censored] on the grass.

    Noticed that. Must have raided our refreshment room.

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    Is Salem currently loading. 
     

    we have been bloody average, just our work rate alone as been way off. 


    1 minute ago, layzie said:

    Petracca is having a bog of a game and not the good kind.

    Odds are his second half will be better seems to be a pattern 

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    1 minute ago, Dannyz said:

    Seriously what? 

    I wouldn’t trouble the word “seriously” in this instance. 
     

    But I am more and more of the opinion that a lot of Kozzie’s issues stem from not being coached well enough. 

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    1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

    Salem worse

    Bring Turner in for him least he likes contact.

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    1 minute ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Of course I’m not happy. 
     

    But the modern league is very competitive these days, and even teams who are low on the ladder find pockets of excellent form. I don’t see it as “Demons are being showed-up by duds”

    I agree with you completely. The comp is probably the most even it has ever been. 

    BUT they lost their best mid just before the game, we are nearly full strength. A top 4, recent premier, hopeful premier again. The only reason this is an arm wrestle is because we have been very poor, not because they have set the world on fire. If they had, I’d agree that we are just battling with a team on fire and nothing to lose. 

    We likely win this, and should, and tbf will need to as I’m not confident about beating the swans over there in the last. So it’s super important we come out in the second half significantly less bad. Hopefully good! 

    But you’re right. The hawks ain’t bad at all they’re building a good team. I just remember many, many losses to them, and would very much like that not to continue for another 5 years at least haha

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    This has just been sloppy by us.

    Mids getting crushed except for Jvr.

    Poor skills and some very poor decisions.

     

    God i hate this Hawthorn dirt bag of a team....hope we beat em by 1 point.

    Oskar Baker and Hugh Greenwood story made the throat lumpy..


    1 minute ago, Mel Bourne said:

    I wouldn’t trouble the word “seriously” in this instance. 
     

    But I am more and more of the opinion that a lot of Kozzie’s issues stem from not being coached well enough. 

    Really think that goes for the forward line....

    7 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Hawks cutting our zone up with deft short kicks and good delivery I50. They've been doing that to us for years

    We are guarding grass and their chip kicks are making us defend. But it's hard chasing tail all day. 

     

    Need to go man on man for a while,  control the footy,  make them run AND KICK STRAIGHT FFS

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    2 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

    Odds are his second half will be better seems to be a pattern 

    Spot on but it's not a good pattern .

    Laurie has contributed way more than Kossie but guess who will get dropped first.


    Just observing our lack of pressure when the Hawks have the ball. The umps call play on & our players don't move. 

    Then some of our players haven't bothered to man up and are just walking along the ground 

    9 minutes ago, praha said:

    Someone is smoking a massive blunt outside gate 6. Smells like Bob Marley took a [censored] on the grass.

    Hope it wafts into the Hawks dressing rooms. 

    We would have been better with Grundy instead of Gawn today so far. Reeves is cleaning him up.

     
    5 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    We’re going to lose

    Pull yourself together man

    9 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    Since his contract, has hardly lifted a finger. Might be trade bait

    Ugottobekidding

    He's our leading goal kicker with 33

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